(cnn)'wait up 2015 cnn fit nation team and dr sanjay gupta   you want me to climb up stone mountain    that is over 1,500 feet straight up are you nuts?' i screamed yes this is actually what i signed up for when i uploaded my video to the cnn fit  nation website in december 'but climbing mountains on sunday morning    you got to be kidding me,' i exclaimed but it was all part of the process i realized i was going to take on as i learn how to be a triathlete after our first initial week with a trainer and nutritionist, the six of us were introduced to a whole new way of how to approach fitness and how to incorporate it into our lives i knew it was going to be a difficult task, especially for someone like me heavily involved in civic affairs and community service at lifetime fitness, our nutritionist walked us through a number of exercises on how we should look at food, nutrition and our calorie intake after being on several diets over my lifetime, what he said was simple to look and review your intake and replace it with other foods such as fruit and vegetables    these small steps can be major impact on your training tackling nutrition and calorie intake can also be exactly how i viewed the climb up stone mountain i put these nutritional issues on the backburner for years it was pretty much like looking at the mountain that i was about to climb that morning    where do i start, where do i begin?    and telling myself that it was going to be an arduous task my training schedule has also been an uphill battle in january and the first weeks of february, i started strong with my gym, running and swim workouts however, as life pressures got in the way, i saw myself withering off but luckily i have been inspired by my 2015 cnn fit nation teammates to keep me on track their updates have been truly inspiring and have helped me think about the struggles i face in my training activities as i get older, i realize that fitness and nutrition are key to long term health; however, the support of friends and family is also important to help tackle your health my team members of the cnn fit nation have been there for me i recently weighed myself when i visited the doctor's office it has been six weeks since i hit the scale i actually lost 20 pounds what! really! uphill battles are hard to see when you are in the middle of them but you keep moving just like that sunday afternoon in january, i could not wait to be on the mountaintop and see the view from stone mountain with the members of 2015 cnn fit nation and guess what? after all this huffing and puffing over the last six weeks, i can't wait to see the view in september at the malibu triathlon it's just another uphill mountain to climb
george 'chip' greenidge jr fit nation greenidge 20 pounds
george 'chip' greenidge jr says training schedule has been an uphill battle . since joining fit nation team, greenidge has lost 20 pounds 