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!

It is week 6 in the TWR Ten Weeks to Fitness Challenge and team AM leads 3-2. Team PM is turning up the heat. I think that losing the first 2 challenges in a row gave them additional motivation. I say ‘bring it on’

This week is looking really close again. We need everyone to do the challenge to win this one!

February is a short and busy month for Dan and me with lots of birthdays and business trips so I apologize that I haven’t been keeping you as updated. Let’s do a quick recap.  Week 5 was the 3 Minute Burpee Challenge. (Burpee Presses actually where you do a burpee with weights and once you’re back in a standing position you do a press above your head.) As many as you could do in 3 minutes. I did 43 with a 10lb weight.

Honestly I think it’s the most difficult physical activity I have ever done. Only time I ever involuntarily began to cry during a workout. Luckily my trainers and my support group, aka Steve and Bob, were constantly talking to me and motivating me. I was able to get out of my head and essentially just told myself, ‘do what they say don’t think about anything else’ They told me to keep moving my legs and that’s what I did. The mind has a way of talking you out of uncomfortable situations. I guess that’s it’s job or something.

Matt, DB and Ron are getting more and more creative so I can’t wait to see what’s coming up next week and all I have to say is that I am glad to be done with this week’s.

* 1 Wall = approx. 40 yards