text: cambridge diet experiences? i have an appointment on saturday for my initial consultation to start the cambridge diet.    i only know of one other person who tried this diet and that is the sister of the consultant i am going to see (!) so obviously she has told me only good things.  does anyone have any experience of being on this diet and can you tell me what i can expect in reality?  i am looking to lose about 6 stone - how long will this take me.  no answers about trying eating healthily - if i could stick to it, i would have done it. this really is a last resort for me.  thanks hi kate, in theory it should take you around 6 months to lose 6 stone. however, in reality if you stick to cd like glue, you might well lose it a bit quicker than that. the flavours and products are fab and once you get through the first 3 days you should feel absolutely great - full of energy and looking and feeling really healthy. you'll also sleep really well because your body is concentrating on sleeping - rather than digesting food! the first 3 days can be bad because you're withdrawing from sugar, food additives, etc.  as you'll already know, it's meal replacement with 100% of your vitamins and minerals, plus 3 litres or so of water a day. there are soups, shakes, readymixed shakes and bars - which are all pretty yummy. you'll need a wand blender - if you don't have one, tesco sell a value version for £4.99 or something like that.  you need to be in the right frame of mind to do it, set your mind to it and be really positive and have the support of the people around you and you are half way there! it needs to be the right time of your life to do it too. it's not something to be taken lightly, you need to keep focussed and realise it's only 6 months out of your whole life, etc., etc.  i wonder if you've heard about lighterlife too because people always go on about how wonderful it is (it's not!!) so i should explain that cambridge diet differs significantly from lighterlife in two ways - firstly, it's literally half the price - approx £33 a week as opposed to £66 (yes, really!) and secondly on cambridge diet you will have add-a-meal week every 5th week. so you don't get out of the habit of eating altogether. the stabilisation and maintenance programmes are really good too and will make sure you don't put it back on.  that's about it i suppose, good luck with it, i hope it goes really well for you xxx