Results from Personal Trainer Food #PTF

I was excited to try the  Personal Trainer Food program.  First, I got a subscription box of unprocessed healthy meals, and I wrote about that here. The program is designed for fast weight loss and increased fitness, and I was very interested in getting fitter.

I ate more vegetables, and it was easy to prep and eat them. The vegetables arrive cut, almost-cooked and flash-frozen, so you can microwave them for a fast dinner. After a day or so on the program, though, I needed more flavor, so I usually cooked the chicken and veg with onion, garlic, and other seasoning. You can add healthy oils and still stay on the Personal Trainer Food program.

This is one meal I made with squash, zucchini, chicken breast, and a bunch of garlic, cayenne and cajun spice.

I didn’t take pictures, but the breakfast omelets were very nice and I do like a superfast breakfast.

I’d said that I was going to walk a bit more during the program, but it’s been so bitter cold here that I did the stationary bike instead. I think it’s fine, since my usual walking is about 5000-6000 steps per day, and the Personal Fitness Trainer plan asks for 2000 steps per day. The Personal Trainer Food guide says not to add intense workouts, so I just added a bit more time to my usual biking for a little more exercise. 

The Personal Trainer Food meal box replaces processed food with convenient, healthy meals. Since all you do is eat the food that you ordered, there’s no calorie counting or meal planning. It was nice to do a “diet” that didn’t have any counting of calories or points. Everything from Personal Trainer Food is pre-portioned and just takes a quick turn in the microwave before you can eat it so it’s very easy to have a healthy meal in a busy day. I think a lot of the time, we all grab something quick instead of making a full meal from scratch, and a lot of easy, quick snacks are highly processed.  

Weirdly, the food I wanted to eat when I was doing this program wasn’t sweets or even bread. I just wanted to eat fruit. So much! The only fruit you can gave on the Personal Trainer Food program is one apple a day.  I’d read online about low-carb diets before I tried this, so I really braced myself for wanting pasta and cake, but I wanted pears and melon instead. I usually have fruit and yogurt for breakfast, so switching to omelets was a shift in my mornings.

My main goal trying Personal Trainer Food was to get more strength and more energy, so I wasn’t disappointed that I didn’t actually lose any weight.  The instructions also ask you to look for non-weight healthy successes, like clothes fitting differently and increased energy. This program helped add more veggies to my diet, without spending any time prepping them. I didn’t get tired of eating the same thing, mostly because you can add sauces and spices to the meals.  If I did it again, I’d mostly get the plain chicken and plain zucchini and squash, since having lean protein and veggies ready can be the basis of lots of healthy, unprocessed meals.