Cambridge Diet

SEE

Louisepp wrote: »

Oh gosh. That's not healthy:rolleyes: WLR wouldn't approve of that.

Nope, but then you can hardly come on an criticise it unless you know what it's about:rolleyes: My doctor was happy for me to do it, so do I take it you are more qualified than my doctor? And you can judge the diet without knowing about it



Well, I'm 3 years at goal. So it's all going to go back on in the next 2 years? Nah. I addressed my 'issues'. Wonder why you think that Cambridge = not addressing issues. Ahhh, I know...you don't know anything about the diet...that'll be it:j

It makes sense for you to defend your position. Your signature quotes you to be a Cambridge councillor.

Perhaps you should read the experts, and when someone is upset about a mouthful of tuna, I think you should realise it's playing a very dangerous game.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/1999/dec/14/healthandwellbeing.health
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18251026
http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0121.htm
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NoAgfu1XbPgC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=CAMBRIDGE+DIETERS+REGAIN+WEIGHT&source=web&ots=qESdLB11Zw&sig=AXKMNVQoQBt9HXO9jDgnewyy69g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews114087.html

tiredmumof2

................they're back. Didn't get the message the first time. Obviously 'challenged'.

Best to ignore then they'll hopefully go away.

Louisepp

SEE wrote: »

It makes sense for you to defend your position. Your signature quotes you to be a Cambridge councillor.

I have been a counsellor for a very short time, but did the diet 4 years ago, and have been an active member of their forums for as long. I do defend it, and did so long before I became a counsellor. Now that I am a counsellor, it is in my signature for ethical reasons. I do not advertise, nor do I seek our clients. I purely counsel and support people who have already chosen to do the diet.

Perhaps you should read the experts, and when someone is upset about a mouthful of tuna, I think you should realise it's playing a very dangerous game.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/1999/dec/14/healthandwellbeing.health
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18251026
http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0121.htm

Ahh, the anti dieting brigade, rather than anti Cambridge. To be honest, I sort of agree with a lot those articles say. I believe that my first diet was probably my downfall (not cambridge BTW). Cambridge got me back on track and now hopefully, I will never need to diet again.

Meanwhile, I do hope that you have posted these links across all the dieting forums, not just this one

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NoAgfu1XbPgC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=CAMBRIDGE+DIETERS+REGAIN+WEIGHT&source=web&ots=qESdLB11Zw&sig=AXKMNVQoQBt9HXO9jDgnewyy69g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result

And this one refers to the US Cambridge diet, which isn't the same as the UK one. Besides...lots has changed since the release of both the UK and the US Cambridge diets. But pleeeaaase, they are not the same diet. If you chose not to read the thread, or research the diet, you cannot possibly come on the thread to argue points that are just not valid.

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews114087.html

Experts eh? These are just general members of the public giving their review on the Cambridge diet. Which Cambridge Diet isn't clear But pleased that they were generally happy with it :j Thank you for posting that

Now, please be sure to post those anti-dieting links across the other boards, and if you have any questions about the diet, ask nicely and I'm sure there's a few of us around that have researched it and can help you out

Jennikay

Urgh. It's so difficult to ignore obnoxious people, I naturally defend my position by arguing, sometimes you can't get me to shut up


Heh, I had a bit of a binge yesterday and put on 1lb.

I'll have to be good today :A

Louisepp

tiredmumof2 wrote: »

................they're back. Didn't get the message the first time. Obviously 'challenged'.

Best to ignore then they'll hopefully go away.

Whoops. I didn't In a strange sort of way, I quite like these types of posts as people don't know about the diet, and still like to judge it. It gives us a chance to put the facts over and help clear up misunderstandings. Well...assuming they read it:rolleyes:

SEE

Louisepp wrote: »

I have been a counsellor for a very short time, but did the diet 4 years ago, and have been an active member of their forums for as long. I do defend it, and did so long before I became a counsellor. Now that I am a counsellor, it is in my signature for ethical reasons. I do not advertise, nor do I seek our clients. I purely counsel and support people who have already chosen to do the diet.

Ahh, the anti dieting brigade, rather than anti Cambridge. To be honest, I sort of agree with a lot those articles say. I believe that my first diet was probably my downfall (not cambridge BTW). Cambridge got me back on track and now hopefully, I will never need to diet again.

Meanwhile, I do hope that you have posted these links across all the dieting forums, not just this one
And this one refers to the US Cambridge diet, which isn't the same as the UK one. Besides...lots has changed since the release of both the UK and the US Cambridge diets. But pleeeaaase, they are not the same diet. If you chose not to read the thread, or research the diet, you cannot possibly come on the thread to argue points that are just not valid.
Experts eh? These are just general members of the public giving their review on the Cambridge diet. Which Cambridge Diet isn't clear But pleased that they were generally happy with it :j Thank you for posting that

Now, please be sure to post those anti-dieting links across the other boards, and if you have any questions about the diet, ask nicely and I'm sure there's a few of us around that have researched it and can help you out

Ok, answer me this. Why do you have a devotee on here claiming to be upset by a mouthful of tuna, is that healthy, and is it healthy for others to confirm it was ok, but don't do it again?

I'm not having a go at the Cambridge diet, I'm having a go at all diets which remove crutches only to replace them with their own to make money out of people with deep rooted issues. Its like a doctor selling heroin so he can proscribe methadone. Either way they'd be in a win win situation of taking control of someone elses life, instead of that person controlling it themselves, or accepting that who they are is ok. I love all people, fat or thin, I love who they are, not their size zero jeans. And more people need to analyse why they feel the way they do about their bodies, dieting just reafirms that people were ugly before they started, and I'm not speaking about life threatening obesity which needs a doctors care, and not manipulating organisations who self refined pap posing as food.

Louisepp

SEE wrote: »

Ok, answer me this. Why do you have a devotee on here claiming to be upset by a mouthful of tuna, is that healthy, and is it healthy for others to confirm it was ok, but don't do it again?

Okay. Good question Most of the Cambridge plans actually have tuna but one of the plans removes all conventional food for the short term. It is then introduced slowly and surely.

I think the difference between you and most Cambridge dieters, is that you could probably control that portion of tuna. Many of us have been very overweight, with all those food problems. The portion of tuna often had a side dish of a loaf or bread and half a pound of butter. Why? I dunno. But telling myself to stop at a sensible portion would be like telling myself to fly back up whilst falling off a cliff. Not now of course. Not now I've pretty much sorted my problems.

So what if they did just have a mouthful of tuna. It really is no big deal, though most people find that adding a little of something at this stage does make the whole thing much harder. People are encouraged to make it easier on themselves, by sticking to the plan, and thus not having to fight physical hunger or other cravings which the Cambridge Diet helps with. Remember, that stage of the Cambridge diet is short term...As I said earlier, the conventional food is reintroduced at a later stage.

I'm not having a go at the Cambridge diet, I'm having a go at all diets which remove crutches only to replace them with their own to make money out of people with deep rooted issues.

Well, I'm sure they made money out of me. And now Waitrose, Tesco, Asda are making money out of me:rolleyes: In an ideal world, everything should be free Should a psychiatrist make money out of people with deep rooted issues? Perhaps not. But I guess we all need to pay the shopping bill.

The UK Cambridge diet is probably the most researched diet in the world. Research costs money. That's life.

Its like a doctor selling heroin so he can proscribe methadone.

Oh no. It's like a doctor giving methadone to someone who is a lifelong heroin addict. The problem is there before they go to Cambridge. Cambridge don't pull innocent people that have never had food issues off the streets. They deal with people who have usually tried all other methods and failed. People who are usually severely obese.

Either way they'd be in a win win situation of taking control of someone elses life, instead of that person controlling it themselves,

Have a respectfully disagree here too. We control ourselves. Cambridge don't control us. We chose this method of losing weight and we can stop it whenever we please. I did the diet. I did the hard work. Cambridge supplied me with the tools at my request, and with my doctors approval.

or accepting that who they are is ok. I love all people, fat or thin, I love who they are, not their size zero jeans. And more people need to analyse why they feel the way they do about their bodies, dieting just reafirms that people were ugly before they started, and I'm not speaking about life threatening obesity which needs a doctors care, and not manipulating organisations who self refined pap posing as food.

this is a subject very close to my heart. I too love people whether they are fat or thin. To be honest, I hardly notice. I look into peoples eyes;)

I can't say I look better thinner. That was never my aim. I just wanted to get my life back. I wanted to feel better, have more energy, go for a run, be more flexible, cross my legs on the sofa.

It had nothing to do with appearance for me. I'm sure it does for many others, but that's not the fault of Cambridge. It's just the culture we live in.

To do the more extreme version of Cambridge you need to be really quite overweight. Enough for it to be a danger to your health. In all the work I've done studying this diet, I see the focus from Cambridge, on health, rather than looks.

If you are only a little overweight and you want to do Cambridge, then you are not allowed to do the more extreme diet. It's more of a calorie controlled GI diet with vitamins, minerals and conventional food which then leads onto normal healthy eating and exercise.

I have my life back now. My cholesterol is halved. My blood pressure in now normal. The swelling on my legs and feet have gone. My doctor and my hospital consultant is delighted. Not because they may consider me more attractive, but because I'm likely to live a lot longer and have a more active lifestyle....oh and probably less of a drain on the NHS.

Is that so bad?

Sorry...really long post, but you posted a really good question and I wanted to explain it as clearly as I could.

Saint_Chris

Well Well Well

Me and my Tuna are a talking point.

I'm not getting into the what i ate why i ate it, as the people who are not doing cambridge don't understand.

I've tried all the diets, and to be honest all are hard.

As i enjoy my food to much..

But I decided to go on the cambridge diet, after seeing the success of some of my friends.

I've been doing very well and am happy with my weight loss.

I'm going to turkey 2 weeks today, and i don't plan to starve myself.

I'm going to enjoy my eating, and i'm also going to enjoy a drink.

When i come home, if i've put 1 stone on well so be it. As i will be straight back on my cambrdige diet.

tiredmumof2

Fabulous response! Didn't want to quote it due to size:D

I took the decision after trying all sorts of diets - WW, SW and - to be truthfully honest Xenical tablets which, if you ate too much resulted in hurried trips to the loo:eek:!!!!

I MADE the decision based on my lifestyle - not how I looked. Everyone said I had a really thin face and being 5ft 9in helps but at 17st after the birth of my 2nd Son I decided enough was enough as I couldn't even walk far or run after my eldest Son without feeling out of breath. I also suffer from Asthma and my extra weight didn't help this. Both my Mum and Dad have diabetes (due to age, not poor diet) and I look at them and see how it affects their life and I was determined not to be like that due to poor living choices. I also saw the effect my eating habits were having on my Eldest Son as he was starting to put on weight.

The CD has shown me I don't have to rely on food and it's a matter of controlling what my mind thinks I need and what my body actually needs.

Jennikay

I chose Cambridge because it allowed to to take a step back and analyse my eating habits.

They say dieting is harder than giving up cocaine, and they have a point.

How many people could go from a full blown cocaine habit to having 3 small amounts of cocaine every day? It's easier to go cold turkey, and that's what I view Cambridge as - it takes away all the food until you're a healthy BMI, then gradually reintroduces healthy food.


I love this diet.
And I gladly pay £40/week for it, because it works, unlike 'healthy eating and exercise'.