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Cambridge Diet
SummaryThe Cambridge Diet is a low-calorie (low-carb & low-fat) diet that is initiated under the care of a counselor.  DescriptionYou start by visiting a counselor to develop the program that's right for you. Then, in the initial, weight loss, stage of the diet, you go on a very low calorie diet. Carbohydrates and fats are avoided. This phase is very intensive. You are encouraged to take it easy (limit exercise and rest as needed). As you begin to lose weight and approach your goal weight, you gradually can eat more and more calories per day. Various products are available from Cambridge Diet to help you stay within the guidelines. For example, nutrition bars, shakes, and soups. You are encouraged to drink a lot of water as well (8 glasses a day). HistoryDuring the 1960's, the Cambridge Diet was developed by Dr Alan Howard (a research scientist at the University of Cambridge) and Dr Ian McLean-Baird (of West Middlesex Hospital) in the United Kingdom. Initially, the Cambridge Diet was used in weight loss clinics, but in the 1980's the diet was brought to the United States with commercial product offerings. This is the period when the diet was the most popular. CriticismIt can be hard for people starting this diet to stick to the very low calorie diet -- initially, about 500 calories per day. Also, it may not be healthy to eat so little. You may lose weight quickly, but you may gain it back just as fast. Tags: bars low-calorie low-carb low-fat meals no-snacking shakes water Related Diets: Slim-fast Diet Carb Solutions Medifast Cabbage Soup Diet No Flour, No Sugar Diet |
Comments:
| Anonymous | posted 12-Nov-2006 10:42am This diet is great !! accept your body will go into starvation mode and eat the house down after a week or so.. Still I would reccommend this diet if you are a person who cannot control their food intake.. It requires 3 healthy (full nutritional) shakes a day. Delicious! One can replace a shake with soup.. basically its bringing the calories so low that make a person lose weight and forcing them to drink water when they feel hungry. it does work for a few weeks.. especially if you keep yourself busy and out of the house.. away from all types of food ectr. I think for most people this diet is hard to keep up. My counsler struggled with this diet as well.. The abscense of meals make it extremely hard.. even if you are on 1 meal a day because the portions are so small.. still it should be tried to tighten ones stomach and feel the joys of not stuffing yourself on a daily basis.. I really enjoyed the experience. |
| Clare | posted 30-Nov-2007 5:57pm This is the best diet I've ever done! I did it for 2 weeks before and lost 15lbs. When I know I can eat, I eat rubbish, and weightwatchers counting points, seeing you've only lost a pound or 2 a week is so disheartening. No wonder people fall off the wagon like I did. I'm back on Cambridge now, the first 3 days are the worst, and the shakes I find, are vile. But once you're past the initial phase and the weight drops off, you get a real confidence boost and the determination to keep going. Don't take any notice of people telling you its unhealthy - it was invented by a scientist, then used in hospitals for obese people! Get on it and good luck! x |
| Anonymous | posted 29-Mar-2008 1:53pm I have bee on cambridge for 5 days now first weight in is Monday 2 days away... Im finding very hard today its a Saturday and all I have to look forward to is another shake or soup.... I'm on sole source at moment as I am 5ft1 and weigh 15.6 at present.... can anyone help motivate me please.... I want to lose this weight so much I have said I would be happy at 10 stone but my ideal weight is 8.7 this is a long way to go but the reasons to be slim far weigh out hunger. I am just finding it very hard only 5 days in 12 more weeks to go ??????? |
| Marie | posted 1-Apr-2008 5:25pm Hi Anonymous, I also weigh 15.4 and due to start this diet tomorrow. Just like you my aim is to be 10 stone so I hope we can encourage each other & others to stay focused. Please do stick with it and keep focused on that image of being slim ready for the summer. My aim is to lose 3 stone by the end of June, do you have a date to aim for? Well good luck for Monday's weigh in. |
| nimi | posted 19-May-2008 4:11am hi i have been on cambridge diet for 2 weeks nd have lost 1 stone i was very wery about going on in and its been good and im was suprised i lost that much any buddy out there i would be happy to keep a contact with and find out htey go |
| nimi | posted 19-May-2008 4:12am you can emaim me on chillikaur@hotmail.com and id be happy to chat to anyone whos on the diet |
| nimi | posted 19-May-2008 4:14am i was 15.5 stone and 2 weeks later im down to 14.5 stone it was hard the first week but slowly i got into it if i was really hungry id have about 4tbsps of steam veg and i still lost 1 stone im hopping to get down to 11 stone as im 5.5 love to keep in contact with someone and how everyone else is progressing |
| Anonymous | posted 8-Jun-2008 4:57pm i found the diet very hard but its worth trying.the shakes are nyc and the sops are disgusting.i lost 1 stone in a month. |
| saima | posted 19-Jun-2008 4:59am Hi, I started the cambridge diet on saturday and after 5 days i have lost 7 lbs already!! Im really happy about the weight loss however i have got leg cramps in the morning! Is this to do with the diet as i never ever had leg cramps before! |
| Maria | posted 13-Jul-2008 11:22am Hi im starting tomorrow and hope I can do this. I want to loose 2 stone. I love my tea and hope i can drink it without milk. Will let you know how i get on........ |
| Anonymous | posted 28-Jul-2008 9:11am I've been on CD since the beginning of June with no cheating. I've lost two and a half stones and I'm hoping to finish the sole source at the end of August. It has been a struggle at times and often it's mind over matter when friends are sitting around with a pint or having a curry. I just think about how much I'm enjoying looking in the mirror and feeling so much happier about myself. I read on another site that if you supplement with Potassium tablets (standard dosage) to do a VLCD that a lot of the lethargy, cramping, etc won't happen to the same extent. I did that my first two weeks and I have to say that I didn't feel any ill-effects from going straight onto sole source. Apparently, the leg cramps have to do with the extra water in your tissues and this will stop with time. I am worried that after the diet is finished and I've hit the maintenance phase that I'll slip back into my old eating patterns, but I just keep telling myself that I had the courage to start this diet, I've been keeping my focus to see it through and I'm going to have the will to carry on in a new way. We can do this...and we'll be healthier for it. Best of luck! |
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