Crazy diets

[needtorecover 574]

I almost killed myself on metabolife. I was grounded in high school for being overweight by my parents..."lose 25lbs and you can see your friends again." That day I began having an eating disorder. I played football...I wasn't out of shape, long distance running didn't bother me even at a heavier size because I was, for all intents and purposes, still an athlete.

I popped 8-10 metabolife a day. I maybe ate a couple apples and a Protein bar was considered splurging. I could feel my heart racing but thought nothing of it. I dropped 50lbs in three weeks by not eating and literally allowing my body to eat my muscle because I was exercising so much. Hardly anyone noticed how much I lost because muscle is more dense and on the outside it maybe looked like I lost 15lbs...no one knew I was killing myself.

Contrary to popular belief, teenage men can easily have eating disorders as well. I'm glad I had a reality check, no one tried to help, no one knew.

Your parents grounded you for being overweight?! That is so horrible

I took Metabolife, too. Not nearly as many as you, however... I took 3-6 a day (depending on how hungry I was before I took them). Usually 1.5 in the morning with Breakfast, 2 at lunch, and 1.5 at dinner. Worked like a charm, though. I lose weight quickly and easily using it. Yes, I had the racing heart and insomnia... didn't realize how dangerous it was. I'm glad it's off the market. No one should take it. Gained every pound back, plus another hundred.

I have a friend who's losing a lot of weight on Phentermine. I worry about what'll happen when she stops taking it...

[AnA92212 577]

I did the extreme calorie limit thing. It was horrible. My mother in law is currently on a diet where you cannot eat carbs and fats together. She uses nutritional yeast and a lot of STEVIA. It is very strange.

[Valentina 2,642]

Jeez, I had forgotten about so many of these awful regimens and drugs!

One diet I did twice (and lost tons of weight on) was "liquid protein" back in the 1970s. It came in big plastic bottles and was made of horses' hooves / hides ... ugh!

I lost tons of weight. But as with all super-low-cal diets, my metabolism plummeted.

And as with all super-low-cal diets, when I went back on "real food" my eating habits hadn't changed at all. Coupled with my lower metabolism the weight came rushing back on.

Yes, diets don't work.

Wasn't that white goop in the gallon jugs glue??? I remember the white glue paste that was made from horses/cows hooves. I loved the smell of it! Maybe I should have eaten it...