Cheated on the Cambridge diet... An have weigh in tomorrow.. :-(

Sarahdramateacher

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Hello all!!

Wondered if someone could make me feel a tad better about my stupid mistake from last night!

Iv been on the CD for 3 weeks... Lost 9lb in the first week, 4lb in the second and then have my 3rd weigh in tomorrow. But stupidly last night, I went out with my girlfriends and felt terrible for not eating or drinking and couldn't bring myself to tell them... So I had a chicken breast and some lettuce.

I managed to hide not drinking by ordering sparkling water in a class with a straw! But I'm gutted about the food. I'm so scared I'll have put weight on or not loose any.

Anyone got any advice! Please make me feel better!!
Sarah
 
Well, I don't think it would do you any favours to make you feel better. I'm sorry!
You've chosen a really tough diet. Why can't you tell your friends? What kind of "friends" wouldn't support you all the way?
i think you need to do a lot of thinking as to why you're doing this diet.
Whatever way you diet, you're doing something wonderful for you - something very positive. I can't see why you'd be ashamed of it!
You're doing really well. Put this blip behind you. Don't do it again!!!
 
I don't do the Cambridge diet anymore, I did it a few years ago but couldn't afford to keep it up. However, even though you had a chicken breast, that's not the end of the world. That won't knock you out of ketosis so you should be fine hun. If you find you're constantly hungry then why not talk to your consultant about going to the next step up in the plan where you have a small high protein meal each day with your shakes? Xx
 
Well my weigh in us at 5.30... So hopefully it's not awful.

Its wierd as I'm not actually ever hungry... But just this weekend really struggled being sociable and things... This week is my half term (I'm a teacher!) so that will test me!! But I'm adament to keep to it, and have a really supportive fiancé!

Thank you both x
 
Sarah, the chicken and lettuce won't kick you out of ketosis and I'm sure the weightloss will be fine. I completely understand why you haven't told your friends about being on a vlcd because people have different opinions about vlcd's and yes it is a tough diet. Why make it harder for yourself with having to cope with everyone's opinions on how to lose weight? Aas we all probably know the hardest part is maintaining that weightloss after reaching target regardless of method of weightloss. Whilst I am not advocating going off plan on CWP or any other vlcd I know it can be difficult at social events not to "eat" so your choice of chicken and lettuce was great. I have lost twice on vlcd's only to gain it back and to be honest even if I had done WW or SW and lost I would have gained in all back because I didn't change my lifestyle and carried on eating like I previously did.

I did get a lot of grief from well meaning friends when I told them I was doing a vlcd though hence the only person who knows i am doing it again is my husband who is very supportive. Good luck with weigh hon and don't stress! x
 
Yay!! Luckily it didn't effect my weight loss and iv lost another 6lb in the week!! :) so that's 19lb all together!!

Yeh I am probably going to just keep it with my boyfriend. It's hard because people just assume that it's pointless! But I'm so determind to do it!

So are you on the CD as well? How are you getting on?
 
That's a great loss Sarah! Well done. I am on Slim & Save but still have a few CWP products that I bulk bought when my CDC stopped doing it. But I decided to keep my diary on the CD forum. S&S is similar to CD in that it's a vlcd but no counsellor and it is a bit cheaper with "meals" or space food as my husband calls them!

Alas I regained having lost in 2008 and 2009 spending 2010, 2011 and best part of 2012 trying to get back onto CD then S&S. Finally reached day 50 today! I do not plan to do another vlcd ever again and I have come to terms with the fact I will have to calorie count and restrict my calories for the rest of my life. So really change my lifestyle. That's not to say I won't ever ate certains foods but I know I cannot go back to the way I ate previously because I will regain the weight again. I found that the first time I found vlcd easier to stick to but the second time it was harder to stick to it and then the million times of attempting it got harder and harder. I just couldn't face doing this all over again!
 
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