7 Strange Ways to Lose Weight

Lots of people have tried Atkins, the Grapefruit and the Zone diets, but what about other, unusual ways to lose weight?

These diets are a range of bizarre weight loss methods. A few actually make sense and a few which are too bizarre to take seriously. Take a look, but stay safe. Several of these diets could be dangerous to health and cannot replace healthy eating and workouts. It's always a good idea to consult your health care professional before drastically changing your diet.

The Back to Front diet

Many advocates think that by adapting your meals so that dinner is eaten in the morning, an average sized meal for lunch and a lighter breakfast as your evening meal, will help you to shed pounds due to the bulk of your calories being eaten for breakfast. This ensures the heavy breakfast dinner can be burned off during the day. The question is would anyone really want to eat Lasagne for breakfast?

The Baby Food Diet

Exchange regular meals for baby-food jars which are have a low calorie count and high in vitamins and minerals. We should also point out that most jars of baby-food are unappetizing and have the consistency of runny gloop.

The Coffee Diet

Drink coffee, lots of coffee, as it enhances your resting metabolic rate by approximately 10%, resulting in a higher amount of calories burned. That's fantastic news for coffee lovers but dieters may experience caffeine related side effects and withdrawal when they stop drinking the coffee.

The Ear-stapling Diet

There is absolutely no scientific backing to suggest this method works, however advocates claim that stapling ear cartilage acts as an appetite suppressant. The risk of the area developing an infection is high and the practice is now illegal in Florida and other states.

The Cotton Ball Diet

This diet involves eating cotton balls, either dry or soaked in gelatine which give a feeling of fullness and contain no calories. The cotton ball diet is an unsafe way to lose weight and may really mess up your digestive system.

Increase Laughter

Laughter can be counted as exercise and can burn up to forty calories in fifteen minutes. Unfortunately it's not intense enough to replace regular workouts, but it is a perfectly fun way to burn a few more calories every day and will also enhance your mood.

The Raw Food Diet

This weight loss method works by the dieter eating only raw fruits and vegetables. Sounds great in theory, as uncooked foods supposedly include higher volumes of vitamins and minerals which are lost when the foods are cooked or processed, nevertheless this weight loss plan is rumoured to cause side effects which may include; queasiness, eye infections and kidney or liver complications.

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