Simple Eating. Specific Fitness. Serious Results.

Ever since Laura and I did our little experiment with counting our calories (2,800 calories consumed each day) and watching our macronutrient breakdown (certain %'s of protein/carb/fat), we've been getting a lot of people asking about what their calorie needs are and what they should be eating. Oh and we both lost weight on this plan too!!!

As much as I like to help people figure their own individual macro needs and calorie needs, to actually track it is a MAJOR pain. Will it work, absolutely! Will you have food issues after a short period of time and struggle to eat without your food scale, probably!!!  Why is this???  Because eating shouldn't be difficult and if it is one of two things is going to happen.  

1. You quit eating that way because it is too time consuming and frustrating.  You binge out of frustration.  Food becomes the enemy, the thing that causes all your stress.  
2. You become obsessive to the point you don't know how to function when put in situations where you don't know the exact ingredients.  Eating out becomes next to impossible.  You become the annoying customer at restaurants when you do go out asking for a 1,001 substitutions.   You might be healthy physically but mentally you are a head case.  

What if there was an easier way???  Simple eating, that's portion controlled, so you don't have to worry about weighing food or macros.  You get what you need in the amount you need it. 

 
It exists, and it's called the 21 Day Fix!  

I know we sell Beachbody products so you might think we are just saying this is a great product because then we can sell more of it.  Honestly though, this program is the REAL deal...  It takes all the guesswork and stress out of eating.  It really is a program that I would recommend to people even if I wasn't selling it.  

How does it work?  

If you want the long version, can head over to an earlier blog post, The 21 Day Fix Explained, where we go into a little more detail.  The short answer is that you get a variety of color coded containers that are specific to certain food groups.  Depending on your size and activity level you will be allotted a certain quantity of each of the containers each day.  Don't worry you won't starve!!!  We actually hear the opposite from a lot of people that have done it, they struggle to eat all the food...

This system may not be quite as precise as the calculations that I was figuring out for people....specific percentages of each macro that they should aim for... which involves using MyFitnessPal or some other meal tracking website.  The long term success however, of people that have used these food containers is nothing short of remarkable because it is much more simplified.

Check out this support group of 21 Day Fix Customers and some of their transformation photos. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/21dayfixrecipes/photos/) You'll have to scroll a bit since there are a lot of food pics, but feel free to look at those too because that is the food you get to eat on this plan!!

On top of the original program, Autumn Calabrese (the creator of the original program) just came up with a more advanced version, 21 Day Fix Extreme.  This program uses a similar simple eating plan as the original but modifies it slightly for more intense workouts.  It also includes a 21 Day Countdown to Competition Guide that will give you serious results in just 21 days.  We are both extremely excited about these new workouts and eating plan. Laura is going to be starting it on Feb 23rd and will be running an accountability group for others that want to join in! Let us know if you want more info!

If you've tried dieting or calorie counting without any long term success, we would love to help you find a better way.  It may be this program, it may just be some small nutritional tweaks.  Either way we want all of you to be living up to your full healthy potential.