Real person. Real work. Real change.
Let’s talk about what happens when you decide you’re done living on autopilot and you choose to take your health back.
When Eric first came to nutrition coaching, it wasn’t about chasing abs or fitting into smaller clothes. His goal was bigger than that: he wanted his health back.
He was on heart and blood pressure medications. He didn’t feel like himself. He knew that if nothing changed, the long-term cost was going to be huge — energy, mobility, confidence, longevity. He was ready to reclaim his life and his physical freedom.
So he got to work.
Eric didn’t “kind of try.”
He committed.
Eric is the only nutrition client we’ve ever had who watched every single education video in our program — and not just the ones in his current track. He went through every lesson in every program, because he wanted to understand not just what to do, but why he was doing it.
That matters.
When you know why certain changes support your health — blood sugar balance, protein intake, sleep, hydration, daily movement — it’s not “a diet” anymore. It’s a set of skills you can use for life. That’s how you build something sustainable.
The physical results
Over the course of a little over a year, here’s what happened:
- Eric lost 80+ pounds
- He dropped significant inches around his chest, waist, and hips
- He added lean muscle mass
- He was fully taken off all heart and blood pressure medications
That last one? That’s the win.
That’s years added to his life — and more importantly, quality added to those years.
This is exactly why he started the program: not to get “shredded,” but to get healthy enough to live the way he wanted to live.
How we did it (and how we do this with all clients)
There was no crash diet. No “you can never eat XYZ again.” No drinking shakes instead of meals. No “1200 calories and suffer.”
Instead, we worked together to build habits that made sense for his actual lifestyle:
- Building balanced meals he could repeat
- Learning how to fuel instead of just “eat less”
- Finding movement he could stick with
- Creating doable routines, not perfect ones
- Tightening up patterns that weren’t serving him… without all-or-nothing guilt
We adjusted, checked in, course-corrected, and kept moving forward. Not perfectly. Consistently.
And that’s what changed everything.
Why Eric’s story matters
A lot of people wait until something scary happens — labs come back bad, knees start to hurt, blood pressure spikes — before they reach out for help.
Eric didn’t wait for the worst-case scenario. He said: “This is it. I’m not going down this road.” And then he let himself be coached.
That’s not weakness. That’s leadership in your own life.
If you’re reading this and thinking, “That’s me… I’m tired of feeling like this,” I want you to hear this part clearly:
You don’t have to figure it out alone.
You deserve a plan that works with your reality — work, kids, stress, schedule — not against it. You deserve accountability, support, and someone in your corner who will walk with you, not judge you.
That’s what we do.
👉 Ready to take the next step for your health?
Book a free intro with our Nutrition Program at Underwood Park CrossFit. We’ll sit down, talk about your goals, look at your habits, and build something you can actually maintain.
No crash diets. No shame. Just progress you can feel. 💪
Click below to get started — your future self will be so glad you did.