Cambridge Diet

Cute_'n'_Quirky

On the CD site the CDC's recommend that you go to 790 at a BMI of 26/27 but some folks don't tell anybody until they are to 25!!!!

Cute_'n'_Quirky

ClaireLR wrote: »

Ooooh loving this thread!

I have been doing Cambridge since January and have so far lost 4 stone and am aiming for another 4. I haven't rigidly stuck to it in that time, there have been weeks where I haven't stuck to it at all, but that suits me and I am managing to maintain my weight in the weeks when I do cheat.

Am currently 14 stone and am aiming to be 10 stone by Christmas.

I have started exercising last week - if you're going to exercise I recommend you build up gradually, I started off walking about 3 miles a day every day (ouch!), and had to spend the weekend recovering!!! But feel a little better today so have had a walk this morning.

Just to let anyone doing this know, there are some "recipes" that you can make from your soups/shakes, if you ask your counsellor about this they should be be able to tell you, I bought my recipes from ebay in an ebook, worthy buying as there are loads! and they break up the monotomy from time to time. I highly recommend freezing a ready mixed (tetra) shake and eating it frozen, just like the creamiest ice cream only healthy!!

Next weigh in is Saturday - fingers crossed!

Well Done!! :T

The recipes are available free on the web at www.cambridgedieters.com and www.minimins.com (which is for all diets and has a section for Cambridge)

The frozen tetras are fine.

The frozen recipes made from a shake with partial water are ghastly.

I made a cookie yesterday from a chocolate shake which ended up rather overcooked and was more like a giant crisp!
Later on today I am going to make crisps from a vegetable soup pack and have them with a CD savoury drink.

Haven't tried the muffins yet. The cookie would have been alright had I not tried to cremate it!!

Cute_'n'_Quirky

Toots - the hospital carries three BMI charts - one for a large frame, a medium frame and a small frame - calculated by wrist size.

I have this whilst seeing the Orthopaedic Surgeon who said that the BMI range for me was too low since I have a large skeletal frame.

I have been down to my BMI before and I was literally skin and bone - so I am not doing that again!! Have worked to a BMI of 28 which is what the Surgeon told me to do and will see what I look like when I get there!

Cute_'n'_Quirky

It is definitely after two weeks!!!

Look at the cambridge site I recommended!!

My CDC told me originally - about the coke zero, the CD savoury drink and the mousse mix.


'And no more than 1 pint of coke zero in any one day - whilst also monitoring ketosis carefully' - from the CD Sole Source booklet.

lynzpower

I was told 2 weeks as well by my CDC on saturday.

Of course the powder based drinks you can have from day one. Has anyone had these yet? what are they like?

I was toying with getting one, but the MSE in me thought 6 quid for a drink ( obviously you get a lot of out of it) thought I might leave it for now and out up with the water..... .

Cute_'n'_Quirky

The drinks mixers are gorgeous!!! Particularly in sparkling water!!

Louisepp

Toots wrote: »

My counsellor has told me they aim to get you to a BMI of 23 (to allow for a few indiscretions afterwards).

It might be an idea to suggest you get your CDC to phone Cambridge as she is wrong on this point I'm afraid:(

To clarify: Once your BMI is 25 plus one stone, you should not be on any of the plans under 800 cals (a VLCD). All the other plans (1000, 1200 and 1500 are fine as long as you aren't overweight.)

So, if you follow SS and your BMI goes to 26, you need to move up to 790 for one week, then to 1000 where you can stay until you reach goal if you so wish.

djdymond

right my turn!

i have an appointment with a councillor toorrow and then ill start too!

everyone seems to be lossng pounds like no ones business but tell me (as this is the most important to me) what about inches? do they come off just as quick? do u need to exercise alot to begin with as i am worried exercising alot in the early stages my make me faint or something?

cant wait!

xxxxx

Cute_'n'_Quirky

In my first week I lost 17 pounds in weight. I also lost 4" from my chest, 4" from my waist and 4" from my hips.

I did no exercise at all that first week due to work/appointments etc.

I added my regular swimming back on week two at 30 lengths of the pool three times per week. I have had no problems being tired/faint/dizzy or anything like that. Just make sure that if you add a hot, sweaty workout that you increase your water intake accordingly.

Good luck!

Hope this helps!!

Cute_'n'_Quirky

CD do say to measure yourself too - you can lose inches in one week where you might only show a 2lb loss on the scales. Your CDC will measure you or you can do it yourself.

I am just about to start Week 3.