okay put your money where your mouth is, current results

I've been avoiding this post for a while, but I want to prove to everyone (with pictures) that I'm not just blowing smoke when I say if you put in the effort you can start seeing the results (and rather quickly too).

Without further adieu, my first before and after pictures:

The furthest left picture is my "before" picture taken Feb 26th, but it might as well have been March 26th because that's when I decided to take my first crossfit class (and I assure you I didn't improve my physique at all during that month, not even accidentally). The second picture was taken May 15th, where you can see some improvement but still noticeable flabby areas. To this point I hadn't taken my diet very seriously. I would allow myself to eat gluten throughout the week and really took the weekends off diet wise, and allowed myself cheat meals almost every other day. I probably didn't get real serious about being a paleo eater until early May, (so maybe just a few days before picture #2 was taken). The picture on the right was taken yesterday June 15th, and is about as current as can be (yes even my paleness, gimme a break I work in an office and actually take skin cancer seriously). The funny thing about those two pictures is I probably weigh within 2lbs (Both are about 173-176lbs), but I'm beginning to "tighten up" with muscle mass replacing the flab (still have a long ways to go). In June I added progenex recovery and more muscle to my diet, and since early May have eliminated gluten / eating as paleo as possible.

For a time frame reference:

March 26th - started my first crossfit basic class, was only going once a week for 2 weeks then moved to two times a week

April 26th - Moved to 3x week

June 1st - Move to pinup crossfit, still at 3x a week

June 5th - 4x a week

So in the course of 2.5 months I changed from picture 1 (notice the double chin) to picture 3. The scale says I've lost 15lbs (188 to about 173) but that doesn't account for gaining lean muscle weight (like I said, I weigh the same in pictures 2 and 3).

Now I'm strongly considering adding a krav maga class that meets at my crossfit gym pinupcrossfit , because my roommates in college took it and loved it, and also because I would get a discount for being a current pinup member. Basically I want to be able to win fights (that I clearly would look to start).

I hope these pictures help show that results are achievable, I'm nowhere near "ripped" or where I want to be, but I feel much better about myself from a health stand point (and I'll hopefully get to prove it as I'm having my BMI / cholesterol / other fun things checked (for free thanks to health screenings from the company I work for) next week. Next picture day is July 15th.

oh yea, also had a workout today, which was my 4th in a row (taking friday off):

WARMUP:

30 box jumps

30 Kb swings (40 lbs)

30 sitsups

10 HSPU

Workout:

1-1-1 max

Deadlifts

Back Squats

Overhead Press

my results:

245lbs

245lbs

95lbs

Really think I can deadlift / back squat more, my legs were just tired from the 150 squats on wednesdays workout, and not getting any rest days this week so far. Other then that I was pleased with my results as I'm improving each time we max out.