What’s The Most Ridiculous Diet You’ve Ever Heard Of?

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

What’s The Most Ridiculous Diet You’ve Ever Heard Of?

by Erika

There’s the ice cream diet. The mashed potato diet. The cookie diet.

Diet, diet, diet. We’ve all heard the word. We’re sick of the word. We’re even sicker of dieting than we are of the WORD diet.

Having said that, I’m interested – what’s the most ridiculous diet you’ve ever heard of? I’ve got a few, but I want as many people to participate in this one as possible. So share! Post the most ridiculous diet you’ve ever heard in the comments! Let’s laugh together!

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Dec 4, 2009

Jubilance

The Cabbage Diet ranks up there, along with that “Hollywood Fasting Diet” drink stuff. The Cookie Diet blows my mind too – basically its Slim-Fast all over again, just in a “cookie” instead of a drink.

Oh, and I haven’t actually seen anyone do this, but I’m reminded of the diet one of the characters used in “The Devil Wears Prada” where she said she starved herself until she was about to faint, and then she ate a cube of cheese. *smh*
Dec 4, 2009

elledub

ha! i heard of the donut diet years ago. basically you eat nothing but donuts for like breakfast and lunch or something…YEAH RIGHT donuts is what got me in trouble when i first started losin weight! hahaha

great post.

-elledub
(@loryn24)
Dec 5, 2009

June Thomas

I found this link and i know there are tons more out there for the world’s craziest diets:

http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Health-Fitness/Craziest-Diets-of-All-Time
Dec 5, 2009

Tracy

that ridiculous lemon ade diet everyone heard Beyonce was on…Oh and let’s not forget the cereal diet she allegedly used to get thin for the movie Dream Girls..or was it Pink Panther LOL!
Dec 5, 2009

China Blue

Well, twitter doesn’t do my story justice! I’ve done the Lemon Cleanse and felt better for giving my mind and body a break (this was in the New Year).

My mum once put me on this crazy lemon cordial/grapefruit diet (I was 12, 13) in the hope of ‘cutting’ the puppy fat (now a grown dog) that was clinging to me. That worked really well… not.

Worst ever diet for me had to be the SlimFast, though. Lactose intolerance (then undiagnosed) + milk-based product = superhuman levels of flatulence. You remember how Missy looked in her ‘I Can’t Stand The Rain’ video, in that balloon suit? Yeah.
It got so ridiculously bad that I’d fart before I spoke – like if I was asked a question. Conversations in my new language were… interesting. My then-boyfriend asked me, ‘is it 1 for yes and 2 for no?’ FAIL.
Dec 5, 2009

Tracy

I’ll add the Mayo Clinic diet to the list. Eggs, bacon, coffee and grapefruit. Meat and salad. All seems harmless, but it’s that part about eating as much as you want until you’re stuffed. I don’t know anyone that has tried this diet and stuck to it long enough to have success.
Dec 7, 2009

Lil' Creole Pimp

As a Creole, I’m perfectly perfect and shit but when I wasn’t Creole, y’know before I became a Creole this always kilt me… Some kinda diet where you could eat ANYTHING only if you did something like use a certain machine while prepping foods like a magic chop or a slap bullet or whatever and it reduced the fat.

BULL. If I eat everything no matter how I make it I’m ingesting calories and carbs and fat and food and junk.

The eat anything you want diet is bogus. THAT’S HOW I GOT LIKE THIS TO BEGIN WITH, even though I’m Creole and I’m not imperfect cause I’m Creole.
Dec 7, 2009

Erika

Thanks, everyone, for sharing! I swear there’s a method to my madness, but if you come up with ANY super crazy diet you’ve seen or heard… you’ve GOT to share!

Tracy, I’ve never heard of that Mayo Clinic “diet.” That’s so unconventional sounding, that I can see where the allure would be.

Jubi, I’ve heard of the cookie diet before – that, in particular, is one of the things that I’m intrigued by… not because it works, because of the particular pitch involved. Not *any* cookie will work.. it has to be THEIR cookies. LMAO!

Loryn, I’ve dealt with this donut diet stuff before.. once upon a time, I think I accidentally went ON the donut diet… it’s probably why I had so much weight to lose in the first place, LOLOL.

China, I’m with you on the Master Cleanse. That’s definitely not a “diet,” but a detox… but thanks to Beyonce and the media that jumped all over this quote, it’s used as a diet ALL the time. I guess that ties into what I was going to say to Tracy!

Tracy, You’re right! The “Lemonade Diet” is soooo not a sensible “diet.” I’ve been on it, but I used it as a detox to cleanse my system before I changed my eating habits completely. It doesn’t work as a diet. I DO have to agree with you on the cereal diet, though. That one’s just…funny. LOLOL

To my beloved Creole Pimp… you have to blend all your food up in the magic blender type thing? Now THAT is LOLworthy, LMAO! I’m glad to see that you can see through that, though… I’m also sure you have that ability because you’re Creole. LOL!
Dec 14, 2009

Shantell

The peanut butter & jelly diet. You replace all your meals with a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and watch the pounds melt away…….NOT! My co-worker did this for 2 weeks!! All it did was make her skin break out!! Who thinks of these things?? LOL
Jan 5, 2010

Deanna

The craziest diet I ever did was the Three Day Diet – the one where you are supposed to lose 10 lbs in 3 days by eating tuna, dry toast, beets, green beans…oh, and a 1/2 a cup of vanilla ice cream for dessert every night!

This is my first visit to this site – I love it!! I’m starting my journey for the millionth time now, and hopefully this will be a great motivator for me.
Feb 25, 2010

Blackcat

Not sure how crazy it is, but would love to get some feedback on the Atkins diet.
Mar 13, 2010

Benita

I must say that the 3 day diet is crazy but It worked for me a few years ago. I lost 24lbs and gained it back.lol But…..I worked out like 4-5days a week. The key……..change your eating habits(cut out the fried foods and sugar)and workout. On the weekend, I might eat one or two meals of whatever. It’s working for me. 12lbs now. LEAVE THE DIETS ALONE PEOPLE. YOU LOSE WEIGHT SOMETIMES BUT YOU GAIN IT RIGHT BACK AND THEN SOME……
Mar 17, 2010

Lisa

The three day diet is actually a hospital diet used to help patients lose weight before procedures, or right after. It’s popular with heart patients (my father was on it a couple of times).

I am a proponent of Atkins as it has worked for me; I am very sensitive to carbs and believe I have a gluten sensitivity as well, so I’m good with it. It is not nearly as crazy as people make it out to be, and everyone preaching the ills of white sugar, white flour and junk is basically speaking of a lower-carb lifestyle anyway. I’m not saying it works for everyone, but it DEFINITELY works for me and I am a happier, fitter, trimmer girl when I do it consistenly. Carbs and I just do NOT get along.

As for the rest, I can’t call it. Diets don’t work. LIFESTYLE CHANGES work. Either way, you have to commit…kind of like in relationships, but in this case, you’re committing to yourself and your health.

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