DECIDE.COMMIT.SUCCEED---Beachbody program begins again with 21 day fix

It would be a few more years before I would turn towards Beachbody products again, it was there to welcome me back. The first one back for me was 21 Day fix. The newest program on the block and the newest Beachbody trainer was the one that got me to commit again. The trainer was Autumn Calabrese. I have posted a video on a previous post to show what the 21 day fix is about so here I will give you a brief overview. I bought the challenge pack which came with my first month of Shakeology (which I will post about separately)and a bonus disc of plyo fix. So your workouts consist of: Total body cardio fix Upper fix Lower fix Pilates fix Cardio fix Dirty 30 Yoga fix They are 30 minute workouts. Some have 2 rounds of 4 workouts, others have 4 rounds of 2 workouts. Each workout in the set lasts 1 minute which sounds short, but is killer! And each workout in a round is done twice. You do one workout a day and with the various workouts you will never get bored! The program also comes with colored containers and a meal plan. When you get your containers you will most likely say what all of us did, and that is OMG they are so small I am going to starve, but what will actually happen is you will realize just how much you were overeating before. You get a certain number of each container a day and the way to figure it out is A. take your current weight x11=your caloric baseline B. Your caloric baseline + 400n(fix calorie burn)= Your calorie needs C. Your caloric needs-750 (calorie deficit)= Your calorie target This will be used to find where you fall on the calorie chart. Myself I fall in the first bracket as do most people. It's 1200-1499 What that meant for me is that I got the following containers a day: 3 Green-veggies 2 Purple-fruits 4 Reds-protein 2 Yellow-carbs 1 blue-healthy fats like cheese and nuts 1 orange-seeds and dressing I learned quickly when making a salad just how BIG these containers actually were and you will as well. The other thing I learned was how to fail and move past it. Sounds weird I know but if I had not tanked those first 21 days I may not have realized just what was truly needed for the program and for me to get where I wanted to be. PREP IS KEY! I heard this throughout the program and assumed ok I am having this for breakfast and this for lunch then I would get home for dinner and realize oh crap I thought my sweet potato was a green but its a yellow and now I am over and I am too tired to do my workouts. Once you get use to it, it will become easier just like everything else as long as you know what you will have that day. You are going for a lifestyle change and so this program does not limit what you eat just how much. Also there are the normal culprits that you need to curb. I always drank my coffee with a ton of cream and sugar and that was one thing I had to learn to do without so I cut it down to 1 cup a day and it was black with no sugar. I was amazed that I was okay with that but now it is second nature. And as someone who likes her sweets I had to curb those as well because lets face it, it would be the reason I look the way I did and feel the way I did and so I had to let those fall away but not completely. This workout lets you have treats in place of certain containers and even wine is on the menu. After all that, there are many free things on the lists as well and easily fit into the program. So I did 3 rounds of the program and I am getting ready to incorporate a 4th round into my newest Beachbody program Les Mills Combat which I will post about on a separate post. In all I have lost around 13Lbs & about 13 inches. Seems to be my lucky number. I enjoyed this so much that I wanted to be able to help others with this program or any other beachbody programs and so I made the decision in May to become a Beachbody Coach. I will continue to post on here about all Beachbody programs and even some workouts that are not. But I will always be here for any questions that you have. If you want to sign up for Beachbody and have a free coach then head on over to my website to join: http://www.beachbodycoach.com/DRACARA On there you can sign up for a free account, shop, send me questions if you do not want to post them here and I can even get you into a closed group on facebook to help with your progress, they worked very well for me.