3 Day Quick Fix
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That's awesome!!!! Great job0
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@SatiaRenee you're down 2.4 lbs!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!! You must have been very happy to see that number!!!!0
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And once again, if not for the 3 Day Quick Fix, I would have not lost any weight on this fourth round of 21 Day Fix. It makes me feel a little less resistant to the Countdown to Competition eating schedule. But my official weigh-in for Round 4 is tomorrow morning. I'll take my measurements and another round of "after" pics on Monday and start 21 Day Fix Extreme.0
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Do any of you have open diaries for your 3day fix? I just pre-logged all my food for the 3 days and wow the numbers are skyrocketing above my daily goals. Is this correct? I'm getting 1900 calories, 74g carbs, 59g fat, and 248g of protein! That is crazy high! I'm doubting this plan now...
Plus with the 2 hour spacing between 6 meals leaves more than a 12 hour fast at night. I'd be eating at 6:30 AM and having my last meal at 4:30 PM. That's also not a convenient schedule. I could of course eat my first meal later in the day but I like to eat protein as soon as I wake up. Do you think I could split the first meal into 2 separate meals?0 -
@jpkrueger Same here.. but I do have to travel next week and I miss my Shakeology when i don't drink it. Had an Egg White McMuffin From McD's today with a hashbrown. After I was done, I told my husband "wish I had made Shako instead"! I've not had breakfast there in months and it sounded good
. I'm looking at buying the $20 Hamilton Beach blender at Walmart to take with me next week! Then I can at least pick up a banana and some OJ and blend in my hotel 
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KingsGirl4 wrote: »Do any of you have open diaries for your 3day fix? I just pre-logged all my food for the 3 days and wow the numbers are skyrocketing above my daily goals. Is this correct? I'm getting 1900 calories, 74g carbs, 59g fat, and 248g of protein! That is crazy high! I'm doubting this plan now...
Plus with the 2 hour spacing between 6 meals leaves more than a 12 hour fast at night. I'd be eating at 6:30 AM and having my last meal at 4:30 PM. That's also not a convenient schedule. I could of course eat my first meal later in the day but I like to eat protein as soon as I wake up. Do you think I could split the first meal into 2 separate meals?
I did this at the end of May and had 1000-1100 calories per day 110-120g of protein. I had my meals two hours apart from 730-530. It seemed like so much food to me, honestly the first day I only got five of the meals in. I'd weigh everything if you have a scale. I don't think the numbers should be that high but I'm probably not the best to advise on it. I've only done it the one time. Maybe @jpkrueger can give some advice.0 -
@KingsGirl4 I don't know what the dates were but I did track my food when I did the 3 Day Quick Fix one time and my calories and protein were more like what @venuila said. Ranged around 1000 calories and nowhere near 200g protein. I think your measurements may be off. A red container holds approximately 3-4 ozs of meat--closer to 3 ozs for some forms of protein. Steamed chicken only has around 35g of protein for 4 ozs. Same for steamed cod. Ground turkey about 20g. . . I forget exactly. Anyway, add those up and you have about 150-175g of protein and that's at 4ozs for all of them. Unless your egg whites are very different from mine, your totals are waaaaay off. Or you're really packing your containers to the brim.
I'll be doing the 3DQF again starting June 25-27. If you think it would help, I can track my food again.0 -
@KingsGirl4 Remember the 3DQF isn't about calories, it is a carb depletion diet.
Its been a while since I've done it - I will probably do it again soon though. I don't recall how many carbs but I remember the calories being higher than I expected.0 -
SatiaRenee wrote: »@KingsGirl4 I don't know what the dates were but I did track my food when I did the 3 Day Quick Fix one time and my calories and protein were more like what @venuila said. Ranged around 1000 calories and nowhere near 200g protein. I think your measurements may be off. A red container holds approximately 3-4 ozs of meat--closer to 3 ozs for some forms of protein. Steamed chicken only has around 35g of protein for 4 ozs. Same for steamed cod. Ground turkey about 20g. . . I forget exactly. Anyway, add those up and you have about 150-175g of protein and that's at 4ozs for all of them. Unless your egg whites are very different from mine, your totals are waaaaay off. Or you're really packing your containers to the brim.
I'll be doing the 3DQF again starting June 25-27. If you think it would help, I can track my food again.
I'm pretty sure the red container is 6 ounces. That's what fits in mine. My calorie count was way high too.0 -
I weigh my red and is like 3.2-4iah0
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Same here....about 4 oz. Which is the weight I also use if I want a piece of chicken but not cut up.0
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Ok. Good to know. It is 6 fluid ounces but less in solid weight0
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Yeah. Fluid ounces and solid ounces are definitely two different things. That's why I think a lot of people who are just winging it with the information online about the size of the containers and such are possibly not getting the right 21 Day Fix food plan experience. We have 2 sets of measuring cups--one for liquid and another for dry--just for cooking. We also have about three sets of measuring spoons. Not that we actually need those because a spoon is a spoon is a spoon but we seem to have accumulated a few spoons along the way. But the measuring cups? That's a necessity. One of the "joys" of working with a man who used to manage a deli kitchen.0
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We have liquid and dry measuring cups at our place, too. I want to say that I remember either american or uk cups being different from canadian ones, as well. 0
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Thanks for the clarification. Yes I was loggin 6 oz instead of 4 oz which made a HUGE difference! I'm still debating if I want to try this plan because I don't like the 2 hour windows. I may widen it to 2.5 hours instead. I'll be starting tomorrow if i do it.
Also, do we have to drink the coconut oil? I'd rather just put it in my food.0 -
@KingsGirl4 Autumn says you can drizzle it on your food.0
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@SatiaRenee perfect thanks! so I guess we will be doing it together. I start tomorrow. Do you have an open diary?0
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@KingsGirl4 I start Thursday and I normally don't log my food but I can and will for the 3DQF.0
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So today is day 1 for me and I have to say I love the meals! They are delicious!0
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@KingsGirl4 You may be the first person I've ever heard say that the meals for the 3 Day Quick Fix are delicious. There are ways to make them taste better but I have never heard anyone say they are delicious. LOL!
I'm starting today. I'll be tracking my food here on MFP. Steaming some sweet potatoes even as I type this. Woohoo!0 -
I might do a 3DQF during the week next week - the only time I did it was on the weekend and that was horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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yah it's weird. I think ever since my "lifestyle change" where I have been eating clean for months now, everything just tastes so good to me. I was shocked that I hardly added any spices or seasonings to my food yesterday and everything was so tasty!
My oatmeal just had cinnamon and coconut oil (I love coconut!) and my fish just had lime juice. For the last meal, I just dry-pan fried the turkey with chopped green beans and little pepper. The sweetness from the green beans complimented the turkey well.
Well I'm on day 2 now!0 -
I had a weird experience a couple of weeks ago where I ate something that used to taste good to me found it disgusting. Okay. I know. You're probably thinking, "Yeah, that happens. Those 'other' foods just don't taste as good as they used to taste."
I was eating an apple. A fresh, juicy apple. And everything about it made me want to just stop eating and throw it away. I had to force myself to finish it. My husband thought it was perhaps the type of apple so he bought a different kind. Same thing happened. I finished it but not with any enthusiasm whatsoever.
Has anyone else experienced this, finding a healthy food you used to love tastes disgusting now that you're eating healthier?
Day One
Down 1.4 lbs.
Went out yesterday so I had to pack two of my meals and eat on the go. I was literally eating one of the meals standing in a parking lot. And I had to throw away the whiting I cooked because the texture was horrible, completely unpalatable. I ended up giving it to the dogs.
Otherwise, it was a good day and I ate everything I should. Day 2 today and I have my granddaughter here so I hope she doesn't mind my stopping every 2 hours to cook and eat.
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Day 2 and I am down another 1.2 so a total of 2.6 and today is my third and final day.
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@SatiaRenee first off..great results..happy for you...I'm sure that gives you an extra smile when thinking of your trip ..I hope I can have similar results. In your pic are you making 2 whole eggs or 8 eggwhites?
Today is my 1st day trying 3 day quick fix and I've failed horribly on breakfast. Coffee (black) is aweful..normally have sugar and creamer..eggwhites (4- can't see wasting 8 eggyolks) were palletable since I tossed them with herbs from the garden...but...I've soaked them with 1 TABLESPOON of coconut oil!!!! What was I thinking??? It's one teaspoon (as I now know/re read in plan)...and steel cut oatmeal only with cinnamon? Can't do it...I had to toss half of it out... is there anything I can sub for this?
I really need help with breakfast if I am to be able to make this work. So I guess my basic questions are:
1) 2 whole eggs vs 8 eggwhites?
2) substitute for oatmeal ?
If anyone has any extra advise besides the basic questions i appreciate it!
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@germany03 I do 1 whole egg with 2 egg whites (or 1/3 liquid egg whites if you buy the containers). For the oatmeal, I strongly recommend ginger and vanilla. Soooooo goood! I do it to taste and I like it extra spicy so I can't give you exact measurements. I use fresh but I have used ground ginger. (I keep fresh, peeled ginger in the freezer.) A bit of vanilla extract and it's definitely palatable.
If you still can't get past the Steelcut Oats but you think you can handle regular oatmeal (not instant, obviously) with just cinnamon then I would say you can just swap the steelcut for the regular. Or, you could just do sweet potatoes with your eggs (like hash browns but not fried, obviously).0 -
Thanks for the tips @SatiaRenee . Finished the first day and really don't like it. I feel like I'm bloated and weigh more. I've never drank that much water before in my life and it's way to much food. I could not do 2 of the meals. I know the program says that it's not easy but I really did not enjoy any of it sofar. I hope I have some results on the scale tomorrow...even though I don't see how that's possible with all the food I ate today.0
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@germany03 I know it seems impossible. How can you eat So Much Food and still lose weight? It's so counterintuitive. But the numbers speak for themselves and this week I lost 3.6 lbs, most of that from 3DQF.0
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I was the same way when I did it @germany03 the first day I only got five of the meals in. The next two days I managed to get them all in, it was a lot of food tho! I lost 4lbs tho so it definitely works. You can do it.:)
Great tips @SatiaRenee I was definitely not a fan of the steel cut oats, I'll have to try adding vanilla next time. Great loss btw, congrats!0
