Though this might be fun to name some of the crazy and not so crazy diets you've tried.

Here's some of my own personal experiences with the diets I've tried:

Ayds (the chocolate diet chews of the 70's... lordy they tasted good, ate the entire box in one sitting LOLOL...they didn't work either)

The Grapefruit Diet (that makes me pucker just thinking about it)

Scarsdale Diet (there we go with the grapefruit again .... ick)

Susan Powter (eat carbs until you bust..... yep, thats what happened)

Deal-A-Meal (Richard Simmons.... probably the only diet I liked and stuck to...it actually taught me portions)

Weight Watchers (joined about 10 times....couldn't wait to get out of the meetings to hit burger king...but a safe and realistic diet nonetheless)

NutriSystem (1994 prepacked doggie food eeeeeeeeeegads ick...hope they got better since then lol)

Carbohydrate Addict Diet (2 meals almost no carbs but the third meal you could have a free for all.... and I did...but you had to eat that last carb meal w/in 1 hour... do you know how much junk I could stuff in w/in one hour LOL).

Atkins (been there, done that, can't do it again 100%....love blue cheese)

Fit America (pills that cost a ton of money, ate less carbs and the only thing I got out of it was less money in my bank account lol)

Mediterrian Diet (healthy way to eat but you need lots of time to prepare the foods... I'd like to eat this way again)

Phentermine (did good while on it but poof, watch it when you go off... not worth it imho)

Meridia (pffffffffffffffffft.... had gas all day long and tummy pain...what was I thinking?)

There are a few other ones I've tried from those infomercials...names escape me at the moment.

Oh gosh I forgot I went to a hypnotist .... ROFL, left the place and headed for burger king.

here's my list...

Atkins

McDougal Diet

Raw food diet

Lemonade Diet

Body for Life

Suzanne Sommers

Dr. Phil Ultimate whatever that was

Anti- yeast diet

Weight Watchers - 3 times

Jenny Craig

Hypnostist

South Beach Diet

Sugar Busters

Prescription diet pills (worked well until I ended up in ER with my heart almost stopping like Terri Schiavo because of low potassium)

Metabolife

Trimspa

Medifast- yuck!

The Zone

I think that's it! Then I wonder why my husband would roll his eyes every time I started a new gimmick. Plus, this was all in the last 6 years because I was thin until I had kids!

I am so happy to eat until I'm full and then stop....best diet ever!

lol add Dr Phil to me as well. Seems the only weight I lost on these things was the weight of the money in my pocket. Sooo sad but true. I would have thousands in the bank had I just had the band sooner lol