NadaHamade

Thank you all for your advice. Right now I set my MFP to lose 1 pound per week at lightly active so I am going to be eating 1360 calories, and when I exercise, eating back my net calories. My activity level won't be anywhere near how it used to be (the 800-1000 deficit). I will eventually increase intensity of exercise as…

Blunt yet wise advice :)

Thank you. I would love to try a bod-pod test one day lol. I heard those are the best ways to estimate and everything else has a big margin of error.

I am currently 5'2'' and 139 lbs. With my trainer I would do cardio 5x a day at 800 calories (90 mins). But I might decrease that to an hour at 400-500 calories. Strength training twice a week, an hour each, about 400-450 calories per session.

Your advice makes a ton of sense and also has a lot of common sense in it. I'm thinking of either netting 1200 or just eating more in general (the 1200-1500 range you mentioned) because it is needed for me. My weight loss has stalled for awhile or at least become very slow and my stamina has decreased considerably. So I…

Thank you! It's more difficult than I thought it was to choose a competent trainer.

True on both counts. Though I figured by default she would have more knowledge than bro science to follow since she is a trainer. I now know I was wrong!

Yeah, I don't necessarily mean doing it all at once, I will focus on fat loss first. Then muscle.

Yes. I now know I must net way way more than this. Never again. Lol

Thank you for this :) This eating plan sounds really reasonable. It seems balanced and I like the timing of 3-4 hours and the good fats included.

Thank you!

What I do is I pay every two weeks (every four sessions) with her, but she began charging me when she charted out my "nutrition plan." I feel like I am done though. I may just ignore her nutrition advice but her assessments seem like garbage as well lol

Yeah, I believe I could build more muscle and lose more fat by eating more calories too! Would you mind sharing with me what your calorie intake/level of fitness is? I need to recalculate my calories

I believe I will do that as well. :) Though I am not going to see her today. I need to take a short break from her to put together my OWN diet and cardio plan this weekend lol

Thank you so much. Yes I always get very tired with her after sessions or during sessions lately. I feel like I am losing strength and going on binges/finding it impossible to stick to my diet. So it's been really making me reevaluate her advice. Based on your experience I will look into contacting a nutritionist. At least…

Thank you so much :)

Yes! I would always ask her if she was sure I'm not supposed to be netting my calories. She'd say yes. She logs on my fitness pal and never eats back net. It really baffles me.

LOL, thank you for the laugh, I shouldn't have followed her "diet plan" whatsoever but now I am ready to follow good nutritional advice. :)

That is true as well. I really want to work on building muscle and losing body fat over pounds. Looks like I need to research & recalculate my proper intake and start from the beginning.

Thank you. And yes! I feel the same way. I thought I didn't have a clue and this was the way to go because I was overweight and my trainer was in better shape than me. But I definitely think I need more calories. And she is actually puzzled that my metabolism is slowing down. She told me it was because "I'm not eating…

Yeah, I don't really know how she comes up with that formula. I think I am going to kick her plan and calculate a more reasonable calorie count

It wasn't really eating more but it was more of eating my net calories I think. I haven't been eating net at all because she told me not to. So I think I will change to someone that would actually encourage me to eat my calories back :)

Yes! Thank you! I have been thinking of doing this as well. I just can't see myself eating this level of calories for the rest of my life. Her exercises have become difficult and I find myself losing stamina as she increases weights. And she thinks it's because "I'm not eating every three hours." Although I am. It is…

Thank you for the helpful links :) The funny thing is her boss trained HER originally so I think the entire gym has this stupid mentality towards nutrition.

What she has been doing is measuring my body fat with calipers and then making her own calculations. I honestly don't know what formula she is using for my metabolism. I have noticed more definition but I'm starting to suspect it's loss in water along with muscle or something more realistic like that. I think I may just…

Yeah, I take that part back lol, it is difficult to build muscle.

Thank you! Her exercises are good but I feel like she has no idea what she is talking about as far as nutrition.

Thank you so much for this post!!! :) This is going to be so helpful for Ramadan!