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Ultimate Portion Fix

What is the Ultimate Portion Fix? Nutrition Made Simple

Can you believe it’s been 5 years since these cute little containers made their first appearance with the 21 Day Fix? This program and nutrition plan was a game changer and influenced so many of the programs that came after it, because it worked!

  • No counting calories.
  • No weighing food.
  • If it fit in the container, you can eat it.
  • It was simple.

But there was room for improvement!

The Portion Fix worked for most people, but for some it was a little confusing. What if you have dietary restrictions? What if you had a goal other than losing weight? What if you wanted to bust plateaus or reach new fitness goals? What if you wanted to get the family on board? How can this system help you break sugar addiction for good?

The plan taught you what to eat, but not why. But things are changing…

Those cute little containers are getting an update with Autumn Calabrese’s new premium nutrition program: The Ultimate Portion Fix!

The Ultimate Portion Fix takes everything we know and love about the portion containers and that simple 21 Day fix meal plan, and turns it into something 10x more effective! It educates us. It empowers us. And it helps us lose even more weight and keep it off!

The plan taught you what to eat, but not why. But things are changing…

Those portion containers are getting an update with Autumn Calabrese’s new premium Beachbody nutrition program: Ultimate Portion Fix!

The Ultimate Portion Fix takes everything we know and love about the portion containers and that simple 21 Day fix meal plan, and turns it into something 10x more effective! It educates us. It empowers us. And it helps us lose even more weight and keep it off!

Why Should You Try The Ultimate Portion Fix?

This nutrition plan is designed to be sustainable. It’s not a quick-fix. It’s a program that will teach you concepts that you easily can implement every single day for the rest of your life in a variety of circumstances.

You’ll eat a healthy balance of foods. Protein, veggies, fruits, healthy fats and YES! Carbs too! It’s all about feeding your body with an ideal balance of macronutrients!

It will help kill your sugar addiction. Even if you don’t have a “sweet tooth,” most of us still have a sugar addiction. And that partially has to do with consuming processed foods which are filled with hidden sugars!

It’s designed with dietary restrictions in mind. Whether you have a specific dietary restriction due to health issues or just out or preference, you’re covered. Whether you’re paleo, vegan, or gluten-free, this program will help you get the most from your nutrition.

The program is great for the WHOLE FAMILY. As a family with 4 kiddos, this is very important to me! The program covers what and how much your kids should be eating as well as strategies to end the “I only want mac & cheese” fight. And Autumn makes it fun for kids to learn and track how they’re doing each day.

You’ll really LEARN how to eat right — not just be told what to eat. Something the 21 Day Fix nutrition plan was missing. This program teaches you the principles of the meal plan in a way that you’ll really understand. Because sometimes the key to doing things right is understanding WHY you’re doing them.

It’s easy to personalize for any goal. Whether you want to lose weight, maintain your weight, build muscle or tone up this nutrition plan is customizable based on your goals & activity level.

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What do you get with the Ultimate Portion Fix?

•30 step by step videos – these are broken down into modules that show you how to use containers, how to plan, how to prep, make healthy meals and help you get to the core of your food and eating decisions.

•Workbook: This is a companion guide to those 30 videos to take notes and complete additional exercises to better guide your 30 day journey of learning this program.

•Daily logbook: this is where you will track what you eat, how you feel, and what’s going on with your body

•7 color coded containers: no more guessing on portion sizes! Fill up the containers with your choice of foods – if it fits, you can eat it!

•Fixate volume 2 cookbook: 102 brand new delicious recipes that will work with your containers

•Fixate cooking show: over 200 easy to follow video demonstrations on Beachbody OnDemand

•75 Healthy Lunch ideas for kids: a quick and easy digital PDF to help parents give their kids healthy meals they will love to eat!

•Beachbody App: Stay on top of your daily container use, your portions, and Shakeology, plus access program content and more. Available for iOS and Android.

•FREE BONUS! 21 Day Fix & 21 Day Fix EXTREME new workouts: Anyone who purchases the Ultimate Portion Fix with have access to the all new 21 Day Fix and 21 Day Fix Extreme workouts shot in real time – that’s 42 totally different workouts! Although the UPF can stand alone (no workout required) adding fitness will ensure faster progress.

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Ultimate Portion Fix: JOIN ME!

You won’t be alone! In our group I’ll be sharing daily tips, recipes, meal planning suggestions and motivation to help you stick with it! The accountability and support has been the game changer for me and so many of the ladies I get to work with.

Please fill out the application below and I will get back to you ASAP about joining my group and getting you started on your journey!

RESULTS!

Ashley lost 14.3 pounds in just 30 days with the Ultimate Portion Fix! 
Anita said: “These containers seriously taught me SO much about nutrition!”
Sophie lost 15 lbs using 21 Day Fix and Ultimate Portion Fix Containers. 
Maggie B. lost 30 lbs. in just 2 months while fixing her portions with the Ultimate Portion Fix!
In 30 days Kalena lost 10 lbs and 11.5 inches.
Results after just 2 weeks!
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LIIFT4 Review

We are officially one week in to our new program and I can already say…I’m in LOVE! LIIFT4 hasn’t even officially launched yet (not until October), but fortunately we have early VIP access (and you can too! Read below.)

I’ve done a LOT of programs over the last 6 years, and there are things I love about many of them (and some things I really didn’t love at all)!

This program has somehow combined ALL of the things I LOVE into one perfect creation!

  • strength training (nothing has ever worked better to help me get results)
  • HIIT cardio (quick and done)
  • short, effective workouts (30-40 minutes)
  • modifications make it doable for anyone
  • limited equipment (just a few sets of dumbbells)
  • option to use bands (great for upcoming vacations!)
  • 3 rest days!
  • freedom to do other things I love to do (running)
  • simple, flexible meal plan (perfect for my family of 6)
  • no diet restrictions (translation – let’s eat carbs!)
  • cheat day! (because it’s summer and I like pizza and beer!)

But even more than all of that, my husband is joining me! We’ve done all of the workouts together so far. He’s helped me plan the weekly menu. He’s following the meal plan along with me. Everything is easier and more fun when you do it together!

WORKOUTS

They are quick and effective. I’ve been sore but not paralyzed. I love that it’s really just back to basics strength training – 3 sets of ten, very straightforward. And the cardio is HIIT – and IF I have to do cardio, this is the way I like to do it. Quick, dirty and done!

Here is a sample of the first four days:

NUTRITION 

As you’ve probably heard MANY times, nutrition is at least 80% of your results! If you can get the nutrition part down, the results will follow! And when you have a nutrition plan that is simple and flexible and easy to include all your family favorites you’ll stick with it!

I don’t diet, and I don’t restrict my food groups or options. This plan allows me to eat all of the healthy foods I love, including healthy carbs and fruits! And it includes a cheat day! Everything in moderation!

Take a look at my week one plan, and click the picture to download a printable version if you want! 🙂

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Want a BLANK plan to create your own? I’ve got that too! Click HERE.

And it’s not just me loving the program, check out the feedback and results in my test group after the first week!

 

And guess what, it’s not too late to jump in! If you’re ready to get to work on some amazing results, and you don’t want to wait until October, fill out the test group application below and I’ll be contacting you to help you get started.
*Already have access to the program, but need some extra support and accountability to help you stick with it, fill out the application! I’m here to help!

 

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Plans for the New Year?

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I don’t mean New Year’s Eve…I’m talking about after the ball drops. What next?

If you’re like just about everyone else on the planet, you’re thinking about what you can do this year to make your life better. And if you’re like 99% of those people, “health and/or fitness” is probably near the very top of your list! Am I right?

Now you need a plan. Because the problem with New Year’s resolutions is that it’s one thing to think about what you want to do, it’s another thing to write it down and start to plan HOW you’ll get there…. and then begin to execute that plan! Most of us get stuck in the thought process, and never turn our goals into action!

Not you…not this year! 2016 is your year to make it happen! And I’ve got options…but you’ll have to hurry!

The new year is RIGHT around the corner. 2015 is in the books. We’re putting this year behind us, for better or worse, and focusing on a year full of opportunities! Imagine what you can accomplish in the next 366 days! (LEAP YEAR BABY!)

I’ve made it my job to help people find success in programs that can be done at home, on your time – no need for a pricey gym membership or fancy equipment.

So here’s what I have going in January:

OPTION #1

Starting January 4th: The Master’s Hammer & Chisel VIP Test Group

This group is for anyone who wants to join me for 60 days, following this new strength training program that is already getting some AMAZING results!

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Act fast to take advantage of the sale prices when you purchase the Challenge Pack (with Shakeology) or the Performance Pack (with pre-workout “Energize” and post-workout “Recovery” supplement formulas). You’ll save about $80 with these bundles AND you’ll also get 30 days FREE access to Beachbody on Demand, a free bonus workout plus discount shipping.

Check out this quick video for more information:

 

See the links below to order or learn more!

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OPTION #2

Starting January 4th: Fit & Lean in 2016

This 21 day group is for ANYONE doing any program! Most participants will be using the 21 Day Fix, because…IT IS PROVEN to work time and time again! Women who follow this program generally lose up to 3-5 pounds per week. You’ll get a simple meal plan, which includes handy, color-coded portion control containers (no counting points or calories! If it fits, you can eat it!). *There’s even a container for wine and chocolate! 🙂 Combine that with daily 30 minute workouts and you get results like this!

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And finally…OPTION #3

Starting January 1st! Step into 2016!

This free group is for anyone who has some step goals for the new year! (using FitBit, VivoFit, Apple Watch, etc. to track)

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Click HERE to join!

 

So…what’s it going to be? Pick an option and let’s resolve to reach our goals in 2016!

 

 

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April Fools Day Dinner Fake-Out!

I’ve already been sprayed in the face twice at my kitchen sink and there are booby-traps all over my house. And it’s all my fault! I’ve pulled some good pranks on my kids over the years! Once, when my husband was traveling for work, I made an entire ‘fake Daddy’ and propped him up at the kitchen table, holding a newspaper. When the kids ran around to hug him, they stopped dead in their tracks! Daddy’s head was made of newspaper! BAHAHAHA! There have been frozen bowls of cereal, taped up computer mice, and lots of other hijinks! And now they think it’s pretty fun to ‘get me’!

Well….it’s payback time!

I’ve actually done this one with my kids before, and it’s always good for a laugh! 🙂

Kids: “Mom, what’s for dinner?”

Mom: “Cupcakes and french fries!”

Kids: “Mom has lost her marbles…AGAIN!”

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“Cupcakes” (Individual Turkey Meatloafs)

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 pound 93%-lean ground turkey
  • 1 medium zucchini, shredded
  • 1 cup finely chopped onion
  • 1 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
  • 1/3 cup uncooked old-fashioned oats
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup barbecue sauce or ketchup w/honey (optional)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Generously spray a nonstick muffin pan with cooking spray.
  2. Gently mix turkey, zucchini, onion, bell pepper, oatmeal, egg, Worcestershire, mustard, pepper and salt in a large bowl, preferably with your hands, without overworking. Equally divide the mixture among the muffin cups. Spread barbecue sauce or ketchup w/honey on top of each loaf, if using.
  3. Bake until the meatloaves are cooked through or an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 165 degrees F, about 25 minutes. Let the loaves stand in the pan for 5 minutes before serving.

 

“Frosting” (Mashed Cauliflower)

*Recipe from SkinnyMs.com

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 medium head cauliflower, cut into florets
  • 1/4 cup skim or reduced fat milk, unsweetened nondairy milk, or 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

DIRECTIONS

Boil a large pot of salted water. Add cauliflower and cook until very tender, about 10 minutes. Drain.

Meanwhile, in a separate saute pan, warm olive oil over medium-low heat, add garlic and saute for about 30 seconds, or until the garlic is golden and fragrant. Remove from the heat.

Mash with a potato masher in a large bowl. For a smoother mashed cauliflower, use an immersion or hand blender to puree, or puree it in the food processor. While mixing, slowly add in the milk until the desired consistency is achieved. Mix in the salt and pepper and the minced garlic with the olive oil. Serve.

Mashed cauliflower can be topped with chopped scallions if desired.

*Use a little food coloring if desired!

“French Fries” (Cinnamon Apples)

Simply cut up a couple of apples. Use a fancy slicer if you have one! Toss with a dash of cinnamon and serve with a side of strawberry or raspberry preserves!

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Busy Mom Nutrition Tip – Healthy Alternatives

I don’t think I’ve ever tried posting a Vlog! But I’m going for it today!

If you’re having trouble convincing your kids to get on-board with healthier eating…I get it! Been there. Done that! My kids did not react well when I told them I would no longer be buying hot dogs or chicken nuggets at the store. That’s not to say that they will never eat them again. I am all for special occasion allowances. However, I just don’t add these items to my grocery list anymore!

I’ve found ways to substitute healthier alternatives, for the foods that they love. And of course, it’s a work in progress! We are always looking for new foods to try! The wonderful thing is that the kids are so much more aware of the foods that they eat. They read labels just like I do! And that makes my heart go pitter-pat!

So here is my vlog! What do you think?

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Which yogurt would you pick? Carrageenan is an ingredient that you will find in some yogurts, soy milk, ice cream, etc. It’s added to make foods thicker, creamier and to create a ‘fuller’ feeling to low-fat foods. The problem is that carrageenan could be causing inflammation, gut irritation and even cancer. Beginning in the 1960s, researchers started linking the ingredient to gastrointestinal disease in lab animals, including ulcerative colitis, intestinal lesions, and colon cancer.

Make sure you scan your labels! If you see the “c” word…RUN!

 

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Easiest Peasiest Homemade *Slow Cooker* Chicken Soup

Do you ever get a hankering for some homemade chicken soup, but you just don’t have the time? VOILA! I’ve got the answer, and I found it by accident! That is usually how I get my best ideas…accidentally. 🙂

I started out this recipe as something totally different, and then halfway through decided it would be chicken soup. And it was so easy! The kids and the husband ALL loved it – there was some definite bowl-licking going on!

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And so…here’s what you do.

Ingredients

    • 2 lb. Chicken Thighs OR breasts
    • ½ T. sea salt
    • ¼ t. Pepper
    • 1 t. poultry seasoning
    • 2 Garlic Cloves, minced
    • 5 C. Chicken Broth
    • 1 C. chopped carrots
    • 1 C. chopped celery
    • 1 C. chopped onion
    • 2 ½ C. wide egg noodles *optional (to keep the carbs down use kale instead! apx 4 cups, stems removed and chopped)
    • Additional Salt and Pepper, to taste
 

Instructions

    1. Place the chicken in the bottom of a crock pot. Sprinkle the salt and pepper and poultry seasoning over the chicken.
    2. Pour the chicken broth into the crock pot.
    3. Cook the chicken on high for 4 hours.
    4. After 4 hours the chicken should be very tender. Remove the chicken from the crock pot and place in a bowl.
    5. At this point, if you desire, you can strain the broth in the crock pot through a fine mesh sieve(if you want a broth free from any debris left from the chicken). Add the broth back to the crock pot after straining.
    6. Turn heat back to high.
    7. Lightly shred the chicken cover and refrigerate.
    8. Add the carrots, onions, and celery to the broth and cook on high for 2 hours.
    9. In the last 30-40 minutes of cooking, add the noodles OR kale to the soup. *Adjust time as needed to make sure noodles/kale are cooked and tender.
    10. Check the seasonings and add more salt or pepper as necessary.
    11. Add the chicken to the soup and allow to reheat for about 10 minutes.
    12. Enjoy!

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Plans for Weekly Meal Plans

So I’ve heard from enough people that they’d be interested in my weekly meal plans, that I’ve decided to start sharing them again. I’m starting with this one here, but I’ll be sending a weekly newsletter, available for FREE if you’d like to receive it every weekend, in time for shopping and planning for the week ahead. Just provide your information below, and you will receive next week’s meal plan via email.

I am a believer in a 5 dinner plan for the week. I have a list of typical breakfasts, lunches and snacks that I almost always eat from, and that just leaves dinners. I have found that we really only need FIVE dinner plans, leaving room for one night of leftovers and one night that is a flex night – either a date night, dinner out, dinner at a friend’s house, etc. There is almost always SOMETHING that comes up like that. So plan for 5 meals, and I think you’ll find that will be enough for the whole week!

Do some weekend meal prepping, for quick and easy breakfast, lunches and snacks that you can grab and GO!

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Better Late than Never!

I did the meal plan! I swear! But I got caught up in all of the Father’s Day festivities yesterday, and just didn’t find a minute to post about it!

I had a couple of splurges over the weekend, just keepin’ it real! We went out for ice cream, and I used to always say, “No thank you”. But my kids began to hate that about me. They wanted to see me enjoying a dish of ice cream as much as they were. And so I decided, that since we go rather infrequently, it’s o.k. to have a scoop or two here and there. And for me I know that it’s not a slippery slope. I like ice cream, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not a ticket to nutrition disaster for me. Now french fries on the other hand…that’s going to be a problem. Therefore, I tend to avoid that temptation all-together!

Anyway…I digress. The point of my splurge admission, is that I’m looking forward to a week of planned meals and staying on track nutritionally. So far, I’m off to a great start! 🙂 And I’m going to need it, because I also just started the second phase of Insanity. Today was the first workout of that madness, and OMG! Have you ever had to crawl to your water bottle?!

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Can’t Live Without It!

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Ever since my friend Carin suggested that I share my meal plan with my challenge groups, it’s become something I do that keeps me sane (at least partially). Last week I accidentally took a vacation from my meal plan and felt LOST without it! What’s for dinner? I DON’T KNOW!!! With the meal plan, it just forces me to think and plan ahead. I love that I can hang it on the frig and then everyone knows what’s for dinner, without even asking me. Even better is that I know what’s for dinner, so there’s no need for that 5:00 scramble through the kitchen searching high and low for some ingredients to throw together and call “dinner”. Oye! I hate that! Usually while you’re doing that, you’re starving and searching for things to munch on while you’re searching for dinner ingredients, and it’s all just a big mess!

So I’m happy to report that I’m back in action this week! I’ve got the meals all planned. I’m grocery shopping today to make sure I have everything I’ll need for the week, and life is good. (Deep breath…)

Here is what’s cookin’ this week. 🙂

 

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Another Sunday, Another Meal Plan

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I have a little bit of ADD. Seriously…don’t we all? I sat down to do my meal plan, got about 20 minutes into it, and found myself making turkey meatloaf muffins and cleaning the kitchen. I like to start a project, and then start 3 more projects in the meantime. I’m not sure why that is, but it is. I will go to do a load of laundry. On the way to the laundry room, I’ll get sidetracked by a library book that should have been returned weeks ago! I’ll pick that up and go to put it in my bag, so that I won’t forget, and notice my checkbook. Oops, forgot to write that check for gymnastics class. Looking for a pen, I see the phone. First I’ll call my mom back and see what she wanted. While I’m talking, I’ll walk around and put the kids’ toys away that they left out all over the house. I’ll walk up to their bedrooms and notice my laptop that they swiped from me. I’ll carry that downstairs and remember I was looking for a pen. I’ll go get a pen and see the dogs bowl is empty…better feed him. Go get the dog food and see the laundry basket that I set in front of the washer 2 hours ago. And that’s how it goes most days. It’s a wonder I get anything done at all!

But I DID get my meal plan done for the week! So at least there’s that!

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