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This five day 21 Day Fix Meal Plan A will help you start off your FIX journey on the right foot. The 21 Day Fix is a way of clean eating that focuses on unprocessed foods and portion control.
Eating a specific number of colored containers every day will help you achieve the weight loss you’re wanting, and this 1200-1800 calorie meal plan will help.
Meal Plan Questions?
The Fix can be overwhelming to begin! If you’re new to this diet plan I highly recommend starting with one of my easy meal plans. They’re made of simple foods (no cooking recipes) are are super easy to swap foods out if you have any intolerances or are a picky eater.
Good luck!
– Becca
How to use this 21-Day Fix Meal Plan A
This meal plan is broken down for Monday through Friday. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks are included.
For Bracket A, you’ll be eating the follow portion-control containers every day:
- 4 Green Containers (vegetables)
- 2 Purple Containers (fruits)
- 4 Red Containers (lean proteins)
- 2 Yellow Containers (healthy slow burning carbs)
- 1 Blue Container (healthy fats)
- 1 Orange Container (seeds & dressings)
- 3 teaspoons of oil based foods (mayo, olive oil, peanut butter, etc)
There is a 21 day fix food list that goes along with the containers, and those are the foods you’ll be eating. For example, you can’t just fill the yellow container with any carb you choose. The food list is very specific and tells you how much or how many of each food you can use. One half of a banana, one whole small apple, or 1 cup diced pineapple are all counted as a purple container.
I’ve created a printable food list that has not only the foods that are on Beachbody’s main list, but also their free food list, container sizes, calorie ranges for each container, and shopping tips. You can view it in my printable library with more than 20 other resources by signing up for my email newsletter here: https://mycrazygoodlife.com/newsletter/.
Updated for Ultimate Portion Fix/Portion Fix
The 21 Day Fix has gone through a few name changes. Whatever you’re calling it these days, rest assured that this meal plan is updated to what Beachbody is currently calling Portion Fix.
Resources for those using 21 Day Fix Meal Plan A:
- Check your bracket There is a formula for taking your current weight and using that to find your bracket, but I’ve created a simple calculator for you to do it. Always check your bracket before starting a round to make sure you haven’t gone up or down a bracket. Eating the correct amount of containers every day is what makes this weight loss program work.
- Sample Meal Plans Meal planning for the Fix is very important because it helps you stay on track. Think of it like a budget–if you eat all your containers before dinner, you’ll be hungry and go over your budget. You can find free sample meal plans on this site that will help! If you need more, I have a video about How to Meal Plan for the 21 Day Fix. (side note: meal planning is important for the Fix, meal prep is not–if it’s helpful to you, do it. If it stresses you out, don’t feel that you have to meal prep!)
- 21 Day Fix Recipes with Container Counts
1,200-1,499 Calorie Bracket | 21 Day Fix Meal Plan A
directions for getting a printable version of this Meal Plan are at the bottom of the post
Monday
Breakfast: Healthy Banana Pancakes (2 Purple, 1/2 Red)
Snack: Celery with Nut Butter (1G, 2 teaspoons)
Lunch: Salad Using (1 Green, 1 Red, 1 Orange, 1 Yellow)
Snack: Instant Pot Hard Boiled Egg, Carrots (1/2 Red, 1 Green)
Dinner: Instant Pot Jambalaya with Quinoa (2 Red, 1 Green, 1 Yellow, 1 Teaspoon)
Snacks: Raw Whole Almonds (1 Blue)
Tuesday
Breakfast: 3 Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites (1 Red, 3/4 Blue)
Lunch: Grilled Chicken with Steamed Veggies with Apple (1 Red, 2 Green, 1 Purple)
Dinner: Beef Fajita Bowls (1 Red, 1 Green, 1/2 Yellow) Toppings (1/4 Blue for Avocado, 1 Green for Veggies) ( Total 1 Red, 2 Green, 1/2 Yellow, 1/4 Blue)
Snacks: Fruit & Nut Butters (1 Purple, 3 Teaspoons), Treat Swap (1 Yellow), Shakeology with Pumpkin Seeds (1 Red, 1 Orange)
*treat swaps can be used for almost anything not on the food list! Potato chips, alcohol, chocolate… here’s a video about treat swaps*
Wednesday
Breakfast: Homemade Turkey Sausage, Whole Grain Cereal with Banana (1 Red, 1 Teaspoon, 1 Yellow, 1 Purple)
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Lunch: Grilled Salmon, Roasted Carrots & Asparagus Topped With Sesame Seeds (1 Red, 1 1/2 Green, 1 Orange)
Dinner: Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff (1 Yellow, 1/2 Green, 1 1/2 Red)
Snacks: Carrot and Celery Sticks (1 Green), Hummus on Lettuce (1 Blue), Apple with Nut Butter and one hard boiled egg (1/2 Red, 1 Purple, 1 Teaspoon)
Thursday
Breakfast: Bread, Whole Grain with Nut Butter and Banana Slices (1 Yellow, 1 Purple, 1 Teaspoon)
Lunch: Salad with Chicken and Quinoa (1 Green, 1 1/4 Red, 1 Orange, 1 Yellow)
Dinner: Low Carb Meatza made with 3 Veggies (2 1/4 Red, about 1 Green, 1 Blue)
Snacks: Apples with Nut Butter (1 Purple, 1 Teaspoon), Snowpeas (1 Green)
Friday
Breakfast: Flourless Banana Pancakes (2 Purple, 1/2 Red)
Lunch: Leftover Instant Pot Jambalaya (2 Red, 1 Green, 1 Yellow, 1 Teaspoon)
Dinner: Leftover Beef Fajita Bowls (1 Red, 1 Green, 1/2 Yellow)
Snacks: Hummus on Lettuce (1 Blue), Celery & Nut Butter (1 Green, 1 Teaspoon), Pumpkin Seeds (1 Orange)
To gain access to my free printable library (to download a PDF of this Meal Plan for Bracket A) please fill out the form below:
I love how detailed and straightforward this meal plan is! It really helps to take the guesswork out of healthy eating. I’m excited to try these recipes and see how they fit into my daily routine.
I love how detailed and easy-to-follow this meal plan is! The variety of meals makes it so much more enjoyable to stick to the 21-day challenge. Can’t wait to try out some of these recipes! Thank you for sharing!
I read somewhere that there was a grocery shopping list. Where is that located?
Hi Mercedes – the shopping list can be found with the meal plan spreadsheet, in my printable library.
Hi my name is Sherry Sladek,lam interested in this plan ,but l want to understand will l get the eating plan in my kit and can l have a shake for one meal if l would like
Hi Sherry, I’m not sure what the Portion Fix kit comes with right now, but it is not this meal plan – I created this myself.
Yes, a scoop of a shake counts as a red container. :)
Thank you so much for all this! I have been using the ‘old’ information, in the little book that came with my 21DF package (pre-Boeachbody on Demand). And I was a little confused about 3 vs 4 green containers for Plan A. Thank you for clearing that up in this post! I refer my friends to your blog frequently!
Thank you Melinda!:)
Hello Becca.
After reading your website. I think this your ideas and meal plans will help me transition from Noom to Real Life. I have one month left in my membership and this would be a good transition. I’ve lost and kept off 30 lbs over the past 3 years end of April. Also did a lot of mind changing, habits, beliefs etc.
I still have about 20 lbs of fat to remove. The challenge is meal planning . I can shop and prep with the best. Just need to tweak my diet to eating more healthy. I also have a family to consider. It would be nice for them to not turn up their noses to some of the meals.
As Shakeology doesn’t work well for me, I made a post workout high protein shake meal that does.
Any advice and suggestions would be welcome. Thank you, Janette
Looking for printable brackets
I can not find them !!!!
Please help
Hi there,
You should have received an email (check your SPAM folder) with a link and password to the free printables :)
looks great thank you!
I have signed up and have not recieved the printable and also checked my spam , nothing. My email is (email removed).
Hi Diane,
Yahoo emails often block our emails before they even get to your inbox. Do you have another email address that you can use?
Great ideas!