Cambridge Diet

ive never heard of that diet,

i did try the atkins diet and i gotta say i lost over a stone per month

but that was bad on the wallet lol

right now im just cutting out all the junk and im losing a steady 1-3 pounds per week :money:

so i dont think crash diets are up to much, better to try the will power way imo.

llh189 wrote: »

Has anyone had any success doing the cambridge diet - I know all the negative crash dieting stuff but sometimes desperate measures call for desperate times.


It is £35per week so not cheap - or money saving!

What I am really after is honest experiences really.

Thanks - lisa

I did it once, 21 years ago, just after my son was born. I wanted to look gorgeous for his christening.
The first week is the hardest. You will feel ill, hungry, bad-tempered, sick, headachey and your breath will smell. Once you get used to it it becomes easier.
I lost about half a stone a week. I went from a size 14 to a size 8 very quickly, then straight back up to a size 10 when I came off the diet. I can't quite remember the time scale, but I breast fed my son for the first 6 weeks, so I know I wouldn't have dieted while I was breast feeding. He was christened when he was 11 weeks old and I was down to my target weight by then. So the maximum amount of time I would have been on the diet is 5 weeks. It seemed like a life time though. :eek:

I have a friend who has done it a couple of years back. She lost 12 stone in about 14 months, and so far has kept most of it off.

I also have a friend at work who is doing it - he is losing about 5 - 6 lbs a week and is pleased with the results. I recall that he is paying about £50 a week though so maybe it varies by area - he has a weekly meet with his advisor and is measured every 4 weeks so he can see how many inches he has lost from where etc. He found teh first week difficult, but now is in a routine, and his only big issue is that he is very family focused and misses having sunday lunch with his kids!

I did it, hated it, but lost weight.
I got to my goal, stopped and put it all back on again.
Waste of money and effort. I needed to reeducate my eating habits not buy c##p like that.

£35 a week - what for?

Surely you can buy a diet book and work from that?