#meals

The Nutrition Guide for 21 Day Fix is all about PORTIONS! There is a simple formula you use to find out your own personal calorie needs to fuel your body properly. After all, you need calories to burn calories, right? If you feed your body the right food and the right amount of food, your body will have the energy it needs to do the 21 Day Fix workouts and get through your day!

What makes 21 Day Fix unique are the color coded containers used to measure out your food portions.

So my personal calorie needs fell into the 1800-2099 calorie range. To me, that is A LOT of food. It’s important to know that there is no need to count calories and you do not need to eat all of the food; I certainly don’t! This is the only diet I have ever been on that hasn’t left me feeling hungry and deprived. Listen to your body. If you’re keeping yourself well hydrated with LOTS of water, eating the right foods, and exercising… your stomach isn’t lying to you when it starts growling. 😉 Grrrr!

These are the amount of containers for each color for the 1800-2099 calorie range:

Green – 5
Purple – 3
Red – 5
Yellow – 4
Blue- 1
Orange – 1
Teaspoon – 5

In the nutrition guide there are options of how many meals and how often you should eat. I followed THE FAT BURNER which suggests to eat every 2 hours with all yellow and purple containers consumed before 6pm.

Here are the meals that I prepped in bulk, so that my husband and I had enough for several days!

MEAL 1

2 hard boiled eggs (1 red), 2 slices multigrain bread (2 yellow), sriracha (free)

MEAL 2

Greek yogurt (1 red), granola (1 yellow)

MEAL 3

Smoothie: 1 cup water, frozen spinach (1/2 green), carrots (1/2 green), frozen mango (1 purple, banana (2 purple), splash of lemon juice (free)

MEAL 4

Baked wild-caught salmon (1 red), texmati rice blend (1 yellow)

MEAL 5

Mocha Chiller Shakeology: 1 scoop chocolate Shakeology (1 red), 16 oz chilled coffee (free) AND baby carrots (1 green), peanut butter (4 tsp.)

MEAL 6

Lettuce mix (1 1/2 green), grape tomatoes (1/2 green), cucumbers (1 green), grilled chicken breast (1 red), feta cheese (1 blue), 21 Day Fix Creamy Herb Dressing (1 orange)