Meggan's Journey to a Healthier Lifestyle

Meal 1: Shake with Tea Meal 2: Shake with Tea Meal 3: 1/2 shake, Brussel Sprouts, eggplant and Butternut squash puree Meal 4: 1/2 shake, cucumber and 1 LFLC cheese Meal 5: Bar and Fiber drink Meal 6: Lettuce wrap fish tacos, FF sour cream, Salsa ,  shredded cheese and grilled zucchini Meal 7: Frozen shake with PBP Challenges: So many temptations at work...candy, breakfast burrito fundraiser, people heating up their yummy smelling lunches. Was soooo hungry all day. I just kept eating/grazing...hence the seven meals!!! Tonight my 5yo's school is having a "carnival." Food Trucks, Cake Walks, treats gaaaa-lore....pray for me. Food: Nothing new...but a lady I work with just started a similar plan called Ideal Protein...the plan is VERY similar...and they have waaayyy more products. Hubby and I have considered trying some just to find something new. Weight: - 37.58  First time that I have never moved up or down.

Meal 1: Shake with tea Meal 2:  Shake with tea Meal 3: Shake with Crudite with  1 LFLC Cheese  and PBPPB and  a piece of  veggie lasagna Meal 4: Bar  Meal 5: Fiber drink, Stuffed Chicken Breast, Brussel Sprouts, Eggplant and Butternut squash puree  Meal 6: Frozen shake with PBP Told ya my meals are going to get boring:) Challenges:  I am still hungry a lot lately. I am trying to fill up with more vegetables and stop skipping my fiber drinks. I think my coach once told me I could do two fiber drinks a day if I need to. I never feel like those fill me up...but maybe it's psychological.  My Goal for this week was to be more vigilant about my water consumption. I found an insulated cup at work and wrote times on the top, middle and bottom so I  could monitor my consumption better. But I realized I did the "clock math" wrong and some of the sections give me 45 mins to drink it and others 90 mins...but with the shakes and trying to slow down towards the end of the day

Meal 1: Shake with tea Meal 2: Fiber Drink Meal 3: Shake with Salad and Honey Mustard Yogurt dressing( cut with profile dressing) , Crudite with 1 LFLC Cheese Meal 4: Bar and Shake Meal 5: Brunt Ends, Butternut squash, broccoli slaw, green beans, BBQ Sauce ,  Honey Mustard Yogurt dressing Meal 6: Frozen shake with PBP Challenges: I was prepared to exercise during 5yos Gymnastics and Dance on Monday and Tuesday nights...but hubby was home from work in both instances. So on Monday we walked around a nearby store as we don't feel great about the neighborhood near the gymnastics gym. On Tuesday I was dressed and ready to do my normal 1.5-2mil jaunt around the Dance studio but hubby was tired from work.(He is on his feet all day and already gets in 13,000 steps without even trying) so he talked me into going to Target to pick up a few items instead. So neither day did I get a "real workout" in. Food reviews: The Brunt Ends are a BBQ treat that we started doing and

Meal 1:Chocolate Shake with Tea Meal 2:Chocolate Shake, crudite with 2 LFLC Cheese Meal 3:Chocolate Shake and Bar Meal 4:Hamburger in a lettuce wrap with Ketchup, FF Miracle Whip , Veggie Lasagna Meal 5:Chocolate Shake with PBP Sorry Kids, my meals are about to get a lot more boring. I will try to keep lunch and dinner a little more exciting...but that menu is made by the "household chef" and I usually have little to do with it. Other than the occasional..."please not that again". Challenges: Seem to be springing up all around me! Lunch invitations at work, cube neighbor bringing in Kolaches, the HUGE bowl of candy in our cube aisle, people in the breakroom toasting apple cinnamon bagels and muffins...ughhh I want to eat it all!!!Why after finding my groove are the temptations and cravings coming back so hard and strong? I need to be better about drinking my fiber drink...I think I will start having it it the morning between meal 1 and 2 to help with the

Friday: Meal 1: Hot tea with Shake Meal 2: Profile Chicken Soup with Butternut squash and Zucchini, Celery with PBPPB Meal 3: Fiber (tea one this time) drink, with Tea and LaCroix Meal 4: Strawberry Kiwi Drink and Bar Meal 5: Chicken Meatballs and Veggie Lasagna Meal 6: Chocolate Shake with Almond milk and PBP Saturday: Meal 1: Hot tea with Shake Meal 2: 1/2 of a Profile Chicken Soup with Butternut squash and Zucchini Meal 3: Profile Chipotle Pizza with added Cheese. Meal 4: Mixed Green Salad with Tomatoes and pickled onion and dressing on the side and a Steak Meal 5: Chocolate Shake with  PBP and  Bar Sunday: Meal 1: Hot tea with Shake Meal 2: Cold Chocolate Shake Meal 3: 1/2 of a Profile Chicken Soup with Butternut squash and Zucchini Meal 4:  Profile Chipotle Pizza with  added Cheese. Meal 5: Steak, Asparagus, roasted Beets Meal 6: Chocolate Shake with  PBP and  Bar Challenges: Donuts and Pizza. After 5yo's soccer on Saturday the inlaws took said 5yo

Meals Wednesday: Meal 1: 16oz tea with Shake packet (thinner than usual...but I think I like it) Meal 2: Profile Chipotle Pizza with .35oz of shredded cheese and 1 LFLC Cheese , Brussel Sprouts with balsamic , Celery with PBPPB and fiber drink. Meal 3: Burnt Ends and Butternut Squash mash with BBQ sauce Meal 4: Double Shake with 1 cup almond milk a bar Thursday: Meal 1:Shake and tea Meal 2:Strawberry Kiwi Drink Meal 3:My new stew recipe...a plethora of left over vegetables (zucchini, beets, butternut squash mash, cauliflower "rice" heated up and a Profile Chicken Soup added as the broth. Meal 4: Carnitas Bowl with cauliflower "rice", zucchini, romaine, salsa, shredded cheese and Salsa Ranch Yogurt Dressing.  Meal 5: Bar and Profile Hot Chocolate shake that I spilled 3/4 of on my daughters dresser. Challenges:I think I might be gravitating towards the higher starch content vegetables and not properly measuring them to limit my intake to 1/2 cup or a 1/3

Meals Meal 1: Shake and tea Meal 2: Strawberry Kiwi drink Meal 3: Profile Chicken Soup and Spinach/Cucumber/Broccoli Slaw salad with Honey Mustard Yogurt Dressing Meal 4: Bar and Fiber drink a couple of celery and PBPPB Meal 5: Profile Recipe Meatloaf with Ketchup and Vegetable Lasagna. Meal 6: Frozen Shake with PB powder and almond milk Challenges: Tuesdays are so hard for dinner. One year old is starving by the time we get home from daycare pick up. So I am scrambling to get dinner ready. I couldn't find the meatloaf in the 2nd fridge. I ended up making the 5yo a PB a& J with mixed veggies. After she had already started eating I found the meatloaf under a sheet pan. The veggie lasagna was still frozen but faster to defrost then it would have been to bake a fresh veggie in the oven. With dance class at 6:30 we have to be out the door by 6:15. And we don't get home until 5:30...plus we have to get homework done, dance and walking clothes on. And all three of us fe

Meals Meal 1: Shake and tea Meal 2: Strawberry Kiwi Drink Meal 3: Chicken Soup and Spinach salad, broccoli slaw, cucumber, beets, Drunken goat cheese and Honey Mustard Yogurt Dressing Meal 4: Bar Meal 5: Steak and Brussel Sprouts with Balsamic Meal 6: Frozen Shake with Almond Milk and PB Powder Challenges: Working out...hell...getting up from my desk...seems to be impossible lately. Work is getting too busy to take a long stroll over lunch. So can I work out in the morning? I have recently been waking up super early(5-5:15am) to go to the bathroom. If I could convince myself to stay awake and work out before work...I think I would be happier the rest of the day...but that bed just calls me back and says..."curl up...you need your sleep!" I WILL RIDE MY BIKE OR WALK TO MY PROFILE APPT TOMORROW...hold me to it! Food Reviews: FYI, I LOVE STEAK!! And the loin we got from Costco has produced some surprisingly tender and yummy steaks. Weight: I jumped on the scale

Thursday: who knows...that was like 5 days ago!! Friday: Meal 1: Shake with tea and another cup of tea Meal 2: Profile Chipotle Sausage Pizza and baked butternut squash. Meal 3: Shake Meal 4: Turkey Burger on Romaine Lettuce with green beans, Drunken Goat Cheese and Chick-fil-a sauce Meal 5: Frozen Shake ( with PB Powder and almond milk ) and Bar Saturday: Meal 1 and 2: Shakes with tea Meal 3: Salad with Honey Mustard Yogurt dressing and a shake...(I think) Meal 4: Bar and Fiber drink Meal 5: Chicken Sausage and Veggie Lasagna (squash, zucchini, FF cottage cheese, marinara sauce )   Meal 6: Shake Sunday: Meal 1: Double Shake Meal 2: Strawberry Kiwi Profile Drink and Salad with Honey Mustard Yogurt dressing Meal 3: Bar Meal 4: Sushi and broccoli Meal 5: Frozen Shake ( with PB Powder and almond milk ) Challenges: Oh my GAWD...the number of birthdays with Pizza and Cake is starting to get ridiculous. Plus I am now planning my own kids birthday for next month with

Meal 1: Tea with Shake Meal 2: Green Beans, Asparagus with Balsamic and Profile Chicken Soup Meal 3: Bar and Chocolate Shake Meal 4: Fiber Drink Meal 5: Grilled honey mustard Chicken, Spinach, Broccoli slaw, carrots, Honey Mustard Yogurt Dressing, Drunken Goat Cheese. Meal 6: Chocolate shake with Almond Milk and PB Powder I was able to hold out on the cake pop and tried to bring it home to my 5yo...but somewhere between leaving work and arriving home, I lost my lunch bag. I am pretty bummed about it as it had a zippered reusable snack bag(with said cake pop) in it. I will check the lost and found at work on Monday...but I am sure I had it outside while I was waiting for my ride. I was also oddly very hungry yesterday. I am not sure why that is making a come back...not thrilled about it. Exercise: I think(my pedometer is broke) but based on my phone and when I was and was not carrying it...I think I hit 10000 steps yesterday. I hope to get a bike ride in on my new wheels tod

Been MIA again...such a busy weekend and week so far with work. Just couldn't seem to find a break in the day to jot down all I ate and felt. I moved buildings at work...so I have been busy packing and then unpacking. So meals were nothing out of my norm. I did get blood work back from my doctor that I had low iron levels. So we are trying to increase the red meat at our house this week. We have had Steaks, Hamburgers, and meatloaf. My coach game me a list of high iron foods...but ughhh...nothing I would ever venture to eat. Mostly livers and oysters I think. I still take a multi-vitamin with iron...but it doesn't seem to be enough. Challenges have been big this week too. We had a co-worker's adoption shower with yummy sherbet punch and cupcakes, abstained. Had another work activity that served cake pops...I am staring at it now, hoping it makes it home to the 5yo! I have a meeting this weekend that will serve wine I am sure...ugh. Have a Sporting KC game tonight...wher

Meal 1: Vanilla Shake with Tea Meal 2: Chocolate Shake with Tea Meal 3: Strawberry kiwi shake with cucumbers and 1 LFLC Cheese and   1/2 cup cooked snap peas. Meal 4: Celery with PB Powder PB Meal 5: Bar and Fiber Drink Meal 6: Homemade Chipotle Bowl. Carnitas, cauliflower cilantro rice, Spinach, FF Sour cream, Salsa , real cheese. Meal 7: Frozen Chocolate Shake Challenges: Working from home should be a convenience when preparing meals...but I seem to neglect preparing and planning on those days. I had my Profile appoint over my lunch break and came home STARVING with nothing prepared to each. Even the snap peas were left overs from my daughters dinner the night before that she never finished. Food Reviews: Nothing new today...but the homemade Chipotle bowl is still my #1 favorite meal. Weight:  Still hoovering  - 31.84

Meal 1: 2 cups of tea and a shake packet Meal 2: Chipotle Lettuce, spoonful of beef, cheese/sour cream , Pico; Strawberry Kiwi Drink Meal 3: Celery and PBPowder PB Meal 4: Bar and fiber drink. Meal 5: 2oz chicken, stir fry veggie mix. Spinach salad with beets. Cucumbers and 1LFLC cheese, Yogurt dressing cut with profile dressing. Meal 6: Double shake with almond milk and pb powder. Challenges: I am feeling so fatigued and not interested in working out at all. Or even walking. I know the scale will suffer because of this...but I really don't care right now.  Had a lunch meeting today where they catered in Chipotle. This would have excited me before...now I just dreaded it. No tortillas. No taco shells. No rice. No chips. No corn salsa...it's sad, really. What is the point of Chipotle with out any of those? And they had really wonderful looking cookies for dessert. Ugghhh.  I stayed on plan...bowl of lettuce, small scoop of steak, Pico, a sprinkle of cheese and a

Meal 1: Shake and Tea Meal 2 Shake and Spinach Salad with beets, cucumbers, 1 LFLC Cheese, Bolthouse Dressing cut with Profile Dressing Meal 3: Bar Meal 4: Shake Meal 5: Chicken Meatballs, Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Marinara and Shredded Cheese Meal 6: Shake with PB Powder Challenges: I worked straight through all day, I barely got up from my desk. I also had an errand I needed to run during my daughter's dance class so I did not get a walk in. My exercise is really declining. I am dragging big time lately. You would think that the scale not moving this week would be a motivator...but it's really not. Food Reviews: I have hit a food rut. I am eating the same things almost everyday...except dinner which is nightly rotation during the week. I went overboard and bought a month's worth of Profile Food at the sale...did get to pick a prize out of the drawing and came home with a jawbone! So hopefully that will motivate me to get my arse in gear! Weight: up still/ag

Meal 1: Shake with Tea Meal 2: Spinach, Beets, Bolthouse Yogurt Dressing cut  with Profile Dressing, cucumbers and 2 LFLC cheese, Profile Beef Stew. Meal 3: Bar Meal 4: Shake Meal 5: Steak and Brussels with Balsamic Meal 6: Frozen Chocolate Profile Shake with PB Powder and Almond Milk Challenges: Convenience...we had lots to do on this night including taking a 20 minute drive to an RV rental place for our summer trip. We didn't leave there until 6pm. Though we planned snacks and dinner for the kids(which they wouldn't eat) we did not bring anything for ourselves. So we had to skip 5yo gymnastics class to go home to feed everyone....lets just say a drive thru would have made our lives easier. Food Reviews: Nothing new today...but we did buy a huge beef loin from Costco this weekend and Eric cut it into steaks, so we can increase our red meat intake. And they were REALLY good. Shockingly tender. The Baby was even eating it like there was no tomorrow! Weight: I did

Fri: Meal 1: Chocolate Shake with Tea Meal 2: Beef Stew and Shake with salad and yogurt dressing , cucumbers and 1 LFLC Cheese Meal 3: Bar Meal 4: Chicken breast and Brussels with Balsamic Meal 5: Frozen Chocolate Shake with PB Powder and Almond milk Weight: - 32.06 Sat: Meal 1: 2 cups of tea with Vanilla shake as creamer Meal 2: Hot Profile Chocolate Shake Meal 3: Profile Pizza, shredded cheese , celery and PB Powder PB, and 1/2 fiber drink Meal 4: Chick fil a grilled nuggets, chick fil a sauce , snap peas, and 1/2 fiber drink Meal 5: bar and hot shake Sun: Meal 1: Chocolate Shake with Tea Meal 2: Profile beef stew, veggie lasagna, cheese , brussel sprouts Meal 3: Frozen shake and Bar Meal 4: Hamburgers, Ketchup , 1 LFLC Cheese , Asparagus and balsamic  and fiber drink Meal 5: Frozen shake with PB Powder Challenges: Damn "Book It" Pizza Hut Pizza coupons. Got the 5yo her Book It Pizza Friday night...it smelled so amazing...and this time it loo

Meal 1: Tea with 1/2 pack of Vanilla Profile Shake Meal 2: Tea with 1/2 pack of Vanilla Profile Shake Meal 3: Double Nacho Pasta with mashed Cauliflower and ground beef Meal 4: Chicken and Veggie stir fry with Peanut Sauce (PB powder) Meal 5: Frozen Chocolate Shake with Almond Milk and PBPowder Challenges: Still waiting to get the test results back from the many blood draws over the past few days...but I am pretty sure one of the issues I have is low iron. Hence the additional ground beef at lunch. I also counted it as a fat and ate it instead of my bar. Probably against all plan rules. But I am feeling pretty drained lately.  I do take a supplement...but maybe I am low in Vitamin C as well which helps absorb the iron. Or maybe it is all in my head:) My coach gave me a long list of iron rich foods...mostly dark meats and livers...ughh...that won't happen. I do eat a lot of Spinach salads...but spinach is high for a vegetable...but not really that high in general. I also