The 21 Day Fix Challenge officially starts today! We are going into the challenge with 11 people and a ton of excitement.
First thing you are going to want to do is figure out your calorie level, which is how many calories you’re going to need to consume to lose weight while following the Fix program. Using the calulation given in the program I need to consume 1410 calories/day in order to lose weight.
I then take this number and find the calorie chart that corresponds with my calorie level. That will tell me how many times I will fill each coloured container per day on the program.
So, for example, I fall into the 1200-1499 calorie category. So my eating breaks down like this per day:
A list of food is provided in your eating plan under each container, so it really eliminates a lot of guess work.
So here is my Day 1 in a nutshell:
Breakfast: Tropical Shakeology (red container) with Oasis Smoothie fruit blend (yellow container). Yes, any juice counts as a yellow container, and since I only get 2 a day, it really makes you reprioritize how you want to utilize it. Today is a holiday for me, so I was fine with using it in my shake this morning, however, had I been working I would have probably used water and kept that container for lunch for the energy.
Snack 1: Greek yogurt (red container) and mixed berries (purple container). One of my favourite midmorning snacks. You’ll probably see it 90% of the time in this spot. It keeps my full and fueled until lunchtime.
Lunch: Chicken ceasar salad. I opted to omit the croutons as I already used a yellow container for breakfast and I know I am making potatoes with dinner, so it was a no brainer. I also only used 1/2 the orange container for dressing *recipe below as I plan on making a garden salad tonight, and typically find using 1/2 gives me enough flavour anyway. Also only used about 1/4 of my blue container for cheese as I would like to put some pecans on the salad tonight. See how it makes you prioritize your portions? Chicken/bacon (red container), romaine lettuce (green container).
Snack 2: A little mixed fruit (purple container). And a tsp on all natural chunky peanut butter which I ate just like that. Because, why wouldn’t you?
Dinner: Turkey meatloaf with potatoes (one red container and one yellow), garden salad made up of mixed greens for 1 green container, and chopped radishes, onions, carrots for my 2nd and final green container. The other 1/2 of my orange container for the dressing rounding things off with the balance of my blue container for few pecans. *note: because my meatloaf combines the turkey and potatoes, I went by ounces. I put cooked potatoes into my yellow container and it came out to 2 ounces. I know a serving of ground turkey (cooked) is 3 ounces. So my portion is 5 ounces.
*Ceasar Dressing Recipe: 2 cloves garlic (crushed) 1/2 cup olive oil 2 eggs (yolks only) 1 tsp mustard 2 tbsp lemon juice a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce Mix well
Of course, there is the workout as well! Today’s workout was Total Body Cardio Fix. This workout will target every area of your body from arms to legs to glutes to abs. Some of the moves require a set of weights while others are full on cardio.
The workout is broken into 4 sections, with 2 exercises per section lasting 60 seconds each and repeated. You get a short 20 second break between moves to bring your heart rate back down. There is a modifier in every video, so no matter what your fitness level, you can follow along.
Here is a sneak peak at Total Body Cardio Fix:
Finally and most importantly, don’t forget to weight yourself today. Take your measurements and TAKE PHOTOS! Send those before and afters into Beachbody and you could win $500!
So that is my Day 1!
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