Sorry for the late post today, it was a busy day, and it
didn’t help that I overslept this morning thanks to Daylight Savings time!
As promised, today I’m going to recap my 21 day fix
experience and results.
Let’s start with the workouts, which I LOVE. All of the workout DVDs are around 30 minutes
(some a few minutes more, some a few minutes less), and there’s 7 different
workouts so you do a different one each day of the week.
There was a lot of variety between the workouts, with
focuses on different areas, like upper body, lower body, total body, abs, etc.
There is also a Pilates workout and a yoga workout, both of
which I am not very good at because I’m so inflexible, but I did them anyways
and they weren’t all that bad J I think my favorite part of these workouts
was Autumn herself…girlfriend has an AMAZING body, so it was pretty motivating
to watch her do the moves, and she wasn’t about speed throughout the workout,
it was about form and getting the proper movements down to be as effective as
possible.
Now let’s talk about the nutrition. As you might know already, the program comes
with 7 color coded portion control containers, based on the major food groups,
and then based on your starting weight, you get a certain number of colored
containers each day to use.
I will say this about the program: while it’s not impossible
to go out to eat while you’re on it, it’s a little difficult to do unless you
truly know the proper portion sizes (or unless you’re comfortable breaking out
your containers in the middle of the restaurant, which I did do a few
times!) The inherit problem, though, is
that you really have no concept of how they’re cooking that grilled chicken
(did they use a cup of oil on the grill? What about added butter or other fats?
What about sodium?). There’s just so
many unknowns, that I would suggest staying away from dining out for 21 days if
you can manage it.
That being said, I followed the program to a T the first
week, and was down 4.5 pounds in 7 days!
I was doing well, and had been weighing myself daily, so I made a pact
with myself not to weigh myself again until my 21 days were over. I’m really trying to get away from being so
tied to my scale, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try it
out.
By week 2, things had gotten easier, and the cravings for
bad foods that I was having in week 1 were pretty much gone. I also found myself feeling full without
eating all my containers, so most days I didn’t eat even close to my allotted number.
Fast forward to week 3, and I was seeing amazing results in
a few ladies that I was coaching, and after day 17 (a little more than 2 weeks
in), I decided I couldn’t wait any more and jumped on the scale.
And I was SHOCKED.
I hadn’t lost anything since my 7 day weight in. What the EFF? I was working out like crazy, eating
the right foods, I had only eaten out a few times…what gives? I immediately contacted Beachbody, and asked
them what I was doing wrong.
They responded with a simple question: are you eating all of
your allotted containers?
Well, no, I admitted.
I don’t really cook with oil, so I almost never got any of
my teaspoons of healthy fats in, and I wasn’t eating salad after the first
week, so I wasn’t eating my orange container (designated for dressing, seeds,
or nuts), and I would always save my blue container (cheese) “just in case” I
had cheese at dinner, but then I always forgot about it by the time dinner
rolled around, so I usually skipped that too.
Basically all of the healthy fats that were supposed to be an integral
part of this diet, I wasn’t eating. They
asked me to track my calories for the day, and I was shocked to see that I wasn’t
even hitting 1000 calories, even though I was feeling full….I was supposed to
be eating over 1700 by their calculations!
So I immediately changed course, and made an effort to eat
each and every container the next day.
And you know what? The scale moved.
I kept at this for the remainder of the program, and still had a great
loss overall, but I am admittedly a little mad at myself for letting the one
week I decided to not weigh in be the deciding factor in my results here; if I
had paid closer attention, I might have addressed the situation sooner! Let
this be a lesson people…eating less food is not always the answer, and yes, you
can eat too little and stall your own results!
So, all that being said, here are my results (don't judge me here, I know I'm not there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday!):
I’m down a total of 9.2 pounds in 21 days!
Did I mention how FLOORED I am with my inches lost!? I'm amazed at the visible changes I saw in my body in such a short period of time, and 13 inches!? HOLY COW! I'm happy to report my clothes are fitting MUCH better now!
I do
think 9.2 pounds is an AWESOME loss, and one that I’m very happy with, but just for comparison
sake I offer you the following:
My friend D, who finished the program a few days ahead of
me, lost 17 pounds in 21 days! And she didn’t even do most of the workouts,
that was really just through diet!
Another friend, Ashley, who is getting married NEXT WEEKEND, just
dropped 18.2 pounds in 21 days! Her finally dress fitting was last Saturday and
they had to take the dress in again since it was falling off her!
I plan to do another round of the fix next month with my accountability
group when they all get their shipments in; now that I know I really need to
eat all my containers to be successful, I know I’ll get even better results
this next round.
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