Topic: crash diet

Bullish Life: Gentlewomen Don’t Crash Diet (Take Care Of Yourself While Taking Over The World)

Crash dieting is stupid. More »

Crash Diet Horror Story: I Dieted For Armani

We’re hosting “Crash Diet Horror Story” week at TheGloss. If you’d like to share ridiculous diet story, in 600-800 words, send it to Jennifer[at]thegloss.com or Ashley[at]thegloss.com. The best one will win a batch of cupcakes. More »

6 Female Dieter Cliches (We Don’t Want To Embody)

Dieters are only in it for male approval

Dieters whine about their bodies non-stop

Dieters are into full scale healthy living

Since we’re trying to be on a diet this week, we’ve been thinking a lot about cliches we really don’t want to fall into. Basically, we just don’t want to resemble anything regarding weight loss from a Cathy Comic. Also, some other stuff. Stuff like this. More »

Crash Diet Week: The Year I Eschewed Bread Products

I lost weight. But doing the diet sucked. More »

Gallery: 10 Celebrities Who Did The Master Cleanse And Lived To Tell About It

One of the most popular crash diets in the world of celebrities, models and health nuts is the Master Cleanse, a week or two of subsisting on a spicy concoction of maple syrup-based lemonade. We’ve had lots of friends do the cleanse–sometimes called “the lemonade diet”–and although everyone reports that it’s nice to reset your sugar cravings and regain a little self-control… none of them were very pleasant to be around. Here’s some famous people who’ve lost a lot of weight and maybe a little humanity on the Master Cleanse. More »

Crash Diet Horror Story: I Hallucinated Cats

Men Tell Us: If They’d Tell Their Girlfriend She Needs To Diet

Basically, when we asked men if they’d tell their girlfriend she needs to diet, we were asking whether or not they were monsters. The answer, as it pretty much always is, was “maybe!” More »

Crash Diet Horror Story: Dieting Shredded My Intestines

7 Reasons Why Crash Diets Will Ruin Your Sex Life

Because you're suddenly incredibly body-conscious

Try screwing your boyfriend to get slender! More »

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Crash Diet Horror Story: Divorce And Cabbage Soup

The 10 Most Dangerous, Bizarre & Disgusting Crash Diets Of All Time

It’s never a good idea to crash diet. …But they’re still popular, especially right around the holidays, when people are looking to ditch a few vanity pounds as quickly as possible. We’re holding Crash Diet Week in honor of all the stupid, misguided things we’ve done to lose weight, but here’s 10 of the very stupidest: like inviting a tapeworm inside you, chomping cotton balls dipped in orange juice or getting your ears stapled. More »

Real Talk: Have You Ever Lost Weight By Dieting?

Honestly, we’re kind of skeptical about whether or not people actually lose weight by any kind of dieting – and by “lose weight” we mean “lose weight and not gain it back immediately.” We polled our friends to see how well this whole dieting thing worked out for them. More »

Crash Diet Horror Story: Tales of a Hypoglycemic Broken-Hearted Recluse

Retro Snap: Do You Recognize This Beauty Queen?

Among other things, she’s later known for advocating healthy eating…. More »

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