Chili Recipe - 21 Day Fix Approved

I am loving the fix and the flexibility that it offers. You get to eat so much food every day. It's just crazy!! At first it was fun to play with salads. We ate a lot of salad for the first week but we soon found out that we are happy to eat salad during the day, but we really aren't a huge fan of it for dinner. So it's time to get creative. The other thing that matters to me is that I am a Mom. I seem to be busy most of the time and there are nights that making dinner is super hard. Not to mention that our sweet baby seems o be a little on the needy side at the same time as I need to be making dinner. Sigh. The solution for me is the crock pot. Thank goodness for the crock pot. It saves me so often.

Here is yesterday's dinner. We loved it and it's one red, one green, one yellow. Perfect.

Chili Recipe - 21 Day Fix Approved

Ingredients:

Two 14.5 oz cans of low sodium diced tomatoes - 4 Greens

1 large onion - 1 Green

1 16 oz Cans of Kidney Beans - 5 Yellows

5 Red Containers of Cooked Fat Free Ground Turkey - 5 Red Containers

3 tbsp chili powder - Free Spice

1/2 tsp garlic powder - Free Spice

1/2 tsp cumin - Free Spice

1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes - Free Spice

pinch of black pepper - Free Spice

1/2 cup of water - Free

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a crock pot and stir.

Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Separate into 5 equal sized servings. Each serving counts as 1 red, 1 green and 1 yellow.

This freezes very well:-)

My Personal 21 Day Fix Results

It's not easy to share these pictures. No one likes to have the world see them so vulnerable. I am going to share them anyways. My reason is this. I share them for all the Mom's out there. Mom's are supposed to support each other. Let's be honest, parenting is hard enough without us being judgemental of each other. Having said that, there is a lot of Mom shaming that goes on. As much as we try not to be judgemental it seems it's almost impossible to avoid.

So here I am. Sharing the REAL goods with you. The part that I would rather keep hidden. What my body looked like at 5.5 months postpartum after my second csection. 

I am also sharing with you have it now looks like. Just a mear 21 days later. These 21 days have been pretty good. I have NOT been on a diet, just eating healthy. Following the portion controlled plan. I am a chronic under eater. Always leaving my body in a slightly panicked state. Setting it up to store the extra weight and save it. Following the 21 day fix helped me to make sure that I gave my body what it needs each day. It was easy to meal plan for the entire family following this system.

Jeff and I both had crazy results. So we are starting over on day one again. We love this new lifestyle. Clean eating and 30 minute at home workouts that can fit into any day.

If you want to chat about my experience or you are at all curious about the 21 day send me an email. I'd love to hear from you. Tbennallack@gmail.com

21 Day Fix - Day 18

I am discovering the joy of snacks and some quick easy meals. I tend to get caught up in the day and get busy with the kids and forget to feed myself. The fix has been so good for me because it has really helped deal with that.

Our fridge is well stocked with fresh produce. Our five year old daughter loves to go to the fridge for a healthy snack.

Here are some of our favorite 21 day fix snacks and easy meals:

👉 Cottage cheese (Equals 1 red). We have also discovered that our five year old LOVES cottage cheese. 

👉 Greek yogurt with strawberries (Equals 1 red, 1 Purple)

👉 Peanut Butter Apple: spread 2 tsp natural peanut butter on a sliced small apple. (Equals 1 purple, 1 tsp)

👉 Fancy Oats:  Steel cut oats topped with unsweetened shredded coconut. (Equals 1 yellow, 1 orange)

👉 Egg Sandwich: Place two hard-boiled eggs, halved and on a piece of whole wheat toast, folded in half. (Equals 1 red, 1 yellow)

👉 Banana Creamiscle: Blend one half of a banana with unsweetened almond milk. Put the mixture in the freezer for an hour prior to chill.  (Equals 1 purple, 1 yellow)

👉 Tuna and Hot Sauce: Drain one can of tuna fish and top with Tobasco sauce to taste. (Equals 1 red)

👉 Kale Chips: I LOVE these! De-stem and tear kale into bite size pieces, add a tsp of extra virgin olive oil. Lay pieces flat on a cookie sheet sprinkle with your favorite spices. I like cayenne pepper. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through. (Equals 1 green, 1 tsp)

👉 Mixed Nuts: Nuts are a great source of healthy fats, and they travel well. What I like to do is buy a bag of almonds, walnuts, cashews, peanuts, pecans, pistachios, and mix them together on my own. Unsalted nuts only! (Equals 1 blue)

👉 Banana and Peanut Butter on Toast: Spread 1 tsp of peanut butter on whole wheat toast and top with a half of a banana, sliced. (Equals 1 yellow, 1 purple, 1 tsp)

👉 Baked Apple: This is a favourite from my childhood!! Core and then cut your apple in half, dust with cinnamon. Place on baking sheet center side up at 400°  for 15 minutes or until the apple becomes slighty tender. (Equals 1 purple)

Feel free to add your favorited below!!!

21 Day Fix - Day 5

Today was a good day. No curve balls!

Here are a couple real life reasons why I love the 21 day fix so much:

1) Today is Friday. I wanted a glass of red wine. I can have it!!! Substitute the yellow container for a 4 ounce glass of red! Woot woot. Happy Friday!! 

2) "Nana" offered to watch the girls tonight so that we could go out for dinner. When you have younger kids would you actually turn this down? A date? Not me! So we headed out and didn't even have to wreak our plan. The 21 day fix has restaurant friendly food!!! 

We orderd seafood salads with the dressing on the side. We consumed 2 greens, 2 reds, 1 blue and 1 orange.

What a fabulous way to wrap up the week!

Cheers!

21 Day Fix - Day 2

I think I am in love with this program. So funny as I was probably one of the biggest skeptics out there. I don't deal well with restrictive diets, and this isn't restrictive at all. It's amazing and EASY! Yes, it takes prep and some learning but both Jeff and I stood on the scale today, just out of curiosity and we have both lost three pounds!!!! What you need to understand is this:

⭕️ we are eating more than normal (especially me)

⭕️ we are drinking way more water then normal too

So this is crazy! It's not weight loss from water loss. I'm not hungry at all and have been loving the workouts too.

Dinner tonight was so delicious and was even kid approved!!! We all had the same dinner of appropriate sizes as our needs are all a little different.

Oh, yes, this was good!!!