As someone who struggled with body image as long as I can remember, I no longer look in the mirror and have negative thoughts. It’s all positive. I’m taking more time/pride in my appearance again and enjoying wearing regular clothes outside of the gym and work.

The mental transformation has been huge, more profound than what the scale says or how my body looks. I feel so confident and capable of accomplishing really hard things! I am eating more than ever and I am not restricting myself, yes I have my cake and ice cream.

I came to Black Iron Nutrition as a serial dieter, always just wanting to cut down my food to ‘look like I do CrossFit’. Instead we’ve spent 4 years building up my metabolism through eating more food, prioritising recovery and building my strength and fitness. I learned that in order to do well in CrossFit, you REALLY need to eat a lot. 

I've never been able to successfully lose weight - ever - and I was able to lose pounds and inches and GAIN so much strength working with my coach. My progress was slower than many but it's occurred in a way that I think I can maintain for the long run. This program provides the tools and mindset needed to make long term changes.

My coach taught me how to properly fuel my body for all of the Crossfit competitions I was doing back then as well as helped me work on my mindset with food and the scale. Flash forward to 2019, I felt like a had a pretty good handle on my nutrition and counting macros so I switched to Condensed Lifestyle with Chelsi! Chelsi has helped me get ready for my Olympic weightlifting competition earlier this year (with no cut needed might I add).