My 21 Day Fix Experience

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been doing the 21 Day Fix and have absolutely loved it. I love that it combines both eating clean and working out. I felt a little overwhelmed at first with the clean eating but I dove right in and found it to be surprisingly simple. 

You get these cute little colorful containers that help you pick the right portions of what to eat throughout the day. The green container is for vegetables, purple for fruit, red for protein, yellow for carbs, blue for healthy fats and cheese, and orange for seeds and oils. 

My salad consisting of half a purple, a red, 2 greens, half an orange, and half a blue

Delicious!

Depending on your calorie needs, you get a certain number of each container per day. I love the freedom in this program! I got to choose how I ate all my "colors" each day. I didn't feel like I was on a restricted diet. I think that most people on the 21 Day Fix plan all their meals and snacks ahead of time, but I found something else that worked better for me. Since I am home most of the day, it's easy for me to go to the fridge for a snack or a meal. I just kept the fridge well stocked with healthy choices and made a checklist. Every time I ate I marked my checklist. If I ate out, I would mark my list after I came back home. This saved me a lot of time! 

The first few days I was hungry and made sure I ate everything that I was allowed to eat. I was surprised at how quickly my body adjusted to my new eating habits. Most days I am too full to eat my allotted amount. 

The workouts were another adjustment that I had to make. The plan is to workout for 30 minutes everyday. The first workout was really tough. It was a total cardio workout that combined cardio and weight training. I could barely move after it! 

Just finished the first workout! I can't move but I can still smile! 

I really liked doing the workouts though because they were all just 30 minutes each! I feel like I can push through anything for just 30 minutes. Plus there was always someone in the videos doing a modified exercise for if you couldn't keep up with the regular exercise. I loved following the modifier! I was able to still keep moving and doing the workout throughout the whole video! The workouts consist of cardio, weight training, pilates, and yoga. Even though I couldn't move after that first workout, I was really surprised at how quickly I just started feeling better overall! 

Something else I did to help me through this change was to make a motivation collage. On my motivation collage I put pictures of different outfits or clothes I wanted to buy, quotes, and things I wanted to accomplish. I would bring the collage into the living room while I did my workouts and would look at it any time I felt like quitting or slacking off. 

My motivation collage right beside my workout! 

Time for the results!!! I stuck with the 21 Day Fix and didn't have hardly any "cheat" foods. I only missed one workout the entire time. I lost an overall total of 8.5 inches and 11.2 pounds! That's just in 3 weeks! I can't wait to see what my final results will be after I stick with it! I plan on making this my new lifestyle! I know that I'll probably throw in a few more "cheat" meals here in there but I plan on continuing with clean eating and working out! I just love how I feel overall now! 

Before on the Left and After on the Right