What was the weirdest, strangest, desperate thing you tried to lose weight?

Looking back, it's a wonder the dieting didn't kill us all.

 

WOW, truer words were never typed! 

So many over the years.

I remember taking some of my Mom's Dexatrim pills when I was a kid, going on an "exchange diet" as a kid, doing the "Mayo Clinic" diet with my Mom and Dad (not really from Mayo) which consisted of eating 3 eggs for breakfast, lunch and dinner the first few days to prime you for the diet. I did my own very low calorie diet (no breakfast, milk carton at lunch and 1/2 can tuna, 1/2 can green beans and one tangerine for dinner along with excessive exercise) in high school - yeah, I pretty much was anorexic. I used to teach (and follow) a variation of Richard Simons "Deal a Meal" in the 80's when I was a Health Educator. I've done South Beach and Medifast. Lost 100 lbs. with Medifast but quickly gained it back.

When I was purging and downsizing I had so many diet books I could have retired if I could have sold them.  I took a photo, let me see if I can find it.

I tried the liquid protein many years ago and agree it was vile.  In fact, if I could think of something worse than vile - that would be it.  I tried the regular flavor and one that was supposed to be orange flavored, gag don't know which was worse.  Like drinking slime.

I remember standing over the kitchen counter holding my nose trying to gag it down. 

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So around 1963/1964, my mom started going to this diet doctor who gave out the most amazing pills. It was a kind of daily ****tail, the pills came in little teeny envelopes, and you shook out one of each.  At least one of them was a strong amphetamine of some sort, in retrospect.  And of course he happily took me as a patient too. I was age 13/14. I bet I took a total of 5-6 pills a day, maybe more, different colors and shapes. SO hopped up behind those, both of us!  It must have been a pretty crazy household, a tiny 3-bedroom house with 2 parents and four kids, with two people totally buzzed. I don't remember that either one of us lost much weight, but what I do remember is how drag-ass I felt after I stopped taking them.  My high school had lots of stairs, and I could barely climb them.  Crazy days.

As they would have said in the 60's Groovy man!

Diet pills from Mexico, which had failed FDA regulations and were banned here in the US. Norex, Redotex and I forget the other one. And remember the OG Metabolife, which ended up containing crystal meth, I believe it was!!!? Yeah, reeeeaaallllly dangerous stuff! Desperation fo reeeaaalz!! Stupidity as well! I recall being so freakin high out of my mind off of half a Metabolife tablet that I just couldn't sit still! My bf at the time finally literally grabbed me by the shoulders, shook me, and yelled at me "What the Fu $# are you on!?" I didn't want him to know I was"cheating" at losing weight and insisted I wasn't on anything. Of course, he knew I was! Smh so happy those days are long behind me! And here's an interesting article worth reading:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/diet-pill-death-from-dnp-are-fda -safety-regulations-enough/

 

 

Scary Stuff!