Cambridge Diet

KellsBells

Cazarol,

I am very interested in the CD - a friend of a friend is doing it and apparently she's doing fantastically well - I just have questions!!

1. so you have 3 liquid supplements a day - what can you eat/drink aswell as these?
2. Surely if you are a big person (I am size 22 at the mo) you would need more than 3 drinks a day to fill you up?
3. Is there anyway to get it cheaper that £35 a week? There is absolutely no way I can pay that with the financial state ww are in (maybe I'm just destined to be a fattie forever?

Fizog

Had two work colleagues who did Lighter Life cost about £47 per week- they lost weight and put it all back on when they went back to normal eating.
i looked at the packaging and diet and worked out they were actually eating (drinking) 600 calories a day. The packets of soups and drinks had added vitamins and minerals but that was all. They were miserable as hell.

You should save your money cut out 500 calories a day off a 2000 calorie diet, eat fresh foods, drinks lots of water, cut out alcohol and processed foods (no sweets,cakes, biscuits, prepared or tinned meals), snack on fresh fruit or nuts and walk for 30 minutes a day.

If you really want to lose weight you need to buy/borrow good low calorie or GI cook books and plan a months eating plans in advance. If you have a family you will need to work out evening meals that can be altered for you and plan out exactly what you can eat every meal and snack and stick to it. If you feel hungry go for a shower, a walk, phone a friend.

Emmzi

KellsBells wrote: »

Cazarol,

I am very interested in the CD - a friend of a friend is doing it and apparently she's doing fantastically well - I just have questions!!

1. so you have 3 liquid supplements a day - what can you eat/drink aswell as these?
2. Surely if you are a big person (I am size 22 at the mo) you would need more than 3 drinks a day to fill you up?
3. Is there anyway to get it cheaper that £35 a week? There is absolutely no way I can pay that with the financial state ww are in (maybe I'm just destined to be a fattie forever?

1. On sole source nothing unless you are a bloke or tall, then it's 4 packs. But you can opt for a 790 or 1000 calorie plan insteads - you lose weight slower but get small healthy meals.
2. Your stomach is about the same size no matter how much fat is over it. The first 3 or 4 days are hell but then you get used to it.
3. Not really - it's far more expesive on ebay.

victory

Fizog wrote: »

Had two work colleagues who did Lighter Life cost about £47 per week- they lost weight and put it all back on when they went back to normal eating.
i looked at the packaging and diet and worked out they were actually eating (drinking) 600 calories a day. The packets of soups and drinks had added vitamins and minerals but that was all. They were miserable as hell.

You should save your money cut out 500 calories a day off a 2000 calorie diet, eat fresh foods, drinks lots of water, cut out alcohol and processed foods (no sweets,cakes, biscuits, prepared or tinned meals), snack on fresh fruit or nuts and walk for 30 minutes a day.

If you really want to lose weight you need to buy/borrow good low calorie or GI cook books and plan a months eating plans in advance. If you have a family you will need to work out evening meals that can be altered for you and plan out exactly what you can eat every meal and snack and stick to it. If you feel hungry go for a shower, a walk, phone a friend.

Absolutely what I Was going to say, I have had 1 friend on the CD diet and she lost 4 stone, was irritable, angry, frustrated, desperately hungry however much water she drank, she now has put it all back on and more because she has not resolved her food issues, if you have a love hate relationship with food you have to address that on any diet you are on to keep the weight off.

I have been on a healthy eating plan and have lost 3 stone and 6 lb in 5 months as per sig, I cut out all biscuits, cakes, crisps, high fat, high calorie foods and introduced high fibre slow release foods, fruit and veg, drank loads of hot lemon as not too partial to water on its own, yes it has been hard but the results speak for themselves and they are worth it because the weight came off steady and consistent and will remain off.

It will remain off bar a few pounds here and there because of me, I have changed, I now know I do not need a whole KFC bucket to myself!1 My portions were too large, I did not need such high calorie foods, I cook from scratch, never have processed foods, I wait 20 mins before making a decision to eat (have hot lemon) realise that a lot of it was boredom, habit, PMT, now I exercise, walk, cycle, eat loads of fruit and veg, muller light yogurts, 0% fat greek yogurts, fromage frais, multi grain ryvita crackers, it is a life change that is needed to keep it off not a quick fix.

linzi_h

I did it about a year ago and lost 4 stone and i have now put it all back on.

i did it for about 6 months too. i did end up veryh weak and constipated on it and i did need to save for a house too so i ended it.

i could not get to grips with food again so i just ate what i used to.

up to you if you want to try it

good luck

Cute_'n'_Quirky

A friend of the family has just done Cambridge. He lost 3 stones/42 pounds in 6 weeks. He looks fantastic!

The feeling ill issue came up with Atkins too - it comes from being too overdependent on carbs. The more carbs you eat prior to Cambridge or Atkins the worse the drop.

elaine373

I have never done the CD but i know people who have. Apparently the key to success is doing the maintenance that comes with it,(when you have lost alot of the excess weight) otherwise, as people have stated, you do not change what made you over eat in the past and you tend to put all the weight back on. you do get counselling if you see the counsellor who should be selling it to you, rather than getting it off ebay, with no professional advice.I personally cant face the thought of no food which has stopped me so far from doing the CD.

Elle00

I did this sort of thing using Tesco Ultraslim shakes five years ago with great success. Lost 3.5st in about 4mnths.

However, I am now lactose intolerant and am confident it is because of doing this diet for too long!

I wouldn't waste money on doing the "proper version" of this diet though. What you're basically looking at doing here is simply embarking on a very low fat, 1000kcal a day diet (no less than 1000kcals unless you want to visit A&E though!).

For a 6wk period you can do one of three things very cheaply and effectively:

Eat two bowls of low fat breakfast cereal a day plus one low fat 600kcal dinner.

Have three slim-fast or alternative shakes per day plus one low fat 600kcal meal per day.

Have two blended home-made soups per day made from vegetables (I would recommend using potato too else you'll be dead on your feet) plus one low fat 600kcal meal per day.

These three diets should see you consuming about 1000kcals per day but because they are not nutrionally balanced and very low in fat you really must stick to the 6wk time limit. Personally I would advise adding in two pieces of fruit a day for all three diets plus a cereal bar if doing the milk-based or vegetable soup version.

I think this is a great way to get a diet off to a good start as long as you're prepared for the exercise and slow-down in weight loss when you get within about a stone of your target weight. Ideally, if you've got 3st to lose you should be consuming between 1250 and 1500kcals a day, less as you near your target weight. But doing this for 6wks will hopefully give you the boost and incentive you need ready for the hard work.

3st sounds like it's sooo much to lose but really it's not and you could easily be slim by Christmas if you take the time to do things the right way. Best of luck!

Cute_'n'_Quirky

Elle - the reason that Cambridge works is because it is nutritionally sound.

Anyone can drop their calorie intake below 600 - which would be an incredibly stupid thing to do with ordinary food - because you would not be taking in the nutritional requirements.

Also Cambridge is designed so that you are not hungry at all - rather like Atkins.

Even Slimfast wouldn't come close to Cambridge because it contains too much carb.

CD has been on the go for so long, as has the US equivalent Medifast, because it does work.

However, as has already been said above, it is important to increase the food slowly in order not to go back to previous bad eating habits.

psycx

Hello there

If ebay is the most expensive place to buy the CD, where would be the cheapest?

Thanks

Dan