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The Diet Guy
When people are on Cambridge then tend to drop into two types of dieter.
Over the Xmas period it becomes even more polarised at which category they fall into.
The first type of dieter is the "prison sentence" mentality. They are stuck on the diet, they aren't allowed to eat and the fact they are on a diet means that this Christmas is a bad time and very tough. They tend to be very negative about themselves and beat themselves up that they got big in the first place and are being "forced" to do the diet to sort themselves out. They totally focus on what they aren't allowed to do and what they can't have.
The second type of the dieter is the person who realises that it is just a choice, they can eat whatever they like when they like, but have decided for a short period of time to reduce their food intake so they can be slim, healthy and ultimately live longer. They tend to look for all the positives in terms of wearing smaller clothes, having more energy, feeling great, taking compliments and generally having fun while getting slim.
Now both of these are just a mindset and a decision, you can change from being negative to positive in the blink of an eye.
For me I used to always be the prison sentence dieter, I spent 20 years on diets focussing on my weight.
Then one day I found Cambridge, I decided to embrace it and fall in love with it and I loved reducing my weight on soups, shakes and bars, I pretty much laughed and joked my way to being slim by looking for all the benefits and laughing about the fact I could never mix the packs up properly.
Back in Xmas 2005 I didn't eat on Xmas day, I was on SS and just had my packs, I served dinner for 9 people and watched them eat it, I didn't need willpower, it actually was very easy! Because I was enjoying the diet so much and I realised I could eat but actually I wanted to be slim more.
But remember everything, absolutely everything you do regarding the diet is always a choice by you, so never beat yourself up! Just make a choice and fly with it !
I hope everyone has a fantastic Xmas and here is to a smaller world in 2009
Mike
Over the Xmas period it becomes even more polarised at which category they fall into.
The first type of dieter is the "prison sentence" mentality. They are stuck on the diet, they aren't allowed to eat and the fact they are on a diet means that this Christmas is a bad time and very tough. They tend to be very negative about themselves and beat themselves up that they got big in the first place and are being "forced" to do the diet to sort themselves out. They totally focus on what they aren't allowed to do and what they can't have.
The second type of the dieter is the person who realises that it is just a choice, they can eat whatever they like when they like, but have decided for a short period of time to reduce their food intake so they can be slim, healthy and ultimately live longer. They tend to look for all the positives in terms of wearing smaller clothes, having more energy, feeling great, taking compliments and generally having fun while getting slim.
Now both of these are just a mindset and a decision, you can change from being negative to positive in the blink of an eye.
For me I used to always be the prison sentence dieter, I spent 20 years on diets focussing on my weight.
Then one day I found Cambridge, I decided to embrace it and fall in love with it and I loved reducing my weight on soups, shakes and bars, I pretty much laughed and joked my way to being slim by looking for all the benefits and laughing about the fact I could never mix the packs up properly.
Back in Xmas 2005 I didn't eat on Xmas day, I was on SS and just had my packs, I served dinner for 9 people and watched them eat it, I didn't need willpower, it actually was very easy! Because I was enjoying the diet so much and I realised I could eat but actually I wanted to be slim more.
But remember everything, absolutely everything you do regarding the diet is always a choice by you, so never beat yourself up! Just make a choice and fly with it !
I hope everyone has a fantastic Xmas and here is to a smaller world in 2009
Mike
I was in the beginning of the diet and I still am relatively strict. 
