cambridge and lighter life diets

[drinkingdean]

I was wondering if anyone has used either of these plans to loose weight and also roughly how much it costs per week
cheers
dean

[Le Chat]

We used to sell a diet years ago called the Micro Diet, which was the same as the Cambridge diet. ie, meal replacement with either a sachet or a milkshake substance, a bar of some type and/or a packet meal.
If you stick to the replacement diet, then you can lose loads of weight. However, for a person to be overweight in the first place, means that that person does not have the ability to regulate their intake of food. So you tend to get two types of dieters. The ones who follow it to the letter and the ones who give up very quickly. It also does nothing to assist eating normally, as is real life, after you have finished the regime.
I think it is quite pricey also. We sold it in 1986/7 and each bar was about �1 then!

[legal girl]

I've recently been doing the Cambridge diet. Its about �30 a week. I've found it very difficult and think I actually have a problem with food cos I think about it constantly. Went to the doctor and he referred me for counselling but NHS only pay for three sessions and I simply couldn't afford the �50 per session thereafter. I just wish I knew how to make things better.

[BeeVeeEn]

I tried Cambridge - costs roughly �33 per week (each meal replacement shake or bar costs �1.55) and you will need 3 shakes or bars per day (4 if you are male or over 5' 8" in height) and you also have to drink at least 2-4 ltrs water per day. I personally found it very hard, after a few days you do stop feeling hungry, but i never really got over the weak and enfeebled kinda feeling i got from doing it - sort of shaky & lightheaded and all my muscles ached and i had no energy. plus it gives you really bad breath, the kind you can tell is coming from inside your stomach, brushing your teeth does nothing to eliminate it & chewing gum isn't allowed. every 5 weeks, if you have not reached your target you have an "add-a-meal" week where you have your shakes and a small meal consisting of a tiny portion of white protein (chicken, fish, tofu, quorn or cottage cheese) and 2 tbsp of green leafy veg. i had to give up Cambridge after 3 weeks, i collapsed at work and my blood pressure had plummeted. my Dr literally said "quit the diet or die" so i came off it and am doing slimming world now and am much happier. the weight losses on Cambridge are good - i lost 9lbs in my first week and roughly 4lbs a week after that. people say they tend to lose around a stone a month, but going without food is very very hard - the smell of other people's food drives you insane and every advert on telly seems to be for food. i'd say go for it if you think you're psychologically in the right place, but be prepared to have to quit, like i did, if it makes you physically ill to do it. good luck!!

[Dollie]

my mate lost nine stones with lighterlife and two years on she has kept it off even though she is eating normally now. Costs around �60 per week (yes you did read it correctly !!!) but I gues if you are not having to buy any other food then its not too bad.