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Do I really have to diet? How you can't easily fool a personal trainer.

So I've been going to the gym for about a month now and I've lost a couple of pounds but not as many as my trainer would have liked me to lose. He asked me the other day if I had been watching my diet so I quickly thought of lying... he'd never know the difference right?  Wrong!  He saw right through my none-to-clever yammering and excuses.

See he forgot about one thing I'm in an area where eating healthy is kind of an impossibility.  The shopping mall here has just about every type of fast food imaginable and the slow food isn't much better...   You know you aren't in a good position when Carl's Jr might be one of the better options. These are just excuses though, let's be honest, I just like to eat.

The trainer suggests that I cut down on carbs anything fried and anything processed. Bye bye McD's, KFC, Carl's, Subway. See you later bun/bread shops, doughnut shop, the pretzel store and  the two pizza places. I'm also supposed to increase my vegetable intake.. OK no problem... but wait I have to say sayonara to the three sushi restaurants, half the items at Nandos and Kenny Rogers and of course the most delicious things in the food court and the Chinese restaurants. I guess I am cooking from now on!

I learned at a young age you can never fool your dentist... they know if you never brush or just started flossing a day before your appointment... now I guess I found another.

Until next time.

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