What happened in my case was they had a meeting with all of the newbies. The speaker had a slideshow...explained what IP was, examples of foods to choose, took questions etc...I was weighed and picked up my food the day before but if you haven't done that, it is probably what will happen. You will love it. IP is wonderful!!!

Mine was probably 1 1/2 hours long. Weighed and measured me. Went over the program in detail. Picked out food and paid. I thought my coach was pretty thorough going over the program - not sure what you would do for the other hour. Let us know!!!! Good luck on IP! Welcome!!!

This is similar to my experience. I was part of the first group of IPers at my clinic, so we all met together, saw the slideshow, got weighed & had a body composition assessment to show our fat vs. lean mass amounts, and received a bag full of food. Our food was pre-selected for the first 2 weeks so that we could try a wide variety of products. I'm glad I tried a lot of things, but I'm thrilled to be picking just the things I like now Many products are really good, but some are super foul (looking at you, IP soups!). I also received a folder with all of the paperwork about IP, a food journal, sea salt, shaker cup, 3 bottles of supplements, and some other things.

Since my IP coach is my mother, my experience is atypical. When I go each week, I weigh, do the body composition analysis, take measurements, and pick out my food. It's very informal.

I love this program!

We only get the body comp. analysis once a month! I would love it weekly. Yeah I traded in some of the drink mixes that they gave me in the beginning for pudding, as I eat that the most!

My clinic has two scales...one for regular weigh in's and the other for the monthly. I wish I could afford one of those body comp. scales, wow they are nice! But then I would be weighing too much and for sure that isn't good!
I would drive myself insane!

Why don't they weigh you on the body comp me all the time? If they have it there....


My coach has a scale that does weight, hydration, lean muscle so I get hat each week.

My first one was going over my health questionaire, getting food, which was already picked out, weigh & measure, she also took a picture. She did call me often the first couple of weeks.

Good luck!

I don't know why??? I was disappointed, because I assumed they would weigh me like that all the time. When I went into my first weigh-in, my coach was supposed to weigh me on the regular scale, but weighed me on the Tanita..so second week I found out she wasn't supposed to do it till I had my 4th one. I dunno! ????

I did get two calls during that first week too.

This was basically how mine went. I went in for a private consultation, knowing I was going to sign up that day. I asked her a ton of questions, and she was really helpful. Then I got a starter kit with 33 different packets, salt, shaker, supplements, and the info sheets.

The two coaches they have are very nice. I text Melissa throughout the week if I have any questions and she's very good about answering and helping me out. Sometimes I weigh in with the other coach depending on my schedule. She always texts me the next time she's in and sees my file. Congratulates me on my loss, etc!

Thanks for your replies ladies! I do know I'm having a private consultation ... it's my impression that's just how this location rolls, which is fine. I'm starting to get, nervous I guess? Anxious maybe. I'm going to go through my cupboards today and pull the stuff I won't be able to use once I start. Clearing out the temptations/distractions!!

Don't be nervous! It'll be great! If you feel that you will be nervous, maybe take someone in with you so you remember what your coach says, or bring paper to write on. Really though, everything will be in your information pack, in plain English! Just be excited about the start of a great journey!

Wow. There is such variation. I went to a 60 minute free group orientation. Then we were told to make an appt to come back if we were interested. I made the appt, got weighed, measured, body comped and handed a packet with the handouts. No real counseling. Maybe 20 min tops. Ordered food by phone or fax before WI so it is ready to pick up. Repeat. No real coaching or counseling. Everything I know I learned here or from the doctors book.