Hi, its Coach Petrina here, 100 pound weight loss success story and certified personal
trainer to give you the 411 on Beachbody's latest program, the 21 day Fix. In this video
I'm going to go over what you'll get, what you'll need and what you'll be eating during
this program. So come on let's get started. There are a few different options to order,
I'm going to put links below so be sure to look in the description section to see links
where you can learn more and order if you're ready. The first and least expensive option
to order the 21 day Fix is what's called the Essentials Kit and it includes, first and
foremost, 7 different 30 minute workouts on two DVDs. You'll get those and you'll also
get an eating plan which is where the magic happens. It's a little booklet and it will
tell you exactly what you should be eating during the program. You will get a Start Here
guide that has a workout calendar that will tell you which days to do what workouts and
you'll also have a transformation tracker where you can enter your starting weight and
your measurements. And this is a nice bonus as well, there is a 3 day quick fix meal plan
that you can close out on, like do it days 19, 20, 21 to really maximize your result
and what it is, it's based on the way that Autumn eats when she's preparing for either
a photo shoot or a bikini competition, super lean, super small, you can really, I think,
maximize the results you get in the program by following this to the end. If you order
from a coach, which I hope you are, you will also get a bonus workout Plyo Fix and it's
an extreme fat blasting cardio workout. The heart and soul of your kit is going to be
these handy dandy food containers and I will go over exactly what each of these mean at
the what you'll eat portion but they're basically how you'll portion out different types of
foods. And you'll also get a Shakeology shaker cup, very handy dandy and BPA free and in
case you're wondering about the containers as well these are also BPA free and they're
microwave and dishwasher safe. Or you could get the Ultimate Kit and that
includes everything in the base kit plus two additional workouts, a tote bag, a resistance
band and a large on the go container for your foods.
And finally there is the challenge pack option which comes with everything in the essentials
kit plus a month's worth of Shakeology. If you're wondering whether or not you need Shakeology
to do 21 Day Fix, the answer is no but it will simply make your life a lot easier, you'll
have one of your meals or snacks all set and ready to go, you can just blend it with water
and if you want frozen foods or if you want one of your teaspoon allowances you can make
it with a nut butter as well, it's a delicious convenient option for the 21 days.
And now we come to what you'll need to do the program! You'll need weights or resistance
bands. Women should have a set from between 3-10lbs, although you can certainly go heavier
and I won't discourage you from doing so. Men should shoot for a range of 8-20 although
again you can go higher. You'll also need a teaspoon to measure out certain foods under
the meal plan so make sure you've got one handy. A garden variety spoon out of your
utensil drawer is not going to do, make sure you get an accurately measured gorgeous teaspoon.
Wondering what you'll eat on the plan? It simple, the portioned sized containers make
it easy to determine how much you should be eating, there's no need to count calories,
carbs or points, I'm going to be taking a break from My Fitness Pal and just using these
portion control containers to determine my eating. If you're curious as to what the macros
would wind up looking like on this program it turns out to be about roughly 40% carbs,
30% protein and 30% fat which is a balance that's great for weight loss and for sustaining
your energy throughout the day. So how do you figure out how much you're going
to eat? The eating plan includes a 3 part calculation to determine your daily core target,
you'll enter 3 different things into your calculator to figure it out and then once
you do that you'll skip over to a chart and depending on where you land you'll figure
out how many of each colored coded container you can have each day. You can then print
out tally sheets to help you keep track of each day, you can write the totals you get
up at the top and then check off when you're having one at each meal or snack. You can
then choose between two different methods to spread your meals throughout the day, you
can do what's called the energy balancer where you have three meals and two snacks each day
spread about 2-3 hours apart or you can do the fat burner where you spread your eating
across six different means about roughly 2 hours apart. If you do choose the fat burner
option make sure that you eat all your purple and yellow containers before 6pm. And speaking
of purple and yellow you're probably wondering what do these colors mean? I'll go over each
one. Green are for veggies although your vegetables
do not have to be green in order to go into this container, you can choose squash or beats,
peppers, things that aren't green, it doesn't have to be green to go into the container
but it does have to be a non starch vegetable. Depending on what calorie range you fall in
you'll fill up this one between 3-6 times each day.
Purple, purple is for fruits. Depending on what calorie range you fall in you'll fill
this one between 2 and 4 times each day. Red is for protein and if you're a vegetarian
or a vegan this doesn't mean that you have to put meat in here, you can also put tempeh
or tofu, other than that if you're not a vegetarian or a vegan you can fill it with lean meats,
game, certain ricotta and cottage cheese are considered a protein and depending on the
range you fall you'll this one up between 4 and 6 times each day.
Yellow, yellow is for carbs, the beans, grains, pasta, whole grain breads, none of that white
stuff and starch vegetables like potatoes, that's what you'll use the yellow container
for and depending on what range you fall in you'll fill this up between 2 and 4 times
each day. And blue is for healthy fats, the avocado,
hummus, cheeses, coconut milk and everybody just gets one of these each day no matter
what calorie range you fall in. And orange finally is for seeds and oils,
you can fill this up with salad dressing, sun flower seeds, olives or peanuts and everybody
no matter what calorie range you fall into gets one each day. Curiously enough there
are two in your kit and I wondered about that but you know what? you can make good use of
the second one by filling it up with whatever seasoning makes you make it home, I made a
spicy southwest seasoning mix that's in your eating plan and you can fill up your second
container with that seasoning you make. If you're wondering about odd sized foods
that you know aren't going to fit into one of these containers like a piece of bread
for instance in the carbs there is a guide in the eating plans that shows you what the
serving size would be for those oddly shaped items.
If you're wondering what the teaspoon is for it's for measuring out oils or nut butters
and depending on where you fall in your daily core target range you'll get anywhere from
between 2 and 6 of these. Another great feature about this program is
you can have whine and some treats, you're allowed. Wine is one of the approved beverage,
3 times a week and that would be 4 ounces of wine and you're also allowed 3 treats each
week and depending on what treat you choose you'd either be putting it in the orange container
or the yellow container and that is all in the guide as well. if you're someone who is
worried about times that you dine out there is also a restaurant guide in there that will
show the breakdown of what each of the portion sizes would be for certain popular restaurant
dishes or if you're someone is not very shy and doesn't care about what people think of
you you can even bring the containers with you and try to portion it out. What I recommend
though doing to better tackle the times where you're at some social gathering or at the
restaurant is anytime you're prepping a meal make sure you take it out of the containers
and put it on a plate, that way you'll get a really good idea of what a portion sizes
would look like and you'll be able to eyeball it when you're out and about.
And that's it, that's my 411 guide on the 21 day Fix, I'm very excited about the program,
I'm just starting it today and one final note too about the containers, I know some of you
will look at this and say well that doesn't look like very much food but you'll be surprised
at how much can fit into each of these containers, I've tested it, I'm almost at lunch time and
I made my dinner using the portion eaters just to get an idea and it really does make
for a full plate, so don't worry you're not going to be starving yourself on this program
and I even wound up not able to finish my breakfast this morning, I had steel cut oats,
diced apple and 2 hard boiled eggs and I could not finish the oatmeal, I was already feeling
really full, so don't be deceived, it's a great program, any questions about it you
can feel free to email me at coachpetrina@yahoo.com and if after watching this you're very interested
and you want to go ahead and commit make sure you use the links in the description below.
Thank you, have a good one.