Hi all,
The premise of this post is this question: Should I seek online personal training programs (with paid real personal trainers) during the pandemic or not ?
Below is the important background of my situation right now:
I live in Canada. My province is now in full lockdown and everything Gym related is closed. Previous to the pandemic, I was losing weight. Not consistently though because I am the type of person that would be very motivated for 1 or 2 months, diet and workout, lose 2 kgs and then let up when things took a toll and I plateaued. I guess I am like every other fat person in their weight loss journey. I used to be nearly 98 kgs and I was overweight in my appearance, I was chubby and I was in the overweight BMI range for my age and height. Over the last 3 years, through clusters of becoming motivated for 2 months, then letting up, and again as a cycle, I finally reached my goal of bringing my BMI into the Healthy range for my age and height, at 83 Kgs. In 2019, my local gym had an offer for personal training, I took it and that gave me my first ever taste of personal training and I loved it; a person there pushing you to your limits, knowing your goal and your health....it kept me at my toes and I was encouraged by it. The other thing that encouraged me was the gym environment as well; seeing others coming day in and day out, trying their best. At 83 kgs, my BMI was healthy, but I still had a lot of fat around my waist and stomach, so during that time, my priority shifted to losing that, but in the entirety of that program (1.5 months), I saw no change and I had to leave that city for other reasons so that was the end of that. In early 2020 (when covid was only in Wuhan), I had a jaw surgery and in its aftermath, I couldn't eat a lot of the things I could before so I had to rely on protein shakes and blended stuff to feed my healing body. So I lost even more weight, down to 80 kgs. This revelation that the protein shakes could keep me full and I can blend some foods gave me a way to cheat my diet and I allowed myself to workout during this time by fasted cardio and resistance bands training. My goal was to see if this extreme dieting can get me any lower and with some difficulty, I was able to come down to 76 kgs by July. Ever since then, the same diet and increased workout schedule hasn't change my body weight; so I naturally gave up - and haven't gone up either (didn't gain muscle, didn't regain fat).
Back in 2019 when I tasted personal training for the first time, it gave me an insight into what's possible with personal training; I am lazy and I can become easily demotivated. There are always 2 types of people. Ones that become encouraged by lack of results, and ones that become discouraged. I am 100% the discouraged type, so I need someone on my ass telling me to get it going. And I found that personal training (with an actual trainer), gives me that boost - because I know that someone who is a pro knows who I am, knows what I want and by when it is possible. As I said, the environment also serves a bonus encouragement. I also like someone to give me dieting tips because in my culture, Rice and bread is considered the common trait of all dishes, so I need to completely learn new dishes that are healthy in my goal to become fit.
Currently, my goal is to lose my belly fat and build muscle enough to have an attractive body because now, it's still far from it even though my BMI is in the healthy range (25, Male). If you know someone or can empathize with me, please help me in deciding whether or not to pursue online dieting with WW, noom, trainiac, etc because I am truly on the fence here. Again, I live in Canada and my province is in lockdown so Gym's are all closed until who-knows when. (Even if they are open, I don't want to risk getting Covid again - fuck that crap).
PS: I think because I let up from working out, I can force my body into Recomposition and cut fat/build muscle at once, instead of bulking then cutting.
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