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This year our three contestants each had their own reasons for participating and each one had incredible experiences that we have to share with our readers. Their inspired attitudes should make even the most dedicated couch potato want to get up and move! Our special thanks to the team at Orangetheory Fitness and Simply for Life for giving our contestants 12 weeks on the road to a whole new lifestyle!
CHA2019 WINLLEN NERGE !
THE WINNER: DONNA KITSCH Tell us how you feel overall I am feeling great overall. I’m really enjoying the extra pep in my step as I have more energy, and I got to get some new clothes with the weight loss and inches! Seeing my success so far really has me motivated to continue on and strive to the next goal. I feel healthier by the day and feel able to push myself a bit more with each workout. What challenges were the hardest? Overcoming anxiety around working out. Some days at the start I felt as if I couldn’t catch my breath. I was so worried of making a fool out of myself. Very near the start of the challenge I did fall off the treadmill, but I got right back up! And guess what? I was OK and really was worried for no reason! All the Orangetheory Fitness (OTF) coaches have been so encouraging and giving tips along the way. (Looking at) some of the equipment at the start I thought there was no
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way at my size I could do it but I did try and did my best. Now I get excited for those days of the Bosu and mini bands! What are you most proud of? My commitment to myself. In the past I feel I did well for a few weeks and then just sort of convinced myself with excuses to not continue on. I actually miss Orangetheory when I take my rest days now! I am proud of getting to all the workouts I planned on, and taking it all one day at a time. Meal by meal, following the plan and not stressing about it all. What you are planning to do next? I have already signed up with Orangetheory as a member. (They are stuck with me now!) I want to continue my focus of four to five days a week working out. I want to continue on with pushing myself to move past being a power walker to a jogger! I‘m looking forward to get back to doing some 5 Ks in 2020.
What parts did you enjoy the most? Meeting new people, and learning tips and tricks on maximizing work efforts in the workouts I attended. I used to always hold onto the bar on the treadmill and had no idea doing that lowered the impact benefit of the workout by 30 per cent. I haven’t held on since I got that info! What did you learn about yourself, about fitness, about diet? I am into a good routine of meal planning and want to keep making sure to have time planned to prep. I have found tracking all progress, a food journal, measurements, the scale and paying attention to how I am feeling all play a bigger role than I thought in the overall motivation. Where one part doesn’t seem to progress, other parts are. I also learned that measuring out portions and using a kitchen scale is a HUGE help. It really helps to see what I was eye balling in the past being way too big of a portion. I now have a kitchen scale as a permanent fixture in my day-to day-planning.
