Race to size 00 - rubbish diets you have tried

[Miss Inquiry]

Watching the race to size 00 last night, I was astounded at how many of the quick fixes I have heard of or in the past considered myself (shamefully). What plain silly things have you done to try and lose weight? And if you did it over a prolonged period of time did you experience any weird psychological effects? You wouldn't catch me swimming in an outdoor pool at minus 2 degrees!!

[PinkFizz]

God how long have you got??

Seriously,looking back I think my weight issue was started by my mum. I can clearly remember her starting this diet where you only ate fruit, apples only one day then bananas only the next, and she would get me to do this with her even thought I was only about 14.So when I couldn't do it for more than 2 days and she carried on I felt a failure. Then she did the High Fibre diet, again putting me on it as well!

The daftest one I have tried as an adult though is the one where you only drink these shakes/bars - no normal foos is allowed and you can only drink water, not even a cup of tea is allowed! I did it for 5 days and then came to my senses!!

And now I just eat sensibly, exercise quite a lot and its working a treat!

[PinkFizz]

*food - lol

[bigmamma]

Hi miss inquiry , I watched that last night too . They had to go through some things to get down to anything near a size 00 . Freezing cold morning dip !!!

[happyred]

The best way for myself to lose weight has to be just not eating. Of course it's totally ridiculous and dangerous, but it worked for me. I'd never do it again though!

[Goodsoulette]

using amphetamines during the late ninties to keep me on the go all the time. Weight dropped tho, without dieting or going to the gym. Could have died though I spose.

[nannon]

that programme was so awful - anorexics and bulimics could have picked up tips from it - i see it as nothing other as a way to promote eating disorders.
i went on atkins and i lost loads of weiht but fainted and vomitted every day...and put all the weight back on quicker than i lost it!! Am doing the weight watchers pint diet now and its working a treat and is sensible too!!

[meaty]

Im a fat basxxd and happy stuff loosing weight and gaining weight is an easier way of getting your arms bigger than weight trainning yeah

[jump79]

Ate only cucumbers while chicken for lunch/dinner .... lasted for about 2 weeks and I hate cucumbers now.

[sugarplum84]

I know it sounds crazy, but the only way I've lost weight is by having 500 - 600 cals a day and do loads of exercise. I agree with nannon that people with eating disorders must have picked up so many tips and ideas, i know i did

[Hellyon]

I watched this too - what I find really awful is that all of these recent programmes have picked quite 'small' girls in the first place. I am 5'9' and I would never be able to get to a sixe zero unless I was dead and partiaally decomposed! I know this as when I was 18-19 I was naturally very,very thin. I didn't diet I was just a size 10/12 ( which I think is an american size 6). Following a bout of food poisoning I lost nearly a stone and I was hospitalised because I 'only' weighed 7 stone12pounds .....and I was still a size 10!