Deciding the Paleo challenge winners was very difficult for us here at CrossFit Carmel. Everyone who participated in the Paleo Challenge this year had great results and some of you had fantastic results. That made the judging portion of the contest very difficult. The amount of change in everyone’s body has been fantastic and a true testament to the effectiveness of the Paleo diet not only for performance reasons but also for fat loss.
The criteria for the judging included using Fight Gone Bad as a baseline and before and after pictures. Each challenger performed the FGB baseline before starting Paleo and at the end so we could judge the gains in athletic performance over the challenge as well as fat loss.
The challengers also took before and after pictures so we could also judge the changes in body composition throughout the challenge. Weight loss while important was not a criteria because we do not want to focus on pounds lost but rather on how much healthier everyone looked! The before and after pictures were almost a dead heat between the top finishers so we moved on to the baseline to make the decision.
The baseline criteria was simple. By how many points did you increase your FGB score. By using the baseline improvements and pictures we picked the winners of the Paleo Challenge.
We will be posting all pictures to the website later this week so you can be as amazed as we were as to how well everyone did! You guys are fantastic!!!
So here are your winners….
Christina is our female winner! Congratulations!!!
Jonathan is our male winner! Congratulations!!!
Wow! You guys look amazing!! Way to go everyone!
WOW! WOW! WOW!!!! AAAAAMMMAZING JOB!!!
Congratulations!!!! You two are AMAZING!!!!
Nice Job!! You guys are awesome! Do we get to see the before/after pictures of the others that did the challenge?? These people inspire me
Yes, they inspire me too.
Congrats Christina and Jonathan!
You will get to see all the pictures in an upcoming post! They were all great!
We will be posting the other participants and even some folks who didn’t take part in the FGB portion but who did stick with the Paleo eating technique. Actually, we are dedicating a page on the website to this kind of before and after gallery. These folks are my heros and they have inspired me and I know they will inspire many others!
Congrats to all of those who participated!
nice job christina and jonathan! congrats on your accomplishments!
Jon & Christina, that is impressive stuff ! Congrats to everyone else as well. Jon, are you going to wash clothes on your stomach now? lol
Way to go guys…Congrats!!!
Great Job to all who did the challenge Lenten resolution No dough nuts or sweets
Thanks to all! It would have been a lot harder without the support of everyone who works at the gym as well as the support of everyone giving their paleo and workout tips. Thanks Crossfit Carmel for the Paleo Clinic! I just hope more people discover all the benefits of this life changing diet.
Keith, when I get to the 6 pack I’m calling you about the 8 pack!
This is the before and after results following 90 days of eating paleo.
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