Last night we met for the first time all those that will be in our class. There were around 30 people, pretty much half and half men and women. The men are mostly heavy and look like if they don't succeed at this it will be really not good for their health. The women are various weights, though none really really heavy. I am probably on the thinner end of the spectrum.
We met upstairs first, registering and for each of us to have our beginning photos taken, front view and side view. Then we each had our blood pressure taken. Mine was higher than normal even though she took it twice. I think I was anxious and excited about starting the program. She said it was still ok. The first time it was 151/96, the second it was 150/90.
Then we were weighed. They have a fancy scale that measures all kinds of things with a printout.
I was nervous, I couldn't even remember how old I was. That is partly because I said I was 72 for a full year before I realized I was 71 so now I get another year of 72!
February 21, 2017
Body Type Standard
Gender Female
Age 72
Height 5 ft 1.5 inches
Weight 184.0 lb
BMI 34.2
BMR 5892 kj
1408 kcal
Impedence 520
Fat% 47.3
Fat Mass 87.0 lbs=
FFM 97.0 lb
TBW 71.01 lb
Desirable Range
Fat% 24 - 46%
Fat Mass 30.5 - 54.5 lb
The last number, I would assume, means how much is acceptable loss. My doctor set my goal at 40 lbs.
Then we went downstairs to our meeting room and met each other and the staff. Our "Leader" is a nurse/nutritionist that when through this years ago. Her assistants are Karen, an Exercizoligist, who is also a pescatarian, a vegetarian that eats fish. And Junia, who is expertise at Natural Medicine, Hypnotheropy, and Stress Management.
We went through paperwork signing, and our first payment.
Junia led us through a stress release exercise and then we got down to business.
This first week is a transition of mind and body to get ready for next week - liquid diet.
1. We are supposed to start our water drinking - 1 gallon per day. In the water we can put lemon, Crystal Light (under 5 calories).
2. We can have decaffenated coffee or tea - 2 cups max per day. Nothing in it that has calories. Once we are on the "product" we can use a bit of our vanilla shake to flavor the decaf coffee to replace milk or cream or chocolate shake to latte.
3. This week we will be going back to basics on calories. They didn't say just how much to cut back.
4. A chart was passed out of our schedule for the weeks of "Full replacement Meals", "Transition", "Maintenance". It shows when we have our Medical Checkups and when Lab work is due. We need to have the Lab work done several days ahead of the class & lab results. We will be given a yellow card to present to Lab so results will be expedited to the program.
If we can't come to our Tuesday meeting we need to let them know 2 weeks before to order food.
So then we filled out our order form for our food for week 2. We have to have 6 products each for 7 days = 42 individual items.
The products are:
Each in a box of 7:
Tomato Soup
Chicken Soup
Individual servings Ready to Serve Shakes:
Chocolate Shake
Vanilla Shake
Strawberry Shake
Each in a box of 7 Dry You-mix shakes:
Chocolate Shake
Vanilla Shake
Strawberry Shake
Each in a box of 7 each: (forgot to copy all the names of the bars)
___________
___________
chocolate
peanut crunch
___________
___________
About this time I was zoning out. When I got home I realized I hadn't had dinner and I really was hungry. That made me feel better because I had a heck of a time figuring out what I should order for next week. A lady next to me had been on this program several years ago, did just the first 4 months, and she knew just what to order. So I copied hers.
So next week I will be picking up my order of:
7 Chocolate Shakes
7 Vanilla Shakes
7 Strawberry Shakes
7 chicken soups
7 chocolate bars
7 peanut crunch bars
Equals 42 total servings
I went out this morning and bought 2 1 gallon bottles of water. I was going to do 16 oz water bottles but I think this will be easier to track. So far I am through half the gallon at 2pm. This is going to be
the hard part I think. Though the water doesn't leave much room for thinking of food.
Our electricity was out all morning so I made a sandwich for breakfast.
For lunch I think I will have my breakfast, maybe oatmeal, that should be filling.
For dinner I have chicken breasts and veggies to figure something out. I have lots of Blue Apron spices left over to season them with.
But for now, I have to go get on that treadmill, I have 2,800 steps so far.
PS: I didn't walk long on the treadmill, by bedtime I was at 5050 steps.
PS: I didn't walk long on the treadmill, by bedtime I was at 5050 steps.
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