Simon Says...

You know, I'm the kind of person who, if told to do things one way, will try to do them the other way, just  because I don't like to be told what to do. It doesn't mean I don't listen to advice, it's just if you pressure me to do something, you can count on me not doing it, or at least, not the way you're telling me.
For example, on vacation, in Beijing. Now this town is HUGE. The travel guides all said it is not practical to walk anywhere. Outside every subway station, there were "bike-taxis" trying to get me to hire them to get to my final destination "Heellloooo lady! Ricksaw! Very cheap! Summer palace very far!" Well, I walked (and it wasn't all that bad either. Granted, sometimes, the sights were very far, but hey, walking is a good exercise!). Just because too many people were trying to convince me otherwise (to be honest, I did not really trust the ricksaw guys either).

 Heellloooo! Ricksaw!

This week, I'll have my first session with a trainer at the gym. I know he's going to try and convince me to stick to the meal plan in the book provided with the gym package. And I know I won't. Because I know I can take into account a suggestion to eat more of one thing or another, but I will not follow a plan that tells me to eat this and that on Day 1, and some other thing on Day 2 and so on. Come on, for eight weeks, having no flexibility?
I'm fine with this, I just really hope that the trainer will respect this and not try to give me a guilt trip because I did not eat what was written in the book. To me, as long as I eat healthy and stay in my alloted calorie budget, what I eat is my business. I want a trainer to give me exercises, make sure I'm doing them correctly, and push myself a little more.