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?

I wish I had the old costing models still. It used to be that the cost of the shakes would be about £15/20 for 1 weeks worth and you would sell them for £50. There was no push for recruitment at all becuase the lesser reps in the area the better for your business.

The 'upline' also never took a cut of your profits, cwp would pay them a 10% bonus of anything you purchased on the website but anything you made from the product was your own. There was a really decent profit margin and did used to be a good money earner.

There were levels for purchasing the kit if I remeber correctly, you would buy a pack based on so many customers doing step 1a of the plan. I think you could buy a 5 person started pack and then increase in levels. I think the top one was about £1000 and there were incentives to buy that one such as free delivery and extra product chucked in.

I'm assuming with the push for recruitment that this has now changed, op have they told you about the commission structure? Could you share how you make money on the plan now.

@Fatladyslim I was told it was £250 set up cost. If I get 5 clients on a weeks worth items, I would make that money back.

I haven't signed up to join. But as I start the plan I will be asking more questions.

@Fatladyslim

www.one2onediet.com/become-a-consultant/low-start-up-costs

Already you are under pressure etc make your money back. You must see that surely?

Is that £250 for 5 people for 1 week? I assume that is for plan 1a (3 products per day for 7 days) That would make it £50 per client per week. The average cost of £2.50 per product * 3 so around £7.50 per day (client cost) / £52.50 a week.

The commission you will make on 5 people is a whole £12.50.

You would have to see a lot of clients to make a livable wage on that.

I meant profit, apologies

@Yesmate

Already you are under pressure etc make your money back. You must see that surely?

Yes I can see that. I think I'll give the diet a go for a week or so and see how I get on. But, signing up, looks and sounds like a lot of hard work for not a lot of money in return.

[quote cerealdieter]@Fatladyslim I was told it was £250 set up cost. If I get 5 clients on a weeks worth items, I would make that money back.

I haven't signed up to join. But as I start the plan I will be asking more questions.[/quote]
You wouldn't though. You forgot overheads

I’ve spoken to my friend and the cost of setup is minimal. And at the moment, you place orders for clients, they pay you and it gets delivered to them, so you are not losing any money

Again, this person is not a friend, she is trying to sign you up for her own benefit because the only real way to make money is to build a downline team (the larger the better). She is putting a positive spin on it as are the other MLMers who have popped up.

The process might be simple once you’ve got the customer but where are the customers going to come from if anyone can sign up and people are opting for other cheaper VLCD? Are you going to compete with your friend for customers? CD charges the maximum a trading scheme can charge to sign up; £150 plus a compulsory “training” fee of £50 but of course that will only be the first bit of spending you’ll do.

@Fatladyslim is right about how CD has changed; going down the MLM route is an indication that this company doesn’t give a flying fuck about people’s health or wealth - do you really want to be part of that? What your friend told you about the ease of joining should be all the red flags you need. Do you want to lose your friends by being forced to hassle them or fill up your social media with CD? Will the stress of doing something that you suspect is against your moral code lead you to feeling stressed and inauthentic and what impact will that have on your personal weight loss success?

If you want to do VLCD then why not go for a cheaper one and join a forum on here for support? After all, you’re not going to get support from your “friend”. Better still why not spend £8 on the Dr Michael Mosley book and learn how to use real food for efficient weight loss and join the online community for Fast 800? He at least is a medical doctor and has some decent evidence to hand.

If you do sign up as a consultant (as I think you plan to despite the good advice upthread from many PP), come back and tell up how the weight loss and the money loss and the friendship loss went for you and we’ll all try and act surprised

Where’s the £250 come from? How come there’s an extra £50 on top of their stated £150 plus £50 “training”? Is your friend already ripping you off? Perhaps that the £50 for your own products? Where are your 5 clients going to come from?

I'm really interested in the current profit / commission structure. On the site, it doesn't give any information on what the starter pack buys you.

@cerealdieter has your friend told you the current actual costs of the products vs the sale price?

@YouokHun

Where’s the £250 come from? How come there’s an extra £50 on top of their stated £150 plus £50 “training”? Is your friend already ripping you off? Perhaps that the £50 for your own products? Where are your 5 clients going to come from?

Yes the extra 50 is my weeks order.

You can now consult anyone in the UK as a lot is being done remotely via zoom etc. Not sure 5 people would sign up.

@Fatladyslim I'm not sure. I did say to her that I wanted to do the plan first to see what its like.

I imagine if its around £2.50 an item, its got to be at least £1 made on the person buying them.

£50 for a week?!

Next think you know, OP will be offered a huge discount in exchange for signing up.

Then a few months down the line she'll realise she has spent more than she's earned, has an unhealthy relationship with food and very few friends left.

[quote cerealdieter]@Fatladyslim I'm not sure. I did say to her that I wanted to do the plan first to see what its like.

I imagine if its around £2.50 an item, its got to be at least £1 made on the person buying them.[/quote]
One would hope but that would be an exceptionally large profit for an MLM. I am willing to guess you would be looking for at 25-50p (max) per product. They will sell it as 10-20% which sounds good but on such small ticket items is not going to make anyone rich.

I am getting very cinfusing feelings about this thread. It feels like it's supposed to take people to that diet and maybe get them sign up as customers but it's really weird and badly done advertisment, but I can't otherwise imagine why someone would just not say "ah, so it's bs" after all the info provided here and still kept going on about how they probs could make it, maybe, maybe not, but maybe yes, but maybe.

This is giving really confusing vibes

I imagine if its around £2.50 an item, its got to be at least £1 made on the person buying them.

Why do you imagine that

Let's break down that product price. You think you might make £1 per product.your upline will get a cut, more up the chain will too. So actually the product is worth sod all... 50p or something.

Other people can work out that maths too. Why will they want to pay you £2.50 for something worth about 50p when there are equivalents available online for.... 50p?

Seriously OP don't do it. Your friend is only telling you the positives because she needs you to buy in to it, shes desperately trying to recoup her costs.

96% of people doing MLM make no money at all or lose money. Most of the 4% who "make money" make less than minimum wage.

If you want to earn some money this is not going to do that for you.

Either OP has already been brainwashed or is desperate to play shop.

This. Is. Not. A. Real. Business

@Bluewavescrashing its because I struggle with my weight that she spoke to me. Obviously I can do the plan but not join up to consult, which looks the best option. Or even so, do a similar plan that I've seen online which is similar items for much less price.

I did so well eating healthy but I just can't seem to get back to it again.

I'm now doubting if the OP is genuine

Me too blue waves.

I have tried this and lost weight. But unless you plan to eat nowt with fresh air forever it doesn’t stay off.

One poster had a comment deleted as it was touting for business. Yes, I agree, I think the OP is trying to shill the opportunity as you’d have to be really dense to still be in two minds as a genuine poster. @Bluewavescrashing has seen what the future holds for the OP. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

I was under the impression that you had to be at least 3 stone overweight to do Cambridge?

I will await the inevitable, 'guess what guys, I went for it and changed my life!' update to shove it to all of us in 3 months 🤣