new to cambridge diet :(

[littlemisscambridgediet]

Hiya I'm new to forums and to the cambridge diet I'm starting tomorrow as my cd consultant is coming to my house, I'm only 18 and always struggled with my weight! I'm scared of scales lol there my enemy :(. I've been reading up on your conversations and finally decided to join as you all support each other I hope you can support me :d. I'm nevous about the diet but I want and need to loose weight I have no confidence at all !! I'm very excited tho , can someone tell me what they think of the shakes and soups and stuff what to go for and what to stay clear of :) xxxxx

Good luck to you, I wish I had done the same when I was 18- I was almost 20st when I was 18, I've gone down over the years but this year I'm on a VLCD too. Very similar to Cambridge but without the support.

I can recommend popping onto minimins, there is a very active community of Cambridgers on there. I can't say anything about the products as I've never tried CD but I love the stuff on my diet!

All the best, if you stick 100% to a VLCD you could get losses of around a stone a month, I know I have so far!

Well, it's helping my food demons. Learning not to pick, knowing all I can have is the food from the plan- I'm even learning more how to cook, the meals are lovely with a bit of spice. For some people it won't work, but I did a low-gi, low-fat diet for a year, lost 4st, and gained most of it back. I wasn't even at goal, I was still morbidly obese so lost all incentive to continue. This time round I am determined to change, I have a plan for maintenance and it will be tough, but I gained it all back on a proper, healthy eating plan so I may do it again. Losing weight at 1-2lb a week is a sensible option but it doesn't guarentee you won't re-gain.