Personal Trainer: No results?? (4 months!)

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Hey guys

I'm 18, female, 12st 7lb, 167cm tall, with a body fat % of about 28%.


I've had a personal trainer since February. He put me on an intensive workout that makes me sweat loads, I feel tired, I have to push myself - to the point where I now hate the gym actually. He also put me on your standard 'weight maintenance/loss' diet of low carbs, high fibre, lots of protein and so on.

No results??

Apparently I've lost an inch or two from my waist but I don't feel it. I don't see it. My clothes certainly don't agree because I'm wearing a size 14 comfortably now which is a huge slap round the face after 4 months of paying someone to help me get from a 12 to a 10. I also feel weaker when I lift weights.

I'm so depressed right now. I'm up at 1am because I've been sobbing and not sleeping. I want to scratch out the fat around my tummy - it makes me feel sick.

Any advice? Thank you so much.
 
Well for one thing, you clearly need to ditch your trainer. If what they're having you do isn't working, they should know how to change it to get you results.
Chances are, your lack of results is due to your diet.
What is the quality of your food? Are you eating foods containing artificial ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils?
 
Even if you don't see it or feel it 2 inches is a significant accomplishment. Did you get measured and actually see those measurements or did your trainer just tell you that?
 
stacytbb said:
Well for one thing, you clearly need to ditch your trainer. If what they're having you do isn't working, they should know how to change it to get you results.
Chances are, your lack of results is due to your diet.
What is the quality of your food? Are you eating foods containing artificial ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils?
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Thing is I'm doing interval training and resistance circuits as well as working on my core. As far as I can tell he's telling me to do the right things? I spend an hour in the gym when I go.

No. I'm basically eating nuts, lean meat like chicken and turkey, some beef, brown rice, brown pasta and seafood. I was eating a lot of soup for a bit which he told me off so I stopped. Is that not okay?

VS Tyrant said:
Even if you don't see it or feel it 2 inches is a significant accomplishment. Did you get measured and actually see those measurements or did your trainer just tell you that?
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Though 2 inches in 4 months and 2% body fat? There are people who can lose loads of weight healthily within the space of 2 months (like movie stars), never mind 4, right? And average joes can get a six-pack in that time. That's what's bothering me..

My trainer took the measurements when I first met him and then he took them again a couple of weeks ago. It was simply the difference.
 
Your are upset that you have positive results? Two inches and 2% body fat are not bad. You have to be patient and give it some time. You cannot compare yourself to the movies stars. They do it for a living and can spend seven days a week working on it. I work 40 hours a week and have to fit my workouts between my work schedule. Remember working out is hard and to lose properly will take time.

Good luck!

John
 
1. losing weight is all about eating less calories than you burn, period.
2. loosing fat is about proper nutrition coupled with resistance exercises that allow you to maintain or increase lean body mass while losing weight, so you are loosing fat not muscle. High intensity (lifting a weight that comes to or close to failure on the last rep of each set) resistance exercise maximizes the stimulation of maintenance or adding lean body mass.

Recommendations:
1. avoid starchy carbs, eat only protein sources and fruits and vegetables
2. lift heavy weights, concentrate on compound movements (squat, deadlift, bench press, military press, row, pull down, an ab exercise (weighted situps or leg raises)), 1-3 minute rest periods, 2 sets of 12 reps for a couple of weeks, then 3 sets of 8 reps for a couple of weeks, then 4 sets of 6 reps, then 5 sets of 5 reps, and then back to 2 sets of 12 reps.
 
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