Meggan's Journey to a Healthier Lifestyle

So sorry to be slacking this week. Work has been extra busy and the kiddos seem to be extra needy this week. I also have been a bit of a slug....not exercising all week until this morning. Food challenges EVERYWHERE I turn. I am getting a bit frustrated with myself and my lack of motivation and progress. Food: Monday: Had the Protein Power Plate at Zoe's Kitchen. (Chicken Breast over cabbage and onions) Tuesday: Asian Meatballs over Cauliflower rice a mixed Asian salad/slaw Wednesday: Pot luck at work. Greenbeans, Sloppy Joe meat, meatballs, raw veggies Challenges: POT LUCK AT WORK.....AGAIN!!! I walked away from all of the nasty stuff at the actual lunch...but the leftovers were put in the break room and when I went in there for water, I took a bite of cake frosting....ugghhh!! And I wonder why the scale isn't moving...Geez Louise, Meggs! Get a clue! Still have those darn brownies in the house too. I should just throw them out. The 6yo doesn't seem to ever want on

Food: Friday: Wendy's Salad with Chicken.(gave fruit to kiddo...ate around the blue cheese since I don't like it anyway) Saturday: Planet Sub Romaine Wrap(no cheese) Sunday: Cauliflower(instead of rice) Sushi Challenges: Cinnamon Rolls (TWICE)...once they were HOMEMADE!!! Brownies Pizza you name it...I was faced with it this weekend!! Exercise: Non-existent...I take that back...I walked Friday morning....But nothing on Sat, Sun or this morning: NSV: I bought a new pair of SKINNY black pants at costco yesterday in a 14. I am going back to get one in every color...and might even try a 12...as the 14s are even a bit baggie. Weight: Still yoing-yoing around the same number. I guess I have to get used to the scale not going as quickly as before. But the little "tastes" I am doing of sweets isn't helping anything either!   - 82.1

Food: I had the 2 shakes in the morning. One was the plain chocolate, the other I made a pumpkin spice chai tea latte with pumpkin spice tea, chai tea, pumpkin pie spice, and a Profile Vanilla shake. For lunch I had the Profile cereal with Almond milk and cucumber slices with FF cottage cheese. For dinner I had leftover steak and green beans. Challenges: A couple nights ago a neighbor stopped over to welcome us to the neighborhood...(yes we moved in July;) and brought tomatoes from her garden and BROWNIES....I freaking LOVE brownies. I have been good...but I did taste a bite last night. UGHHH....it's all these little tastes that are going to derail me when I am sooooo soooo close to the finish line....which I know is actually the starting line for the hard work of maintenance. As my mom said when she lost her weight on Profile...losing it was the easy part...KEEPING it off has proven to be harder. Exercise: Walked Thursday and Friday morning at 5:15/5:25ish (yes, I need to

Food: Potluck lunch at work...ugghhhh I brought a veggie tray and loaded up with salads, veggies with Bolthouse dressing and pulled pork and a piece of brisket with BBQ sauce Had a profile pizza with extra cheese and some zucchini for dinner. Challenges: Potluck...need I say more? I wanted sooo much to try almost every dessert on that table. But I hightailed it out of there!! Sleep: So I set my activity/sleep tracker to vibrate on my wrist rather than having audio alarms wake the rest of the house. There is a "Smart Alarm" that will wake you UP TO 10(or 20 or 30) mins early if you are in a lighter state of sleep rather than letting you slip back into a deep sleep to only be woken up by the alarm 10 mins later. I like it...as I think it is easier to get out of bed...but what is happening is that I am being woken almost every morning at 4:52am...which makes me soooo sleepy by 8:30pm. I can't seem to get my "S" together to get to bed before even 10pm. W

Howdy all! I am super energetic this morning!!! I walked with the neighbor ladies, took my B Vitamin supplements and have had TWO servings of caffeine. Currently not even bothered by the fact that my daughter woke me up at 4:50am this morning! Just wait until I crash around 2:30 this afternoon though! Monday: Food: Out for a team lunch at a Mexican Restaurant...arghhh...chips chips chips every where you turn! I have a salad with their pork(should have gotten the chicken:(  ) with cheese, pico, salsa, and some sort of watery ranch dressing. I felt sick most of the afternoon. I swapped my lunch and dinner so I had a profile pizza and carrots for dinner. Tuesday: Food: Back to normal... I made a Turkey Burger with Cheese, BBQ sauce and FF Miracle whip wrapped in romaine for dinner. Challenges: Very difficult for me to find something to eat at a mexican restaurant that isn't wrapped in a tortilla and smothered with queso. They had probably 5 salads to choose from...but most

I really have been MIA this week. Was in a training class last week and had a holiday. So I was away from a computer for most of the time. This past week has had more challenges than I care to regurgitate. With all of the "snacks" provided in the training class, to the lunch provided on Thursday (sandwich and chips)...I ended up going really too long without eating on a couple of those days. Thursday and Friday, I wasn't smart enough to pack my lunch...assuming I could get salads and protein sources where I was going. Finally on Friday around 1:30pm I ran into a Whole Foods and got a to-go container of veggies off their food bar to eat in the car. I always had my shakes though...so I wasn't going without eating at all. But I stayed true to the plan...so big win for me with all of the challenges....That is until the weekend rolled around. My in-laws were in town and wanted BBQ. I was pretty good that night...took just one small bite of a piece cornbread.  Otherwise

Food: Crudite with dip Dinner was asparagus, cauliflower crumbles, and pre-packaged meatballs Challenges: In training this week with pastries and fruit offered at the morning break, and cookies and veggies offered in the afternoon. I have limited myself to the veggies...but oh my LORD did I want one of those cookies!! My neighbor made us banana bread...one of my favorites. The baby who is normally the crabbiest baby ever thought it was hilarious to shove pieces of banana bread in my mouth. Weight: Didn't weigh today...going to try to limit myself to twice a week.

Sorry work has been crazy and one kiddo has been sick. I have not been keep up with this Blog. Food: Thursday Night...I can't remember Friday Night...in a hurry to get out the door for an event and threw some leftover chicken on some romaine with Bolthouse ranch and called it dinner Saturday night: ATE at IKEA!!! Had their smoked Salmon, mixed greens and just a tiny bit of the dressing. It was actually REALLY GOOD! Sunday night: Scallops with grilled zucchini and this Asian slaw mix. Challenges: Friday night: Was a frenzy of child pick ups, drop offs, and events. I had only 10 mins to throw my own dinner together before heading out and doing drive through for the oldest kid. We were so behind she didn't end up eating until we got to the final event. So because I took 10 mins to eat myself I ended up having to spend $12 on one hot dog and a lemonade. UGGGHHH. The rest of the weekend went pretty well. I did sleep in on Sunday and rolled my eyes at myself for doing so

Food: Last night we tried a new place to eat...we have been watching this place like a HAWK...willing it to open ASAP. And it finally opened on Monday, so we tried it for dinner on Tuesday. http://www.musclemakergrill.com/ Its tagline is "Great Food with your Health in Mind" With a name like Muscle Marker...I was hoping that it would be EXACTLY what we needed to stick to Plan. But unfortunately...just like Zoe's Kitchen...even though it is LOW carb...almost everything is still wrapped in a Tortilla or made with some sort of grain/rice/whole wheat pasta. I settled for one of their Salads...I was pretty bummed that I STILL had to order a salad. And right now looking at the nutritional facts this Lean & Mean Salad had an asstonishing 41gs of fat...I am not even sure how that is possible? The sprinkling of (REDUCED FAT)cheese was WAY less that the .75 ozs in our allowed cheese serving. The Premium ground beef must have had a pretty high fat %. Next time I will try the

Protein shift: Scoop of FF Cottage Cheese on my salad at lunch Dinner: 4oz (instead of 5oz) Chicken breast with mixed veggies and asparagus. Challenges: So I changed my schedule the last few days to move a protein source closer to my morning walk. I do think it helped yesterday. I will say that I woke up VERY hungry this morning...and I blamed it on having less protein for dinner last night. But luckily with my new schedule I could have a shake almost immediately. (I didn't walk this morning due to hubby being called into work at 5am and not wanting to wake the kiddos up at 5:15 to walk with me in the dark:). I sort of slept until about 6:45am...on and off since 4am. And then had my first shake at 8:30am. Today I have a light meeting schedule so I should be able to test out my new meal schedule without interruptions. Exercise: Like I said did walk yesterday morning...but not this morning. I do have plans to hit Yoga today over lunch though. Lord knows I need the calming and s

Meals: Friday: Lunch at Smashburger. Had the spinach and goat cheese salad with grilled chicken. Saturday: Lunch at Planet Sub. Had the Planet Sub romaine wrap hold the mustard and cheese. Dinner my hubby made me a mixture of butternut squash zoodles, brussel sprouts, peas, and another veggie I can't remember...it was pretty good! Sunday: Fish taco lettuce wraps and asparagus. Challenges: Lunch at Smashburger...wanted fries, wanted Hagen Daz shake, wanted anything but a salad...but alas. The crappy thing is that it comes with so much crap on it...seeds/nuts/cheese/dried cranberries/dressing on the side. So once I eat around the seeds and nuts and use no dressing because the cheese already counts as my fat...what is left? Spinach, Cucumbers, Chicken and Goat Cheese. Promised my daughter ice cream...and of course we go into the ice shop that makes their own cones and amazing homemade mixed in ice cream flavors. I couldn't get out of there fast enough. Lunch at Planet Sub.