Cambridge Diet

Zara33

Cute have a lovely time and enjoy yourself!

Cute_'n'_Quirky

Baltar

Slim4Summer wrote: »

Hey Baltar whats your name on Minimins? I'll look out for you!
Emmy the address is just www.minimins.co.uk (I think!) Check it out - there is a lot of useful stuff.

Whats your username? it'll be a lot easier for me to find you

annie_d - you were right the first time.

I think i may be addicted to minis, i wonder if there's a CD version for CDers needing to curb their forum-dwelling habits :j

Baltar x

ViHan

Baltar wrote: »

Whats your username? it'll be a lot easier for me to find you

annie_d - you were right the first time.

I think i may be addicted to minis, i wonder if there's a CD version for CDers needing to curb their forum-dwelling habits :j

Baltar x

Hi Baltar

I am on Minis too, but I already know your username cos you directed me here;)
Thanks for letting me in on this forum!

Vez

Well, I'm about to start and I'm not looking forwards to it.

I tried it for a week in January and it made me mental. I couldnt do with out solid food, the all liquid diet made me really unhappy. BUT I need to do something and my mum has lost 18lb so far in 2 months. I need to loose
2-2.5 stone and if I start to see weight come off perhaps it will keep me going.

rallynut_2

Hi there everyone.

I am planning to re-start the CD this week but the worst thing I found was having to visit my counsellor all the time! She is lovely and made me feel very welcome, she wasn't particularly competent though lol!

Anyway - Since I have been on the diet a few times before and know what I'm doing I was wondering if anyone knows of somewhere online I can buy the sachets? (Other than ebay that is).

Oh, also - someone mentioned making porridge and fudge etc with the sachets - is this new information as last time I was on the milkshakes it was just milkshakes, soups and a pot of gelatin to make a mousse if you wanted!

RN

Zara33

rallynut wrote: »

Hi there everyone.

I am planning to re-start the CD this week but the worst thing I found was having to visit my counsellor all the time! She is lovely and made me feel very welcome, she wasn't particularly competent though lol!

Anyway - Since I have been on the diet a few times before and know what I'm doing I was wondering if anyone knows of somewhere online I can buy the sachets? (Other than ebay that is).

Oh, also - someone mentioned making porridge and fudge etc with the sachets - is this new information as last time I was on the milkshakes it was just milkshakes, soups and a pot of gelatin to make a mousse if you wanted!

RN

You cannot buy your products from anywhere except from your counsellor, perhaps you can do what i do...i only see mine once a month.

Also re fudge etc have a lookie here : http://www.cambridgedieters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12099

Zara33

Vez wrote: »

Well, I'm about to start and I'm not looking forwards to it.

I tried it for a week in January and it made me mental. I couldnt do with out solid food, the all liquid diet made me really unhappy. BUT I need to do something and my mum has lost 18lb so far in 2 months. I need to loose
2-2.5 stone and if I start to see weight come off perhaps it will keep me going.

Perhaps you could do another plan rather than doing sole source there are several options available, and you are still able to loose the weight.

ClaireLR

Hi Vez and rallynut!

Rallynut - you can visit your counsellor as often as you like, so if you only want to go once a month then that would be fine as long as you could buy a months worth of cambridge from him/her in one go. The only problem I would have with this is I like to be weighed weekly, gives me motivation you see - but being weighed once a month, imagine the huuuuuuge weightloss when you do finally get weighed. Other than that you could find another counsellor? Try the Cambridge diet website to find one http://www.cambridge-diet.co.uk/ - click on counsellors and it brings up a list. Don't buy them from ebay as they cost a lot more there than buying from a counsellor and you don't get the proper advice which can be dangerous. As for recipes - there are LOADS! I will try and find the post that they re on and repost it here for you. You can still get the gelatin to make mousse though. They also do bars which are yummy and are allowed after 2 weeks on Cambridge.

HTH - back soon with the recipes!

Vez - look at your weight loss this way - 2.5 stone is 33 pounds. If you lose 4 pounds a week (as seems to be the average) you will lose all you need to in 9 weeks, although most people lose a lot more in their first week so you could do it even sooner than that! By doing other diets your just prolonging the agony of dieting, with Cambridge you can get the boring dieting over and done with asap!!!

I've returned to it now after going on hols and I struggled the first week but am now into the second week and am finding it really easy. AND I lost 9 pounds last week!

ClaireLR

OFFICIAL INSERT:
We've been contacted and advised by a representative of the Cambridge Diet that "Cooking" any of the Cambridge Diet packs damages the nutrition of them, and is most unwise.The only Cambridge Diet product which can be cooked is the Porridge (Original or Apple & Cinnamon), which is designed to be microwaved. As always please be careful and do your own research

MSE Forum Team

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Recipes as originally posted by CnQ

RECIPE IDEAS FOR THE CAMBRIDGE FOOD PACKS


CHOCOLATE MUFFIN

1. Put a little BOILING WATER into a ramekin dish or microwavable mug (about 2 desert spoons to begin with you can add more later if needed).
2. Add the chocolate pack & mix to a thick paste. Put into the microwave on high for just under a minute – if it looks a little bit soggy in the middle, put it back in for about 10 seconds or so. Then enjoy.

This can be made with other flavour foodpacks as well.

A slightly different version of the muffin can be made by saving some of your bars, add it to the mix & it tastes like a brownie. Or when making chocolate muffins add a couple of teaspoons of the summer berry powder or water flavourings to make a sweeter muffin.

LATTE

Make up the vanilla pack as a hot shake; add a teaspoon of coffee & some tablet sweeteners to taste.

ICE CREAM

Put 11 ice cubes in a powerful liquidiser & crush the ice, add a sweet food pack – add a small amount of water, about 2 tbsp & liquidise for about 5 minutes. You may need to stir in between; you’ll end up with a nice bowl of ice cream.

CHICKEN STUFFING

Mix as you would do for a chocolate muffin, but use a packet of chicken soup instead. Cook in microwave for about 1 and a half mins, depending on how dry you like it.

CHOCOLATE BAR

Mix chocolate pack with a bit of water until you have a thick paste, then spread onto some tin foil and freeze for an hour or more.

Mars bar - as for chocolate bar, but with half of vanilla and half of the chocolate. Milky bar - as for chocolate bar, but make just with vanilla –gorgeous. Caramac - as for chocolate bar, but make just with the caramel.

Black FOREST GATEAUX MIX

10 ice cubes, chocolate pack, 8oz water & 1.5tsp of fruits of the forest flavouring. Blitz in a smoothie maker or try your blender.

CHEESECAKE SMOOTHIE

Vanilla pack, 10 ice cubes, 8oz water, 1tsp of the CD orange flavouring & blitz in a smoothie maker or try your blender.

CHOCOLATE COOKIE

Take sparkling water & mix with a chocolate pack& then add a pinch of salt, about 2 tbsp water, increase if needed to make thick paste. Put onto a small plate, rounded into a biscuit shape. Bake in the microwave for about 2.5 minutes.

ICE LOLLIES

Make up the CD summer berry or orange – a bit stronger than you’d normally make, as your taste dictates – put into lolly moulds and freeze.

CHICKEN CRISPS OR CHILLI CRISPS

This recipe is even better if you use a Teflon mat, it’s a bit like a sheet of greaseproof paper but you can wipe it clean. Mix a packet of soup with about 2 tbs of water until you get a thick paste, spread the mixture on the mat or greaseproof paper in a circle, microwave for about 2 mins. It will go crispy, then you can break up into smaller crisp size pieces.

AFTER EIGHT CHOCOLATE TREAT

Add strong cold peppermint tea to chocolate mix, I prefer this as a thick paste like a mousse, but you could have it as a hot chocolate mint drink or cold. Yummy

CHOCOLATE FUDGE

1 packet of chocolate 1/4 cup of hot water 2 or more sweeteners canderel 1tsp of coffee (if you like) mix well – it should look like a thick chocolate soup. Microwave it for 2 mins. It comes out as a thick gooey mess, which tastes like fudge!

CHOCOLATE PUDDING WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Microwave most of the choc pack like a muffin but keep some aside and mix into a thick paste whilst the muffin is cooking. Take muffin out and smear with thick choc goo and eat. It really does taste nice and cools the muffin down. This could be done with vanilla icing too

CHOCOLATE CUSTARD

Dissolve a sweetener in approx 70mls of hot water. Add a chocolate pack, microwave for approx 40 secs. Makes a lovely hot chocolate custard. A whole pack of this was a bit sickly for me though, so next time I used half the quantities and had it on top of a muffin.

POPPADUMS

Mix a soup pack with a very small amount of water (about 5 dessert spoons), into a smooth paste, spread on a plate or greaseproof paper and microwave for about 3 mins. Let it settle, when golden take out let it cool then peel off and enjoy. Be careful to not overcook as this makes them taste slightly bitter.

BISCUITS

Cut up a bar into 8-10 pieces. Arrange on a plate 3 or 4 at a time to give them space to expand. Microwave for about thirty seconds – or until they stop bubbling. Be careful as they may start burning from the inside out. Use a knife under the biscuits to prise off the plate. Or use baking paper - not greaseproof!

BLACK FOREST COOKIE

Add 1 chocolate pack to sparkling water (3 tbs give or take) add fruits of the forest flavour (half teaspoon) put in the microwave for one minute (let it settle) and you have the fluffiest cookie ever.

There are loads more including the porridge will I will try and find for you now