Steps to Success

Unlike any other diet, Cambridge Weight Plan offers unique one-to-one Consultant support and an extensive range of fantastic products, with programmes that offer something for everyone whatever your circumstances or weight loss target.

The Cambridge Weight Plan Steps

Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner as it suits you, at any time.
*Every one of our meals is approximately 200kcal.
**You can choose to add a small amount of skimmed milk in tea of coffee while you are on Step 2. To help you decide, 50ml of skimmed milk is around 18kcal.

Please note that calories given are approximations rather than precise values. We use official food composition tables to calculate the nutritional information for Cambridge Weight Plan products, food lists and recipes. However, the nutrients that all foods contain have natural variations and therefore we are only able to give estimates of the energy and nutrient content.

The higher Steps offer more gradual weight loss, and are ideal for people wanting to work their way up the Steps to stabilisation by gradually increasing their intake of conventional food.

Your Cambridge Weight Plan Consultant will guide you through the Steps and offer advice on preparation, stabilisation and weight management. They’ll also help you in the long term with advice on fitness and establishing a healthy relationship with food.

Step 1

This Step is also known as Sole Source because Cambridge Weight Plan products will be your sole source of nutrition.

Your daily allowance will consist of:

Step 1A:

3 Cambridge Weight Plan products.
2.25 litres /4 pints of fluids over the course of the day*

Women whose height is under 172cm (5’8”) will have three Cambridge Weight Plan products per day. Women who are 172cm (5’8”) and above will have four, as will all men.

Step 1B:

4 Cambridge Weight Plan products.
2.25 litres of fluids over the course of the day*

* You can include tea and coffee, herbal and fruit teas.

Step 2

This is the first step that mixes Cambridge Weight Plan meal replacement products with every day food.

Your daily allowance:

3 Cambridge Weight Plan products.
200kcal meal.
2.25 litres of fluids over the course of the day*

*You can include tea and coffee, herbal and fruit teas, Cambridge Water Flavours and occasional low-calorie, diet drinks or flavoured waters. If you choose a Ready to Drink Shake or a Bar, then you should drink an additional 250ml of fluid.

Step 3

Mixes Cambridge Weight Plan meal replacement products with every day food. Your daily allowance:

2 Cambridge Weight Plan products.
150kcal breakfast.
A salad lunch of green salad leaves such as rocket, spinach, lettuce, watercress, cucumber, radishes or celery.
400kcal dinner.
200ml skimmed milk (or a suitable dairy alternative, please ask your Consultant if you need suggestions).
At least 2.25 litres/4 pints of fluids over the course of the day*

*You can include tea and coffee, herbal and fruit teas, Cambridge Water Flavours and occasional low-calorie or diet drinks, flavoured waters or squashes. If you choose a Ready to Drink Shake or a Bar, then you should drink an additional 250ml of fluid.

Step 4

Mixes Cambridge Weight Plan meal replacement products with every day food. Your daily allowance:

2 Cambridge Weight Plan products.
200kcal breakfast.
A salad lunch of green salad leaves such as rocket, spinach, lettuce, watercress, cucumber, radishes or celery.
400kcal dinner.
100kcal bonus.
300ml skimmed milk (or a suitable dairy alternative, please ask your Consultant if you need suggestions).
At least 2.25 litres of fluids over the course of the day*

Step 5

Mixes Cambridge Weight Plan meal replacement products with every day food. Your daily allowance:

1 Cambridge Weight Plan product.
A 200kcal breakfast.
A 400kcal lunch.
A 500kcal dinner.
100kcal bonus.
300ml skimmed milk or 250g of low-fat yoghurt (or a suitable dairy alternative, please ask your Consultant if you need suggestions).
At least 2.25 litres of fluids over the course of the day*

* You can include tea and coffee, herbal and fruit teas, Cambridge Water Flavours and occasional low-calorie or diet drinks, flavoured waters or squashes. If you choose a Ready to Drink Shake or a Bar, then you should drink an additional 250ml of fluid.

Step 6

Maintenance

Congratulations! You have reached your target weight, so now you can use this Step to maintain and enjoy your new shape and life.

Different people need different amounts of calories each day to maintain their weight. Your Consultant will be able to advise you on how to work out what is right for you.

Research suggests that customers who continue to use one meal replacement product each day, such as a Cambridge Weight Plan product, find it easier to maintain their weight. Keep in touch with your Consultant and perhaps go to see them once a month to make sure you stay on the right track.