A year, $1260 dollars later, my (failed) fitness journey ...

September 2016, I decided to hire a personal trainer due to my skinny fat around my upper body. From the very beginning I clearly mentioned that my intention was to get rid of my skinny fat (which means that even though I'm not overweight, I have too much body fat around 25% for my case). The response was that it was just caloric balance, I had to burn more calories than I ingest which is a quite disappointing response but I went with it since I really wanted to get rid of my fat.

Since the whole thing was subsidized by my employer I only paid $120 a month, not too bad for a personal trainer although I only got 3 half-hour sessions a week (most sessions lasted only slightly longer than 25 mins but to be fair at the end of the 25 min I had no strength left to continue the session anyway).

Needless to say I was quite disappointed with the result. Although I gained some muscle mass and feel that I'm more fit now than last year I did not achieve my goal, my skinny fat persists. I had three assessments through out the year and according to the omron fat measurement device my body fat dropped by around 5% which translates to 5 lbs of fat.

The thing is that this omron device is more like a moron device :) The accuracy is absolutely abysmal. One time after a prolonged exercise session I measured my body fat percentage and the device showed that I lost roughly 4% compared to my previous measurement. The next day I measured my body fat again and I gained that 4% back LOL what happened was that after a weight lifting session your muscle expands due to water intake, and water has higher electrical conductivity than fat and hence the drop in body fat percentage. So I don't really know how much fat I lost this past year although looking at the mirror I don't look any different, sigh ........ a $1260 lesson, ouch!