Cambridge Diet part II

piratess

Hi ethans mum i know slimfast is probably the closest your going to get to CD BUT im not sure it is nutritionally as well balanced as CD

As a newbie and only being a week in i can honestly say with my hand on my heart i do not feel hungry (and believe me im the biggest foody i know) ..
I wont say its easy because it is not! BUT the results definatly keep you on the straight and narrow! ..
HTH a little bit

piratess

Oh haha .. spose i better report my loss for my 1st week also hadnt i;)

anyhoo i weighed at 6pm which is naff cos i weigh heavier! but i aint gonna winge! cos hey im just not like that .. secretly im going by my own scales lol but ill be good and record the ones of my CD lol

Ok soooooooooooo this week i lose ............... 7lbs !:D :j Im really pleased .. lets hope we all have another fabby week

shez123456

Hi guys .... Im new here hope you dont mind !!

I need to lose weight and I am thinking of starting the cd diet. I'm going read up a bit more about the cd diet after I have typed this out. However I was just wondering if you lose much weight by doing the cd diet weekly? Also are the milkshakes very filling? I dont really like milkshakes in general but I really need to lose weight!

Thanks

postingalwaysposting

stokegal ~ Morning, sorry I kinda disappeared last night :rolleyes: Ahhh weigh-in may still be good, it depends on more than just water. You know how seriously I take my water yet sometimes weigh-ins for me is pants... Swings and roundabouts. :rotfl: at wanting cheese on toast, my usual 'bad' food to crave is random stuff like faggots or once I wanted cheesy beans with gravy

7 day challenge complete for day one
9-11 ~ 2 litres of water
11am ~ Green tea
1pm ~ strawberry shake
1-5 ~ 3 litres of water
3pm ~ Green tea
5 ~ strawberry shakes
5-7 ~ 2 litres of water
7(ish) ~ choc mint shake
7-11 ~ approx 2 litres of water & 3* Green tea

ethansmum ~ As far as I am aware you cant recreate CD purely because the contents have to be exact. There are very unsafe ways to undertake a VLCD but this could lead to huge organ failure and ultimately life threatening. The best thing I would suggest is just opt for a callorie controlled diet, most of which you can supervise and manage yourself. If you google you can find out your callories to lose 1/2lbs a week.

As Piratess say slimfast is similar but not as balanced and is certainly as expensive as CD as you have to add a meal However I find CD not to bad food money wise. For me its a lot because I used to get all my food with my rent but if you say spend £20 on your grocerys, £10 on a takeaway and £10 on snacks/drinks throughout the week its the same as the cost of one weeks food. Plus your water has already been payed for through your household bills. If anything for me its workd out cheaper as I dont spend so much excess on extra food

I did callorie counting before CD and managed to lose over 2st and keep it off for over a year. Worth a shot, plus you can still be MSE with food becuae you can buy reduced stuff and fit it in with your plan.

As for 'meal replacement food' on ebay I would be very wary. Thats my personal opinion anyway. You have no idea where it was prepared, whats in it and you will certainly have no guidance/support. But its a personal thing really, and tottaly up to you.

piratess ~ 7lbs, woohoo,

I sympathise with you regarding evening weigh-ins though. However your CD should know/account for that. I guess thats the joy of using someones scales and arranging 'meeting'. Some weeks I weigh at home (my scales are the same as CDC's) and then I drive all the way to my CDC and I have put on a lb :rolleyes: It just works that way, you will even out soon enough Keep going, you are doing so well.... Now you have one week gone and are in the pink there is nothing stpping you :rotfl:

shez123456 ~ Welcome to the CD thread i hope when you went to research CD you didnt get lost. I looked into this for about 2months when a co-worker was attempting it. I then relooked back into it when some online friends started it. I must have read everything on the internet about it good and bad, as you can guess my opinion was, do it and see

Anyways to your questions ~ CD guidlines are 4lbs a week/1 stone a month. thats being 100% on the SS programme (the lowest programme avalible), if however you start going up the plans etc your chance of losses are lower. The milkshakes are/arnt filling. Your first week is the hardest, as some of the newbies can comment on, but once you are through that its fine. I find some of the shakes filling and other not so but that depends on when I personally drink them. Also water plays a part too. Regarding not liking milkshakes is it the milk? Purely because these are all made with water and have a nesquicky taste (to me) so if you can stomach those you should be ok....

Hope all goes well whatever you decided. If you start CD come back and we will support you



Well guys weigh-in this morning. I am lucky as I always get her first appointment. Then it's off to Lidl to get some more green tea, I prefer theres (89p for 60) to something like twinings (£1.20 for 40) so its mse really :T

Speak soon, have a great day all :A

piratess

Morning everyone ... Oooo another w.i day .. cant wait to see the result later on Pap ...
Im working today until 2 and then im meeting a new CDC at 2.30 she is coming here ....
So i will be back at 2 to check see if any results have been posted ..


Ooooo and by the way on MY scales this morning its showing another 2lbs gone already so by my own weigh in! ...
(my scales match my CDCs .. i am 13lbs down) UNOFFICIALLY hahaha

HEREWEGOAGAIN_2

PIRATESS - well done on the weight loss.....yay, definately makes it all worthwhile :beer:

Day 10 for me....have a busy day at job 1 today so hopefully the day will fly by and straight onto job 2 until 8 pm.m :cool: still it keeps me busy and out of trouble, and by the time i got home, taken the pooch round the block, had a bath it was bed time and on to day 10....:p lets hope today goes to plan as well ! am ready for weigh in on saturday, 3 lbs would be nice to make a stone in two weeks:D

STOKEGAL - I'd like to join the 100% challenge also if possible

hunbun_3

Morning folks

Its lovely and busy on here isn't it:D

Like the idea of paps of writin down at the end of the day what you've had. Can't remember times for me for yesterday, so I'll keep a tab for today.

Hope to get to cdc next week for my first weigh in of the year, that will mean a month since last weigh in and stretching out what packs I have, so my 100% days are just doing what I can:o

Piratess, its fantastic to see the numbers come down like this isn't it? Keep going, you are doing absolutely fab:T

One more day 'til weigh in stokie......be good:A

I'm off for breakfast (bar and water and mint tea) - see ya xxx

HEREWEGOAGAIN_2

how you all doing....nearly the end of day 10 for me.... almost

Just had a call from my evening job regarding some training for next week...instead of just the two nights i do 4-8 they've asked us to do 5 nights for computer training....that means 5 days of 12 hour shifts i'm not sure if its going to be a help or a hindrance because i know what i'm like when i get tired :mad: perhaps i should look at it from the positve and by the time its finished i'll be on day....20

Hope you guys are all doing OK !! Keep up the good work !!

piratess

Awww Thanks Guys for the lovely congrats ...

Im sure next week will flu by HWGA ... cos you wont have time to think hopefully! .. anddddddd when you get hungry at home just go have a sleep lol .. ~simples~ ... seriously though thats alot of work! .. Hope you get through it ok
Hey hunbun, I like the idea that Pap has to with writing everything down! altho i never seem to have time to turn around in the morning .... lol .. so i tend to forget everything even drinking enough ...

Ive had one shake ... and 2 big glasses of water .. am having a soup for tea and another choccy for supper mmm yum! .. i have actually started putting sweetner in it now! and it taste like posh hot choc! lol .

We are off to a meeting at school this evening, my eldest is going to NY with her Drama lesson so we need to know the ins and outs etc ...

postingalwaysposting

Afternoon all, I thought I posted here

piratess ~ How did the meeting with the new CDC go? Well done on the weightloss this morning, diets amazing eh Sounds like you are having a fab day, lets hope it continues. Have a great meeting tonight

hunbun ~ :rotfl: its habit to write it all down now, keeps me on track. I hope your weigh-in next week goes well. Have you weighed at all on your scales? do you know what its likely to be?

HEREWEGOAGAIN ~10 days :T bet it felt ages away on your first day :rotfl: I hope your new work rota wont cause any problems on the diet. Stay strong


Ohhh weigh-in... 4lbs lost :j Now I am hoping my body can keep it up and I will have the same next wek Ohh I forgot this morning but did anyone watch generation xxl on channel 4 last night? One of the mothers there was on CD and she only lasted 2weeks

I hope you all have a fab evening, one shake to go for me today :j