My 21 Day Fix Update!

    I'm a little more than a week and a half into the 21 Day Fix, and I am loving it! Let me just say that I had a slip up around Valentines day for a couple of days with all of the chocolate and other goodies in the house, but I got right back on the program and kept going! That's what it's really about, being persistent even after you make mistakes. I am officially on week 2 day 4 of the Fix, and here is what I think so far:

Nutrition:
    This is by far the easiest way that I have ever eaten. When I meal plan, I don't have to guess at how many servings of each food group I should have in my day, the program tells me and that's what I put into the calendar. (For more info on how the food system works, see my 2 previous posts on the 21 Day Fix). Since that's taken care of, the only thing that I have to do is measure out my food into containers and then eat it. The containers look small, but once you put the food on your plate, you'll be pleasantly surprised, I know I was! I haven't been really hungry since I started this program as long as I eat every 2 hours (sometimes I forget, but am quick to remember!).
    After trying to eat really well for probably the past year, I have to say that it can get really confusing, and expensive. With the Fix, we have actually saved money on our grocery bill every week because none of the foods that I eat are exotic, hard to find, or difficult to prepare. So there is another plus!


Workouts:
    The workouts are harder than I thought they would be for sure, and sometimes I am still having to follow the moderator. I really thought that the workouts would be a breeze since I just got done with T25 by Shaun T (the same trainer who made Insanity), and since this little model looking woman was the trainer. Nope, she kicks your butt and keeps you sore all week. I tried the 10 minute ab fix workout over the weekend assuming it would be super easy because it was only 10 minutes; nope. 10 minutes of focusing on nothing but abs is ROUGH. It's almost a whole week later and I still hurt when I have to lift up...you should have seen me the day after, OOF.
    So I'm loving these, especially because of the variety. I loved T25 and I got great results, but I like the variety of this program more. Doing cardio and squats every day was taking its tole on me. Now, I have tried pilates (new for me), and there is a great relaxing yoga workout which is a nice end to the week. I assume that this is a slow paced yoga workout because you're working out every day for 30 minutes, and you need a little bit of a rest day or you'd probably over exhaust yourself.

There ya go, there's my update for the program so far! I'll be giving my final review when I finish in a little more than a week from now! I know that eating horribly for a couple of days and needing to start week 2 over might interfere with my results a little, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to do 2 rounds of the program, so keep that in mind when I send out my final numbers! I can't wait to be beach ready!