Meggan's Journey to a Healthier Lifestyle

Well holy cow...I have certainly fallen off the face of the earth haven't I? This new job is much more demanding than my last one. So blogging in the AM before starting my work day has not been possible. Even this entry has taken my hours to finish due to interruptions:) I continue to walk with my neighbor ladies at least 4 times a week. I have been to Yoga a few times since I started in late January. I did buy myself the "Simply Fit Board" for indoor workouts. The DVD has 6 different 10 min work outs...I have only ever gotten through 2 or 3 in one sitting...but I hope to work my way up to all 6 for a really good routine. Again, work demands have been brutal to my exercise routines. Not to mention the food issues. MULTIPLE lunch meetings with ONLY pizza offered. Not even a salad. Luckily with the 3 step of Adapt that I am on allows for multiple starch servings. So I try to adapt. But may my sugar cravings have NOT subsided. I am still reaching for the donu

I don't have time to BLOG....but I had to share.  That ghost of a number FINALLLLLY arrived!!! SOOOOO EXCITED!! THIS IS DOABLE PEOPLE!

Coach moved me to Adapt stage 2 last week. I get a second starch and second fruit and additional protein and minus a MR. I wasn't super thrilled about making the move knowing I would get one less of my shakes...I have been so dependent on them...even crave them at times. For those of you just starting out...I know that seems unfathomable ... but I promise if you can make those few alterations to your favorite MR to make it just so yummy...you will get to this point probably too! I also wasn't thrilled about moving as I was still shy of my 100 L - b mark. I really wanted to be able to say I lost 100 lbs. I have come soooo very close a couple of times. 99.something a couple times...including today. 99.7...closest ever. But I was told to expect fluctuation when changing stages...and not to get hung up on the number. I am one step away from Maintenance mode...and I should not expect to lose anything at this point...but I have a little. I think if I keep my exercise up I maybe

Well I held myself to task a bit. I did strength training with bands in my living room twice last week. I wanted to do a third, but was soooo sore. I stayed to plan about 95% of the time. Occasional bites of my kid's treats. I am concerned though that through this change my body does not digest things well after not having them. I have it narrowed down to either Dairy or Gluten as the repeat offender. Though technically I am not supposed to be having dairy...some of my fats and freebies come from the dairy families. Cheese, FF sour cream, FF cream cheese. But I have been eating those all along. The only NEW thing added has been starch in the form of bread. So I am concerned now that I have a Gluten sensitivity. I won't go into details...as they are rather unpleasant...for everyone. I try to limit my bread intake to every other day. Focusing more on potatoes, sweet potatoes, and steel cut oats. But as I am typing this I am eating my lunch which contains a slice of whole grai

I have given up on counting days. I have also stopped trying to hit that 100 l.b. mark. I am comfortable where I am. It took me a month or two to realize that I didn't have to hit a certain number to be successful. What I need to be is healthy and comfortable in my own skin(even if it's all saggy and gross now;) So my coach and I made the decision to move to Step 2 of the Adapt Stage.  I should not expect to lose any more weight on this. Instead this is preparing my body for weaning off the product on to all grocery store foods. This step limits my profile product to 1 meal replacement and 2 bars a day. It also added an additional starch and an additional fruit and an additional fat. I also get more protein oz per day. I have to say that this is hard. After a YEAR of following the same routine with Profile product, I now have to really think about what I am going to eat next. And I have to be aware that if I have a starch early in the day that I can not have one at lunch

Has it seriously been a week since I last blogged? Where is all my time going? Food: Trying to be back on track this week. No(okay that's a lie....less) cheats. Watching my carbs, weighing my fats/proteins. Trying my damnedest to shove veggies down my pie hole. Goal is sooooo close right now...I just want to get a win. After 2 weeks of being sick, I really need some motivation! Yesterday I had Hot Shake with tea (my version of Chai Tea Latte) Caramel Cocoa bar Edamame Pasta and zucchini spirals with cheese and sugar free marinara and green beans CHEAT: some one brought in cookie cake to work...I had two bites Apple with PB Powder PB Eggs, Bacon , Kale salad with Boathouse dressing Caramel Cocoa bar Shake as pudding with FF whipped topping CHEAT: I added the last bit of Halo Top ice cream to my pudding Exercise: Walked yesterday morning. Walked AND jogged this morning. Also plan to go to Yoga over lunch (even new job offers free yoga once a week!!). Though if I was

So you thought I was MIA over the holidays and in January with the travels and job changes... Well February has brought on a whole new challenge...aka...sicker than a dog! So two weeks ago my 2 yo tested positive for the Adenovirus....and guess who came down with it the next week. Yup that would be me...so new job and out(but able to work from home) 2 days on my second week. Oh but wait it didn't end there. Just yesterday morning I woke up at 4am in order to spend the next 6 hours praying to the porcelain gods. There was NO going to WORK and NO working from home. I am sure my boss just thinks I am the bee's knees by now. The Norovirus has been running rampant but my husband thinks it was food poisoning. Though he was sick in bed last Friday and part of Saturday. I am just so glad that I spent the entire weekend cleaning the house, especially the toilets. Sorry, I am not ready to "talk" (type) about food yet. Let's just say, I had very little yesterday. Thoug

UGHHHH I am sick...I hate being sick. And it's the virus that my little "petri dish of a kid" tested positive for right before I started my new job. I have not exercised in over 5 days, I have been trying hard to eat on plan but still using the BRAT diet. A lot of chicken soup and toast with very few vegetables...just can't stomach them. At least the shakes made hot are soothing on my throat. Its weird though. Some hours I am starving and can eat a regular meal with no problem...and then other parts of the day tea and honey are all I can handle. It comes in waves. Well enough of my bitching...we all get sick from time to time. It's whether I sit back and feel sorry for myself and gorge on comfort foods...or if I still try to eat decently, while getting some nutrition. I did have a terrible cupcake for said Petri Dish's 2nd birthday. I don't know why I thought THAT would be a good idea! That amount of sugar makes me feel like crap...and I know that ahea

Third day at my new job...and was out to lunch with my boss and one of her peers. We went to a place that had a lot of what I would call "bar food." I had the steak and side salad. It came with au gratin potatoes on the side...but I ate 5 bites and then put the rest of the dish to the side. Counted the potatoes as my starch, the "au gratin" part and the salad dressing as my fats for the day. I thought I had done pretty good...but later realized(after I had dinner, no less) that the steak was probably WAY too big. More like an 10 or 12 oz-er than a 5 or 6 oz-er. Dinner was chicken breast and brussel sprouts with vinegar reduction(freebee). Final "meal" was shake with FF cool whip (pronounced WHHHIP like Stewie from Family Guy) from and can/spray FF whipped topping (2 freebees) and a bar...(which I will only eat now after I nuke it in the microwave for like 13-15 seconds....decadent). So I over ate on my protein again for the plan I am on...and boy

So I have been MIA for quite some time. The Holidays... Left one job... Went on a vacation to Sedona, AZ... Had/have a sick kiddo... Started a new job... So I have let life take over...and the scale shows it. Now I really shouldn't get too down on myself. I gained over 3 lbs...but I drank SO MUCH wine on my trip that I am very surprised I didn't gain 10lbs. So the last 4-5days, I have been hard core about getting in my 10,000 steps. And trying my damnedest to stay on plan nutritionally. One thing that I have tried to tell other people...but no one really gets it..is that splurging doesn't show up on the scale the "next day." I got back from Sedona and the scale the next morning was almost exactly as when I left. But the next day it was up a lb. And then 3 days later it was up 2 more lbs...so the splurging I had done is Sedona had taken about 5 whole days to show up on the scale. When I did weight watchers a few years ago, they said this is how weight gain/

Why am I so hung up on what day it is...I need to just stop blogging until I hit one year and then restart counting. Food: YOu already heard about my BBQ lunch yesterday. When I got home from running errands, my hubby had made fish and green beans. I hadn't had a starch yet, so I had some of the kid's sweet potato fries. (I know I know...sabotaging myself). But I counted it as a starch and a fat. I think I forgot my fruit again yesterday...but I remember eating some of the kiddo's fruit off their leftovers. Not a whole serving. Exercise: Met my hubby at a running store yesterday to get properly fitted for some new shoes. Did you know that shoes are fitted a size larger than your other shoes?? I did not know this. Just an FYI incase you are normally like me and buy what is on sale without a sales person. I usually wear a 9 or 9.5 and he put me in a 10...when I complained that I was sliding forward and bumping my toe on the front he said when you put them on you tap/bump

I never went back to find the week I lost in my count...but I am 5 days short of 1 year. Challenges: I am still in post holiday sugar craving mode. I said I would just throw out the crap that is left in the house and my kids about had a melt down.So it is all still there...but I hope while I am gone it gets eatten/thrown out. I have stayed away from it for the most part...still snagging a bite or a couple of M&Ms here or there... But I can tell on Sunday I went through a major sugar withdrawal headache. So I guess that is a good sign. Since I put my notice in at work it has been lunch outs everyday saying goodbye to all my awesome coworkers. Today it was a BBQ place that I picked solely because I knew they had an AWESOME salad using BBQ sauce as the dressing. But of COURSE today when we arrive for lunch they have a sign up that the truck delivery is late and they are out of lettuce....UGGHHH. One of my coworkers who was also watching his carbs just gave up and got what he wo

So somewhere along the line my day count got off...I started on Jan 13th, 2016 and my next day count for Jan 4th, 2017 is 365...so somehow I gained a week somewhere:) I feel that with the exception of 5 or 6 M&Ms last night, I stayed on plan. I still haven't gotten all the crap out of the house. I feel like it will be such a waste. I need to find a way to donate or create a bird feeder with old cookies...but then I wonder if that is safe and the best idea to encourage other rodents into the backyard. Food: Chai Tea with Shake Profile Pom Green Tea with LaCroix Bar half a slice of bread with grilled chicken, spinach, and Chick-fil-a sauce Apple Celery with PB powder PB Bar M&Ms and two bites of my kid's cheerios bar Steak, Cabbage, Beats Shake I exercised Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and took this morning off. Have had a terrible headache all morning...I wonder if I am going through sugar withdrawal again trying to snap back to plan. Weight: I had to

Well I bet you all thought I fell off the wagon!! Well maybe not off...maybe more being drug by a rope like in an old western movie...so still here. The weight has not come off...but for good reason. I have been "sneaking" cookies/sweets as my starch. I had a glass of wine and sparkling cider on my birthday, I have not been getting four cups of veggies a day, I have been awful about getting my water in. As far as exercise...a cold snap kept me inside and not working out as much. I exercised 4 times during the xmas week and 4 times in the past week. I think this is what kept the weight steady though instead of huge gains. I am at the same weight exactly that I was on Dec 9th. So I feel like it has been a lost month...but I try to remind myself that the holidays are usually a time of large gains...so a steady maintenance really is a win. I need to get rid of the sugary things in our house that I have been munching on. I also need to get back to my water consumption