The 21 Day Fix works by focusing on two areas, fitness and nutrition. You need to have both of these down to achieve the best results.
I can honestly say I've been enjoying the workouts. Every day is a different workout with an emphasis on variety, so one day you could be doing cardio, the next upper body weights, another day yoga stretches. It truly does work your whole body throughout the course of the week. What I've noticed this week is that my fitness is worse than I had hoped it would be and my strength and stamina is severely lacking. I have a long way to go but there is an awesome modifier in the 21 Day Fix so I've been having to follow her quite often. With that being said though the modifier is one of the reasons why this is such a great program for beginners. Whilst taking the intensity down the modified moves still keep you working hard - you can definitely still feel it! I did struggle with extremely sore muscles at the start of the week, but they've felt better as the week has progressed.
I've found the hardest thing to be the nutrition side of things. Not the fact that that it's clean eating (because I'm used to that) or the portion sizes (because, again it's something I'm already aware of). The bit I've struggled with is making sure I eat all of my allotted containers! I'm required to eat 3 portions of vegetables (green), 2 portions of fruit (purple), 2 portions of carbohydrates (yellow), 4 portions of protein (red), 1 portion of healthy fats (blue), 1 portion of seeds/dressings (orange) and 2 tsps of oils/nut butters. PHEW!!!
I've found that it's really easy to rack up the number of spoons every day and I have a tendency to eat too many healthy fats (blues). Avocados and nuts, I'm looking at YOU!
On the flip side I'm struggling to eat all four portions of protein (reds). That's something I've had to focus on when prepping my meal plan for week 2.
I've also not been as good with my water intake as I'd have liked so there's definitely room for improvement there.
I've had a couple of days when I've had to talk myself into doing the workout because I found myself starting to make excuses, but I'm really focused on completing this program as it's set out so opting out has been non-negotiable for me.
When I weighed myself at the start I was shocked at how much I weighed, but not as much as when I looked at the pictures I took of myself. Honestly, I was horrified at them because I looked like something that should be hanging up in a butcher's window! NOT EVEN KIDDING! It was really disheartening to see how far I'd let myself go. Every time I've started to make excuses this week I've just thought about those pictures and that's been more than enough to spur me on.
Today we were at a football tournament with the boys which we had to stay all day at. Joe played in the morning and George played in the afternoon. I knew I should have packed my food for the day to ensure I stayed on track but I wasn't organised enough. I've done the best I can all day but I'm kicking myself that I didn't set myself up for success today beforehand. I had my shake for breakfast as normal and I packed some strawberries, but other than that I ended up having to wing it. Thankfully, one of the stalls at the tournament was selling the amazing protein balls from The Protein Ball Co. They're handmade less than 4 miles from my house and they're fantastic. Full of all-natural ingredients with different options to suit everyone, they're a great option to have as a snack in your kitchen cupboards to pack up and take with you when you're on the go. You can check out their website here...The Protein Ball Co.
Suffice to say I picked a couple of packs up to make sure I stayed away from the burger van!
Despite it being Day 7 I've chosen not to weigh myself today because I want to leave that until the full 21 days are up, but I do feel like I've lost a couple of pounds already, especially around my ribcage area. We shall wait and see!
So I guess in summary it's been an OK week. Not perfect, but not particularly bad either.
My plan for next week is to do even better with my nutrition by being more organised so I'm never in a position where I have to play it by ear, and I will be sure to drink more water.
I've planned my meals for the week and the food shop will be delivered tomorrow. I'll do some meal prep tomorrow evening (I've already got enough to see me through tomorrow) and I'll continue to stick with the workouts.
Of course, I'll be sharing it all with you right here at Sweating the Small Stuff, so keep checking back!
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