irritated and angry at my personal trainer

izzydino
izzydino Posts: 254 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I ran in to my trainer at the Y today. (She is a boxer and is a very lean and muscular woman.)She told me she was happy was still coming... i asked her about eating at tdee and she told me that morbid obese people like myself should not eat over 1200. Does your body really need that food. I explained to her how mfp works and she laughed... I explained my weight loss stalled at 1200 cal. a day she told me i didn't know what i was talking about...

I have lost over 40 lbs... and I felt deflated that she wasn't more supportive about losing me losing weight....

sorry i had to rant!

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  • ehensarling17
    ehensarling17 Posts: 95 Member
    I think you need to fire your personal trainer and get a new one!
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    She has no idea what she is talking about. A personal trainer is NOT a nutritionist.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    That seems like a really narrowminded and unsupportive stance for a trainer to take, and I am not a fan of "one size fits all" solutions (or judgments in this case) under any circumstances. It saddens me that she treated you like this, and that she's possibly treating most of her clientele this ignorantly. Time to give her the ol' heave-ho, I think.
  • berniemay
    berniemay Posts: 78 Member
    That is horrible! I'm so sorry that you have to experience such rudeness! My personal trainer is very supportive and would never say anything like that! I agree with the other personal that said you need to fire her!
  • reesepieces
    reesepieces Posts: 253 Member
    Wow. Get rid of your trainer!
  • angie_sample
    angie_sample Posts: 190
    personal trainers are not nutritionist!! You should be so proud of yourself bc u have worked hard and u are doing great. I would not want a personal trainer like this, maybe look into finding someone else who actually has a heart. My PT use to be overweight so i feel like she really empathizes with me.
  • ttaylor68913
    ttaylor68913 Posts: 320 Member
    I think you need to fire your personal trainer and get a new one!

    this!! she may not be a nutritionist but still she should have congratulated you on your weight loss and not be a mean condescending jerk
  • bbriscoe13
    bbriscoe13 Posts: 175 Member
    My personal trainer would never say something like that! She held a nutrition seminar at our gym and told everyone to eat more, but healthy foods. She gave everyone a general list of some things that were good to eat. She pretty much said the opposite of what your trainer is saying. I would get a new one if I were you. She just sounds mean and unsupportive!!
  • mamnboston
    mamnboston Posts: 81
    wow, your personal training was so insensitive and unless she has a degree in nutrition, she doesn't know what she's talking about. Sorry that happened to you.
  • tigerdactyl
    tigerdactyl Posts: 112 Member
    KIll her, and don't hide the body as a warning to the rest of them
  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,374 Member
    I think she's very uneducated about the whole thing and quite hypocritical. She obviously is not that in tune with things or she would be more supportive of you. It's time to move on. I want to fire her for you!!!
  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,374 Member
    KIll her, and don't hide the body as a warning to the rest of them

    This cracked me up!!!
  • sktllmdrhmz
    sktllmdrhmz Posts: 1,799 Member
    Agreed. Ditch the *****.
  • izzydino
    izzydino Posts: 254 Member
    thank you all!
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Next time you see her, I would like you to very kindly say to her, in a soft voice:

    "Come closer"

    And when you do this, make a gesture with your index finger like you're beckoning for her to come close to you. Sort of like a "come here" gesture.

    As she gets close to you, repeat this only speak a bit softer and gently smirk. Be very innocent and welcoming so she feels comfortable in your personal space.

    As she gets immediately next to you, I want you to whisper softly in to her ear:

    "I don't play dat *kitten* bish."

    And then I want you to donkeypunch her as hard as you possibly can. As she reels to the ground clutching her scrawny-*kitten* butt cheeks, bend over as though to help her up, and then turn around and proceed to rip the biggest fart you can muster up. Be sure to remain in that position for a few good seconds to let it escape.

    I'm just here to help.
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    Next time you see her, I would like you to very kindly say to her, in a soft voice:

    "Come closer"

    And when you do this, make a gesture with your index finger like you're beckoning for her to come close to you. Sort of like a "come here" gesture.

    As she gets close to you, repeat this only speak a bit softer and gently smirk. Be very innocent and welcoming so she feels comfortable in your personal space.

    As she gets immediately next to you, I want you to whisper softly in to her ear:

    "I don't play dat *kitten* bish."

    And then I want you to donkeypunch her as hard as you possibly can. As she reels to the ground clutching her scrawny-*kitten* butt cheeks, bend over as though to help her up, and then turn around and proceed to rip the biggest fart you can muster up. Be sure to remain in that position for a few good seconds to let it escape.

    I'm just here to help.

    BEST.ADVICE.EVERRRRR!
  • cyclerjenn
    cyclerjenn Posts: 833 Member
    Looks like it is time for a new trainer.
  • gabriellejmgb
    gabriellejmgb Posts: 14
    Agreed with Melsinc. Find a new trainer. If you lost all that weight, then what is she talking about?
  • EbbySoo
    EbbySoo Posts: 267 Member
    Cookie cutter personal trainers with bad attitudes and have no know how outside the little training/education they received are the worst trainers, they do more harm than good. Hire a new trainer.
  • joankpoirier
    joankpoirier Posts: 281 Member
    yea I agree. WOW i hope she doesn't pride her self on motivation.. UGH.. BOOT TO THE CURB
  • CrazyFly7
    CrazyFly7 Posts: 50 Member
    Time for a new trainer. My trainer is actually the one that told me to get my butt onto this website and to give it a chance (since I had tried it once in the past and gave up) and to stick with it. I'm so glad that he did. So, you should definitely have a trainer who is supportive and knowledgeable. I'm sorry that your trainer said all of that to you--that was pretty ****ty, but you know yourself best, so, I agree with most of what was said here, fire her and find someone else who is supportive of you and your weight loss/fitness/health goals.
  • Ambrogio1
    Ambrogio1 Posts: 518 Member
    Next time you see her, I would like you to very kindly say to her, in a soft voice:

    "Come closer"

    And when you do this, make a gesture with your index finger like you're beckoning for her to come close to you. Sort of like a "come here" gesture.

    As she gets close to you, repeat this only speak a bit softer and gently smirk. Be very innocent and welcoming so she feels comfortable in your personal space.

    As she gets immediately next to you, I want you to whisper softly in to her ear:

    "I don't play dat *kitten* bish."

    And then I want you to donkeypunch her as hard as you possibly can. As she reels to the ground clutching her scrawny-*kitten* butt cheeks, bend over as though to help her up, and then turn around and proceed to rip the biggest fart you can muster up. Be sure to remain in that position for a few good seconds to let it escape.

    I'm just here to help.

    hahahhaha
  • mrschappet
    mrschappet Posts: 488 Member
    She has no idea what she is talking about. A personal trainer is NOT a nutritionist.

    some are both.. mine happens to be a trainer and a nutritionist.. but that aside I would look into getting a new trainer one that treats you better and listens to your ideas/concerns and doesn't immediately discredit them.
  • meli_medina
    meli_medina Posts: 594 Member
    Next time you see her, I would like you to very kindly say to her, in a soft voice:

    "Come closer"

    And when you do this, make a gesture with your index finger like you're beckoning for her to come close to you. Sort of like a "come here" gesture.

    As she gets close to you, repeat this only speak a bit softer and gently smirk. Be very innocent and welcoming so she feels comfortable in your personal space.

    As she gets immediately next to you, I want you to whisper softly in to her ear:

    "I don't play dat *kitten* bish."

    And then I want you to donkeypunch her as hard as you possibly can. As she reels to the ground clutching her scrawny-*kitten* butt cheeks, bend over as though to help her up, and then turn around and proceed to rip the biggest fart you can muster up. Be sure to remain in that position for a few good seconds to let it escape.

    I'm just here to help.

    LMFAO Sidesteal. You are da shiz.
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    Doesn't sound much like a personal trainer, hmm :/
  • GeminiMel02
    GeminiMel02 Posts: 36 Member
    I think you need to fire your personal trainer and get a new one!

    what they said.
  • tobiwood1977
    tobiwood1977 Posts: 92
    WOW she is ignorant! 1200 calories!? I ate less than that and couldn't lose weight at all - im up to like 1600 calories and I am finally coming down!!

    FIRE HER!!
  • BosseyBoots
    BosseyBoots Posts: 5 Member
    Time to get a new trainer for sure!!
  • erinkeely4
    erinkeely4 Posts: 408 Member
    Dump her!!!

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