Diary of a Fat Diabetic

So I joined a gym this time with my wife. It's a bigger chain gym and easier for me to get to especially if my wife goes with me. We've been working out together the past few days and today I had one of my "complementary" personal training sessions. This trainer was an ass and made me feel so bad. He was saying how I'm one of his biggest clients so he has to push me harder because if I lose weight to slow it'll make him look bad. He kept going on about all these people he made lose weight and in my mind I kept thinking shouldn't he be saying helped lose weight instead of made lose weight? I mean after all those people still had to do the work with or without him yet he acted like it was all him.

The thing that really got me is when he got offended and cussed me out because I refused to buy the "fat burners" he sells because I'd rather lose weight naturally and who knows what those things do to you. It really kinda put me off exercising and the funny thing is after the workout I felt like I just wasted my time because I workout so much harder on my own. Is this the norm for personal trainers or are they usually helpful and I just got a bad one?
 
You definitely got a bad one... What a jerk... too many steroids! :reddevil: A good trainer might be tough on you to work out, but should never try to bully you into buying crap like that! Good for you! Stick to your guns and kick that one to the curb!
 
Had such a great workout today!! I actually did extra because I was feeling good. Down 5 pounds this week and I can feel it. No more swelling in my feet and life is awesome!!
 
Been working out hard at the gym and now adding some home workouts to ease my boredom. My blood sugar is now excellent after cutting out most processed foods and red meat. For the first time ever I can see myself doing the same things I do now 10 years from now
 
Congrats on the blood sugar results. I've never heard that cutting out red meat would affect glucose. Is that something your doc said?
 
Sorry for not posting in awhile. I was just trying something new. I was just living my life by getting an hour of exercise a day in and eating healthier mainly watching my portion sizes and guess what it's working for me. I'm not as obsessed with the number on the scale anymore because over time I know it's going to go down not up. I've added weight training to my workouts and am getting a lot stronger and my body shape is changing. I still got a ways to go but I'm no longer freaking out over it cause I know I can make it now.
 
Ok, it's been 3 months since my last doctor appointment and I'm down 34lbs. I have to wait a few days to find out the results of my blood work but I'm sure my A1c should be lower than last time because when I check my sugar each day it's been really under control.
 
Wow I feel like a new person. I have more energy to do things and I've even started trying to run a little maybe I'll make a goal of doing a 5k soon. I need to go clothes shopping because I now have very few things that fit me and I think as an added motivation to keep me from going back to my old weight I'm going to donate my old clothes so if I start to gain it'll hurt my wallet.
 
Awesome news my A1c is down from 8.5 to 5.4 and the only difference is the added exercise
 
Time to step it up. This summer my kids are staying with my inlaws and I work from home so I should have a lot of free time. I plan on doing the following.

1) Walk at least 5 miles a day (probably on a treadmill because this is Arizona)
2) 30-45 min of weight training
3) Be more disciplined about following my diet plan exact.

I hope I drop some weight cause summers are always hard on me.
 
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