My Husband's Before and After Paleo + CrossFit

I thought now would be a good time to share some before and after pictures of my husband with CrossFit plus Paleo. The family photo from 2008 and the summer 2009 were pretty much what my husband looked like up until Summer/Fall of 2010. Before this time we were eating the Standard American Diet, with a regular pasta night and a "fried food night" where we ate baked cheese sticks, chicken nuggets and french fries.



December 2008

Summer 2009

In the fall of 2010 my husband began to attend CrossFit classes at our base gym 4-5 days a week. I looked into this whole Paleo thing and around January of 2011 we went full on paleo with occasional ice cream cheats. These following pictures were taken within the last several weeks. He is now a Level 1 CrossFit instructor at our base gym, CrossFitting 4-5x a week. He eats Paleo and 2-3x per week has ice cream or has a meal like a burger and fries. He has not dropped any weight, but has leaned out quite a bit. During a recent Whole 30 we had our body fat percentages checked and the machine at our wellness center couldn't read his it was so low. Yay for CrossFit/Paleo!

Justin at CrossFit for Hope in Washington, D.C. June 9, 2012

Memorial Day Murph Challenge w/ a 20lb vest May 2012

Easy Paleo Meal: Kinda Pepper Stuffing

My plan for this meal had been to rice some cauliflower in the food processor to add to the sauce and stuff the beef/tomato/cauliflower mixture into halved bell peppers and throw them on the grill. That plan went out the window when my little man got sick. I needed a meal that was ready in 5 minutes and full of flavor because we were getting tired of sparsely flavored ground beef. I literally cooked this meal with my two-year-old in one arm and the spoon in the other.. my husband did help by opening cans and dumping them into the pan :)

Kinda Pepper Stuffing
1.5-2lbs ground beef
1 can diced green chiles
2 cans of diced tomatoes
Optional: Riced Cauliflower

Brown the ground beef and drain. Add chiles and tomatoes with all juices. Add salt/pepper to taste and serve. If adding the cauliflower, put in with browned ground beef before tomatoes/chiles and cook for an extra five or so minutes.

Optional: Serve over lettuce or with a bag of steamed veggies

Paleo is that easy people!