Thankfully I have been saving money for my No Spend Challenge, so I had the money to cover it. I paid and went to the room the
meeting was in. I also took a picture of the sign that explained the pricing. The
first two sessions are group sessions (which I hadn’t known) and each cost $55.
The third, and usually final, appointment is a one-on-one and costs $50. Any subsequent
one-on-one appointments also cost $50.
There is some good news here. I was expecting a fee, and
knew it could be upwards of $150 per appointment. So this isn’t a bad price.
Also, I had the money to cover the first appointment, and time to save the
money for the second and third. I just wish I had realized before I got to
check in so I wasn’t blind-sided.
Now, on to the actual appointment. Like I said, it was a
group session. It was a small room, and it was nearly full when I got there.
There was only one open space, in the middle of the front row. If there is
anything I hate more than being in the front row, it’s being sandwiched between
two people. Especially two strangers. She had already started when I got there,
but led me to the back to weigh in and get a folder then brought me to the open
seat. There were a few more late-comers and then she started.
She went over a few things I already knew from my own research,
such as the scale model of 5lbs of fat. She gave some figures and serving
sizes, some of which I hadn’t previously known. She went through the folder,
going into a lot of detail on the serving sizes and having us figure out some
on our own. There was a packet and book, mostly filled with servings and
nutritional information. There was also a packet with recipes.
Overall it was an informational meeting and it went
really well. I had gone into it thinking she wasn’t likely to tell me anything new,
and was proven wrong. I’m not mad about that. I liked the nutritionist, Joan.
She wasn’t condescending, and she didn’t try to belittle us. She was open and
seemed genuinely interested in helping us along our journey.
I’ll be happy to go back. Honestly I’m mostly happy with
the price. I was expecting to pay $150 per meeting, for three meetings, so
totaling $450. Instead, it’s three meetings totaling $160. My second
appointment is already scheduled (yay!) but I most likely will have to
reschedule (boo) because I just got a second job (yay!!) I’m going to talk to
the scheduling people there to see what the earliest and latest appointments
they have are. Hopefully I can make this work.
That was the entire appointment. It went pretty quickly
and was decently educational. Let me know what you think and if you’ve got any
tips for me in the comments below. Bye y’all!
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