You may lose more than weight with a crash diet.
When oil prices took off in the 1970's, energy consumers went on a crash diet.
But don't go on a crash diet to see how quickly you can lose those pounds.
"Not without going on one hell of a crash diet."
So I went on a crash diet to lose the extra pounds fast.
"We are now poised to make what had been a crash diet a way of life."
Especially fat during the 1980's boom, the industry has gone on a crash diet.
It was probably most useful as a crash diet for two or three weeks.
Determined to lose 10 pounds fast, you turn to a crash diet.
In 1974, she dropped 40 pounds during a crash diet.