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Geekyfatgirl
Geekyfatgirl Posts: 164 Member
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Is anyone doing the 21 day fix? If so, are you still logging your meals and calories? Has the portion ingredients system helped at all? I'm on day 6 of it and I've just been doing portions instead of logging my cals.

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
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    Here's the MFP group - there should be some info there

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/103806-21-day-fixers
  • Geekyfatgirl
    Geekyfatgirl Posts: 164 Member
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    FreyasRebirth wrote: »
    I tried it and gave up as soon as I logged my calories. I should have been getting 1600 calories according to 21 Day Fix but, using the actual portions it gave me, I wasn't breaking 1000 (and I was breastfeeding at the time!). Measuring your food out is a good idea but generalizing whole food groups will cause a huge margin of error on the calorie count. If you're going to measure it out anyway, why not log the calorie count?

    Thanks! I was also thinking I should count just in case, I didn't want to undo all this work.
  • Geekyfatgirl
    Geekyfatgirl Posts: 164 Member
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    TeaBea wrote: »
    Here's the MFP group - there should be some info there

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/103806-21-day-fixers

    Oh thank you. That helps out
  • MCgardener
    MCgardener Posts: 9 Member
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    I did the 21 day fix last winter. Loved it. Lost 9 lbs. At first I was concerned if the calories would be too high if I just filled the cups and didn't count calories so I logged it also. I would find that I would be over calories so I adjusted food choices and kept using MFP. IT WORKED.
    Not sure if you can just use the colored portion cups and not count. Maybe if you have a lot of weight to lose it will still work. I only had 10 so had to be strict.
    Good questions to research though.
  • jvs125
    jvs125 Posts: 223 Member
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    I have the containers, used them for a long time and they really helped me get a visual idea of what a portion should look like and how to balance the different food groups in one day.

    But I think tracking with MFP and using macros is much more precise and also gives you more flexibility (sometimes I want to eat more avocado and I'm willing to let go of seeds to do that!!) and you should go with the system that works better with your goals.


  • Jules_farmgirl
    Jules_farmgirl Posts: 225 Member
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    FreyasRebirth wrote: »
    I tried it and gave up as soon as I logged my calories. I should have been getting 1600 calories according to 21 Day Fix but, using the actual portions it gave me, I wasn't breaking 1000 (and I was breastfeeding at the time!). Measuring your food out is a good idea but generalizing whole food groups will cause a huge margin of error on the calorie count. If you're going to measure it out anyway, why not log the calorie count?

    I had this same experience. My calories they were allowing me, plus the workout, was too little to function. I multi logged everything for a week and gave up after I realized how little I was eating.


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