Well, I have not been very impressed with my personal trainer. I told her that my key problem was accountability with food, and I've had zero support from her on this. I did ask her about macros and such, she had originally told me to eat 80% protein, which I have been trying, but myfitnesspal breaks it down to fats, protein, and carbs, and my fats have been a huge percentage, but most of them are coming from the protein I'm eating. So I asked her about that, and she thought what I was eating was fine, but it's so hard to know. The workouts are super easy, and not very challenging. Last week I was a little sore, but not bad. And she said that these are the workouts (exactly the same) that I'll be doing for the next 4 weeks.
I did lose weight last week, but I would not attribute it to her. I do not think that she has done enough for the money I've paid her. I am not great at advocating for myself, so the idea of talking to her about my unhappiness with her program is very, very uncomfortable to me. I keep thinking that maybe I'll just do this thing and use the money as motivation even if she is not actually helpful.
I don't know if it's because I've been doing this whole lose weight/exercise thing for a long time. I know what I'm supposed to eat, I know how many calories I should be eating, and I've been exercising for a long time. Hell, I have a 2+ year runstreak, so obviously I'm disciplined to a point. I think she is geared towards newbies, people that don't know what they're doing, and don't know what to eat.
It often takes me a long time to decide to do something. I think about it a lot. And then I decide to do it, but I don't do much research on my options. I did this with my graduate program. I decided to go to school, and chose the easiest, most convenient school, and I've regretted it. Same with this, I've been thinking about finding a personal trainer, but didn't know where to find one. So this one sort of fell into my lap, and I jumped at it. I should have researched it further.
This last weekend on Saturday, I ran 3 miles, the longest run since Sept. 27 (a 3 mile run). I then went and ran 2 miles on Sunday. I was a little worried about my foot, but it is fine. I haven't had any issues with it at all.
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Yay to the run without pain...and a good picture to boot!! I’m sorry that the trainer is not living up to your expectations! It sounds like you may be right...they may be geared to the newbie...or just not a great trainer ...or rather one that lacks the ability to do anything than the one thing they know. Kinda a ‘here is my one program...I know nothing else!
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