Diets -- Good Or Bad

There are lots of diets. The creators of these diets all say that they work wonders.

But is it true? Well, one way to find out is to ask people who have tried these diets.

How did it work for them? Did they get the results they hoped for? Were there surprises? Disappointments?

Or were they wildly successful?

Here's where we ask our readers to really bare their soul. It's time to tell the world what diet you followed and what happened.

Did you take the weight off and keep it off? Or were the results less than spectacular.

And if it didn't work out quite like you hoped, what do you suppose was at the root of it? Did you do your part and the diet just didn't work the way it was supposed to? Or was it more your doing?

So come on, tell your story (or to read or write an Atkins Diet review click here or to read or write a Weight Watchers review click here.) So we can all learn about the different diets and what to expect, good or bad.



Here are some ideas to get you started

  • What diet did you try?
  • How long were you on it?
  • Was it easy? Hard?
  • Were you hungry?
  • How about the food?
  • Could you eat what you wanted?
  • Did you have to eat special food?
  • How about eating out in restaurants?
  • Special occasions? Dating?
  • Was it easy to stick to?
  • Would you do it again?
  • Would you recommend it to others?


So, what diets have you tried?

How did it go for you? Was it a great success? Or a big disappointment...

Give your story a title (for example: "Great results from Atkins" or "Grapefruit diet is a real loser")

Diet Reviews

Click on the links below to see the full diet reviews...

Great results from atkins for 2 years...then down hill!  I was on Atkins for about 2 years. I lost 80 pounds, felt great, looked great and was even healthier when it came to checking my blood work.

After ...

Stressful on South Beach  South Beach diet has the ability to be a successful diet if you have the time to plan, shop and stay organized with your foods. It also has the ability ...

Cabbage soup diet is not recommended  I heard about the cabbage soup diet online. Some people were claiming that they lost a few pounds in as many days. I wanted to lose weight quickly as there ...

Slim-Fast Failure  I tried the Slim-Fast diet for about a month. I had a shake for breakfast and lunch, and a bar for a snack. It was fairly easy in theory as I liked the ...

Weight Watchers- good for NORMAL people!  I first tried WEIGHT wATCHERS AFTER THE BIRTH OF MY YOUNGEST CHILD. I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT TO LOSE AT THAT STAGE (8KG).

I BOUGHT THE POINTS ...

Body-For-Life working and wonderful!  I tried the Body-For-Life diet after my uncle used it to get back into shape after he quit the military. He realized excellent results, and as I had always ...

Nutrisystem fail...  I guess I'll start with how I found out about Nutrisystem. I saw the commercial on TV and thought it has to be to good to be true, but I fell for it anyways,...

Special K diet = hunger  So, I was at home when I saw a commercial for the Special K diet. The lady on the commercial seemed happy, and it promised weight loss.

All you had ...

I hate The Skinny Bitch Diet  I read the book Skinny Bitch, because i liked the title, and because i had looked for the book for so long i decided i was going to go through with giving ...

Slim Fast worked for me  Slim fast seemed to work for me – I like milkshakes and beverages though – so I guess any diet that consisted of just milkshakes would have worked for ...

Best results from Eat Clean Diet  I am not a yo-yo dieter by any means, and I don't rush out or jump into the newest diet fads out there. However, during my pregnancy with my second son,...

Weight Watchers The "real life diet"  Since I was about 12 I struggled with the up's and downs of weight gain. During my later teen years, and early 20's I had my weight pretty well under control....

Atkins Food Restrictions Worried Me  I tried the Atkins Diet. All my teacher friends were on it and claiming to be getting amazing results.

So, I only needed to lose about ten pounds and ...

The Special K Diet works wonders!  I had heard a lot about the Special K Diet from friends and through television commercials. Since I was carrying some holiday weight I thought of giving ...

It was right in front of my face the whole Time!   My hubby and I tried SO many, too many, diets. A dietitian. Cleveland Clinic was disgusting -- much like Atkins. The 48 hour Cleanse. Weight Watchers -- which ...

"The No-Energy Diet", better known as the Atkins Diet.  After gaining the infamous "Freshman 15" at college, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and try the Atkins Diet. From the way people were talking about ...

Special K Diet - hard but worthy  I recently tried the Special K diet. What most people don't realize is that you can eat a lot of different food on this diet. For the first few days I ...

I failed on Weight watchers, succeeded with my version of Skinny Bitch.  I tried Weight Watchers when I was still in high school. I joined with my stepmother, and started out really excited. I could eat ANYTHING I wanted as ...

First Time Around the South Beach Diet was Great  My husband and I both went on the South Beach Diet. The first few days were difficult from cutting that much sugar out. I have never craved sugar before ...

Felt good on the Zone – and even lost weight!  After finally recognizing that I have a low blood sugar problem that made me feel drained and uninspired all the time, I began searching for a diet that ...

Cabbage Soup Diet - worked for me!  I tried the Cabbage Soup Diet, and let me tell you, it worked for me. I was skeptical when I first heard about it, but figured, what do I have to lose?...

Able to Follow Sugar Busters for Life  I went on the Sugar Busters Diet when the first book came out. Doing without sugar was very hard to do, but after the first 3 days it was an easy diet ...

Slim Fast with Fries Anyone?  I was excited when I made the decision to go on a Slim Fast diet. I had heard so much from my coworkers about the shakes and how they were a delicious ...

Weight watchers is stressful, Body for Life is better  I really wanted to lose 15-20 lbs, so I tried Weight Watchers. It was really depressing from the first weigh-in because all I could think of was the mother ...

Good results from Atkins at a high cost  As with many people who are overweight, I have tried everything that I heard that would make me lose weight, especially if the results would come fast....

The Atkins Diet really worked for me!  After having 2 kids in 3 years, I was about 40 pounds overweight. Not really having much time to exercise, I started looking for diets that I could do ...

Slim-Fast Diet has it's ups & downs  I have tried the Slim-Fast diet a few different times in my life. A couple of times I only managed to do it for a few weeks to a month maximum, but the ...

South Beach: Great Short Term, Difficult Maintenance  I tried the South Beach diet a couple of years ago - it only lasted about six months. The first couple of weeks it was easy and quite motivating - I was ...

South Beach helped my diabetes  I tried the South Beach diet after being diagnosed as a candidate for diabetes. I decided I needed to do something.

I wanted to lose weight and reduce ...

Flat Belly Diet  The flat belly diet starts out with a 4 days jump-start. Your calories are limited and you have to drink 8 glasses of Sassy water, which is ginger, lemon,...

South Beach Diet is Great For Baby Weight  At the recommendation of some of my friends, I decided to try the South Beach Diet. After having my son, I really had a hard time getting rid of all the ...

South Beach -- Results at a Price  Last summer I tried the acclaimed Dr. Agatson's South Beach Diet. I'm eighteen years old and pretty fit and I just wanted to lose an extra 5-10 pounds,...

Slim-Fast works, for as long as you use it  Several years ago, I lost 35 pounds in about a year and a half using Slim-Fast shakes. I would have a shake for breakfast and another one for lunch.

The ...

Great results from the South Beach Diet  My wife and I both decided to try the South Beach Diet. My wife has polycystic ovary syndrome and often has thyroid issues, both of which make losing weight ...

Amazing South Beach Diet  I had made a New Year resolution 5 years ago to go on a diet and lose that additional flab around my waist. I favored the popular South Beach diet.

In ...

Success on following the Cabbage soup diet  After gaining weight week after week and month after month, to my utmost horror, I decided I couldn't take it anymore.

After all what it was leaving ...

How I lost 55 pounds in 8 months  Hello

This is my successful story of losing 55 pounds in 7 months.

Up to 25 years old I have been over weight. I did not take any interest in ...

Flat belly with Flat Belly Diet  The Flat Belly Diet worked for me. I used it one time when I was injured and couldn't exercise.

I am a fitness freak and almost always I have tried ...

Flat Belly Diet Flop  Upon the advice of a co-worker who bought the Flat Belly Diet book and seeing her lose 10 lbs over 6 weeks, I got encouraged.

I am 15 lbs overweight ...

Hunted by the cabbage  I tried the Cabbage Soup Diet about three years ago when I wanted to get rid of the baby weight I gained after my daughter was born.

I was already ...

30 days of Flat Belly Diet   For the last one month I have been following the Flat belly Diet, the brain child of Liz Vaccariello Editor in Chief of Prevention Magazine and Cynthia ...

Amazing results with the master cleanse  While the Master Cleanse is NOT a long term diet, it is an absolutely AMAZING plan to kick start your weight loss, or to shed away those last 5 or 10 lbs ...

EAT CLEAN DIET HELPS FIGHT THE CONSTANT BATTLE  I HAVE TRIED SO MANY DIETS I DO NOT THINK I COULD NAME THEM ALL. THE ONE THAT WORKED THE BEST FOR ME WAS THE EAT CLEAN DIET.

THIS DIET IS REALLY NOT ...

Master Cleanse very hard to stick with  I have tried the Master Cleanse diet. I was on it for 14 days.

The ingredients are easy to find and it's a simple recipe to make. It was just very ...

South beach when you live in the southwest  I tried the South beach diet with my wife about one year ago. We found the book at the Costco we shopped at, and the recipes looked great.

I have struggled ...

G.I. Diet works for everyone  I got the book G.I. Diet for a present (guess why), so it became my evening reading. And the funny thing was, that there were no big restrictions, but ...

NutriSystem, the ultimate rip-off.  NutriSystem was the most disgusting and discouraging experience I have ever had with dieting.

When I went to order my food online I was amazed. Everything ...

South Beach Diet: Great For Some, Pointless For Others  The South Beach Diet is really a hit or miss diet. Last year, as a new year’s resolution, my mother and I decided to try the South Beach Diet together....

South Beach Diet -- New Years Resolution  I tried the South Beach Diet last year. I had made a New Year resolution to go on a diet and lose those extra layers around my waist.

In this diet ...

Lose weight fast with a cabbage soup diet  Why the cabbage soup diet? Because over the past few years, because of having uncontrolled and undiscipline eating habits, I gained weight, from 97 pound ...

The GI Diet Really Works  I decided to purchase the book called the GI DIET after hearing so much about the low glycemic diets.

I've tried so many diets in the past, and all ...

South Beach was NOT a walk on the beach!  I had heard plenty of positive things concerning the South Beach diet, so when I came across the book The South Beach Diet, I snapped it up in a heartbeat ...

Cabbage Soup diet for quick weight loss  I tried this cabbage soup diet program which I got know through a magazine. I was reading about a female actor and I thought what's the harm in trying ...

Master Cleanse? Master Fail  I did the Master Cleanse diet for the recommended ten day period. While I lost seven pounds, I gained all seven back within a few weeks.

Not only that,...

South Beach Worked For Me  I tried the South Beach Diet several years ago. I bought a South Beach Diet book at Target and followed the plan for several months.

The diet did work ...

The Biggest Loser - The Biggest Time Consumer  After ordering the Biggest Loser books and such which came to about 100 dollars Canadian, I had to spend my first week reading before I could even start....

HEALTHY HEART DIET   I was transferred to Kolkata and I started eating prawns rich in cholesterol and fat rich foods.

Once when I went for my regular checkup the total ...

Jenny Craig gets boring fast  I have tried the Jenny Craig diet several different times over the past 15 years. I purchased the 'life time' membership way back when I first started,...

Slim Fast Diet...a problem for me  Not too long ago I tried Slim Fast. I figured it would be easy enough to do, no major thinking required, to do it.

Just drink the specified number ...

Attempt at South Beach Diet Headed South  I tried the South Beach diet. I was only on it for a couple weeks.

It was hard because it started with a two week sort of detox period to wean the ...

Moderate balanced diet one of the best plans  MODERATE BALANCED DIET IS THE BEST SOLUTION.

I was beginning to drastically gain weight when I joined my present job due to odd work hours and unbalanced ...

Skinny Bitch Diet: it worked for me  I came across the “Skinny Bitch” diet method in a health magazine. It seemed easy to practice and I gave it a try.

My usual habit of having junk food ...

Protein Power -- not the results I wanted  I opted to try the Protein Power Diet back in 1998 because it wasn’t as restrictive as the Atkins diet and I had heard people were having great results....

The Cabbage Soup Diet -- gets you kick started.  I followed the Cabbage Soup Diet for exactly a week.

This diet requires that you makeup quite a bit of the cabbage soup since this is the staple ...

SCAN Diet - Temporary Success - Long Term Failure  A few years ago, the SCAN diet, a European program, was very popular. It was carried at all the GNCs and other nutrition stores.

It was a meal replacement ...

Unexpected but amazing results from the Zone.  I started off by weighing and measuring everything to fit the Zone proportions/blocks.

I did not reduce the amount of food of I ate, I just made it ...

GM Diet- a bit too effective  I went on the GM (General Motors) Diet for about 2 weeks. I took quite a bit of will power.

The first two days were just fruits and then just vegetables....

South Beach Diet -- Who doesn't love meat?  I was intrigued by South Beach Diet and the whole carb thing when it first started. I hesitated for years.

Then finally I started this diet with my ...

Cabbage Soup Diet -- AGHHH!  I tried the Cabbage Soup Diet a few years ago in my 20s. I was on it for 2 weeks. AGHHH!!

The first couples of days I thought it was o.k. because ...

Mixed Results with Nutrisystem  Initially, the Nutrisystem diet seemed like it was going to be a great fit for me. I loved the convenience of having the food readily available without ...

Cabbage Soup Diet, even enjoyable  Last year, I tried the cabbage soup diet just to see whether it is as effective as people claim.

The diet is based on a very low calorie soup that ...

Enjoyed the South Beach Diet  I tried the South Beach Diet last summer and really enjoyed it. I was on it for about two months.

The first two weeks were pretty hard, because you ...

Eat This, Not That: The only diet that has worked for me...  I've realized through the "Eat This, Not That" book series where I was consuming hundreds of more calories for almost the same product. It's very easy ...

CABBAGE SOUP DIET WAS YUKKY  Having been a model in my much younger days, I developed an eating disorder that I believe stemmed from constantly trying to keep my weight down to an ...

Special K Challenge diet -- easy to follow  Special K Challenge Diet is a relatively new diet challenge floating in the market.

The K challenge basically says that if you follow their diet plan ...

Blood Type Diet Was Great but Got Boring  I tried the Blood Type Diet because it made perfect sense to me.

If you're not familiar with it, this doctor figured out this diet that was based on ...

Special K Challege -- It's better to consult a physician   I am not a person that consumes a lot of junk foods, and my weight was normal and I always felt I looked good.

But suddenly I saw a tremendous increase ...

Nutri-System Diet Success  I kept seeing the Nutri System commercial over and over, with story after story of success.

Well after spending $100's on every diet on the market ...

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