Have been lurking around for a few days but am having a hard timing finding existing answers to my questions. Prepare yourself...this is a long one!
So I'm 2.5 weeks in and have lost almost 18 pounds as of my last weigh in so clearly it's working so far which is great. The shakes and snacks have mostly been good but I've generally lost interest in eating lunch and dinner, mostly due to the quantity of meat and vegetables required. It's become a chore really. Lack of variety I guess, will have to look around here for some new recipes before I snap one day and eat all of the food. Haven't cheated at all as of yet.
Anyway, the main reason I'm posting is trying to understand if I'm getting the proper treatment from my "coach". I use the term loosely...I think "salesperson" would be a better description at this point. My brother and SIL went on the program in the summer which is where I learned of it, and their experience with their clinic was much different.
They got weighed every week with the scale that measures your body makeup (not sure what it's called). I had it the first week but all other weeks are just regular scale weigh-ins until week 4. Is that normal? How would they know if you're losing muscle mass if they only do it every 4th visit?
The food selection has been a big point of contention as well. My bro could mix and match any of the packets to get a variety for the week. I've since understood this isn't really on the up and up and only certain items are allowed for individual sale. So my coach works this way which is totally fine but she refuses to sell the individual ones that way either. So essentially she and IP are forcing me to spend big $$$ upfront in order to get a variety for a week. I know some people are totally happy to eat the exact same thing day after day but I can't (even if it's junk food!). Frankly, I think it's setting people up for failure or just a money grab up front. So her excuse was it was too hard to manage her inventory if she sold individually. I then told her that was her job which she didn't take kindly to. My tolerance for BS has dropped significantly since being on the diet!
My other beef with her is that I chose the clinic because of the pictures on the website. It seemed that she had "been there" before which was appealing to me in finding a coach. Turns out it was just a post pregnancy picture from who knows how many years ago and she only lost 10 pounds on the actual program. Was kind of ticked at that misrepresentation too. Didn't have our initial meeting in her appointment book and a few other things that just aren't making me feel comfortable.
Whew! Just wanted to vent and find out if the food selection, weigh-in part was normal. I'm thinking I may have to part ways with her and just do it on my own. Obviously, I'm liking the results so far so am not ready to totally give up yet.
Any advice would be great! Thanks!