To start the 1:1 diet (Cambridge Weight Plan) and then become a consultant to earn extra money

[cerealdieter]

Hello

Over the last 6 months, I have been changing my eating habits and exercising more. I lost 2 stone, I'm 5ft 8. I went from a size 16 to a size 12 (between August and December). I was trying to reach a size 10, but since Christmas, I haven't been eating healthily. However, I have carried on exercising (for mental and physical health).

I was talking to a friend online the other day and she had lost 4st with the 1:1 diet. She had also become a consultant and suggested that I could join and earn more money. Also, I thought I could get to a size 10 and earn extra money whilst doing so.

I currently work part time. DP said "you won't make any money and its just a scam". "You will put money in and never see it again". I liked the idea as I can work from home and earn some extra money.

Has anyone had any success with losing weight and keeping it off with 1:1 diet?

Has anyone made any money by becoming a 1:1 diet consultant?

If you can recruit lots of new members to join the plan and stick to it and continue to recruit new members consistently then you will of Claire’s make money. The reality is though, most people don’t make a living wage doing these these things. People drop weight fast and then stop buying the products so you need to always have new people on board. It’s no different to MLM

It’s MLM. Don’t do it.

@StopGuacAndRoll is it a bad idea?

Your friends and family won’t thank you for spamming their social media and trying to sell them products.

@Yesmate oh right. Well I suppose I'd have to see who I could recruit. But like you say, they probably won't keep coming back once the weight has been lost....or if they give up!

Has anyone had any success or failure doing a job similar to this?

Research MLM. That will tell you all you need to know. Out of interest, would it be your friends team that you would join?

Why would you want to coerce and con your friends and family like this? So unethical.

@Yesmate yes it would be. I would probably get to a size 10 then join as a consultant so that I get to understand the plan/programme.

@ShulamithFirestone why would I con friends and family?

I dont understand why you would become a consultant for a weight loss plan which you have not used yourself.
If someone asks how you lost weight what would you say "well I used a combination of diet and exercise but that won't work for you, you should pay me money to use this other weight loss plan".

If you're joining your friends team, she would get money for every commission that you make even though she hasn't actually done anything to earn it

It's an MLM (multi-level marketing scheme) as others have said. It's a horribly unethical business model, not to mention the dangers of effectively encouraging other people to put themselves in ketosis without any medical knowledge or background about their health.

Don't do it.

Keeping it off is the sticking point with all VLCD’s. A waste of time and money, and damaging to your metabolism and health.

I lost 8 stone with the Cambridge weight plan. Then I gained 9! Go me!

Seriously it works but it's not a long term fix.

go ahead & use the plan to loose weight if you want.

but becoming a 'consultant' for the plan means that you only make money if you can recruit other people to join the plan. So that means that either (1) you spend all your time nagging your friends & family to join and they will all get annoyed or (2) you don't actually make any money. Or quite possibly both.

@ChocOrange1

I dont understand why you would become a consultant for a weight loss plan which you have not used yourself. If someone asks how you lost weight what would you say "well I used a combination of diet and exercise but that won't work for you, you should pay me money to use this other weight loss plan".

I was looking into doing the plan to lose a stone or so. So that I could get to a size 10, then make money.

Firstly, you can't really make money from a diet plan you haven't followed. Secondly, you aren't going to make much money at all from it. The Cambridge is expensive, £2.50 (probably more now) per shake/bar etc, you can't really have people round to weigh in right now so it's the totally wrong time.

i did the Cambridge, it was ok but not really sustainable, and probably not that healthy. You would need to research it properly because people will ask all sorts of questions. Bad idea, lots of work for very little reward IMO

sugar shake diets are unethical. MLMs even more so.

neither do what they are sold as doing.

have some standards.

Don't do it! It's an MLM and you won't make any money. You've lost weight by changing your habits, that's great and a healthy, sustainable way to do it. You might lose more weight if you do this plan, but it's not sustainable long term and will likely put it back on if you start eating "normally" again. I'd just try and get back on track with how you were eating before if you want to keep losing weight.

The elle beau blog is a very good read if you want to know more about experiences with MLMs and why they are best avoided ellebeaublog.com/poonique/

How do you feel about your friend making money out of you?

Supporting you as you lose weight is the sort of thing a real friend would not need to charge you for!

If you did become another tier in the sales system, how do you think that friends and relations will feel about you making money out of their need to lose weight?

I know someone who lost LOADS of weight with cambridge. Then became a consultant. Thankfully set up new fb and insta pages to spam with before and after photos. Built her team. Might even have made minimum wage for a bit. Then gave up as it is not worth the money. But nobody will ever tell you that. Theyll say you warn as much as the effort you're prepared to put in bullshit

Are you naturally good at sales, op?

Also, because it isnt a healthy, long-term
Eating choice and teachings people nothing about appropriate portion size etc, like many many others in her team, she put more weight back on than she lost. And still hasn't lost it.

It’s a MLM company. Find a different job.

@Dozycuntlaters I was planning on starting the plan so that I could say I have "done it". Yes it is expensive, from what my friend told me.

Apparently she is doing online weigh in's. So a zoom or facetime with her clients to show them weighing on their own scales.

How did you find the plan? Was it easy/hard?

@misskatamari thank you for the link. I will have a read. I just thought the extra money would help.

I was planning on starting the plan so that I could say I have "done it"

That's not really an honest basis on which to sell it to others. You've achieved your main weightloss (congratulations by the way!) through healthy eating and exercise. You might lose that last stone on the Cambridge plan but will you be upfront about that with your customers?

Anything that relies on shakes etc. is expensive so to be on them long enough to 3 stone (i.e. your total weightloss) is going to cost a fortune. If you sell it as a quick fix to shift those last stubborn lbs, OK, but selling it as a long term solution would show a lack of integrity in my view.