Personal Trainer made me ...annoyed...ha

If you need to lose 125 lbs, you definitely are ok to lose 2 lbs a week. Honestly, if you're not starving on what youre eating now, you're probably fine in general.

Personal trainers are like politicians. They always think "their way" is the best and that "their ideas" are the obvious choice.

This! Wow! :drinker:
And I think you should know your body the best.

I agree. However, I have MFP set to lose 2 lbs a week as well. I try and work out at least 5 times a week which gives back more calories to eat. I DO EAT THOSE calories I worked out for. I think your body can go into starvation mode too and I do not want to hang on to any fat due to not eating enough.

What has been successful for me is "getting ahead of my hunger." I eat protein (greek yogurt) and coffee as soon as I get up in the morning. Then, around 9:00 I eat an egg sandwich on an english muffin. Then lunch around noon. Snack around 3:00. Then, I pick up my kids and make dinner around 6:00. So I guess I am eating every 3-4 hours. I have never really don'e that before and it has really helped with my hunger in the evenings. After dinner I feel satisfied.

I have to lose about 100 pounds and 2 pounds a week is what I am aiming for as well. I believe it is fine as long as you are eating those 1600 cals most days and not going way under.

annoyance be Gone! You are doing FINE and We count, not That person!

GREAT job so far!

I have been working out for almost 2 years now, and I have lost 70+ pounds. Its really hard. Before I worked out I probably was eating 2500+ calories, then when I started working out, I dropped it to about 1200 calories. Well I was seeing the results I wanted, but what I didn't realize is that once your body get caught up to not eating all those calories, you will hit a plateau (those suck by the way). Ive been stuck at my plateau for about 4 months now. And my trainer said that we had to do a reverse diet. Which is where you slowly add calories, and gain some weight back (depressing) then once that happens, you slowly cut the calories, and step up in the cardio. So im in this position now. I see that you are doing GREATTT!! and don't let that one person stop you from doing something you want to do My advice, is don't drop your calories too much at one time, and keep pushing. You will do great!! Keep it up Add me if you want. Hope this help some!!

Personal trainers are like politicians. They always think "their way" is the best and that "their ideas" are the obvious choice. She doesn't know your weight and age and stats like you've programed and she doesn't know what kinds of calories your eating, so she really can't preach. Just to be polite, I'd say "thanks for your advice" and do your own thing anyways. I wish I could post gifs but there's one of Robery Downey Jr. and he says "listen and nod politely, and then do what ever the **** you were gunna do anyways". If your losing weight and still eating nutritiously, then it's working for you. Keep it up!

Congratulations on a job well done so far! Do what works for you!

You are doing great! Keep doing what you're doing as long as it is healthy & please stay motivated. Learn to mentally tune people like that out because a personal trainer should be more encouraging. Your confidence will increase as you accomplish your weight loss goals. Do what works best for you. People lose weight in different ways.

From the above conversation, I also hit the protein. There is research that suggests that eating enough protein and exercising (cardio and resistance) will help preserve your lean body mass (eating a couple of hours before you do your cadio will help as well). :-)