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!

	Happy Anniversary to Us! Thank You Ron, DB and Matt!!!!
	Posted by Monika Arturi | Comments

Today marks a full year that Dan and I have been on this journey, working out at Train With Ron. My tally for the year is: lost 53lbs, 16% body fat and dropped 10.5 dress sizes. These last couple of months I’ve really pushed hard trying to meet my ultimate goal (lose 75lbs) by the anniversary but instead I am dealing with this muscle strain.

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	March Madness Week 2 Round Up
	Posted by Monika Arturi | Comments

OK, I’ll come right out with it, I weighed in earlier today but got unchanged numbers from earlier this week. I rubbed my eyes, turned up the light dimmer, leaned over and took a second look and yes, the numbers were the same. Which if I considered my official weigh in would be 1 pound lost this week. Does this make me a little bummed out? Yeah, it does, but I know that during this part of the month (oh that joyful time for women) I experience some weight increase so I’ll wait a couple of days to do another weigh in. I cannot let it get me down because I know my body weight can fluctuate, especially when it comes to measuring just a couple of pounds of difference. I’ll do an official weigh in in a couple of days instead and that should yield a far more fair number.

All in all though, it was a pretty good week. The weather here in Chicago was beautiful during the whole week, in the 60s, so I (and Brady) got more outside time and sun. Oh sun, how we’ve missed you! Saturday, not so great, we got a snow storm so it was a nice day to stay indoors and relax the muscles. Which I needed. My legs felt really heavy during yesterday’s workout. Not sore really, just heavy. Worked hard through it and got it done. I worked out side by side with a friend from TWR and we pushed each other continually. Our Personal Trainer was Matt Saturday and he made the workout really fun. What great motivation! I love it!

I also got in some snowboarding on the Wii this week. I’m kind of hooked actually . My convincing reasoning is that it helps with my balance, which it does, and that it also help the soreness in my legs when I have some. And yes, it is the most fun! So there… Add a few hours of that, yes a few hours, I told you I was hooked. Plus the extra 10-12 miles of walking/running, both back and from the gym and walking Brady everyday. I am fighting for every ounce lost! Hey, I didn’t put all of this weight on in just a couple of months and I won’t take it all off that fast either. I understand that, I’m just anxious.

As a woman, this time during the month is the toughest during this whole process. Not only the water weight and bloating I feel but a lot of emotional stuff comes up too. I start to feel a little down about my progress if it’s not where I imagine it to be. I have to work a little extra to get back the positive. Some old demons are still lurking in the background waiting to pounce on my weakness. It drains my energy and offers a plethora of sorenesses.

I look very much forward to getting a nice day of rest today and getting back into the gym tomorrow morning to get a good workout.

More updates coming in a couple of days.