21 day fix

shona009
shona009 Posts: 2 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What's the best way to use myfitnesspal and 21 day fix together?

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  • mdt07
    mdt07 Posts: 50 Member
    Ive been doing the 21 day fix with MFP... It is similar to what you were doing prior to fix. I actually measured the amount that went into the containers and then I knew how much was a cup or a ounces. Once you start doing it becomes very easy. Are using Shakeology as well?
  • SatiaRenee
    SatiaRenee Posts: 798 Member
    There's a group here on MFP full of people using and succeeding on MFP.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/103806-21-day-fixers
  • deltayork
    deltayork Posts: 71 Member
    I do the same thing as @mdt07. I'm in the 1500-1799 calorie range and set my calorie goal to 1500. Some people change the meal descriptions to container colors. I find that when I meet my container goals it comes out pretty close to 1500. I do occasionally go over by 100 calories or so.
  • deltayork
    deltayork Posts: 71 Member
    And yes, please join the 21 day fix group!
  • damarsi
    damarsi Posts: 1 Member
    How do you enter the exercises in? I didn't find a 21 day fix category in the exercise data base. Do you just enter each movement individually?
  • radiantstarrtx
    radiantstarrtx Posts: 1 Member
    I was wondering the same thing about fitting in the exercises! And MFP gives me a COMPLETELY different calorie goal than 21 day fix
  • deltayork
    deltayork Posts: 71 Member
    edited June 2015
    I manually entered my 21 day fix calorie goal. My range is 1500-1800 so I have set mine as 1700. Then, I enter the 21 day fix exercises as 3-400 calories of cardio depending on if you're just starting or have been exercising a while.
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    edited June 2015
    you keep using MFP and stop using 21 day fix :mrgreen:

    you weigh and log all your food accurately

    calculate your TDEE via a google search or let MFP set your goals automatically (-0.5-1.0 lbs per week)

    and don't eat back your exercise calories

    and plan to be in it for the long haul, it's a lifestyle change not a diet or "fix"
  • rumijs
    rumijs Posts: 218 Member
    draznyth wrote: »
    you keep using MFP and stop using 21 day fix :mrgreen:

    you weigh and log all your food accurately

    calculate your TDEE via a google search or let MFP set your goals automatically (-0.5-1.0 lbs per week)

    and don't eat back your exercise calories

    and plan to be in it for the long haul, it's a lifestyle change not a diet or "fix"

    It's not about finding a quick "fix". It's about finding what works right for each of us. Some of us need a little extra spoon feeding "eat this container 3 times a day and do this exercise." Could I save the $120 and buy Tupperware, color the 5 colors, and watch my calories? Yes. I've done that. It works. But maybe I'm looking for a little different of a weight based exercise (the actual perk besides the colored plastic...).

    It's frustrating to read all of the comments from people who don't like the program and say to just count Cals. Obviously if people could JUST do that, portion control wouldn't be a problem. And the "fix" is not misleading to (most) anyone. It's encouraging a daily change that can START a lifestyle change. Hopefully. It's not 21 days and done. It's 21 days, get your butt in gear, realize that you can do this, and continue. Versus 60 and 90 day programs that can be a little
    More discouraging to get through.

    Don't mean to jump down anyone's throat but the "hate" comments are old and unnecessary. Just encourage the people trying to find a life plan that works for them.
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    rumijs wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    you keep using MFP and stop using 21 day fix :mrgreen:

    you weigh and log all your food accurately

    calculate your TDEE via a google search or let MFP set your goals automatically (-0.5-1.0 lbs per week)

    and don't eat back your exercise calories

    and plan to be in it for the long haul, it's a lifestyle change not a diet or "fix"

    It's not about finding a quick "fix". It's about finding what works right for each of us. Some of us need a little extra spoon feeding "eat this container 3 times a day and do this exercise." Could I save the $120 and buy Tupperware, color the 5 colors, and watch my calories? Yes. I've done that. It works. But maybe I'm looking for a little different of a weight based exercise (the actual perk besides the colored plastic...).

    It's frustrating to read all of the comments from people who don't like the program and say to just count Cals. Obviously if people could JUST do that, portion control wouldn't be a problem. And the "fix" is not misleading to (most) anyone. It's encouraging a daily change that can START a lifestyle change. Hopefully. It's not 21 days and done. It's 21 days, get your butt in gear, realize that you can do this, and continue. Versus 60 and 90 day programs that can be a little
    More discouraging to get through.

    Don't mean to jump down anyone's throat but the "hate" comments are old and unnecessary. Just encourage the people trying to find a life plan that works for them.

    lol did you quote me because you thought my advice was mean? :confused:
  • BeFitBri2
    BeFitBri2 Posts: 35 Member
    draznyth wrote: »
    you keep using MFP and stop using 21 day fix :mrgreen:

    you weigh and log all your food accurately

    calculate your TDEE via a google search or let MFP set your goals automatically (-0.5-1.0 lbs per week)

    and don't eat back your exercise calories

    and plan to be in it for the long haul, it's a lifestyle change not a diet or "fix"

    I see your sarcastic posts in a lot of these forums. I don't think they're very helpful. Try to be less condescending.
  • BeFitBri2
    BeFitBri2 Posts: 35 Member
    rumijs wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    you keep using MFP and stop using 21 day fix :mrgreen:

    you weigh and log all your food accurately

    calculate your TDEE via a google search or let MFP set your goals automatically (-0.5-1.0 lbs per week)

    and don't eat back your exercise calories

    and plan to be in it for the long haul, it's a lifestyle change not a diet or "fix"

    It's not about finding a quick "fix". It's about finding what works right for each of us. Some of us need a little extra spoon feeding "eat this container 3 times a day and do this exercise." Could I save the $120 and buy Tupperware, color the 5 colors, and watch my calories? Yes. I've done that. It works. But maybe I'm looking for a little different of a weight based exercise (the actual perk besides the colored plastic...).

    It's frustrating to read all of the comments from people who don't like the program and say to just count Cals. Obviously if people could JUST do that, portion control wouldn't be a problem. And the "fix" is not misleading to (most) anyone. It's encouraging a daily change that can START a lifestyle change. Hopefully. It's not 21 days and done. It's 21 days, get your butt in gear, realize that you can do this, and continue. Versus 60 and 90 day programs that can be a little
    More discouraging to get through.

    Don't mean to jump down anyone's throat but the "hate" comments are old and unnecessary. Just encourage the people trying to find a life plan that works for them.

    I could not agree more. Well said.
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    edited June 2015
    NeverTrustASkinnyChef wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    you keep using MFP and stop using 21 day fix :mrgreen:

    you weigh and log all your food accurately

    calculate your TDEE via a google search or let MFP set your goals automatically (-0.5-1.0 lbs per week)

    and don't eat back your exercise calories

    and plan to be in it for the long haul, it's a lifestyle change not a diet or "fix"

    I see your sarcastic posts in a lot of these forums. I don't think they're very helpful. Try to be less condescending.

    discounting the mildly sarcastic joke in the first sentence, you will not find better advice anywhere than what I wrote in the four sentences that followed it



    try not to tell other users how to speak. sorry if you can't handle sarcasm on the internet


    21 Day Fix is a scam used by "coaches" to make money off of unsuspecting people who are desperate to lose weight
  • appifanie
    appifanie Posts: 95 Member
    I agree with rumijs. I've counted calories and exercised and haven't been too successful. I'm short (5') and looking at 1200 calories a day is scary. Just having nice little containers to fill is nice. It's helpful for me to have something laid out specifically and do that.

    And I'm a "coach" and have been a "coach" before, and I'm not trying to scam anyone. I'm just here, being me. If people want to try it, great. If not, that's fine too.
  • medeering14
    medeering14 Posts: 17 Member
    I think "scam" is strong.

    I like workout videos and wanted to try a new one. The workouts are effective, and I like the instructor. I could go to the gym and design my own, but I like videos better. Am I being scammed?

    The tupperwares are expensive. Didn't buy any. I like the diet plan because it helps me eat ENOUGH calories. I can accomplish the same thing, and have, with patient portioning and logging. I like the assistance. Is it a scam?

    Sure, it's gimmicky, but as far as I'm concerned, it will do what it says on the box. Is the fact that people pay for it the part that's offensive? Is just the diet part objectionable, or the exercise also? I'm just not understanding why people who try a program get piled on.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    medeering14 wrote: »
    I think "scam" is strong.

    I like workout videos and wanted to try a new one. The workouts are effective, and I like the instructor. I could go to the gym and design my own, but I like videos better. Am I being scammed?

    The tupperwares are expensive. Didn't buy any. I like the diet plan because it helps me eat ENOUGH calories. I can accomplish the same thing, and have, with patient portioning and logging. I like the assistance. Is it a scam?

    Sure, it's gimmicky, but as far as I'm concerned, it will do what it says on the box. Is the fact that people pay for it the part that's offensive? Is just the diet part objectionable, or the exercise also? I'm just not understanding why people who try a program get piled on.

    It's interesting when you analyse why things like '21 day fix' are bothersome to people like me.

    I think for me it's that I spent 30 years yo-yoing from one diet plan .. then gaining weight again .. to another .. then gaining weight again .. each time more so .. each time getting some more 'faddish / gimmicky' facts in my head about 'this is the way you diet' - and this is what I see every time someone buys into another of these fads .. long-term yo-yo dieting.

    For me, and for many succesful people on this board it was only when I finally realised that my head was full of too much dieting 'knowledge' and I finally got rid of all of it and concentrated on calories in < calories out, moving more and finding an exercise routine I loved that I actually got myself into a position where I could learn, what everyone says and is so very difficult to accomplish, to make it a Lifestyle Change

    So the fact that I eat everything and anything but I weigh and log it .. that I can go out and socialise, have special dinners, eat things that others consider bad for me .. that I've lost over 50lbs and kept it off doing this makes me want to say: stop making it so hard on yourself, stop spending loads of money on something you can get for free - save up all that money and buy yourself something fabulous instead

    the more gimmicky a dieting plan, and the more it costs, the less chance there is that it will stick for life.

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