Three months of crossfit before/during/after photos

As promised, more progress pics

This is a nice timeline of my progress.

Left to right:
Before: 141 lbs, 31% body fat
Second from left: 1 month, ~135 lbs, 27(?)% body fat
Middle: 2 months, 135 lbs, ?% body fat
Second from right: 2 weeks ago, 134 lbs
Far right: Yesterday, ??lbs (haven't weighed), ??% body fat.




I doubt I've lost any more weight since the middle picture, but as you can see, body composition has changed a lot. This is just three months and shows what hard work and discipline can do for you in any program, not just crossfit. My "current" pic on the right actually could look even better, but I went to a conference last week and had a few... erm, lot... of cheat meals. So I'm rebounding from that

Workouts: 3-4 days per week of crossfit, and normally I will do a 20-minute high-speed run after 2-3 of these sessions for some extra cardio. I go to the regular gym 1-2x per week to do traditional lifting and running. So ultimately that's about 4-5 days per week of working out. Not too much!

Food: lean meats, veggies, low fat cottage cheese, nonfat yogurt, protein shakes, homemade protein bars, etc. I limit my breads/grains (I have whole grain oatmeal for breakfast with a scoop of protein and PB2), sweets, fruits/berries, and potatoes (although I do love sweet potatoes and have them with dinner about 2x per week). I have a "cheat meal" once or twice per week, but I make sure that I work out that day or use portion control.

I am always full and eat anywhere from 1200-1400 calories per day (my BMR is fairly low due to my sedentary job). The biggest difference was definitely in that first month, and I honestly couldn't even tell a difference between month 2 and 3 until I put the pictures next to each other.

I was feeling sassy the day I took this one but I think you'll like this: the jeans I'm wearing are the SAME jeans as on the left. Bam!



Anyway, as always, hope to inspire you. I'm not saying crossfit is for everyone, and I refuse to get into a debate about it again (happens every time I post, lol), so just know that if you hate on crossfit you will be ignored. The whole point is to encourage people to keep trying, be disciplined, and keep going. I'm at a point right now where I'm a little "ho hum" since I'm over the "big drop" in fat loss, and it's going to be small changes for the next few months. But I know that I have to keep at it! Same goes for any of you doing regular weight lifting, running, swimming, elliptical, whatever. You can do it!