Okay, admit it...

[BabyTigger99]

What is the craziest diet program/piece of exercise equipment/pill or powder that you have gotten to lose weight? Can't wait to see the responses!

 

[Mickey527]

Come over to my house and I can show you tons of them. I am a sucker for all the promises they make.
I bought this crazy thing that you put your feet in and pull the handles. It stimulates a sit-up without too much strain. Too easy, never felt the burn.
I have the Body by Jake bun and thigh machine. It feels great when you do it, and you do tremble when you hold the position and release slowly, but again, never had any pain after.
I have that roller thing that you roll on the floor and then back to a bending position. It hurts my back. I did feel pain the 2nd day with that one, but strained my back in the bent over position you need to be in.
I have a stair climber that I picked up at the Good Will for $5. I use when I can, but it is not power so if I don't keep up the pace it goes too far down to the floor. I have arthritis in my knees so that is a tough one.
I have an orbit machine in the den that I picked up at Good Will for $5.00 too. my son uses it alot, but again, the knees just don't like it.
I am sure that I had many other dumb things that I either took back or took to GoodWill for some other fool to buy. The only one that comes to mind now is the sit up rocker thing that you put your head on the rest and rock into a sit-up. Talk about neck and back strain. Never bought into the thigh master, my thighs have a mind of their own, they would never listen to a master.
Ok, let's all hear who else wastes their money, and if you have found something that works let us all know.. Peggie

 

[plutosmyfav]

oh so many choices... which to choose!

I'd have to say chitosan was one of my craziest. I started taking it and did the math. Each capsule could absorb upto 1 gram of fat. So I concluded I should take at least 10 capsules per meal (only saving me about 90 calories in fat). This didn't seem to be doing much good so I took 20 capsules with tons of water (the water is very important). Well I will spare you the bathroom details but you can only imagine!

Later it dawned on me that even if the capsules worked, at 1 gram of fat per capsule it would have cost roughtly $50 per pound of fat loss.

What in the world was I thinking?

 

[Beastlover]

I am a bad girl--I tried many pills to do the trick. I was so convinced that my weight was hormonal, because nothing ever worked. You name it, I took it. And the more I tried, the more I was convinced there was no hope.
Equipment-wise: the Thigh Master.
Now for my succes: I went to a chiro. who assessed my blood, urine, everything. My summary said my adrenal glands are over active, Pancreas is underactive (imbalance in the hormonal regulation of blood glucose and the enzymatic breakdown of proteins, fats and carbs), and Liver-Spleen is underactive. A week later I got on Atkins, and have celebrated success!! Also, I looked at my results, and there were 0 ketones in my urine!! Now there is!!

 

[bunnyfoo]

I bought the Jamieson Ultra Slim Down pills ... It came with two sets of pills. The first set was suppose to be taken an hour before meals, the second pills were suppose to be taken right after a meals. They were $30 a set ... they were a waste of money for me because they didn't work.

I also purchased the thigh master which now sits in the corner of my room. Its being kept company by some sort of ab machine thing my boyfriend bought

 

[TigH]

I was crazy enough to try a fat burning product that contained ephedra a few years ago. I bought into the ads in the magazines, tried it for about 4 days and didn't sleep more than 4 hours in 4 days (didn't need to!) I had no appetite and was so wired, it was a very bizarre experience. Threw the rest of the bottle away. A complete waste of money and a stupid thing to put into my body (IMHO).