Hi everyone,
I am F 33, 4′ 9, 106lb (I think. I am 1,47cm and 48kg).
I want to be leaner, do not care much about the number on the scale, but since I am very short and have broad shoulders sometimes I feel like a square, and also I do not have much muscle so I wanted to gain some and look more toned.
I started to go to the gym with a PT who is also my pole dancing instructor. She has the type of body I want to achieve and she knows me so I thought it would be a good choice.
We are doing strength training, weights, etc twice a week. No cardio except 5 min for warm up. She increases the weights etc, there is no problem at all with her or the training itself.
I also go to pole once a week. I know there are some misconceptions about how hard pole is, I assure you once you get to the level I am in, it is hard. It is not a walk in the park to invert 20 times and hold your weight upside down in impossible positions for an hour. What I mean to say is that this day is not light exercise.
I have been working with her for a month and I have not seen any change. We started with 1,500 cal but when I did not lose any weight after a couple of weeks she cut it to 1,300 (90gr of protein daily). I thought it was very little but since I was not seeing any change I went with it. I count religiously and keep a spreadsheet.
Two weeks after still no change in my weight and not sure what to do. She had a talk with me today and said basically my options are to either:
a) bulk for 8 months at a very slow rate and then cut
b) keep the same amount of calories and the same amount of exercise plus 20min of cardio 4 times a week.
c) do not change anything and just assume that I am going to progress very slowly.
I do not like option A because it is the opposite of what I want for my look, I struggle with my self-esteem and image and I do not think I could take to look bigger than what I am now, and also because it is a long process and I do not want to be uncomfortable with how I look for so long.
I do not like option B because it seems like a lot of exercise and very few calories and I am already pretty hungry, so I can imagine that more exercise is going to make me hungrier and I honestly am miserable enough to put myself through that.
And I do not like option C because well, I am paying a personal trainer to not get results.
Is there anything that I am doing wrong or that my PT is doing wrong? Should I resign and just stick to pole? I am feeling pretty down and I must admit part of this is just me venting so I am sorry for the long rant. Any advice will be appreciated.
Thank you.
I am F 33, 4′ 9, 106lb (I think. I am 1,47cm and 48kg).
I want to be leaner, do not care much about the number on the scale, but since I am very short and have broad shoulders sometimes I feel like a square, and also I do not have much muscle so I wanted to gain some and look more toned.
I started to go to the gym with a PT who is also my pole dancing instructor. She has the type of body I want to achieve and she knows me so I thought it would be a good choice.
We are doing strength training, weights, etc twice a week. No cardio except 5 min for warm up. She increases the weights etc, there is no problem at all with her or the training itself.
I also go to pole once a week. I know there are some misconceptions about how hard pole is, I assure you once you get to the level I am in, it is hard. It is not a walk in the park to invert 20 times and hold your weight upside down in impossible positions for an hour. What I mean to say is that this day is not light exercise.
I have been working with her for a month and I have not seen any change. We started with 1,500 cal but when I did not lose any weight after a couple of weeks she cut it to 1,300 (90gr of protein daily). I thought it was very little but since I was not seeing any change I went with it. I count religiously and keep a spreadsheet.
Two weeks after still no change in my weight and not sure what to do. She had a talk with me today and said basically my options are to either:
a) bulk for 8 months at a very slow rate and then cut
b) keep the same amount of calories and the same amount of exercise plus 20min of cardio 4 times a week.
c) do not change anything and just assume that I am going to progress very slowly.
I do not like option A because it is the opposite of what I want for my look, I struggle with my self-esteem and image and I do not think I could take to look bigger than what I am now, and also because it is a long process and I do not want to be uncomfortable with how I look for so long.
I do not like option B because it seems like a lot of exercise and very few calories and I am already pretty hungry, so I can imagine that more exercise is going to make me hungrier and I honestly am miserable enough to put myself through that.
And I do not like option C because well, I am paying a personal trainer to not get results.
Is there anything that I am doing wrong or that my PT is doing wrong? Should I resign and just stick to pole? I am feeling pretty down and I must admit part of this is just me venting so I am sorry for the long rant. Any advice will be appreciated.
Thank you.
