Personal trainer wanting to help:)

I am interested to see the questions you get and the answers you give - thanks for your offer of help!

ideally how many "rest" days should you have? Again, this is a lifestyle change.. for the past month I do cardio 4x (60 min) week and strength training 1-2 x (30-40 min) week. Some people say rest a day between cardio exercise while others say once a week.


Also, any advice to help with shin pain while running? Signed up for my first 5k in 6 weeks... but shins are killing me while doing C25K.

How many carbs do u think is ideal?

Thanks, I need all the help I can get, add me as a friend.

Hi, I'm a personal trainer and I see a lot of people that seem to be "lost" in their attempts at weight loss/ fitness goals. So if anyone has any questions regarding cardio/lifting/nutrition I would love to help you. Either reply in the forum or send me a message and I'll get back to you asap. You can also add me if you like, I try to make every effort to support and motivate everyone to reach their goals because I know a lot of people may have little to no support offline.

Thanks,
Nate

Certified NSCA Fitness Trainer
Studied Kinestheology and Nutrition

i am one of those lost people,lol... I will give you a little bit of info on me 1st:
5ft 2"
start weight 140
goal weight 125
current weight 133
was on 1200 calories till 2 weeks ago and changed by info on mfp from 1 lbs loss a week to .5 lbs this gave me 1310 calories a day, so now i am over my bmr
i seem to have been loosing about 2 lbs a month before, my goal was to loose all the weight by march 20th ( 5 months), i started trying to loose the weight since Oct22nd. I have been stuck for 1 month now, no change.

My exercise is all over and not consistent as i have a very busy life, as most do.... when working the only time i have to exercise is from 8-9pm, that's it. So when i started exercising i was doing 5 days a week 30-45 min on the elliptical or treadmill, then in DEC i added jillian michaels dvd 30 day shred. I lost no weight but 1 inch off my waist, and 2 inches off my hips and belly. Then i stopped exercising in jan, thinking i would just do it diet wise as i wasn't having time to exercise, etc... I started exercising again as of last week as a month plateau wasn't going away. I started doing cardio again 5 days a week 30 min and i'm doing the 30ds again daily.

what i would like to know is the exercise i'm doing ok? is it fine? I don't want to get so involved in workouts that i won't carry on with it once i reach my goal weight, i want to do a average amount that i will stick with for the rest of my life daily.....once i reach my goal weight the exercise will be mainly for just staying healthy, right.....daily living. PLUS i only have 1 hr a day to get anything in.... is what i am doing good enough to keep the weight falling off, will i reach my goal of march 20th? any suggestions will be appreciated! thanks, lin

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Hi, I'm a personal trainer and I see a lot of people that seem to be "lost" in their attempts at weight loss/ fitness goals. So if anyone has any questions regarding cardio/lifting/nutrition I would love to help you. Either reply in the forum or send me a message and I'll get back to you asap. You can also add me if you like, I try to make every effort to support and motivate everyone to reach their goals because I know a lot of people may have little to no support offline.

Thanks,
Nate

Certified NSCA Fitness Trainer
Studied Kinestheology and Nutrition

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS- such a great idea Nate and so nice of you to support others with there low points. Will follow with great interest.

Im sure this will keep you busy?!!!! x

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I sent ya a FR... I need all the smart ppl in my life I can get.:happy:

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Hi, I'm a personal trainer and I see a lot of people that seem to be "lost" in their attempts at weight loss/ fitness goals. So if anyone has any questions regarding cardio/lifting/nutrition I would love to help you. Either reply in the forum or send me a message and I'll get back to you asap. You can also add me if you like, I try to make every effort to support and motivate everyone to reach their goals because I know a lot of people may have little to no support offline.

Thanks,
Nate

Certified NSCA Fitness Trainer
Studied Kinestheology and Nutrition

Hi I hope it's okay for me to add you, I just started my Personal Training course two weeks ago. Loving it so much already (:

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Any workaround to TOM? Between the bloating and general craptasticness, my body has been hanging onto these 3 pesky pounds before I get down to my next mini-goal and I'm NOT happy about it.

Working out can REALLY help with cramps, you may not wanna do it at the time but they can make it go away and feel a lot better for at least a few hours. Drink as much water as you can and eat as cleanly as possible and within your calorie goals and you will see a bigger loss next week

Where's Nate?