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!

…with all of his refined sugar, candy and yummy baked things.

It’s that time of year, filled with fun, food, family and friends, and it’s easy to get lost in excesses. Dan and I are so lucky to have been training our bodies and minds these last few months, so we’re well prepared for this holiday season.

Our trainers Ron, DB & Matt have helped us educate ourselves not only on the physical side of living healthier, but also on nutrition. It has made us seek out ways to eat better, more healthfully and also locally. For example, Chicago’s Irv & Shelly’s Fresh Picks offers the wonderful service of delivering produce, dairy (which we don’t eat), meats and grains from local farms around Illinois and Wisconsin.

We are working out through the holidays and making sure we visit Train With Ron at least 3 times a week. That’s been the schedule for the last couple of weeks. We’ve been going three times each week and we plan on continuing it through the new year. Our bodies are certainly feeling the extra day and we love it! Dan has lost just about 25 lbs and I have lost 15 lbs since we started in October. We couldn’t be more thrilled to see the daily progress and we feel better every day.

This past week Dan and I were just talking about how much of a support system we are for each other. On the days when one of us isn’t feeling like working out or is having a rough day, the other is right there to offer support and motivation. Doing this together has brought us closer together. It’s also allowed us to meet some really great people.

We wish you a very Happy Holiday Season and great New Year! Dan may also make another entry before Christmas, and then we both will post a year’s end progress report. We definitely will post photos from our upcoming ski trip. That will be at the end of the year, but we are SOO looking forward to it! We’re heading up to Galena for a couple of days with our bratty dog Brady and relaxing, getting a massage, skiing, ringing in the New Year! We both really need a vacation so we’re going to make the best of the few days we can have.

Until next time