21 Day Fix Week 1 Meal Plan

So - I have to be completely honest and transparent. I have started the 21 Day Fix 3 times and have fallen off the wagon twice.

I hate excuses. Hate them. But I'm gonna give you one right now. Life hasn't been easy the past few weeks. My daughter and son have been sick. I've been to more doctors appointments and specialist appointments than I ever wanted to go to.

See, my daughter has had 8 ear infections in the last 10 months. So, we got her on antibiotics to clear the latest one up while we waited for our ENT appointment. Then we found out that her left ankle was swollen. Two xrays and a pediatric orthopaedic specialist later and we still don't know whats wrong. She's in a walking boot and it still swollen.

Then my son got something and had a swollen glad the size of a golf ball sticking out the side of his neck. So, off to the pediatrician we went again!

I AM SO SICK OF DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS! (if you want the whole story on my daughter, check out my last blog post!)

So - why am I telling you all of this? I promise it's for a good reason.

You see, I'm an emotional eater. I try to control it but its very hard. I still struggle with it 18 months into my journey. The past two weeks I let my emotions get in my way.

Did that Thin Mint make my daughter's foot get better? No. Did that candy bar stop the fact that my daughter had to get surgery last? Nope. Did my big heaping helping of cheesy potatoes clear up my son's nasty swollen gland? You guessed it - NO!

So, why did I eat all that junk?

The answer is simple. HABIT. No matter how many new healthy habits I make, when things get really stressful in my life, I turn to old comforts. It's something I'm working on.

So - today starts anew (I wrote this blog post on Monday). A fresh beginning. I WILL stick to the plan this week. I WILL NOT deviate. My goals are important and I will reach them!

Here's my plan for the week. Each day is color coded with the containers. I'm eating in the second category because I am doing the X3 workouts and still nursing my daughter. I need the extra calories!

Here's what this week's meals look like:

I'm pretty happy with this meal plan. Saturday and Sunday's dinners might change, depending on our moods later in the week and what I feel like cooking - haha! I hope this helps you in your 21 Day Fix planning!

If you want to try the program or get further help, feel free to get ahold of me! Comment below, message me on FB, or email me at klevere62@yahoo.com!

<3,
Kell

21 Day Fix day 1 review

Before I begin, I have alto admit that I'm only doing the meal plan portion of this program right now. I am FULLY committed to finishing P90X3 and am on week 6! So this review is for the food portion only - just a heads up!

Today was my first day following the 21 Day Fix meal plan. I fit into the category of 1200-1499 calories each day. Int he meal plan book, you are given a simple formula to figure out your calorie level. The calories aren't mentioned again! Woot woot!

In my meal plan group, I eat 3 green containers, 4 red containers, 2 purple containers, 2 yellow, 1 blue, 1 orange, and 2 teaspoons. I was a little nervous that this amount of food wouldn't get me through therapy. Man was I WRONG!

For breakfast, I had an Orange Julius Shakeology on my way to work around 7:15. You can find the recipe HERE. I subbed one yellow container for my R&R. I'm not 100% sure that's allowed! but I need my R&R after these X3 workouts. 

Snack #1 happened around 10:05 because I got wrapped up in my students and forgot to eat. Yes. I forget to eat. This snack was a small gala apple and 12 almonds that I roasted last night. Yum!

Lunch was nice and filling. 2 green containers worth of sweet butter lettuce, 1 green container of cukecumbers, 6 slices (or one red container) of low sodium, nitrate free turkey breast, and 1 orange container of the 21 Day Fix balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

Snack #2 was probably my favorite. Cottage cheese and strawberries. The cottage cheese was measured with the red container and the strawberries in a purple container. 

Dinner was, by far, my favorite meal of the day! Broiled white fish topped with one of the spice recipes from the Fix , 1 green container of peas, and some organic stone ground mustard. I also drizzled a little bit (2 tsps to be exact) of EVOO on everything cause I still had to use my 2 tsps.

Snack #3 was not "by the book" but I enjoy my evening green tea and am not willing to give it up. No added sweetener or anything else. Just nice, warm, yummy Yogi green tea!

Stay tuned for what my meal plan looks like for this first week! Blog post will be up later!