Getting into shape

[tlombard]

I've never been into Crossfit but a friend's daughter is apparently kind of a big deal in the stuff. I'm currently streaming the games and her heat is coming up next in the obstacle course. She is currently in 6th place with only today's events left. Wednesday she was in something like 29th when I tuned in, 16th when I quit watching at the end of the work day and then I guess she made up 10 more spots later in the evening.

[tlombard]

My friend's daughter just finished 9th overall in the Obstacle course event. Not bad. I thought the standings said Brooke was in 6th overall going into the obstacle course but I might have been wrong. The website said 6th but maybe I read it wrong. I think they said she was in 15th overall during her heat.

[tlombard]

I was wrong earlier. That top 10 in the obstacle course moved her up to 13th overall.

[MAGA]

Hit that 500# deadlift after 5 years. Still don't look like I lift weights. Sad!

[tlombard]

Brooke's next event is coming up any minute now I think. Hopefully it doesn't take forever because I've only stuck around the office this long so I could catch it before I leave. Apparently this even is just a race from one end of the arena floor to the other where they have to lift five different weights along the way. I'm an told that this is probably her best event so maybe she can put on a show and climb the rest of the way into the top 10!

MAGA - at least you have Brooke beat there. According to the Crossfit website her benchmark for the deadlift is 425 pounds. Not bad for a 5'6" 150lb young lady though!

[tlombard]

Brooke ended up finishing 8th overall. Not bad but I know she was hoping for better. After watching a bunch of those events over the four days, I won't make quite as much fun of people I know who do Crossfit anymore. I still think it's a cult but I do have a lot more respect for the athletes at the top levels now. Those men and women are really impressive.

And the people I know who are into Crossfit have also stopped trying to constantly convert everyone to their cult so that helps.

[Michael]

10 week check-in. I'm down 25 pounds and still going strong. Atkins is really working for me.

4 mo check-in. I'm under 200 now and I've lost a total of 35 pounds.

My goal is to get to 180 or better.

[GeddyWrox]

[Diddy]

I ate a salad

[GeddyWrox]

Progress has been slower this summer. I've been allowing myself a few too many cheats. A vacation here, and birthday there... but the last couple of weeks I've been back on the keto train full force, and I've hit a new milestone for me...

I am now officially down ONE HUNDRED POUNDS from my heaviest recorded weight. 3 years ago, I had a weigh-in at my doc's office - 377. Today I was 277. Not gonna lie. I choked up a bit.

I still have a ways to go. I want to get to 225 and stay there. But for the first time in my life, I feel like I am completely in control of the fuel I am putting in my body.