What is the Most Ridiculous Thing You've Done for Beauty/Weight Loss?

Jonezie

Jonezie

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Chemical peels? Colonics? The Cabbage Soup Diet? Endermology? Fasting? What about the exercise machines that you lay on and they move for you? Remember those?

In Blogsville today, I talked about Giuliana Rancic dragging her assistant to the We Care Spa in Palm Springs for a surprise regimen of fasting, endermology and colonics. I'd love to hear what your funniest story is about something you've tried in the name of beauty or weight loss.

If you'd like to tell me...just click on the link below.

I'm looking forward to hearing!

Warmest,
Elizabeth
 
Can anyone tell me what it was called? The "gyms" that specialized in equipment that moved for you...you just laid on the machine and it did the exercise? Does anyone remember those places? I've tried Googling but no luck.
 
I have no idea what you are talking about. But I do remember my grandma had one of those vibrating machines that had the belt that would go around you and vibrate the pounds away! ROTLMAO!!!! My grandma laughs to this day about it.

The craziest thing I've ever done beauty/fitness wise is I paid for braces to straighten my teeth for my wedding (I had them on for a year and half). After the wedding, I never wore my retainer again and my teeth have slightly returned to their "old" positions. However, my teeth still look better than they did before I got braces. My braces were more $ than my honeymoon! LOL!
 
Fraxel (laser resurfacing) for sure! It hurt soooooooooo bad! They said "mild sunburn," I said "face on red hot skillet." :eek:

I'd do it again though. It took at least 5 years off my face. :)
 
Jonezie said:
Can anyone tell me what it was called? The "gyms" that specialized in equipment that moved for you...you just laid on the machine and it did the exercise? Does anyone remember those places? I've tried Googling but no luck.
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It was called "Slenderizers" and I was a card carrying member in 1986. There were 8 stations that moved you about. Oh it makes me shudder just thinking about it. But!!! It was a boatload easier than Imax 2 ;)
 
Melissa, you are too funny!

Can we go way back in time for our answer? If so, the craziest thing I've done has to be what I used to do with my hair to try to get it to dry straight (when I was in junior high way back when). I took those silver hair clips and basically plastered them all down my head when my hair was wet, so my hair basically dried plastered to my head..... it was straight alright!!!
 
You guys are hilarious!!! I love that you knew what I was talking about. Laura...I laughed out loud about the "face on a red hot skillet" remark! I want to hear more about this procedure...can you describe?
 
I remember adolescent chubbiness -5'4 and 125 was chubby in the 70s! And I put saran wrap around my arms and legs while exercising to a workout from Teen magazine that had me walking across the floor in what would be described as a downward dog position...and what's more, I used to swear it worked!
 
Saran Wrap?!? That is awesome! Did you see Fried Green Tomatoes...when Kathy Bates greets her hubby at the door dressed in Saran Wrap?
 
Well, I haven't really done anything rediculous for beauty/weight, at least not that I can remember.

I suppose for beauty I paid too much to have my eyebrows waxed....

OH WAIT! I just remembered...

I GOT A BRAZILIAN WAX! O...M....G...I wanted to die:confused:! the woman did NOT know what she was doing:mad:, I never had it done again! I can do JUST fine with a shaver! LOL...

As for weight loss...the worse thing I did was try the atkins diet...boy that messed up my "bathroom" going so badly! oh it hurt to go! I'll NEVER do that again!
 
My friend and I were really into tanning in high school....I know. She came up with the idea of using Crisco as sun tan oil!!! I only tried it once and did not last long since every bug in the neighborhood was attached to me in seconds flat. Obviously that was more in the name of beauty and not health!!
 
Crisco?!? That is hilarious!!! You literally were using cooking oil to cook. Remember using Johnson's Baby Oil? We did that when I was a teenager. Oy vey!
 
Jonezie said:
You guys are hilarious!!! I love that you knew what I was talking about. Laura...I laughed out loud about the "face on a red hot skillet" remark! I want to hear more about this procedure...can you describe?
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Hmmm the best way I can describe it is, it felt like a thousand molten hot needles poking me in the face for 20 minutes. 5 times, once a week for 5 weeks. :eek: The worst was the space betw. the upper lip & nose. YOWZA!

I too did the baby oil while tanning thing. At the time everyone was doing it & it didn't seem ridiculous. Occasionally partnered with the trifold tinfoil covered cardboard or, even worse, the "tanning mat" that was made entirely of foil. These days I find it very similar to the process of making chicken cutlets. Nothing like slathering yourself in oil & frying for a couple of hours. Good thing I don't live near any wolves or coyotes. :D
 
I did the baby oil thing too!!! Can't imagine doing that now.

I think buying the epilady was the most ridiculous thing I did in the name of beauty. Torture device for sure.

I did the cabbage soup diet too with my mom!!! We made it a couple of days and then gave up - didn't like the soup and it gave me the worst gas imaginable.
 
With the baby oil, and the foil lined 2 sided album cover held firmly under the chin to magnify any sun rays you could and aim directly back to the face, wasn't there iodine involved as well? I distinctly remember iodine.
 
Ly10up said:
With the baby oil, and the foil lined 2 sided album cover held firmly under the chin to magnify any sun rays you could and aim directly back to the face, wasn't there iodine involved as well? I distinctly remember iodine.
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OMG! Wasn't that from the world's first self tanner, QT? Guaranteed to turn you orange in 30 minutes or less!
 
Jonezie said:
Can anyone tell me what it was called? The "gyms" that specialized in equipment that moved for you...you just laid on the machine and it did the exercise? Does anyone remember those places? I've tried Googling but no luck.
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I remember a place called "Elaine Powers", but that was in the 70's. You probaby weren't even around back then! They had those machines where the belt went around you and vibrated. What were they thinking? :eek:
 
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