Inspired by Fit with Vicki and the Beachbody intrigue, I decided to try one of the most popular programs on their menu. It’s short, sweet and said to be highly effective. In this post I’ll share the skinny on the 3-Day Refresh, a nutrition plan designed to reset your health, energy and vitality.
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The Skinny on the 3-Day Refresh
What is Beachbody?
Beachbody is a popular fitness and nutrition program offering on-demand workouts (including P90X and Insanity), nutrition plans, fitness guides, and supplements.
What is the 3-Day Refresh?
The 3-Day Refresh includes specially formulated shakes, easy-to-prepare clean meals, and healthy snacks designed to improve eating habits, weight loss and healthy digestion.
Complete Kit
Shakeology for your morning supplement shake
Formulated with potent superfoods, Shakeology starts each day of your Refresh with Your Daily Dose of Dense Nutrition® to help improve and support key body functions, while also helping to support healthy energy levels.* Available in your choice of 9 flavors, including recommended vegan options.
Vanilla Fresh for your midday and evening supplement shakes
This patent-pending, delicious protein-rich formula helps curb your hunger with 20 grams of wholesome, plant-based protein, 24 essential vitamins and minerals—a good source of fiber—and probiotics to support digestive health.*
Fiber Sweep drink
Helps eliminate waste gently and naturally from your digestive system with its patent-pending blend of whole ground flax, chia, and psyllium seed husks.
Program Guide
This comprehensive guide walks you through how this program works, what to expect, and how to prepare your shopping list, as well as your body, for the 3-Day Refresh. It also contains a menu planner with numerous easy-to-make, nutritious, and delicious meals, a list of fruit and veggie options, guilt-free flavorings, and recipes for fresh-pressed juices.
Maintenance Guide
Bonus gift! This guide contains helpful info and tools to continue on the healthy eating track and maintain your results post-Refresh. Learn the principles of clean nutrition and portion control while choosing a calorie target based on your personal needs. You’ll be able to select from a variety of delicious, nutritious food items, meal and snack ideas, and indulgent Shakeology recipes. You’ll even learn to how to dine out the healthy way!
3-Day Refresh Yoga – Exclusively for Beachbody® on Demand Members
Enhance the results of your 3-Day Refresh with 3 brand-new yoga routines now available on Beachbody On Demand. Designed to be paired with 3-Day Refresh, the routines feature Vytas, Ted, and Elise from 3 Week Yoga Retreat and consist of mild-to-moderate intensity yoga workouts that finish with a short-guided meditation, so you can support your 3-Day Refresh in both body and mind.
Example Day
Filtered Water
In addition to the water you use in your shakes and teas, Beachbody recommends you drink at least half your body weight in ounces of filtered water each day.
Breakfast
A superfood-packed Shakeology shake, plus one fruit option.
Morning Tea
1 cup of unsweetened herbal or green tea. I like Yogi Tea’s Blueberry Slim Life Green Tea!
Hot Tip: Green Tea helps speed your metabolism!
Late Morning
Fiber Sweep, a digestive health drink. Don’t worry it’s a gentle sweep. :)
Lunch
Vanilla Fresh shake, plus 1 option from the Fruit List, 1 option from the Vegetable List, and 1 option from the Healthy Fats list.
Example: Blueberries, Carrots & 2 TBS Hummus along with the Vanilla Fresh Shake.
Afternoon Snack
1 option from the Vegetable List, and 1 option from the Healthy Fats list.
Example: Cucumber & 2 TBS Hummus.
Afternoon Tea
1 cup of unsweetened herbal tea (caffeine-free). I like Yogi Tea’s Cinnamon Vanilla Healthy Skin Herbal Tea.
Dinner
Vanilla Fresh shake, 1 option from the Dinner Recipes, and 1 cup of organic vegetable broth (optional).
Example: Mason Jar Salads (because they are easy & so pretty!) & broth if still hungry.
Evening Tea
1 cup of unsweetened herbal tea (caffeine-free). I like Tazo’s Calm Chamomile.
3-Day Refresh Review
Was I Hungry?
I’m going to be honest…every day at about 4pm I began to get hungry…and stay hungry until I went to bed. My advice is drink more water than you can imagine and definitely opt for the afternoon and evening teas to help keep your mouth busy. Yes you will be using the restroom very frequently – but think of all those toxins you are flushing out! On the plus side of the hunger, I went to bed early every night – staying up late and watching Netflix didn’t seem as much fun if I couldn’t snack.
Did I Lose Weight?
I lost 2 pounds during the 3-Day Refresh, and an additional 2 the following week. A friend of mine lost 6 pounds doing the same program!
Would I Recommend It?
Absolutely! It’s the perfect way to bust through a plateau and reset your habits…plus it’s only 3 days. I’m actually really interested in trying the 21 Day Fix Extreme, which is another Beachbody program that provides more food options, but is slightly longer. I’ve heard this is highly effective if you really need a diet makeover, providing tools to prepare, eat and fuel your body with only clean food.
The 3-Day Refresh is a great way to pinpoint and conquer unhealthy vices. Beachbody offers a dozens of fitness & nutrition programs as I detailed in my post a few weeks ago, so it’s really easy to find something that works for you.
The Skinny on the 3-Day Refresh
The 3-Day Refresh revealed I had been eating too many snacks, and had lost sight of portion control. The program allowed me to rework my diet and rev my metabolism.
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