To be honest, I wasn't expecting big results. I was a little skeptical. I've been doing this weight loss thing for over 3 years already and the scale is really slowing down. I was doing HIIT workouts 5 days a week and prior to the fix I was also walking nearly every day. I count calories, I try to keep up with nutrition and educate myself on it. I didn't believe this program would offer any huge results for me.
Here are my before pictures:
But regardless of what I thought would happen, I was in. I was going to to follow the nutrition plan and do all of the workouts. The workouts consist of varied 30 minute/day activities such as cardio, strength training, yoga and pilates. I also planned to stay committed to my 20 minute HIIT workouts 5 days a week since I help lead them. This would mean giving up walking, but I was ok with that given the scorching summer temps. The nutrition program was going to take a little more work for me. There are perfectly portioned containers for specific food groups (protein, veggies, fruit, carbs, nuts and seeds, healthy fats). I was going to have to pay a lot more attention to where my calories where coming from.
The first week went great! I'm a daily weigher ( I don't recommend when doing the program, but I still do it haha) the ounces and pounds were literately falling off. I could not believe what was happening. I had not seen the scale move like that in a VERY long time. I knew it would slow down, but I wasn't prepared for what happened next. I should have been, but I wasn't. Before we get to that, let's talk about the workouts. I do what I consider to be some pretty difficult workouts. Stating the 21 Day Fix workouts I was a new kind of sore every single day for the first 7 days. 7 days. It's the best kind of sore there is.
Then week 2 happened. I started an online 7 day clean eating group. Sounded like a great plan- shouldn't have interferred with 21 Day Fix, but it did. I got too wrapped up in making sure my foods were "clean" that I wasn't using my containers at all. I figured as long as it was clean it was healthy. But that's not what the containers are about. They are about balance and portions. I also noticed my workout effort left a little to be desired. I just felt blah. I also watched as the scale creeped back up a few pounds. I grew EXTREMELY frustrated. Then day 14 came and everything made complete sense. One word- sorry guys- hormones. I was again frustrated as this was going to be how the final week was spent.
Week 3 I made a decision to press forward. I watched the scale sit still for days and I had to work very hard to not let that continue to frustrate me. I knew why it was sitting there and I knew it would move again in a week. This is a monthly ritual if you look back at my weigh ins. I also felt very tired and just yucky, but decided to push through. I kind of gave up hope that the results would be what I thought they might after an exciting first week. I had to accept that this was completely beyond my control. I had to remind myself what I preach, that a scale does not define me. I had to remind myself that I put in some really hard work these 2 weeks and I wasn't going to stop this last week. I had to remind myself how much stronger I already was from just these 2 weeks and that another week would build on that. So, I dug the containers back out. I recommitted to working out hard.
The number on the scale wasn't going to be the end of my journey whether it read 5 pounds or 15 pounds lost. That number would be one tiny marker, like all of the other markers along the way.
My weigh in today served as an end to round 1... AND it serves for a starting point for round 2!!!
And for round 2 I have friends joining me and I am super excited! I absolutely cannot wait to see how it goes for everyone. (One of the ladies had to start early to finish before a trip... as of day 3 she was already down 3 lbs!) I hope that whatever results these ladies have that they are proud of themselves for giving it all they have when the 21 days are over and I hope they will let me share some of their results too! I want them to be proud of 1 pound or 1 inch lost (it won't be!) or 10 pounds and 10 inches (very possible!)
But for you who have read this far, here is what you came here for: THE RESULTS!!!
Over the past couple of days the scale began coming down again, moving in the right direction. I also hit a new "decade" of pounds which I had been waiting so long to see! I am 29.6 pounds from my original goal.
Total pounds lost in 21 days: 7.4!
(Equivalent to 2.5 pounds a week - and 114.4 pounds total in my journey)
Total inches lost in 21 days: 6!
(2 were in my abs!)
After pics:
Side by side pictures:
I still can't believe I lost over 7 pounds in 21 days, that is awesome! I've been lucky to lose 4-5 each month lately. I am SUPER SUPER pleased with these results! I can't wait to go another round and work harder on controlling my portions and eating a more balanced diet. I am continuing to learn foods that agree with me more than others and how that affects how I feel. I ate pretty simply this round. Now that I'm off work for a few weeks, I'm breaking out my Fixate cookbook and I'm hoping to start incorporating more actual recipes this round and feeding my family fix approved meals that they can learn to love too!
If you have any questions about the program or would like to join me for the next 21 Day Fix bootcamp send me a message and I will get you some more information!
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