Sunday was a bit of a mess because of the time change. By the time I was up and moving and ready to workout the clock already said 9:30. I went downstairs for the Yoga Extreme video. It was brutal. I really do love stretching and feel very tight after working out all week, but this Yoga video is not my favorite. I made it through, but I think that in the future I will do the Stretch video from the T25 series. Meal choices were mostly just what I could throw together out of the fridge. Full disclosure, I also drank some wine this weekend - lifestyle choice :-)
Day 7:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk, peanut butter, and frozen berries
Lunch: Chicken Fried rice - Brown rice, bell peppers and onions, rotisserie chicken.
PM Snack: 1/2 Apple with peanut butter
Dinner: Rotisserie chicken mashed with avocado in lettuce wraps.
Day 8:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk, peanut butter, and frozen berries
AM Snack: Greek Yogurt with Strawberries
Lunch: Broccoli, Brown Rice, Rotisserie Chicken
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar Cheese
Dinner: Beef and Butternut Squash stew from the Meal Guide
I am also focusing this week on making sure to eat all my yellow and purple containers early in the day. This is a recommendation in the book and I didn't focus on it much last week. Tomorrow is my weigh-in day, so stay tuned!
Monday, March 9, 2015
Saturday, March 7, 2015
21 Day Fix Extreme Days 1-5: Feeling Awesome
OK, I have (almost) survived the first week. What I love about this program is there are modifications that are NOT in the W30. There is a carb container - not white carbs, but whole wheat and corn is ok. Cheese is also ok in your blue container. I love it! Also, you eat ALL THE TIME! So, here are my meals for the first 5 days...I also did one of the workouts each day. As of this morning I am down 4.2 lbs (I took pictures, measurements, and my weight at the beginning of the program, but will only weigh myself once a week moving forward and take measurements at the end.)
Day 1:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
Lunch: Salad with Chicken, Balsamic Dressing. Carrots with Hummus
PM Snack: Peanut Butter (yes, by itself, I was hungry)
Dinner: Whole Wheat Pasta, Marinara (homemade), Ground Turkey, Parm Cheese, Broccoli.
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 2:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
AM Snack: Greek Yogurt with Strawberries
Lunch: Whole Wheat Pasta, Marinara (homemade), Ground Turkey, Parm Cheese
PM Snack: Celery with Peanut Butter
Dinner: Hungry Chick Chicken Soup and Kale Salad (SOOO Awesome - from Costco and even Ben loved it)
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 3:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
AM Snack: Greek Yogurt with Strawberries
Lunch: Hungry Chick Chicken Soup and Kale Salad
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar (melted in toaster oven - yay for work kitchen!)
Dinner: Roast, green beans, roasted sweet potatoes with rosemary and EVOO
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 4:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
AM Snack: Grapes
Lunch: Eggs, Asparagus and one whole wheat English Muffin
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar. Carrots
Dinner: Fajitas in lettuce, refried beans, avocado
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 5:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
AM Snack: Grapes
Lunch: Eggs, Asparagus and one whole wheat English Muffin
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar. Carrots
Dinner: Fajitas in lettuce, refried beans, avocado
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 5:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk, frozen berries, and peanut butter
Lunch: Salad with chicken and Oil and Vinegar
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar. Berries
Dinner: Salmon, Asparagus, Brown Rice
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 6:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk, frozen berries, and peanut butter
Lunch: Burrito Bowl from Chipotle: Brown rice, black beans, fajita veggies, chicken, pico, lettuce, guacamole
PM Snack: Carrots
Dinner: Fajitas in lettuce and Avocado
Dessert: Strawberries
I will continue to post my meals and I am excited to see my results after 21 days!
Day 1:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
Lunch: Salad with Chicken, Balsamic Dressing. Carrots with Hummus
PM Snack: Peanut Butter (yes, by itself, I was hungry)
Dinner: Whole Wheat Pasta, Marinara (homemade), Ground Turkey, Parm Cheese, Broccoli.
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 2:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
AM Snack: Greek Yogurt with Strawberries
Lunch: Whole Wheat Pasta, Marinara (homemade), Ground Turkey, Parm Cheese
PM Snack: Celery with Peanut Butter
Dinner: Hungry Chick Chicken Soup and Kale Salad (SOOO Awesome - from Costco and even Ben loved it)
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 3:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
AM Snack: Greek Yogurt with Strawberries
Lunch: Hungry Chick Chicken Soup and Kale Salad
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar (melted in toaster oven - yay for work kitchen!)
Dinner: Roast, green beans, roasted sweet potatoes with rosemary and EVOO
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 4:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
AM Snack: Grapes
Lunch: Eggs, Asparagus and one whole wheat English Muffin
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar. Carrots
Dinner: Fajitas in lettuce, refried beans, avocado
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 5:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk and frozen berries
AM Snack: Grapes
Lunch: Eggs, Asparagus and one whole wheat English Muffin
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar. Carrots
Dinner: Fajitas in lettuce, refried beans, avocado
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 5:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk, frozen berries, and peanut butter
Lunch: Salad with chicken and Oil and Vinegar
PM Snack: Corn Tortilla with Cheddar. Berries
Dinner: Salmon, Asparagus, Brown Rice
Dessert: Strawberries
Day 6:
Breakfast: Shakeology with almond milk, frozen berries, and peanut butter
Lunch: Burrito Bowl from Chipotle: Brown rice, black beans, fajita veggies, chicken, pico, lettuce, guacamole
PM Snack: Carrots
Dinner: Fajitas in lettuce and Avocado
Dessert: Strawberries
I will continue to post my meals and I am excited to see my results after 21 days!
Whole 30? What Whole 30? Time for 21 Day Fix Extreme
Ok, so here is the backstory. Although I did get a lot out of the Whole 30 last year, I was not happy with the experience over all. I felt it was hard to maintain in the long run took so much motivation to commit to. For the last 8 months or so I have been doing some of the Beachbody workouts. I have a friend who is a Beachbody coach and would talk about how great the workouts are and she was getting super fit! So, although it wasn't a meal plan, I started doing the Beachbody T25 Series with her. The workouts were incredible! It is 25 minutes each day and the workout varies each day. So, especially when I started work, this seemed like an amazing place to start.
Fast forward a few months and I realized that each morning my before work breakfast was getting too time consuming, and my friend Amanda (the Beachbody coach) was raving about Shakeology and how easy it was to fit into her morning. So, I decided to try it, and I LOVE it! I make a shake every morning and drink it after I drop the kids at school. I get the variety pack of Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla, but each day I add pretty much the same thing: a cup of berries and 1/2 cup of Almond milk (sometimes a banana or a teaspoon of peanut butter). The shakes themselves only have 130 calories, so I was LOVING IT!
Turns out, my first Shakeology order also came with the 21 Day Fix. It was a meal plan WITH new workouts. I decided to supplement my T25 workouts with some 21 Day Fix, and I really enjoyed Autumn. By December I was solely doing 21 Day Fix workouts because I really liked the way that Autumn structured them.
In February Beachbody launched the 21 Day Fix Extreme, and I decided it was finally time to add the meal plan to my workouts. I bought the pack and it arrived about a week and a half before our almost 2 week trip to Oregon, so I started with just the workouts. They were great! I really felt they built on what I had accomplished in the 21 Day Fix.
On March 2nd I decided to jump into the 21 Day Fix Meal Plan. Amanda added me to her Challenge Group on Facebook, and what I love is that everyone is SO encouraging! Even if someone has a bad day and slips up, everyone helps them along and just encourages them to do better the next day - this is what I was missing on the Whole 30! On the W30 we are taught that a slip is a tragedy and you have to start all over, the 21 Day Fix is about a lifestyle and establishing good eating habits and portion control.
So, I have decided to track my journey here a bit and see how I am feeling after the 21 Days...
21 Day Fix Extreme Meal Plan
21 Day Fix Extreme Program Guide
Fast forward a few months and I realized that each morning my before work breakfast was getting too time consuming, and my friend Amanda (the Beachbody coach) was raving about Shakeology and how easy it was to fit into her morning. So, I decided to try it, and I LOVE it! I make a shake every morning and drink it after I drop the kids at school. I get the variety pack of Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla, but each day I add pretty much the same thing: a cup of berries and 1/2 cup of Almond milk (sometimes a banana or a teaspoon of peanut butter). The shakes themselves only have 130 calories, so I was LOVING IT!
Turns out, my first Shakeology order also came with the 21 Day Fix. It was a meal plan WITH new workouts. I decided to supplement my T25 workouts with some 21 Day Fix, and I really enjoyed Autumn. By December I was solely doing 21 Day Fix workouts because I really liked the way that Autumn structured them.
In February Beachbody launched the 21 Day Fix Extreme, and I decided it was finally time to add the meal plan to my workouts. I bought the pack and it arrived about a week and a half before our almost 2 week trip to Oregon, so I started with just the workouts. They were great! I really felt they built on what I had accomplished in the 21 Day Fix.
On March 2nd I decided to jump into the 21 Day Fix Meal Plan. Amanda added me to her Challenge Group on Facebook, and what I love is that everyone is SO encouraging! Even if someone has a bad day and slips up, everyone helps them along and just encourages them to do better the next day - this is what I was missing on the Whole 30! On the W30 we are taught that a slip is a tragedy and you have to start all over, the 21 Day Fix is about a lifestyle and establishing good eating habits and portion control.
So, I have decided to track my journey here a bit and see how I am feeling after the 21 Days...
21 Day Fix Extreme Meal Plan
21 Day Fix Extreme Program Guide
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