me or the personal trainer

Aww honey, just go to the manager of the trainers and tell them that your personalities aren't meshing. I have a trainer that I adore. We joke and laugh, and she listens when I say "This is too much". She knows when i'm saying that because I want to be lazy, and when i'm saying it because I've really reached my limit. I've found that with her, I want to push my limits though. She also doesn't nag me about my food, but will ask me what I ate, and actually encourages me to use this site to track my food. She has no hidden agenda and wants her clients to just live a healthy life.

You have to like working out or you won't want to do it. I used to hate it and would honestly dread going to the gym, but since I started working harder at it and actually see her as my partner, not my tormentor, i've made some huge changes. If you don't like the person that is working with you, you should totally get someone different. My first trainer was a guy (a really cute, young guy), that I was slightly embarrassed and uncomfortable around...so when he left the gym and they put me with my current trainer I was like "fantastic, a chick"..but I've loved every second of it.

Hope this offers you a little support in your choice. You have to take control of your body, and that means maybe telling your trainer that she just isn't working out for you and you don't want her food.. Good luck

New Trainer Needed. U need someone that modivates you, not irrates you!

Biggest mistake that New PT's and arrogant PT's make: Their workout should be your workout.

My clients don't train like I do. Though I believe in heavy lifting, some of the clients I deal with would rather do plyometrics or Tabata training.

So a good trainer should be able to know your goal, create YOUR program, and then make adjustments if things don't seem to be working out right. There is no 1 program that works for everyone.

yea my current gym tried that stuff on me. it wasn't shakes but protein bars. I bought them long ago when I first started. I'll admit they tasted good and low on calories and sugar however expensive as heck. 3$ a bar. Also it wasn't their trainers either that kept pushing it on me to buy them but their diet nazi......err nutrionist. they finally dropped it @ about 6 months into my membership. I signed up at a discounted rate for 2 years.

As others have said look into switching trainers and if the owner of the gym also pushes the stuff to sell, you may look into just switching to another gym altogether. I plan to switch gyms come Dec. when my contract with my gym now ends. joining my local YMCA that recently opened. they are 10$ more than what I pay now BUT they have a POOL! (^_^)

I'm ditching the trainer.
Nervous has ****.


I need to understand this anxiety about confronting situations. It's a problem. She is not benefiting me at all. This is my life, not hers. I don't know if I even want to trade trainers. I'll have to start all over. They will have their ideas. MFP can be my virtual PT. Mmmmk?

Good for you!