Before and after pics page 366

[fpsjosh01]

+Shanster,

Look at that wheat belly go! Good job.

[hixster]

Awesome work Shanster. Big difference.

[likwidoxigen]

WOW Shanster!!! Your legs/butt have really firmed up!! Keep at it

[tfarny]

That's VERY noticeable and great improvement over a very short time! Awesome.

[Corvidae]

Wasn't gonna post pix but decided - I should. You guys are all so brave.

41, 5'8ish (I may be taller in my mind than in reality) - heaviest weight was 193. Did some weight watchers... dropped to 183. Some friends were doing paleo - I didn't understand it but tried to eat more whole foods - did a lot of Cooking Light recipies and ate better but still ate pasta, bread etc. I dropped another 10lbs to 173. Figured this is what middle age was and I would just be this way - 173 and a size 14 from here on out.

Decided to try primal (fully out of spite to my friends and thinking no way would I live without grain) and bought a book to really "get" what I was trying to do and to do it correctly vs. trying to guess.

Started primal October 1, 2011.

Felt a lot better and slept through the night. This was enough - the focus on how I felt and feeling good.

Then I lost some weight. My low weight - weighed this week - was 159.5 but I've been stuck at 160 for a while. I probably need to clean up some eating (too much dairy and too much red wine probably) Decided I didn't care and would focus on some strength for now. Dial things in a bit later - I really like my dairy and wine.

All my size 14 pants/skirts are super big - can't wear them. Took them to a consignment shop. I can still get by at work in my size 12 pants/skirts - however they are safety pinned at the waist because they are too big. I think I might be fitting into 9s if not now, shortly. I just don't have the $$ to buy new pants/skirts right now and I haven't gone shopping cuz I'd be too tempted to buy - and what if 9s are tight? Will make do with safety pins and size 12 for now.

I took pix the first of November - 30 days after being primal and before I began strength training according to the primal e-book.
I took pix just a couple weeks ago in January 2012 - 60 days of strength/sprint training.

It's motivating to see that I have made improvements but it's disheartening to see yourself and you never look as good as you think you do! And I have wierd ribs - something about a concave or convex sternum... always have had it. I see I still have a way to go before I am buff by any means. It's a journey and isn't gonna happen overnight.

I ordered Convict Conditioning and started the big six movements last week. Figure it's similar to Mark's ebook with pix and maybe some more incremental exercises. I can't wait until I really have some muscle definition.... I worry I'm stuck and won't keep making noticable differences in my frame. However, I started writing things down so I can see rep and movement difficulty as I move up the scale to master the big six.

I'm so glad everyone is so supportive. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you - Shanster

Dude I know what you mean, the bottom of my rib age is uneven. There's a weird sort of lump that sticks out more on my left side than my right. I'd always suspected something weird was going on there, but I though it was uneven fat padding. Now the fat is almost gone and the unevenness is just more visible so it must be bone or cartilage x/

[Primal King]

Great job!

[VeloCity.X]

I've got the same sort of thing with an asymmetrical rib cage. It's like one side you can see the individual ribs and the muscles attaching, and the other is a blob. I wonder how common that is?

Maybe we need a support group.

[NourishedEm]

I've got the same sort of thing with an asymmetrical rib cage. It's like one side you can see the individual ribs and the muscles attaching, and the other is a blob. I wonder how common that is?

Maybe we need a support group.

I have it too!

[Kakes]

I've got the same sort of thing with an asymmetrical rib cage. It's like one side you can see the individual ribs and the muscles attaching, and the other is a blob. I wonder how common that is?

Maybe we need a support group.

I have it too!

[adameads]

one of my rib cages sticks out more, as well.