Day Zero: Preparations

So, its day zero of the diet. I would like to blog every day. I think it will help me get through this. I will probably look back after the diet (when I am super slim) and laugh at the crap I will have written :).

I have been to see my Cambridge Diet counsellor. She is lovely, we chatted for a while about the diet and my goals. She has been working for Cambridge for 20 years which is reassuring. The diet is pretty expensive at £50 or so a week but if I can stick to it I know it will be a worthwhile investment.

I have ordered for each of the next seven days: one tetrapak drink (banana / choclate), one shake (one of each flavour) and two soups (chilli / spicy tomato). There are a lot of flavours but over a long period I can see me getting quite bored of them. Time will tell. I have a long list of flavours to choose what to “eat” next week.

I chose the Cambridge diet because of the rapid weight loss but mostly because there is no room for cheating. I have tried some diets before where you eat “regular” food but less of it. Its like saying to a crack addict: you can have half a line per day, the rest is in the cupboard. There is too much room for cheating. I have zero willpower, but I can cope with craving. If I can take all the temptation away from me Cambridge should work well for me.

I am feeling quite apprehensive and quite excited.