Is the 21 day fix tricking people into starving themselves?
eilatanselaznog
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hello! I'm on day 4 of the 21 day fix with my husband. Neither one of us have much weight to lose, we mainly just wanted to do this to "cleanse" ourselves from all the summer cookouts, too many beers, and one too many deserts. Anyways, I've been making our meals, following the "rules" of the 21df to a T. All the containers, and teaspoons. And no matter what I do, I'm always under calories, like 800-900 cals! And my husband who is in the "1800" calorie group is barely getting 1300-1400 cals. So is that the trick to the 21df? Does beachbody have you eat your containers worth of food and you think "I'm getting at least 1200 calories." When in reality you are eating way beneath? Or is it just me?! I don't see how I could possibly change my meal plan to get more calories without adding new containers each day.. Any insight would be greatly appreciated..
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It's tricking people by taking their $$$. What you and your husband are doing is simple cico with expensive tupperware. And your body doesn't need to do a "cleanse", it does it every day anyway.0
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It's beach body, so it's gimmicky. I did the 21df, but was counting too and made sure to get the 1200 in minimally a day.0
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I think she just means, that she's taking a big break from over-indulging? Or not, idk...0
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strong_curves wrote: »It's tricking people by taking their $$$. What you and your husband are doing is simple cico with expensive tupperware. And your body doesn't need to do a "cleanse", it does it every day anyway.
Yep, it's true!0 -
strong_curves wrote: »It's tricking people by taking their $$$. What you and your husband are doing is simple cico with expensive tupperware. And your body doesn't need to do a "cleanse", it does it every day anyway.
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I think it's part of the plan so people go "I was eating 1200 calories of whatever and only losing X, but when I did the 21 days fix, I ate 1200 calories of what they told me to and lost Y!!!". When really you lose more because you're not eating 1200 at all. It's quite clever. Dodgy as all get out, but clever.0
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »strong_curves wrote: »It's tricking people by taking their $$$. What you and your husband are doing is simple cico with expensive tupperware. And your body doesn't need to do a "cleanse", it does it every day anyway.
Yep
Yep 3.
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Follow the meal plan, and then have a party with the extra cals. Sounds good to me.0
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I'd about their plan but beach body has the best work out videos!0
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strong_curves wrote: »It's tricking people by taking their $$$. What you and your husband are doing is simple cico with expensive tupperware. And your body doesn't need to do a "cleanse", it does it every day anyway.
I agree that it's just a money maker for beachbody. I didn't buy it, borrowed all of the necessaries from a friend who raves and raves about it. After trying it out now, I totally see what a gimmick it is. It's pathetic. It's literally teaching people to starve themselves for weight loss.
As far as cleansing, I just wanted to abstain from all the junk I've been overindulging in all summer. I find it easier to commit this way.
Anyways, When I was actively trying to lose weight, I would eat 1800 calories minimum each day with great success, so I know the more calories the better. I just wonder how many people blindly follow this stupid program without even thinking about tracking their calories! If I had actually purchased the program, I'd probably complain, not that it would do much, but it really bugs me.
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I found that it was actually way more food than I was used to eating.0
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Like others have said, beachbody is pathetic and a mlm scam. Its overpriced Tupperware.0
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Alatariel75 wrote: »I think it's part of the plan so people go "I was eating 1200 calories of whatever and only losing X, but when I did the 21 days fix, I ate 1200 calories of what they told me to and lost Y!!!". When really you lose more because you're not eating 1200 at all. It's quite clever. Dodgy as all get out, but clever.
Seriously. ^ literally the science to the program! It's awful! I feel bad for people who don't know any better and just blindly follow.0 -
I have the containers which I bought on their own as I like them and find them useful for packing my lunch snacks & keeping everything separate. I have never used them to follow the 21DF eating plan as that isn't why I bought them but the containers are small IMO & if using them for portion control as advised in the 21DF I can see that it is likely that I would be eating fewer calories than the plan apparently intends you to get from that number of containers. I think I would definitely struggle to get my protein in when I eyeball that red container
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I don't see how people are having so much trouble getting enough calories on 21df.
I eat 5x a day, and still have trouble getting all my fruits and veggies in. The only time I get hungry is when it's time for my next meal.0 -
My whole family has done 21day fix and we couldn't even eat all it wanted us to we got full. The creator of the program has said you are allowed to stuff as much as you can into your container and it still counts. My sister lost over 60 pounds with two rounds. You also have to remember the 21 day fix isn't just an eating program. You must work out as well. To get the best results drink shakeology but that's not for everyone an that's okay. I hope this helps-2
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My whole family has done 21day fix and we couldn't even eat all it wanted us to we got full. The creator of the program has said you are allowed to stuff as much as you can into your container and it still counts. My sister lost over 60 pounds with two rounds. You also have to remember the 21 day fix isn't just an eating program. You must work out as well. To get the best results drink shakeology but that's not for everyone an that's okay. I hope this helps
2 rounds = 6 weeks, right? So 60+ pounds in 6 weeks - an average of 10+ pounds per week?
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »strong_curves wrote: »It's tricking people by taking their $$$. What you and your husband are doing is simple cico with expensive tupperware. And your body doesn't need to do a "cleanse", it does it every day anyway.
Yep
Yep 3.
Yep 4. Anyone for 5?0 -
Liftng4Lis wrote: »strong_curves wrote: »It's tricking people by taking their $$$. What you and your husband are doing is simple cico with expensive tupperware. And your body doesn't need to do a "cleanse", it does it every day anyway.
Yep
Yep 3.
Yep 4. Anyone for 5?
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I am skeptical. In my experience, money spent on the method and weight loss are inversely proportional.0
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My whole family has done 21day fix and we couldn't even eat all it wanted us to we got full. The creator of the program has said you are allowed to stuff as much as you can into your container and it still counts. My sister lost over 60 pounds with two rounds. You also have to remember the 21 day fix isn't just an eating program. You must work out as well. To get the best results drink shakeology but that's not for everyone an that's okay. I hope this helps
That's great! Although it seems like a lot of weight for such a short time period. I've heard a lot of people have had great success with it. I also am aware of the exercise program. I'm not necesarilly trying to lose any weight, I was just trying it out in hopes to get back on track with healthy eating after all the not-so-healthy summer outings and what not. Even if I cram my little container full, and eat just things on the list, it is still very difficult to reach 1200 calories. All I'm saying is, I think many people who don't track calories and try the 21 day fix are going to end up under eating and malnourished. I know my body, and I could tell just by the amount I was eating that it was less than 1000 cals, and lo and behold, it was.0 -
I just love how on the website, it showed using all of those containers; just to make 1 salad. Forget exercising, I'd lose weight, just loading & unloading my dishwasher endlessly & the cost of the program doesn't include all of the dishwasher detergent & water either.0
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@eilatanselaznog phew, that's an awkward username! Lol
I just wanted to ask is the amount of food you and your husband eating filling you up, or are you hungry all the time?0 -
For fun, I went and used the 21 day fix calculator and the group it put me in would have an approximate calorie counts that was 1000 below my TDEE. Um....my BMI is 22, I think that's a little inappropriate.0
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christinev297 wrote: »@eilatanselaznog phew, that's an awkward username! Lol
I just wanted to ask is the amount of food you and your husband eating filling you up, or are you hungry all the time?
No, that's the thing, we were starving! I knew it would be a drop in calories for me bc the calorie group it lugged me into was 1200-1500, but it was only 21 days so I figured I'd give it a try. It hasn't been so bad now that I've upped the portions and have tracked calories to make sure I am getting at least 1200.
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For fun, I went and used the 21 day fix calculator and the group it put me in would have an approximate calorie counts that was 1000 below my TDEE. Um....my BMI is 22, I think that's a little inappropriate.
Right! It initially gave me a number below 1100, but told me to "round up to 1200." Maybe the 21 day fix is only intended for people fairly overweight/extremely overweight? Maybe that's why the calorie calculations are so low? But even so, I still don't think it's healthy.0 -
Make sure you pack the containers to the brim. I don't own the containers but I use measuring cups and containers of the same size. At first I wasn't putting enough in and was only getting 900-1000 calories, then I read that if you have the containers they say if it fits in the container, you can eat it. Now I'm making sure I pack the container instead of assuming I'm taking too much and I've hit 1200 each day since.0
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People use the word "cleanse" to mean "cutting out the junk food" or "doing a one day juice fast," but there are also things called cleanses that are extremely dangerous, like pumping your body full of salt. Well, most people would vomit the salt up, but if they didn't, it could kill them.
That "cleanse" word is scary, depending on context!
Beachbody is a scam from beginning to end. But there are people out there who like faddish, trendy diets, so I guess if they're happy, I'm happy for them. The Beachbody people really irk me with their pretending to know how to coach or instruct others on weight loss while trying to scam them into buying their stuff, though. Me no likely.0 -
My whole family has done 21day fix and we couldn't even eat all it wanted us to we got full. The creator of the program has said you are allowed to stuff as much as you can into your container and it still counts. My sister lost over 60 pounds with two rounds. You also have to remember the 21 day fix isn't just an eating program. You must work out as well. To get the best results drink shakeology but that's not for everyone an that's okay. I hope this helps
1 post. Claiming 10+lb/week loss. Claims best results = shakeology.
Hello BB "coach"! You are not needed here. Thanks though. Bai!0 -
WillLift4Tats wrote: »My whole family has done 21day fix and we couldn't even eat all it wanted us to we got full. The creator of the program has said you are allowed to stuff as much as you can into your container and it still counts. My sister lost over 60 pounds with two rounds. You also have to remember the 21 day fix isn't just an eating program. You must work out as well. To get the best results drink shakeology but that's not for everyone an that's okay. I hope this helps
1 post. Claiming 10+lb/week loss. Claims best results = shakeology.
Hello BB "coach"! You are not needed here. Thanks though. Bai!
LOL. Yeah, I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade and I do like the program so far, but you do NOT need to drink Shakeology to get the best results at ALL. There are cheaper alternatives to Shakeology if you really do want to drink one of your meals daily. My Shakeology dupes are Vega One All In One Nutritional Shake and Garden of Life Raw Meal, both can be purchased on Amazon, Whole Foods, or many other places online and in stores and are not part of coach/money schemes. As far as not being able to eat all of it you got so full, that happened to me for the first few days, but now my body is warm all the time and I'm hungry by the time every meal comes around. If someone is going to do this program, they should definitely be eating all of their containers. Beachbody has some great workout programs, but there is nothing magic about Beachbody that you can't find elsewhere. I'm doing the 21 Day Fix because I enjoy the workouts and it's keeping me on my toes with my vegetable intake. I've lost 2 pounds already by using the eating plan and doing the workouts, NO Shakeology. Also, I went for a run today, so I'm letting myself go over on a green and red container. Do what feels best for YOU and listen to your body.0
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