Let's change things up a bit - I tried some new recipes that I really enjoyed.

More protein please - the meal plan forced me to focus on protein, which was a good thing! I was having protein at most meals and incorporating it into my snacks as well, which was great.

Counting containers didn't freak me out like I was worried it might and it was great to have a goal to work towards.

I didn't feel restricted - I enjoyed having a plan to follow and I didn't feel like I was depriving myself because there was so much food.

Yah, I could read about and learn everything there was to know - but that's very different than actually DOING!

Watching my challengers and fellow coaches follow this plan and have super results was incredibly inspiring and I also wanted to really understand the program. You count the number of each container you have each day, but those are the only numbers to follow. In the 21 Day Fix system, the containers help with portions, focusing on whole foods and gives you a system to follow (each colour represents a food group). So I was resistant to try using the containers because I didn't want to feel restricted / inhabited / confined to numbers again. In doing so, I found a balance with healthy eating and finding those goods feelings inside myself - not based on any number. I found freedom in not weighing myself and viewing all food as choices, rather than good or bad foods that had a number attached. I lost more weight in an unhealthy way after my break up then gained it all back + more.īut I remained obsessed with numbers and the scale until I stopped counting points and banished the scale. I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and went gluten & dairy free. It did a great job of helping me learn about portion and was instrumental in me losing 35 lbs, but it also created an obsession with numbers.īe it points or the number on the scale, I was a wee bit obsessed and not always in a positive, helpful way.Ī lot changed - I learned more about healthy eating and real food. I did many of the 21 Day Fix Extreme workouts and dabbled in the program, but never completed the full 21 consecutively and NEVER embarked on the meal plan.īack in 2006 when I first decided to lose weight I counted points, which at the time was a glorified way of counting calories. After I regained my strength and my health, I got back into working out daily.

Before and after 21 day fix extreme