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!

Another week is in the books, and MAN am I sore. Right now it’s the quads… DB got a hold of us on Wednesday night and there was a lot of leg work. I did too much too fast and basically overheated / hyperventilated myself into a headache, dizziness, and had to take it slow from the 30 minute point on. Monika got through the whole workout, I didn’t, although I did do as much as I could.

Friday morning, as I got dressed, I noticed something. I wear a braided belt, and the slot where the notch goes through the belt is pretty well worn. Well, in my 6am haze on Friday I realized I was having a little difficulty getting the notch through… then I realized that I had a full inch of extra belt and a fresh new(ish) spot! VERY EXCITING!!!

That morning I had breakfast with my 100%+ sales representatives and my boss, I instituted this breakfast to reward them for their hard work over the last month or year-to-date. When I ordered nothing but steel-milled oatmeal (it was good!) with fruit and a side of egg whites, it raised a few eyebrows. I explained the workouts and eating changes and they were really impressed, especially my boss, who is on the heavier side himself (he’s a former offensive lineman for the Wisconsin Badgers, but got hurt). It felt great to hear their compliments and encouragement.

Our one “bad” meal this week was pizza on Friday night. It was the first time Moni and I had pizza since we started on 10/5/09… well, we did have a “pizza” but it was whole wheat crust, tomato, basil leaves, and a little fresh mozzarella very lightly sprinkled on… hardly a “pizza”. We used to have actual pizza at least once per week… we’ve cut our ordering for delivery down to once every two weeks… this used to be 3-4 times a WEEK.

Saturday’s workout went really well. It was a little bit more cardio than usual… Monika’s arms were very sore after DB worked her hard, and my thighs have been burning for 3 days… so there wasn’t a lot of weightlifting, just a little (leg extensions and hamstring curls), and a lot of running, jumping jacks, and “scissors” which is just jumping in place while switching your feet forward and back. I felt really good all day today energy-wise… as usual, after our Saturday workouts. Thighs still hurt but it’s not horrible.

I really need to do the 20 minute power walks on off days. I’ve been TERRIBLE about it and the next time I write this blog, it’s gonna include power walks because I’m losing a lot of calorie burning opportunity there… I already got an inch off the belt line… if I do the walks I know it will accelerate my progress. Still going strong with eating right, just need to involve more daily activity.

I’ll write more soon…