Cambridge Diet

A question about : Cambridge Diet

Has anyone had any success doing the cambridge diet - I know all the negative crash dieting stuff but sometimes desperate measures call for desperate times.

It is Ј35per week so not cheap - or money saving!

What I am really after is honest experiences really.

Thanks - lisa

Best answers:

• ive never heard of that diet,
  i did try the atkins diet and i gotta say i lost over a stone per month
  but that was bad on the wallet lol
  right now im just cutting out all the junk and im losing a steady 1-3 pounds per week
  so i dont think crash diets are up to much, better to try the will power way imo.
• I did the diet, lost loads of weight but had a gastric band as I just couldn't bear the thought of doing it again. I tried to go with lighter life(they are twice as much as CD) but I had a medical condition that they wouldn't let me, I just didn't tell the CD lady.
  It is hard, till you see the weight drops off, and people start commenting.
  Good luck with whatever you do
  xxxxxx
• I have a friend who has done it a couple of years back. She lost 12 stone in about 14 months, and so far has kept most of it off.
  I also have a friend at work who is doing it - he is losing about 5 - 6 lbs a week and is pleased with the results. I recall that he is paying about £50 a week though so maybe it varies by area - he has a weekly meet with his advisor and is measured every 4 weeks so he can see how many inches he has lost from where etc. He found teh first week difficult, but now is in a routine, and his only big issue is that he is very family focused and misses having sunday lunch with his kids!
• https://www.cambridgedieters.com/forums/
  just found this site and seriously considering doing it myself...
  its a good forum and has some before & after pics ect....
• I did it, hated it, but lost weight.
  I got to my goal, stopped and put it all back on again.
  Waste of money and effort. I needed to reeducate my eating habits not buy c##p like that.
• I did it and lost 4 stone-
  I have put 2 back on...
  You really need to work the issues out WHY you eat and WHAT you eat or you will just put it back on...
  PM me if you want more help...
  Bunny
• £35 a week - what for?
  Surely you can buy a diet book and work from that?
• The thing with CD is that it takes the choice out of dieting, it is hard-till you see the weight fall off.
  I don't mean to be rude, I really don't but it's unhelpful comments like that usually from people who have never had a problem with their weight. I have, and will always have issues with food.
• Yes I do have problems with my weight, but they wouldn't be helped by wasting £35 a week. I'd still have problems with my weight but would also be broke.
• Have you bought a diet book and worked from it?
• I did this diet. The first 3 days are difficult but after that I really wasnt hungry. Word of warning, tho, make sure you get the supplement that helps you poo!!!! Lost weight quickly but put some back on when I started eating normally again...
  Good luck if you decide to go ahead.
• Exil - the £35 is for 7 days food replacement - so absolutely no other shopping! I agree it is expensive and more than as a single person I would want to spend on my weekly shop but a while ago I tried WW and I can tell you that fees, thens stuff for the shop at the class and then diet food cost more the £35 per week.
  I also realise it is hard and rapid and that eating habits need to change but I have had a real hard year, financial, emotionally and really need a kick start so I have decided to try it, I am actually quite excited but for various practical reasons I can't start until after Easter, and I am a little dissappointed that I can't start sooner to be honest.
  I am very attracted by the fact that the diet is so controlled, I think I need the routine that the Cambridge diet gives and that it is portioned controlled. I am a little worried about drastically changing my body shape as I don't really want my colleagues etc know that I have resorted to something so extreme, and the expenses of buying size 16 clothes, then 14's and possibly some 12 is quite frightening but all in a good way.
  Thanks for all the advice!
  lisa x
• Best wishes for the diet. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!
  MM
• hi all i have just started cd today. so far so good. trying to drink as much water as possible...i hate boring plain water..........wish me luck
• Hi all
  I bought the diet two weeks worth of Ebay because I could not for love nor money find a counsellor! I lasted two meals. Hated the stuff and was starving.
  Would you all not agree that slimfast is the same thing but so much cheaper?
  Best of luck to you all
  MMx
• I've done CD - did it for 4 weeks, having a break and then going back on it. Lost 20 pounds. Kept it off so far.
  More expensive for blokes as they get more food. (4 packs a day insteads of 3) so more than £35 a week for them.
  AIR, CD has more protein and less carb than slimfast.
  As for money saving, it's half the price of lighter life.
  Taste wise - soups ands pre-mixes and much better than the packs you mix yourself, which can taste powdery. But it's not real food and eating it is over quickly. It's nice not to obsess about what's in the fridge for a bit...
  There is a CD forum where you can ask q's, find it from the CD website.
  HOWEVER it's really not for everyone. I'd try it for a week and see.
• The CD is a blast from the past I had friend who was 14/15 doing it and that was 20 years ago.
  I have always had weight issues and can loose weight if I want to. Have done it losing about 2 and half stone in three months by eating only three meals a day no junk and cycling 5 miles a day.
  I have since gained a few more pounds lost it and gained again. I know I have a love hate relationship with food.
  But I don't see CD as the answer to all your problems. It will help to kick start the diet rather like the two weeks with two meals a day on breakfast cereal, they are not a replacement for good heathly meals with exercise thrown in. At least sliming world allows you loads of fruit and veg as free foods everyday. Not many do allow this.
  The main way to not just lose but to keep the weight off is to deal with the emotional issues that you have around food.
  I know rather rich from someone who still had issues.
  What every you choose to do all the best.
  Yours
  Calley