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yes, I am on the diet and have just completed my 6th week.
I see lots of people at the clinic (Leeds) and can honestly say I havent spoken to anyone who it isnt/hasnt worked for.
Personnally I have lost 2 stones so far with 3.5 stones to go (no exercise required). It is expensive (around £220 per week) but I think it is well worth it. If you are serious about losing weight and can afford it I would say go for it!
It has been going for about 2-3 years in this country but only really getting talked about for about 6 months according to the ladies at the clinic.
Ok - basically you have to have 5 sachets per day, breakfast, mid morning, lunch, mid afternoon and dinner.
With Lunch and Dinner you have to have lots of salad and veg some of which are unlimited amounts some are restricted and some are banned completely.
The sachets are made up by mixing with water and come as cold drinks (a bit like squash) hot drinks (hot chocolate is everyones favourite as it tastes exactly like the real thing) soups, omellettes (yuk) pizza (not like the real thing!) and other dessert types (none of which I like but lots of people love them!) There are other things too but mostly they fit into the above categories
You cannot drink any alcohol whatsoever and must drink at least 2 litres of water every day.
You have 'fat melting' and 'fat hoovering' treatments every week (this is what makes it so expensive.
The doctor and you decide which parts of your body are holding the most fat and then on a weekly basis you have things attached to those areas which make the fat cells empty (its a lot more scientific than my explanation!). After this treatment you get to have your skin manipulated which tricks the skin into thinking it is damaged and therefore it produces collegin and elastin. This means that you dont get the droopy skin that other quick weight loss diets seem to leave (and then you end up having it removed surgically!)
The diet is by no means easy but believe me when I say that after the first couple of days you really are NOT hungry in the slightest.
They have amazing results which I have seen in the flesh - its not a rip off it really isnt.
This is a medical diet and as such you have to go through some medical tests before they accept you. They monitor you throughout with various tests including blood tests to make sure your body is coping. They will also only let you stay on the diet until you are in the healthy bmi range for your height/build.
I needed to lose 5.5 stone. They did all the calculations and said it would take 20 weeks (and they seem to be pretty accurate with their guides. It is hard but I figured I could cope with anything for such a relative short time for such a reward!
by the way, if you are interested I should look into it sooner rather than later. They are getting really booked up what with all the publicity. This will get even worse as there is an ITV program scheduled for the beginning of december which is about a girl who lost 5 stone in 5 months.
I would be glad to answer any other questions that you have
I will bear this one in mind. It is pricey I am trying to sort recurrent m/c problems at moment and undergoing some final tests... I fI get the results I want I amy consider this one b 4 trying to conceive again... Have they ever mentioned anything about wanting to conceive, periods etc... Does it mess them up?
Hi it wasnt mentioned but I do remember in the initial consultation that the doctor asked about my menstral cycle (which was all over the place) and he did say that this should improve. From talking to the nurses/therapists you would need to be very careful not to get pregnant whilst on the diet - more from the 'fat melting' treatments I think than the diet itself. If you are interested give the clinic a call and ask them, they are all really lovely. I know its pricey - we saved for quite a while and are really stretched doing it at the moment but to be honest I wanted to do it now whilst my 2 year old daughter was too young to realise whats going on so we are making the sacrifices now
