A personal training & food journal. Read about our weight loss progress at Train With Ron in Chicago, our nutritional habits and the life changes we're making to get in shape and stay healthy!

Setting Out for the Summit

Posted by Daniel Arturi | 5 Comments
July 25th

I hope it's not this cold when I finally get there...

On October 5th, 2009, I began to act on one of the best decisions I ever made in my life: regaining control of my diet, exercise, and health. Through Ron, Matt, and DB at Train with Ron, as well as my soul mate, friend, wife, co-writer of this blog, and disciplined workout partner Monika, I lost over 50 lbs and kept it off, lost over 8″ from my waistline, lowered my body fat percentage by double digits, went from XXL to L t-shirts, can climb a flight of stairs without losing my breath, and actually, for a 42 year old guy, I am in some really great shape.

That said, I am not finished.

I think I began to plateau a bit when we did the trip to Hawaii last year.  Up to that point I was still eating very well and was disciplined about it.  I was tracking my meals up to that point as well.  I didn’t care what I ate on that trip, and upon our return, I loosened up a bit.  Now, when I look at pictures of myself on that trip with no shirt on, I am very displeased at how I still looked at that point – but at the time, I had made so much progress, I thought I looked great!  I ended up losing another 15-20 pounds after that trip, over this past winter, and as this summer approached, I was feeling pretty great about my looks and my size. (more…)

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