I'm considering doing CrossFit. Any advice?

[Anno_Domini]

I'm sick of being overweight. I'm borderline obese now at a BMI of 30 (6' tall, 225 lbs).

I am not a huge fan of gyms, but there's a crossfit gym in my town, and I need to make some big lifestyle changes.

My weight has yo-yoed for years. In my teens I was 215. In my early twenties, 150. In my late twenties, 185. Around 30, I was 205, started cycling with a racing bicycle, and dropped to 170. Got hit by a truck, and went back up to 200. Went on a zero carb diet and dropped to 158 for 9 months until I became hypothyroid due to the nutritional deficiencies of that way of eating. Went up and down many times since then, but steadily climbing upward to where I am today. I can't take this anymore. I have a desk job at a computer for 40 hours a week, and I'm becoming very depressed.

Do you have any advice for someone who is overweight trying to start crossfit?

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@ConsultantIsBack

[SlimBad]

So CrossFit is both good and bad.
It introduces a lot of people to fitness and Olympic lifts that are very beneficial and also include an element of cardio.
The problem is that a lot of "qualified" instructors have very little actual knowledge and experience of fitness and may have people do compound lifts for excessively high reps with sloppy form which is no good.
Now, when you first start it you'll see results because whenever you introduce something new to the body, you shock it into adapting to this new stimulus.
However, a lot of these exercises are really only beneficial when done in cycles, otherwise they put a lot of unnecessary accumulated stress on the joints due to the nature of the workouts and can eventually result in serious injury if not done in moderation.
The professional CrossFitters you may see on TV train for it with traditional forms of weight lifting and cardio.
Bottom line, make sure your Instructor is legitamately qualified and has years of experience and education in order to do CrossFit safely.

[ConsultantIsBack]

I have a desk job too. Not always easy. They bring in donuts I'm like omg you assholes, thanks a lot lmao

Yes, go for it! You can do it!! I'm personally more of an advocate of old fashioned weight lifting n cardio rather than cross fit, but I'm not going to diss on any form of fitness! If that's your style, gooo for it!!

Remember tho. It starts and ends with diet. What you put on your mouth. So read nutrition articles and apply to your life. Not eating that pizza is easier than spending hours and hours burning off half of the calories from that pizza.

Avoid sweets, soda, "enriched"flours (read up on "glycemic index"), I. e. white pasta, white breads, pizza dough, pastries and sweets, most cereal, etc.

Focus on the wholesome foods, meats, grains, you know what cavemen ate, not these fun label empty shitty foods everyone is eating. Good luck!!!

[Anno_Domini]

I'm the kind of person who needs to do something daily in order to keep my motivation up. Going three days a week to a gym never worked for me.

[ConsultantIsBack]

Same here, every day bro! Good luck! Feel free to pm more if u want, glad to help however I can :)

[Anno_Domini]

After looking into it, I'm not sure if I can afford it. :(

I've had a membership to planet fitness for years (I know, I know, it's a lame place). I've tried doing weights on my own, but I wind up injuring myself every time beside I get overzealous.

[ConsultantIsBack]

Crossfit gyms are really expensive, look at cheaper gyms!

[ConsultantIsBack]

thanks mho

[dashyguydotcom]

CrossFit has a bad reputation in the bodybuilding/powerlifting industry...
Essentially what you'll be doing is some sort of resistance training by training your body to withstand the pain of completing a set of exercises in the shortest amount of time.
Plus a lot of CrossFitters do not care for the form of the exercise which exists to minimize the chance of injury...
in short if you do CrossFit don't be suprised when you injure yourself on a regular basis

[dashyguydotcom]

Considering your problem of being oevrweight. I preach the following: Abs and Muscles are not made in the gym, but the kitchen. Compare the process of gaining/loosing weight with growing a fruit tree.
Every seed has the potential to grow, but only the nutrient it gets result in how much the seed grows. Exercise can be compared to cutting the tree back a little so it can put more of it's nutrients into the growth of it's fruits than into the branches

[shortandsexy]

It's dangerous, don't do it!