Well last Thursday we found out our facilitator and program manager were both leaving - today. We talked with the manager for a bit, and got an idea on what their philosophy was, which made a difference on how I perceived the program.
I had been thinking that it was pretty haphazard, but listening to her explaining why they are telling people to eat as much product as they want etc... is actually a fairly well thought out idea. Especially for those who have a tendency to eat off product. It was nice to hear the reasoning behind it.
The new facilitator is something else. She was sure of herself and actually seemed to know what she was talking about. In the old program we were told to limit frozen dinners due to the high sodium content in them. With our old facilitator she said our option was to have frozen dinners, she didn't know anyone in our group that was on a low sodium diet blah blah blah so that would be a good choice for us. I am guessing our new facilitator will not recommend frozen entrees as a mainstay of our diet.
I learned more from her in the hour she spoke then the whole 16 weeks of our other facilitator. She talked about the foods, the prep, the things to look out for. As K said we really need a nutritionist at this time especially with the transition. We got lucky I think.
I had been thinking that it was pretty haphazard, but listening to her explaining why they are telling people to eat as much product as they want etc... is actually a fairly well thought out idea. Especially for those who have a tendency to eat off product. It was nice to hear the reasoning behind it.
The new facilitator is something else. She was sure of herself and actually seemed to know what she was talking about. In the old program we were told to limit frozen dinners due to the high sodium content in them. With our old facilitator she said our option was to have frozen dinners, she didn't know anyone in our group that was on a low sodium diet blah blah blah so that would be a good choice for us. I am guessing our new facilitator will not recommend frozen entrees as a mainstay of our diet.
I learned more from her in the hour she spoke then the whole 16 weeks of our other facilitator. She talked about the foods, the prep, the things to look out for. As K said we really need a nutritionist at this time especially with the transition. We got lucky I think.
Seems like a nutritionist would be a good idea. I work with nutritionists, and they are even helpful to me.
ReplyDeleteIs the new facilitator going to help manage the transition period? It's frightening to me to read that you learned more in one hour than in the lat 16 weeks. Maybe I should loan you my tape recorder to use for playback later & make notes. So sorry that the old facilitator was lousy, so I'm hoping the new one makes up for it AND a lot more!
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