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

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 10:35

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?

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Dozycuntlaters · 19/02/2021 12:23

Yeah but you need to have followed it for a good long while, and know everything about it I think to be a good rep. The lady I went to had been on it for a long time and it kept her in check, but although I've known this woman for years I didn't know she was a rep until I went on the site to see if there was a rep local to me. She does it because she wants to help people, not for the money. She finds it hard sometimes because from memory you have to buy your own stock, and sometimes can be left with stuff people don't like.

It was ok, its easy enough to follow although there are different step plans you can be on, I was on the two shakes a day plan. It was brutal to start with and the weight loss isn't anymore than a regular sensible healthy eating diet. I liked it because I didn't have to think about what to eat, just made my shake. The shakes are ok, the meals mostly are disgusting, well the savoury ones anyway. They are just packet meals, tiny and not filling. The porridge and bars are ok but expensive for what they are. People just don't have that kind of money, especially at the moment, you will have to flog your arse off to make anything, I suspect your friend is making it seem better than it is because she wants to earn money off your back.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 12:37

@QueenOfPain I've read people do regain lost weight

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ChocOrange1 · 19/02/2021 12:42

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.
Why not just continue losing weight the way you have been, healthily and sustainably? If you didn't think you would make some money, you wouldn't be considering doing the plan. That's not a good basis to build a business. You have to believe in what you're selling to do a good job and you don't believe in it, you're just doing it to earn a quick buck.
These sort of things very very rarely earning more than a few quid per month. There are better ways to earn money which dont involve ripping people off.

QueenOfPain · 19/02/2021 12:43

My mum has been on and off of lighter life (same shit, different name) for years and she’s still never been happy with herself. But she keeps pouring her money away.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 12:45

@ChocOrange1

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. Why not just continue losing weight the way you have been, healthily and sustainably? If you didn't think you would make some money, you wouldn't be considering doing the plan. That's not a good basis to build a business. You have to believe in what you're selling to do a good job and you don't believe in it, you're just doing it to earn a quick buck. These sort of things very very rarely earning more than a few quid per month. There are better ways to earn money which dont involve ripping people off.
Yes I am thinking of earning some quick money. But I thought if I had a consultant, at least they would keep me accountable. So if I did gain weight back they would support me.
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FolkyFoxFace · 19/02/2021 12:50

It's an MLM, no different to all of the Younique, FM, Hot Tropic, Avon, Bodyshop at Home nonsense out there. They prey on women who want to make extra cash, rip them off, alienate them from friends, and usually leave them floundering.

An old uni friend of mine got involved in one a while back. She was under so much pressure to recruit and make back her money (which she was spending loads of on products every month, despite no sales), but she also wouldn't listen to reason and kept constantly spamming FB and messaging me. I blocked her after months of trying to help her. Other friends blocked her immediately.

Don't get sucked in.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 12:50

@QueenOfPain is that because she knows that it is the only diet that has worked for her?

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Brefugee · 19/02/2021 12:54

it's an MLM. You are going to annoy all your friends and acquaintances with it until they all give up on you and at that point you will have a garage full of expensive shakes.

Look up things like Yonique and Herbalife to get the picture.

ChocOrange1 · 19/02/2021 12:58

[quote cerealdieter]@QueenOfPain is that because she knows that it is the only diet that has worked for her?[/quote]
If she has been on and off it and never been happy, it doesn't sound like it has worked for her.

I dont know the exact role of a consultant but if you're not paying for their programme, they wouldnt be supporting you. Presumably if you started to put weight back on, their support would be "buy some more products from me".

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:01

@LApprentiSorcier

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.

Thank you :)

I don't want to deceive people and I would be honest in saying that I only lost 1 stone or so using the plan. But I understand where you are coming from.

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EveryoneRevealsThemselves · 19/02/2021 13:02

MLMs are toxic and designed to prey off vulnerable people.
Good info here:
www.talentedladiesclub.com/articles/thinking-of-joining-a-mlm-read-the-truth-behind-the-income-opportunity/

EmbarrassingAdmissions · 19/02/2021 13:04

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.

There are lots of YT channels about what it's like for people who transition away from MLM cults (and they are cults). Vanishingly few people make money from it, many lose substantial amounts. In the interim, they can wreck the few supportive relationships that they have.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:07

Maybe my friend thought if she did recruit me, that I would be giving her money, which she desperately needs? But also helping me achieve my goal.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:08

@EveryoneRevealsThemselves thanks :) I will have a read

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Yesmate · 19/02/2021 13:09

Your friend is not concerned about you reaching your goal. She wants your commission. Have a proper read in to MLM before you attempt to become a “boss babe”

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:13

@Yesmate Thats what I meant. She needs my money and is probably desperate for it.

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Yesmate · 19/02/2021 13:15

That’s what MLM does. It’s now made you think it’s a viable way of making money. By all means follow the diet but do not get recruited.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:15

@FolkyFoxFace sounds like she was spending more than she was earning Shock

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LeroyJenkinssss · 19/02/2021 13:27

@cerealdieter this is a terrible way to make ‘quick money’. The dangers of MLM are well documented and rely on (largely) women who are in need of money that works around childcare. They promise an easy return but there are very very few who actually make money. You end up in a position of having a load of stock that you need to shift and desperately trying to recruit friends and family before taking a massive financial loss.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:30

@LeroyJenkinssss I work part time and I thought I could earn extra money, in my own time. But, like you say and others have to, the set up cost and having unwanted stock is probably not worth the hassle.

It sounded like a good idea though.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:32

@therocinante

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.

All the training was provided I was told.
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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:33

@parietal

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.

I am thinking of doing the plan.

But becoming a consultant is something I'm questioning at the moment.

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zenasfuck · 19/02/2021 13:33

You clearly only want to do this for the money.

This is the issue with MLM, it has worked its way into society and masquerades as a viable way to make some quick cash

It isn't. You will not make any money. And quite frankly, using Cambridge diet to lost one stone is ridiculous.

If you need more money, work more hours in a proper job, use the skills you already have for self employment. Earn it, don't fleece vulnerable people out of it

FolkyFoxFace · 19/02/2021 13:33

[quote cerealdieter]@FolkyFoxFace sounds like she was spending more than she was earning Shock[/quote]
She was - it's part of the business model. They don't tell you that when you sign up and pay the lump sum initially, but you get pushed into buying products so that you can use and advertise them.

I knew another woman who started on FM; she had a ridiculous amount of perfumes that she confided she didn't even like or use. But her FB page was filled with her gushing over them, because she'd been told to buy to advertise.

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cerealdieter · 19/02/2021 13:35

@zenasfuck

You clearly only want to do this for the money.

This is the issue with MLM, it has worked its way into society and masquerades as a viable way to make some quick cash

It isn't. You will not make any money. And quite frankly, using Cambridge diet to lost one stone is ridiculous.

If you need more money, work more hours in a proper job, use the skills you already have for self employment. Earn it, don't fleece vulnerable people out of it

I have asked my employer for more hours but because of the circumstances, they won't give me any.
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