I got the 21 day fix in the mail and began to follow along with the exercises. I found them challenging and they seem to be a great workout. However due to getting sick I put the exercising on hold.
What I did not like about the 21 day fix was the eating suggestions. When I did the calculations I should be at the lowest calorie intake for the day which is 1,200-1,499 calories. I instantly knew that was defiantly not enough food for me.
I
bumped my calories up 2 levels to 1,800 to 2,099. This was okay as long as I
did not exercise or walk for the day. My Fitbit keeps track of the calories I
burn throughout the day from walking and just being awake. I was burning an
average of 1,954 calories a day simply from my steps and my normal resting metabolism.
Adding
my workouts in, I was burning a lot more calories than I was consuming. I
talked with some coaches from beach body and a couple told me that it is normal
to be ‘hungry all the time’ at first and that after a while you get used to it
and won’t feel as hungry.
This is
fine if you are trying to lose weight….. however, this is not my intentions. I
want to tone my body and gain muscle not lose weight. If I would have continued
the strict diet I feel that I would have lost weight and became unhealthy. I am
going to start back up with the exercises and eat healthier… but not as strict
of an eating diet as they want.
