Welcome! It occurred to me that while I should have probably been blogging through my entire transformational journey, with the beginning of the 90 day challenge at Albany Crossfit, now is as good a time as any to start documenting my progress.I'm planning on updating this as regularly as possible, post workout info, food ideas, and general observations as I make my way through this part of my transition from couch potato to athlete. As most of you who have followed along on facebook already know, I have already dropped over 100 lbs, starting at 298 lbs less than two years ago, I dropped as low as 189, but now after the holidays I am back at around 198. 

I know I have achieved a lot so far, but there are still a great deal of things that I know I can accomplish, so I will use this forum to share the adventures and challenges that I will continue to push myself to take on.

So to start this off right here are my starting 90 day challenge starting stats ( I will update this once a week so I can keep a steady eye on my progress.):

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Benchmark Workouts:

RX Fran 21-15-9 Thrusters (95 lb) Pullups- Time =11:11

Back Squat 1rm 295

Snatch 1rm 155

10 k Row for time : 44:17

Max Burpees 7 min - 85

Weights and Measures

Height 5' 9"

Starting Weight 198

Body Fat %- Approx 19%

Waist at Navel 40" (which I was surprised to find out, being that I wear a size 34)
Neck 16"
Thigh 23"
Butt/hips 41"
Bicep 14"

Bonus Self imposed challenges:

100 Burpees in 5 mins (currently at 100 in 8)

Quit Smoking for good (going well so far, meaning I haven't raged out and killed anyone yet)