Don't know about you, but I'd give the kids thier tea, do baths, bed, etc. by the time hubby got home and we sat for our tea, we were both knackered and ended up with a takeaway at least twice a week, often more. when I think of just the price of takeaways it was around £15 for an Indian meal or £10 for pizza and that only accounted for two meals and there was no way I was only eating £5 worth of food for the rest of the week, lol.
However on saying that I've been quoted £33.50 for 21 shake sachets per week, so would say that £40 sounds more than most of us would pay, like 'clairejen' said have a look around for another CDC. If there isn't another one near you, weigh up how badly you want this against the cost. Do you feel the weight loss would be worth that amount and whilst thinking about that, be honest about what you eat and indeed drink over the course of a week and how much it costs, including that bottle of wine at the weekend which is often around £5.
Actually thinking about it I've actually saved money by doing this as by the time I've swapped in my two takeaways which together are around £25 and my wine at £5, I'm only paying £3.50 pw and that is set off against what my normal food bill would be.
O.K. for the record, I don't eat the entire takeaway to myself, but as this week has proved, if I can't have it I don't go to get it and my hubby this week has not had a takeaway once, so that excess money has been transferred to this plan.
I will add when I became interested last year and found out that the weekly cost was £30- £35 p/w, I thought that was a huge amount of money and it put me right off, but when I piled on more weight, I suddenly thought I'd pay anything to loose weight and with this diet, the loss is an absolute assurity, so you know you're not spending on a whim, you get results for your money. It's all about puting it in to context, if you have just a few stone to loose and cant afford to do this for the long haul, you can use a CDC to help you loose a bulk of it then go to a slimming class such as weight watchers to get rid of the rest, as when you sign up there is no set amount of time you have to stick for, you use the plan for as long as you wish.
Hope you find a solution soon, good luck!
Lise.x.
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