Sorry - realised I didn't answer the specific points:
- What is your first impression of Diet Chef?
Having my portions worked out for me is appealing and Diet Chef clearly get results so I am hopeful that I will lose some weight over the next month.
?- What do you think of the Diet Chef website?
I thought the website was clear and easy to navigate. Some of the downloads (the ‘Clinical Study’) don’t seem to open on my computer. However, I cannot find where you access the support information – the only info I can find is all about selling the diet – where do I go for ongoing support?
?- What are your thoughts on the menus and food choices??
Well the breakfasts and lunches are the sort of thing I would eat in a normal week anyway – I usually have porridge for breakfast and soup for lunch, particularly on the 4 days when I am working, but I am less impressed by the evening meals which seem unremittingly rather ‘brown’ and are all sauce-based meals – curries, pasta etc. It all seems a bit stodgy and I am really going to miss eating things like fresh meat, fish and chicken.
- How did you find the online order process??
I enjoyed the straightforward process of selecting my meals although I managed to miss out adding my address to my order somehow!
- What did you think of the delivery options, and what about the delivery service itself??
I had selected Friday as the delivery date as that is my day off work so I knew I could be in to receive it – however it arrived a day early while I was out and my elderly neighbour had taken it in for me – I felt terrible as the box is huge and very heavy.
- What are your thoughts on the presentation of the Diet Chef hamper and food items??
It’s just a cardboard box! Don’t think it really qualifies as a ‘hamper’! I was grateful that it wasn’t branded on the outside due to aforementioned delivery to neighbour!
The box is enormous and as I have a tiny kitchen with limited storage I am really struggling to find somewhere to put it. Tempted to eat it all in one go and then nothing for the rest of the month…
The way the food is packaged seems ok but it is all very ‘samey’ with the purple and green colours, and really strongly branded as ‘diet food’. I think it would be much more appetizing if it just looked more like regular ready meals. Also as I have a sensitive 9 year old daughter, I try very hard not to make an issue of my weight and diet attempts as she is already aware of these sorts of body confidence issues. I try very hard to give her the impression that I am happy and confident about my body, even though I know I could do with losing a couple of stone. It makes it much harder having all this food around which basically screams ‘DIET’!
- What do you think of the Diet Guide and website information about how the meal plan works??
I’m surprised at how minimal the information is. If I was paying for this service I would expect a lot more personalized information about how to lose weight. Perhaps a calorie counter like the MyFitnessPal app, which would make it easier when supplementing the diet meals.
I also think there isn’t enough information given about supplementing the meals – it says to add dairy and fresh fruit and veg, but doesn’t say what to avoid – also many of the meals show ‘serving suggestions’ with pasta or rice added. I’m not impressed about the lack of information about this as it leaves too much potential to mess up or cheat!
- Is there anything else you would like to add about your initial experience of Diet Chef?
See my previous post.