Insanity Results

Yesterday I finished up my last fit test for Insanity. I won't lie, there were times during the first two weeks that I honestly wondered if I would even make it to the last fit test. Unlike RevAbs, which I really, really enjoyed doing, I did not like Insanity. I was pleased with the final results, but I did not enjoy the journey to get there. When I finished yesterday, there was a big feeling of relief that it was finally over. Whereas with RevAbs, I was honestly a bit sad that it was done. Not so with Insanity. I could not wait for it to be finished :-)

But now that it's over I thought I'd share my results. Here are a couple shots with my fit test results attached at the bottom of each picture. I was very pleased that by the end I was able to keep up with the people in the fit test video in virtually every routine. And while I didn't reach my ultimate goal of getting my waist down to 36", I was only an inch away, I did manage to get my body fat down to 10.5% which I think is crazy!

And here are a couple pics of the overall progress that I made for 2012. Not too shabby I must say :-)

Mission Accomplished

I admit it. It was crazy. Maybe unrealistic to expect it but not unrealistic to achieve it. What I am talking about? I'm talking about my goal of losing 100lbs in 6 and 1/2 months. If someone would have told me that losing that much weight in that short of a time span was not possible, then who knows, maybe I wouldn't have been able to achieve it. But nobody told me it was impossible and guess what... I ACHIEVED IT! In fact, I did it with a week to spare! Here's my "to-do list" from yesterday with a picture of my scale added to it :-)

Could not have achieved this without the help of my Coach Brenna Smith, RevAbs, Shakeology and Brett Hoebel!

RevAbs Results Are In!

I completed my first round of RevAbs on Sunday and wanted to share my results with everyone. When I look at the before and after shots, I still have a hard time believing that either shot is real. First off, I just can't believe how big I used to be. And now I can't believe how quickly I was able to lose 70lbs! So I want to thank my wife, my Coach Brenna Smith, Brett Hoebel, the RevAbs crew, everyone at Beachbody, and all my friends and families who supported and encouraged me in my journey over the past 3.5 months. I could not have done it without you. On to the results!

For the program, I lost 70.1lbs overall, 34" overall from my body, 9.5" from my waist, my body fat dropped 34% from 34.2% to 22.5%, and my pants size dropped from a 48 to a 38. Those are the things I lost during this transformation. What I gained was muscle, strength, endurance, energy, and confidence.

Now for the photo evidence...

My (New) Beginning

I thought this first post would be a great way to share my story of where I came from and where I'm at now. It's been an incredible journey that I've been on and it's hard to believe that it only started a little over 3 months ago!!!

I'm a web developer by day for a radio station/publishing company in Nashville and I'm a music composer for film and TV during the evenings and weekends for shows such as the Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Oz, Nate Berkus, It's A Brad, Brad World, Duck Dynasty to name a few. I have a blog for my music career that you can find at http://blog.bigbluebarry.com. I've been including some of my weight loss updates on that site but I wanted to make a clean break and start a new blog that focuses on the health and fitness aspect. So here I am :-)