Diets of the past....

poopsie2223 · 08-14-2011, 09:54 AM

Most of remember the "Low-Fat 1990s".

The eighties seemed to focus on popping pills and liquid protein diets.

One thing I remember from the 1960s was the restaurant "diet plate". It consisted of, usually, a grilled hamburger patty sans bun, a scoop of cottage cheese, and either some tomato slices or a canned peach half. Hmmm, if you got it without the peach half, it would have been a pretty decent low carb meal.

Anyone remember any "blast from the past" diets?

Bobbin · 08-14-2011, 10:14 AM

The ones I remember trying were popular in the 80's and early 90's - these are the diets that propelled my bulemia, and wrecked my gut and metabolism:

10 lbs. in 3 days diet - hot dogs, 1 c. ice cream at night, beets, greenbeans, saltines. I remember the paper said physicians used it to get weight off of heart patients quickly, before surgery.

The infamous cabbage soup diet.

I still can't stomach crack slaw because of how much I hated the cabbage in this diet, lol! I'll keep trying though- it smells so good.

In the early 90's my friend and I did the rice diet...1 pc. fruit for bk, 1 c. rice and 2 fruits for lunch and dinner. There was actually a chapter called "The getting of chicken" - it was quite a few weeks into the diet before you got protein...

Edit: I also did the hospital hosted fasting thing that Oprah did...I needed to lose a whopping 9 lbs...that one really helped with the eating disorder...NOT!

DaBigGuy · 08-14-2011, 11:43 AM

I remember in the 90's everywhere you looked you saw Snackwells

poopsie2223 · 08-14-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DaBigGuy

I remember in the 90's everywhere you looked you saw Snackwells

They tasted like sweet carboard.

jeaniem · 08-14-2011, 11:55 AM

Scarsdale was my very first diet and it was all downhill from there.

michellew67 · 08-14-2011, 12:01 PM

Cambridge...cabbage soup.....3 day diets.....weight watchers...all done in the 80's and 90's...and i wasnt even 'fat'

LJB · 08-14-2011, 12:06 PM

I tried a lot of weird diets and none of them worked. It was only when I started taking Dexatrim back in the early '90's did I really lose weight because it suppressed my appetite in a big (unhealthy) way.

08-14-2011, 09:54 AM	#1
poopsie2223 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Rockies Posts: 1,300 Gallery: poopsie2223 Stats: 5'-8" - 209/197/145 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Since 1998 restarted 08/08/11	Diets of the past.... Most of remember the "Low-Fat 1990s". The eighties seemed to focus on popping pills and liquid protein diets. One thing I remember from the 1960s was the restaurant "diet plate". It consisted of, usually, a grilled hamburger patty sans bun, a scoop of cottage cheese, and either some tomato slices or a canned peach half. Hmmm, if you got it without the peach half, it would have been a pretty decent low carb meal. Anyone remember any "blast from the past" diets?

08-14-2011, 10:14 AM	#2
Bobbin Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Woah-oh-woah-Wonderland Posts: 2,616 Gallery: Bobbin WOE: LCHF & Yoga Start Date: 6/11/11	The ones I remember trying were popular in the 80's and early 90's - these are the diets that propelled my bulemia, and wrecked my gut and metabolism: 10 lbs. in 3 days diet - hot dogs, 1 c. ice cream at night, beets, greenbeans, saltines. I remember the paper said physicians used it to get weight off of heart patients quickly, before surgery. The infamous cabbage soup diet. I still can't stomach crack slaw because of how much I hated the cabbage in this diet, lol! I'll keep trying though- it smells so good. In the early 90's my friend and I did the rice diet...1 pc. fruit for bk, 1 c. rice and 2 fruits for lunch and dinner. There was actually a chapter called "The getting of chicken" - it was quite a few weeks into the diet before you got protein... Edit: I also did the hospital hosted fasting thing that Oprah did...I needed to lose a whopping 9 lbs...that one really helped with the eating disorder...NOT! __________________ Start: size 20W ~ Current: size 16 -14 ~ Goal: size 10-12 Last edited by Bobbin; 08-14-2011 at 10:17 AM..

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08-14-2011, 11:43 AM	#3
DaBigGuy Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 593 Gallery: DaBigGuy Stats: 470/418/200 WOE: VLC Start Date: May 2010	I remember in the 90's everywhere you looked you saw Snackwells

08-14-2011, 11:55 AM	#5
jeaniem Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6,154 Gallery: jeaniem Stats: 166 /149/? 5'1.5 WOE: lc-ish	Scarsdale was my very first diet and it was all downhill from there.

08-14-2011, 12:01 PM	#6
michellew67 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: North East UK Posts: 506 Gallery: michellew67 Stats: 282/274.2/200 5'3" 44yrs WOE: Atkinsish/general Low Carb High Protein Start Date: 13th June 2011 - restart 28th June	Cambridge...cabbage soup.....3 day diets.....weight watchers...all done in the 80's and 90's...and i wasnt even 'fat'

08-14-2011, 12:06 PM	#7
LJB Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 24,496 Gallery: LJB Stats: Size 8 at Present WOE: No flour or sugar.	I tried a lot of weird diets and none of them worked. It was only when I started taking Dexatrim back in the early '90's did I really lose weight because it suppressed my appetite in a big (unhealthy) way.