Everyone sets-up their weight-management course, and office, a little differently.  Some professionals will find this check list to be way too much… while others will find it incomplete.  Either way, it will get your “logistical thinking” started!

Don’t forget to investigate second-hand furniture stores for large items like desks, chairs and wall units.  Also, check out EBay to find scales, pictures and plants at a fraction of the normal retail costs/

• L-shaped computer table or desk (especially for Kiosk model concept)

• Four (4) drawer filing cabinet

• Telephone - private line

• Telephone message center

• Locking shelf space to display accessory items such as supplements specialty foods, heart-rate monitors books, videos, audio tape, etc.

• Storage cabinet for office supplies and products

• 1 Desk chair - 2 guest chairs

• Trash can     

• Desk pad (preferably with calendar)

• 50 hanging file folders

• 100 manila file folders

• File labels

• Calculator

• Measuring Tape

• Pens and Pencils

• Colored Highlighters

• Stapler and Staples

• Staple remover

• Tape (Scotch)

• 3-hole Paper Punch

• Paper (Legal pad and white paper

• Scissors

• Paper Clips

• Two cork boards for before and after pictures (Displayed outside in high visibility area)

• Push pins

• Body fat, musculature and anatomical charts

• Plants

• Pictures

• Skin-fold calipers or other body-fat measuring devices

• Professional scale

• Wall Clock

• Camera and Film

• Business Cards,  Appt. on the back

• Personal appointment book

• Certifications (ACE, ACSM, Etc.)

• College Degree 

• Course Literature

• Brochures

• Magazine Articles

• Program Banner or sign outside office