With respsect to your progress (in your 6 weeks with your trainer), I think it's great you've decided to make this decision to take control of your health and fitness, and by no means am I trying to belittle your accomplishments, but before you attribute your progress to your trainer, consider this small, study-unsubstantiated fact that is nonetheless a rule-of-thumb in the sport medicine/wellness research field:
If you take a group of sedentary, not-fit individuals and do _anything_ to them (whether it's putting them on a weight training program, or asking them to eat less carbohydrates or getting them to walk for 20 minutes a day), you WILL see dramatic improvements. Beginners to any exercise program tend to respond positively, regardless of the quality or rationale behind the program because any program--even Tony Little's Gazelle, is enough of a perturbation to their sedentary equilibrium to cause changes to happen.
I'm not saying that you're a lazy-ass and that the value of what you've done is any less than if you had done it with a qualified trainer, but that you're detrained from your college days, and that just about any additional activity you might have done would have probably resulted in similar results after 6 weeks.
Run away from this trainer. Well, get your money back, and then run away from this trainer. You deserve someone who is qualified to address your specific fitness goals and health requirements, and who will help you beyond the initial "honeymoon" phase of training.
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