Quick weight loss but at what price? (Lighter Life)

Member Name: KTW

Product:	Lighter Life
Date:	06/09/06 (12156 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick weight loss.

Disadvantages: You have to put your life on hold for it.

Lighter life is a diet programme that involves replacing all conventional food with meal replacements for 100 days.
In one day you may have four food packs (3 of either soups or shakes and 1 bar) and you must drink at least 4L of water.
The theory is that after a few days your body enters ketosis and you no longer feel physical hunger, however you do still feel a will to eat. Coupled with weekly counseling sessions you are supposed to use your time in abstinence to come to understand your realtionship with food.
I only stuck with lighter life for two weeks because it made me miserable, in that time I lost about 12 pounds but it wasnt worth feeling rubbish and over emotional for.
The diet is very expensive and I found the counselling to be a waste of time and it quite over generalised issues that lead to weight gain.
The plan costs £66 a week, but if you want flavourings for your water they are a further £9, or savoury drinks are £6, all in all its very expensive, and I hear the Cambridge diet is very similar to it and costs half the price.
It is also worth thinking about the physical effects of this diet, your hair will stop growing and may fall out, you may feel cold all the time and you will get really bad breath.
The only benefit was the fast weight loss, but I found the side effects were to big a price to pay.

Summary: Quick weight loss, but you have to be prepared to give alot up for it.