Old School Weight Loss

My gawd. 10th grade, back in oohhh... 1976 or so, I belonged to some sort of a fitness for women establishment that had these type of "exercise equipment" along with roller doo-hicky's that you leaned against and I guess massaged the fat out of you.

If it were only that easy...

These days it's magic fat loss pills that do the trick!

I sure do! My mom had one of those things for awhile. Don't recall that it did her any good, but for a little kid, it was a lot of fun to watch!

My grandma had one of those! And I guess she passed being a sucker on to my mom, cause my mom used to go to one of those "passive exercise" centers (the machines move you against your will), and now she has one of those "as seen on tv" gadgets that will shock your muscles. She things that counts as exercise.

That is hilarious! I so remember those women being jiggled so! We still search for the perfect gadget. Now they take the form of knives and lasers and such.

I must have led a recluse life I don't remember those exercise outfits or really seeing the belts other than pictures, somewhere. I guess neither I nor other family members were into fitness at that time. I love the weight rooms, recumbent machines, and definitely "Curves" for women. I think any kind of exercise machine is always a better route than any kind of pills. As I get older, I can use all of the help I can get to keep this big old body moving and keep up the stamina. Thanks My-dietblog for all of your stimulating subjects and questions. This is the best, lots of fun.

Jim, you are weird and wacky and your diet-blog often jars the mind (That is a compliment). I remember them but was lean enough to not try one. BTW, can you give a purchase link or do you think someone reading you blog will offer one on e Bay?

I'm not even sure what those things are called. There's bound to be a few of them around in someone's attic. Maybe they're a collectors item...

Weren't those things called 'vibrating belt' machines? I think at one point they were removed from the market by law...as a health risk.

WHAT a great photo!

Jim,
I'm sure if they are collector's items they're on EBay.

My cousin went to a "gym" where they had these and the passive machines and I went with her. It was ridiculous, but probably lucrative for someone.

Pam

I can remember my aunt standing in that machine letting it jiggle her big fat bottom while she sucked down a chocolate shake! Now there's a video!

I also remember the "passive" gym. I actually joined one in 1977 hoping to lose the "baby" weight. I think they eventually got sued in a class action suit.

Pam, it is ridiculous. I drove my mom once and the lady tried to convince me to stop lifting weights and do the passive exercise instead, cause I'd look better since weights make you "manly".

How did missy elliot lose her weight

Curves is great. If it weren't for them, I never would have begun this weight loss journey. I will always have a place in my heart for them because without them I'd still be clinically obese and weighing far more than the 206 I topped out at.

if you want to lose weight just don't eat alot of stuff. hunger most of the time is boredom, find something to do to keep yourself occupied so you won't reach for those munchies... eat more fiber, this low carb stuff is a load of shit, you need fiber to lose weight and clean the junk out of your body... low fat high fiber diets

yeah, i remember... i went to a gym 20 years ago and they had one in the ladies locker room. I asked my husband if they had one in the mens locker room and he said no. he seemed a bit disappointed like he was missing out on something fabulous.