Strange diets of the century!

Let’s be honest here! It’s really difficult to lose weight! Women through out the centuries have struggled to fit into smaller- than normal sized dresses just because of the adage, “Thinner is better!” And a few of the weirdest diets have arisen out of this desperate need to lose weight! Lets just take a look at women are willing to do to just to lose a few pounds!

The Fruit and vegetable diet!
It’s that simple! You just eat only fruits and veggies. The Greek philosopher, Pythagoras and his friends were followers of this diet. He and his followers are credited with being the foremost followers of vegetarianism. And they did manage to become enviable size-zeros!

The Vomitorium Vulgaris of the Romans
Well, the Romans were certainly famous for their orgies, sexual or otherwise! But at major banquets they had a special room reserved where they vomited up
Whatever they ate! And this was purely voluntary as it made space in their stomachs for the several courses of gourmet food which was served at banquets! Another great way to lose weight? Who knows but something I would never try!

The Jesus Diet!
The bible doesn’t mention this nifty little fact at all. But according to the www.jesusdiet.com, fasting and prayer are the best way to lose weight. You lose weight by fasting and you pray hard to God to make you stick to the fasting weightloss wagon. A pretty good deal if God listens to your prayers regularly!

The Victorian Diet!
In Victorian times, it was considered the height of beauty if you were thin and frail. As a result, women intentionally starved themselves to emancipation to look like there were weak and frail.

The Tapeworm Diet!
Oh yuck! Imagine eating a tapeworm to lose weight! I’m not joking; supermodels Claudia Schiffer are purported to have tried this diet. It works pretty simply. You eat the tapeworm and it takes up permanent residence in your gut. All the food you eat is ingested by the tapeworm which starts its own colony in your gut. You are perpetually hungry but you don’t really put on weight; in fact you lose weight because of the tapeworms in your intestines. Although this might help you to lose weight, it’s downright dangerous for you. No matter how desperate you are to lose weight; tapeworms are not the solution.

The Grapefruit Diet!
Hollywood is great with newer and innovative diets that might or might not work. But they sure do get popular with the celebs. The grapefruit diet is just one such diet that worked great as it did have a lot of scientific research attached to it stating that grapefruits contained enzymes which helped in weightloss. You had to limit yourself to 800 calories which eating as much grapefruit as possible to burn off all your existing fat depots. Did it work? I don’t know but it’s still popular!

Being thin is in, but it’s not easy to reach that perfect rail thin figure that all models have. For many women it’s a life time struggle to lose weight and fit in to that perfect size zero dress. But hey, we can dream can’t we!

Did dieting help you to lose weight?

Have you ever thought about whether dieting has enhanced your health and fine being or not? Are you a person who feed yourself if you are hungry? Are you a person who doesn’t feel shame or guilt about your size or about eating? Well! Instead of trying to change your body to fit into someone else’s standards, you should pledge to accept yourself just as you.

It is more important that you should learn how to take a good dieting. It should not be a crazy obsession. There is no short cut way to weight loss. Eating only salads, vegetables, and fruits won’t keep you healthy. Even if you lose weight drastically, in a short time you will regain whatever you had lost.

Dieting sensibly and exercising regularly will help you definitely to control your weight. More and more people are attracted to fad diets and crash diets because they promise instant weight loss. There are many dieting type in this category such as the general motors diet, metabolism diet, the Hollywood miracle 48-hour diet etc.

Fad dieting will do harm than good. These diets cause deficiencies of some nutrients and vitamins in your body system. Of course fad diets will help you to lose weight but you will be losing your muscle weight and water from your body. Remember muscles can burn the fat form your body even when you sleep.

If you want a healthy body, don’t skip your breakfast. You can take small quantities of food 5 to 6 times a day. This will balance glucose levels of blood. So you don’t feel weak. Drink plenty of water as well. Don’t push your body towards eating disorders by unscientific dieting techniques.

Weight loss is not a miracle. Eat depending upon your body needs. Think and don’t starve. Happy eating and your weight lose dieting starts here.