lighterlife v's cambridge v's slimfast ?

lisndai

Hi all,
I hope this is in the right place if not feel free to move me .
I am also aware that extreme dieting may not be everyones cup of tea BUT......I stood on the scales today in Boots and could have stood there and just cried , im so annoyed with myself firstly for letting myself put 3 stone of the 5 i lost back on i had kept this off for nearly 4 years but also which in my opinion is by far worse , for being nearly 2 stone heavier today than i was 5 months ago , the day after i gave birth !!!

My question is , i simply cannot afford either the lighterlife or cambridge even though i know with willpower the results are great , So is it possible to do the same but using slimfast and how ? I just need a big boost and that buzz you get when you start losing and feeling better i do think these feelings really make you want to stick at it .

I am very overweight and feel like carp !! but the more i think about it the more i want to eat . Like i say i would love to do the above but in true MSE stlye we live on a very tight budget i just cannot justify that expense right now plus slimfast is so much cheaper .

I hope i havent waffled too long .

Lisa

Stephb1986_2

Hi Lisa my brother in law did slim fast while the rest of the family was on lighterlife, to be honest its been just over a year since we stopped being on lighterlife and we've all put the weight back on sadly

He lost a bit though on slim fast

HTH

Steph xx

lisndai

Hi Steph ok the burning question ...lol do you think you have put it all on because of eating the wrong foods or would it have gone back on even if you had stuck to a really strict healthy diet ?

Lisa

Stephb1986_2

Its a bit of both im eating naughty foods but in moderation once a week i buy myself a kit kat chunky and have curry or chinese as a treat. I exercise for a hour every day just bought a wii fit too so thats helping alot!

I'll be totally honest LL was the hardest diet i've ever been on!

Steph xx

Krasnoludek

Cambridge is much kinder than LL and half the price, I have been scrimping and saving selling my too big clothes on ebay. I figure that I will loose the weight in half the time as I would on WW so I wont be on it for that long hopefully. My friend is doing SF and has lost about a stone and a half over 3 months. She is a very big girl and has a lot to get rid of

K x

whatatwit

I have no experience of either Lighterlife or Cambridge, but if money is tight, then have a look at the thread on the Old Style board about weight loss. There are quite a few regular posters, who are trying to lose, but eat ordinary food.
They are trying to change their eating lifestyle.
Good Luck

dawny_blue

Hi Lisa

I successfully lost 3stone on the Cambridge diet and found it quite easy, you really don't feel the need to eat food after the first few days. The bars were gorgeous and the shakes I made with icy water and ice cubes whizzed up in a blender and it was like having lovely milkshakes.

It costs around £35 - £40 a week (unless you are over 5' 6" I think then it's a bit more) BUT as you aren't eating any other food at all just think of what you probably spend on takeaways and food shopping. LL is twice the price but helpful to people that have real food issues and need proper counselling

You can't do slim fast alone without that healthy 600kcal meal as you don't get enough nutrients etc from SF alone.

I have to say on Cambridge my migraines stopped and I had more energy than ever before. It is a battle for me keeping the weight off now but the daily compliments I get (and the money I've spent on fabulous new clothes) keep me focused on keeping it off.

Good luck whatever you do, but just remember once you've lost the weight that's just the start, keeping slim is a lifetime battle

Dawn x

jackieb

Don't do Lighterlife! I did it for 2 months when it was still £46 a week - I stopped when it went up by £19 a week. I lost over 3 stone in that time but ended up with gallstones. If anyone has ever had gallbladder attacks you'll know that they're more painful than childbirth. First time I had one I thought I was having a heart attack.

G-G_4

Agree with the gall stones, I had my gall bladder out in April after 2.5 yrs of suffering! :shocked:

You usually get them from crash dieting etc..

I am on a diet myself, so this is not judgemental at all.. but.. if you want to make sure you keep the weight off when you lose it then do something that doesn't make you hungry all the time and something you can stick to.

Light exercise, such as walking for 1/2 hr a day, or less if you would struggle with that, would be excellent and really would help you lose the extra pounds and get you feeling happier, fitter and more positive.

I am doing this diet.. http://blogg.passagen.se/dahlqvistannika/?anchor=my_lowcarb_dietary_programe_in

We have a support thread on here for people doing Atkins, Dhalqvists and Idiot Proof diet.. basically anything low carb, high fat

Find us here if you decide it is something you might be interested in.. we are all very friendly.. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1011759

Ted_Hutchinson

I do think it is important to make the point that you do NOT have to spend money to lose weight.
You do NOT have to exercise to lose weight.
You do NOT have to buy special foods to lose weight.
I lost weight by following this eating plan.
It did NOT cost me any extra money.
By lowering my insulin levels this also lowered my leptin levels so I was not so hungry so I did not eat so much.
Because I was not craving food or drink I was able to stop drinking easily.
The savings I have made in not drinking so much red wine or beer more than compensates for the extra bacon in my cooked breakfast.
I've dropped from 14st9lbs to 11st3lbs over just over 20 weeks simply by cutting out those foods that raise insulin. Bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, sugar, high fructose corn syrup. This has also (temporarily) meant no wine & beer (well almost:rolleyes: ) All right maybe I could have done better if I had exercise more but for me that isn't an option and if you can lose weight at 2.25 lbs a week for 20 weeks consecutively whose complaining?
I really think you must be mad to contemplate spending loads of money to lose weight if you haven't already tried low carbing. It really is the natural way of eating. This is the food our bodies would have eaten 10,000yrs ago. This is the food we ate for 2million years before we invented farming. Fat, Protein and green veg, nuts,berrries were the only option., Sugar didn't become popular until 1750 less than 300 yrs ago. There have only been 333 generations of wheat eating humans compared to the 76667 generations humanoids have existed. The proportion is simply insignificant. It is ludicrous to suppose wheat is an essential part of our diet and absolutely absurd to suggest sugar is essential to our diet.

skyrocket

What about those Whey Protein shakes that body builders use? Are they not the same thing?