Started with a personal trainer and im a little confused.....

3laine75

DavPul wrote: »

redmohca89 wrote: »

so should I drop to 1400 calories a day ?
which is what is suggested when you take my weight and multiply by 10 you get 1400 calories ?

My goal , is to lose weight, but with my training, im toning things up as well.

it's best to be consistent with a plan and give it enough time to produce measurable results. and it's best not to listen to too many voices. go with your trainer's plan for at least a month, weigh yourself and check your body circumferences, and then we'll adjust from there if needed.

This. I'm assuming you're paying the PT so give it a chance. Those 3 lb are most likely water, like others have said. Try it out and if it isn't working come back.

rybo

cityruss wrote: »

DavPul wrote: »

it's best to be consistent with a plan and give it enough time to produce measurable results. and it's best not to listen to too many voices. go with your trainer's plan for at least a month, weigh yourself and check your body circumferences, and then we'll adjust from there if needed.

OP, take this advice.

Yes, follow this advice

Heath014

Hi redmocha!

I have similar stats, 5'2 and 137. I started working with a trainer about 2 weeks ago and he sent me to a nutritionist. She put me on 1400 Cals a day.

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ana3067

arditarose wrote: »

ana3067 wrote: »

Stay at 1800 for at least a few months and be glad your trainer is advocating reasonable caloric intake. As long as you aren't eating back exercise calories (as I'm assuming the 1800 is supposed to be based off of TDEE), then you are simply seeing water weight gains from starting a new program. At worst you are logging inaccurately.

You cannot lose weight, gain muscle at th same time. The latter involves gaining weight.

I'm 156lbs and I'm eating 2150 calories for weight loss.

I'm always jealous of what you can eat to lose. 2150 is above my maintenance! Awesome.

sloooow loss though. less so on the scale lol. I might need to lower it to 2100 or 2150 in a while though, still monitoring!

hhnkhl

Its probably water and muscle gain

ana3067

redmohca89 wrote: »

Okay, Im 26 years old.
Im 5 foot 3, currently 140 pounds.
I want to get back to 115, but healthy this time and not near anorexic and starving.

He has me eating 1800 calories a day, we work out 3 days a week, and on my days I dont see him, he doesn't have me do anything, he calls these rest days. And every sunday, he says is my *cheat* day to eat what I choose , as long as I don't go overboard on the junk food.

Our workouts are 1 hour long everytime. And a mixture of cardio(45 second intervals) and then we work the biceps, the legs, quads, thighs, Leg curls and all that stuff, I use all the machines for these , and he adds more weight as we go .

Sigh... cut out the cheat day unless you are continuing to eat 1800 calories that day. You should not feel or be forced to only eat foods you want to eat (i.e. "junk") once a week if yu want to eat it more often.

Are you not working shoulders, back, core... why aren't you doing compound lifts (with maybe isolation for bis and tris if desired) with dumbbells and barbells?

ana3067

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

Why are you taking advice from a trainer about nutrition?

Four rest days a week is ridiculous.

How so? I have 3 rest days a week. Still lost 31lbs.

ana3067

hhnkhl wrote: »

Its probably water and muscle gain

no.

jeeplovin

I started last week with a personal trainer. Three days a week. lifting heavy, and 6 days a week doing 30 min of cardio. My trainer has me eating 1750 a day. I'm 5 2" and 110 lbs.