Yesterday was my third cross-fit paleo weigh in. It's crazy cool how well this is going for me. The first weigh-in was after cross-fit but without active diet control. It was a good drop from my personal high weight. The second weigh-in was a ridiculous improvement, inches in places and dozens of pounds elsewhere. On top of that, the benchmark workout of Fight Gone Bad has improved at least 10 reps each time we do it.
Now comes my third weigh in. Over the past three weeks, I haven't noticed any weight loss personally, but it's not entirely unexpected. I hit a plateau as far as my weight is concerned. With that in mind, I decided to take this and turn it into a good thing. This period I had dedicated to "fitting my skin" literally. After losing almost 30+ pounds, I had quite a bit of extra skin in unattractive places. So by weighing in the morning and adjusting what I ate accordingly I tried to maintain the weight actively. I didn't change the type of foods I ate, just the amounts.
With this change I still ended up losing inches in places which was good and only 6 pounds of weight loss. Almost exactly what I was going for, and it definitely shows as well.
The most important result I just recently learned is a tangible health benefit increase. When I donated blood almost exactly one year ago, my cholesterol level was 210, just in the 200-240 low risk range. I donated blood just over 2 weeks ago and the scores are finally in. 176. Hell yes, a 40 point drop and I'm well into the "healthy" range. So not only do I actually feel better, I feel better knowing that I'm better on paper as well.
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