Tony Ferguson

I used TF for weight loss a few years ago and lost about 5kg. The shakes were convenientand quick to shake and go.I still occasionally get some shakes (my favorites are French vanilla or wild berry) for breakfast when I can't be bothered making toast or muesli. I didn't really like the soups at all so just had shakes.  The bars were OK for something different or to keep in my bag. 

I didn't really use all the supplements but took a centrum multivitamin a day.

The recipes in the cook books are delicious and the forums also have some good recipes on there.

Staff were always friendly and not pushy. 

I stopped the program as I realized that having shakes so much wasn't really teaching me anything about healthy eating. 

I had given this a go myself a few years back and found it a very hard system to stick with however it is an effective system. You have a large variety of foods that you can eat with dinner so you aren't left overly starving.

The shakes etc are overly costly and taste quite nice. I did find it a struggle to remember everything I needed to take each day (Fibre, Appetite reducers etc) and overall it wasn't the right system for me. I find my will power not strong enough.

You do get support with the program but you need to chase it.

Overall I would recommend it to people. It is worth giving it a go and I know of a lot of people with great weightloss results. It is quite dear but but if you are willing to spend the money it can have great rewards.

I would like to say that i have used Tony Ferguson weight loss programm  and i was not happy with it. There was not much consultation and guidance involved.They do take your initial weight and weight on subsequent visits and thats it. They mainly sell their products shakes, soups, bars  and many more to choose from.They don't ask you to eat real food.

When you check the ingredient list , some of the ingredients are there which i don't know about.

I really don't want to loose weight using bars ,shakes etc as that weight loss will be a temporary one as i can not live on bars, shakes, vitamins for the rest of my life. I need real food. Thats why i am not happy with the programm.

Frankly speaking  this programm will not teach you anything regarding your diet - what should you eat, how much you should eat, no portion control, how eating healthy food can keep our weight low etc. So its just my opinion that i don't like this programm as i wanted something that i can follow through out my rest of the life and can maintain my weight and lead a healthy life for me and my family.

I'm a total fangirl. Love TF. I did it for 10 months pre-baby and lost nearly 30 kg. I did it again post baby for over 12 months, and lost close to 40kg.

It IS a hard diet to follow if you don't have a lot of willpower. I'm stubborn, so I managed to stick to it for longer than the average person. You have stuff ups every now and then, but you'll have that with any diet, not to mention there are far more options now than when I signed up the first time.

It's no longer a focus so much on low carb (because of all the bad press and people confusing ketosis with ketoacidosis... Two different things but most people don't bother to find out the difference) and more low calorie. They do still recommend that you avoid carbs but honest I don't think it's a huge thing the way it used to be. You can opt to have a sandwich once a week, or pizza. It's far more permissive than it used to be.

I found the shakes convenient and tasty, the bars were great for when I was on the go, and the soups were ok but not brilliant. The pre-prepared meals tasted great but were a bit exxy. All in all, the price was pretty good given that you have a lot more choice for flavours than cheaper versions like the Aldi one or buying a bucket of one flavor like optifast.

It can be difficult if you live in a carb-manic house, but it's like any diet system. If you really REALLY want to loose it, you'll stick to it. I think most diets work, it's the dieters that don't. I've failed at TF myself at times (had a few months where I just couldn't do it) and then got back on it because I KNEW it worked. It was just me that wasn't working!

I went on this diet just before i fell pregnant with my first baby and lost 10kg in just over 8 weeks. Fantastic. Coupled with exercise i found this the most effective way to loose weight.

The shakes are a bit hit and miss with the flavours, so i'd suggest sticking to the flavours that are usually coupled with milk normally, like chocolate, espresso, etc. The other's are too sweet for me.

I'm back on the diet now after finishing breast feeding (it's not suitbale whilst doing so) and have lost over 5kg in the first 4 weeks. This time around i have found it a bit more difficult not to "cheat" as i had a good old time over christmas and during my pregnancy. I have found that my body works better without loads of bread, rice pasta and potatoes.

It is a little difficult in the first weeks, but so long as you keep up a good amount of exercise, the weight just drops off. Again i say the key is to keep exercising. I dont miss the cakes too much, but risotto i miss so after the first 10 weeks i'll go on to the maintenance program and indulge every now and then, whilst still exercising.

Great for the motivation when you see the kg dropping off!!! Shops here i come! :)

I tried TF in a desperate bid to lose weight.

Unfortunately, the diet is not only very difficult to follow, but quite unhealthy.

The way it works, is to trick your body into believing it's starving - thus "eating" the fat your body already has. To do this, you have to live on practically no carbs, and VERY low calories... how can that be healthy?

You have to avoid breads, potato, corn, pasta, biscuits, cakes, chocolate (most things with sugar or wheat pretty much), then you also have to avoid cheese, milk yoghurt, etc etc.

So what DO you eat? Pretty much nothing.

Either artificially sweetened low-carb products (which, if you eat more than a tiny amount, give you extremely bad wind pain), 2 pieces of "allowed" fruit (some fruits are out), 2.5 cups of "allowed" veges, and a palm-sized piece of lean meat.

Oh - and the disgusting shakes. They say to water them down by 200mL - but gross. I made it 300mL to make it bearable... but even then it wasn't exactly appetising.

The fact that you can hardly eat anything, coupled with the fact that the weight will come back on if you don't stick to their "maintenance" diet after you've lost your desired about of weight... well, it's really just an unhealthy waste of time and money.

Oh - and if you screw up and eat a piece of chocolate or something? Well - you're stuffed for about 2-3 days before your body starts to believe it's starving again... and if your body believes it's starving (which, with this diet, it is, mildly) but then receives the tiniest amount of food, it will take AS MUCH FAT from that food as it can, because it's not sure how long it will be before it gets some food again.

Don't bother with this one.

I went on this after the birth of my first child.  I lost 25 kgs on this diet in just under 12 weeks.

The first few days are hell because your body is so used to having carbs so it craves them but after the first few days it eases up.

Its a good diet if u want a quick weight loss.  I lost 7kgs the first week, u always lose lots in the first couple of weeks then i found it slowed down to 2-3kgs a week after for me. would not recomend it for long term though