Last Night's Orientation

As it turns out, there are people here of all shapes and sizes. I am not the smallest, nor am I the largest.
What is most impressive is that there are some people who have been here for 4-6 weeks already.  One lady has been here for 4 months straight, and she says she doesn't want to leave. (Maybe she's hiding from the mob.) I can't help but wonder what those people do for a living that allows them that much time off and the money to afford it. I also wonder why they would want to be tortured for that many weeks in a row. I may work up the nerve to ask. Maybe the program isn't as tough as I imagine!

The repeated advice that we got was "to protect your feet at all cost. Use duct tape, band-aids and Body Glide, and friction-less socks to prevent blisters. I bought the very expensive socks.

I also heard that I should be drinking half my body weight in water daily. I laughed--Out loud!!! Can you imagine? Who has that much time to go to the bathroom?

"If you ate it, then you must negate it" is the other thing I heard over and over. Isn't that catchy? I plan to make myself a t-shirt. We are allowed 1,200 calories a day. We are free to grab a few carrots, an orange, an apple, a banana, 12 almonds, or one boiled egg if we need more. Each of those is an extra 100 calories. By the way, I eat almonds by the handful back home.

They also warned that they will call LOCK DOWN if any contraband is found. Contraband includes: any candy, any caffeine and any other food NOT provided by the chef. We were told that the housekeeping staff will report us. I do have 2 Trio bars still tucked away. I don't no wether to turned them in or keep them for the trip home. I am jonesing for my Mt. Dew.  I wish I hadn't fallen off the wagon just weeks ago.

In the end, we were told to consider our stay compassionate boot camp!