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
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