Ss for 10 days then 1 day off with great weight loss!

dibzzy

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Hi..
just want to put this out there for feedback..i know alot of ppl are going to say maybe im on the wrong diet etc but i think the combo of very strict SS and a cheat day diet is proving great for me..im sure its a personal thing but it seems to be working for me..to the point that ive done it for the last 7 weeks by doing 100% SS for 10 complete days in which im losing on average 7-8lbs then i take a day off on day 11 on which i eat anything i want and obviously get knocked out of ketosis..i then go back onto 100% SS for the next 10 days in which i lose another 7-8lbs PLUS the 1-2lbs i put on after the cheat day..it seems to be kick starting my metabolism when i have that day off..plus i get back into ketosis after 1 day..I first weighed 19st 13lbs on 5th nov..i now weigh 17st 3lb just by doing it this way..Thats nearly 3 stones in 7 weeks!! To be honest if i wasnt soooo big i might have done it the normal way but it seemed like such a lonnnnngggg journey that i tweaked it abit...this way the 10 days dont seem that bad cos i know im gonna have that day off..im hoping for some feedback for some pros and cons..best thing is i dont even have the carb withdrawal headaches when i restart..Its worked so far so ill carry on til it stops..then if i see it is stalling then ill rethink my strategy!:D
 
I don't know if you've heard of 5:2? It's where you eat 500 calories for 2 days of the week and eat normally the other 5 days. It's meant to help you lose weight while also providing other health benefits. What you're doing sounds similar to that. If it works, continue with it.
 
I couldn't do it that way-if I started eating I'd not stop :(
 
Slim2012 is right, it takes much more will power. But I can absolutely see the metabolic trigger benefits -plus the health effects-.

For my part, I was 110% spot on on the first 8 months of Cambridge. I mean 110% not even sugar free gum passed my lips or a glass of Coke light. Nada. Water and shakes. It made it easier and it was the best way to lose it over 100 lbs. If I had went up the steps and hadn't had the medical mishap then maybe I would have been a maintainer after having done it by the book. After I went through IVF and had my daughter I was back to my initial weight plus some and spent the next year and a half alternating between tweaked Cambridge and periods of binging. My job makes it impossibly hard, I travel a lot, business dinners, airport temptations, room service, missing my girl, it's all making Cambridge-110% impossible so I've done Cambridge home and eating on the road which worked somewhat - lost som 40 lbs but it was MUCH MUCH harder and not nearly as efficient which is why I am going to try to repeat the first round and keep 110%. If I fail I'll make it a rule to always get back on the horse the NEXT day and will consider planned cheat days then but connect them to mini-goals.

Hats off that you can do it like this and it keeps working- are you in a team? We started a new one.
 
If this works for you then great. I know I'd struggle to do it though, being the all-or-nothing thinker I am. :)

One thing's for sure though, this post shouldn't be in the Cambridge Diet 100% section...
 
If this works for you then great. I know I'd struggle to do it though, being the all-or-nothing thinker I am. :)

One thing's for sure though, this post shouldn't be in the Cambridge Diet 100% section...

I have moved it out of the 100% section x
 
That's a new way, glad it works for you I wouldn't even trust myself with this only because as you say on day 11 (cheat day) I would cheat and then day 12 would keep prolonging it so DEFFO not an option for me ATM the main things its working for you :) I need discipline lol!!!!

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Sounds fab that it works for you. My consultant reccommends doing ss+ every 5th week to kick start metabolism and from what i hear from her other clients it works really well.

Goodluck though, i could never do the in and out of ketosis though, it pains me. This is the lasy time i will ever enter ketosis and i will come out of it skinny lolx
 
Doing ss+ every 5th week is totally different to eating whatever you want every 11th day though.
 
I must admit , i think if i ate food even if once every 2 weeks i think id feel i failed as i would just want more id give myself an inch


N id take a mile lol nope got to stick 100% for me but great if it works for u everyone is different xx
 
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