Meggan's Journey to a Healthier Lifestyle

Sat: Meal 1: profile chocolate shake with hot tea Meal 2: profile strawberry smoothie, carrots, celery with PB powder PB Meal 3: profile strawberry smoothie and profile bar Meal 4: Cordon Blue Chicken and Brussel Sprouts with balsamic Meal 5: Hot Profile Chocolate Shake Challenges : too much to do to get a workout in so instead I spent the whole morning cleaning the house and walked the kiddos to the park in the afternoon. Weight loss to date: 22.81lbs Sun: Meal 1: profile strawberry smoothie Meal 2: profile strawberry smoothie and cauliflower cheese pizza with .5 oz of diced ham Meal 3: profile bar and fiber drink Meal 4: 4oz steak, Profile Chicken soup with 1 LFLC cheese and broccoli, and Brussel Sprouts with balsamic Meal 5: Frozen Profile Chocolate Shake with Almond Milk and PB powder Food reviews: Counselor gave us the cauliflower pizza crust recipe. I won't say that it tasted like pizza...but I got that cheesy fix I had been craving. I will d...

Meal 1: Hot Profile Chocolate Shake Meal 2: Broccoli and 1 LFLC Cheese with Profile Chicken soup, Spinach and romaine Salad with Honey Mustard Yogurt Dressing, Raw veggies(carrot, cucumber, snap peas) with Egg Plant /LFLC cheese /FF cottage cheese dip) Meal 3: Profile Chocolate Shake Meal 4: Bar and fiber drink Meal 5: Turkey Burgers with a mustard glaz e and broccoli with  H oney Mustard Yogurt Dressing, Meal 6: Profile Frozen Chocolate Shake with Almond milk and PB powder Timing is everything: I have had issues as of late, timing my meals properly. Either because of hunger or getting busy and forgetting. It seems that on week days when I get up at 6am and I eat around 7am or 7:30am...then I have too long of a period of time in the late afternoon where I don't eat. So I make myself drink at least 20oz of water in the morning before I have my first shake. I have tried to come up with the following schedule in order to stay on track and eat every 2.5 hours W...

Can't believe I forgot to post yesterday...so this will be a challenge to remember what I ate...but here is my attempt: Wed: Meal 1: Shake Meal 2: "broccoli cheese soup" ( 1 LFLC cheese , a big handful of broccoli, and a Profile Chicken Soup), my regular salad with a 1/2 and 1/2 mix of Profile Asian Dressing and Yogurt Honey Mustard dressing. Meal 3: Shake Meal 4: Bar and Fiber Drink Meal 5: Meatballs, Profile-like Noodles(from Whole Foods) , Marinara sauce, sprinkled with REAL cheese with mashed eggplant, asparagus. Meal 6: Shake Thurs: Meal 1: Profile Strawberry Smoothie with Spinach Meal 2: Profile Tomato Soup with 1 LFLC Cheese, Veggies and Dip. Slices Carrots and cucumbers with a dip I made out of the left over eggplant mash, 1 LFLC cheese and a spoonful of FF Cottage Cheese(this is really a protein , not a freebie....but I skipped my protein BAR later in the day)  Meal 3:Profile Strawberry Smoothie with Spinach Meal 4:Fish Tacos (grilled/baked Cod, ...

This morning I hit the 20lb mark and this blog reached 600 views! Not huge milestones but enough to keep me motivated to keep going! Food intake: Meal 1 and 2: Double chocolate shake with hot tea Meal 3: Profile Tomato soup with 1 LFLC cheese and balsamic vinegar ; spinach, cucumber, carrot and snap pea salad, with Yogurt Honey Mustard dressing. Meal 4: Bar and fiber drink Meal 5: Cod, Asparagus, and a veggie lasagna portion. Meal 6: Frozen chocolate shake made with almond milk and spray of FF whipped cream Challenges: I seem to be in a rut when it comes to food. I am a creature of habit and with my "personal chef" going back to work, I have a feeling I will be doing a lot of the same...just out of pure sanity sake when trying to feed myself and the two kiddos. He promises to have lots of stuff pre-made so I can just pop in in the microwave. We will see how long that lasts:) Number one challenge right now is that I want a slice of REAL pizza more than anythin...

Meal 1 and 2: Double strawberry Profile Smoothie with ice and spinach Meal 3: Profile Tomato Soup with 1 LFLC cheese and Balsamic Vinegar . Spinach, Cucumber, Snap Peas, Carrot salad with Honey Mustard Yogurt Dressing . Meal 4: Bar Meal 5: Stuffed chicken, Brussel Sprouts, Mashed Eggplant, and Balsamic Vinegar Meal 6: Profile Cheesecake with Almond Milk, Lime Juice and, FF whipped topping. (accidentally made it with 8oz instead of 4...so it turned out to be more like a shake they a cheesecake...and too much lime juice kinda curdled the milk/cheesecake).   Definitely went over on my freebies on this day...so I will cut back the next day. Challenges: Schedule was way off today due to a change in Kiddo drop off, meetings over lunch, and having to work late. I ate breakfast too early and lunch and dinner too late...which made for a very hungry mid day. Plus I didn't think ahead an make my fiber drink before leaving work. That would have helped a great deal I think. So bus...

Friday: Remember my challenges I listed last week...invited to my favorite pizza place for lunch. PURE torture. Meal 1: Hot tea and Shake Meal 2: Profile Chicken Noodle Soup Meal 3: Profile Fiber Drink/Sparkling Water and a mixed greens salad with cucumbers. Balsamic Dressing on the side and Walnuts(four little pieces) Meal 4: Chocolate Shake Meal 5: Bar Meal 6:Turkey Burgers with romaine wrap, 1 LFLC cheese , ketchup , brussel sprouts Meal 7:chocolate shake Had the Profile soup before lunch to try to take away that salty cravings for pizza/cheese. And drank my fiber shake on the way there to try to fill my grumbling stomach up...Ate lunch about 90 mins later than I normally do. Salad did NOT fill me up so I had my next meal replacement as soon as I got back to my desk. Will have my bar as a "treat" on the way home. Also for $10 including Tax and Tip ended up with a salad with no protein on it...held the cheese...subbed cucumber for the apples and got the dressing ...

Worked from home on this day; so I was able to change up my meals a bit. Still not starving right away in the morning so I am pushing my first meal out as late as I can in hopes that it curbs the late afternoon hunger more. Seems to be working so far Meal 1:Hot Shake with Tea Meal 2:"Lunch" - made a smoothie with Profile Strawberry Smoothie, A huge handful of Spinach, a handful of Kale, and some peanut butter power . Meal 3: Profile Chipotle Pizza Meal 4: Sparkling Water with Fiber Drink and a bar Meal 5: Carnitas Taco Salad. Shredded Pork, Romaine, grilled zucchini and squash, salsa, FF sour cream , and Salsa Ranch Yogurt Dressing Meal 6:Chocolate Shake Challenges : Though the weather has warmed up considerably, the wind is very strong and the news is warning of a terrible allergy season and a terrible allergy "next couple of days" since the south winds are blowing up pollen from the Southern states. So I beefed up my allergy meds and headed out for a wal...

Mixed it up a bit more today: Meal 1: Profile Hot Shake and a 5 calorie Bai Bubbles for caffeine. Meal 2: Profile Chicken Noodle Soup, Spinach/Carrot/Cucumber/Sugar Snap Peas Salad with Honey Mustard Yogurt Dressing and my Profile Bar and Fiber drink. Meal 3: Chocolate Profile Shake. I am beginning to think doing these plain (not hot or blended with ice are just as good. Kind of like chocolate milk!) Meal 4:Chicken Meatballs, Raw Broccoli with Salsa Ranch Yogurt Dressing, First attempt at a veggie lasagna.(Spinach, squash, zucchini, tomato sauce and a very small amount of FF cottage Cheese.) Meal 5: Tried to make the Profile Cookie recipe....seen here: https://www.profileplan.net/decadent-cookies/ Make up meal: SF Jello with a Squirt of FF whipped cream. Food Reviews: Veggie Lasagna: Of course with little-to-no-fat it was not as good as the one I had a Houlihan's last week(51g of Fat, may I remind you). But its a good starter. I told Eric that we needed to cube the squ...

A Tuesday that felt like a Monday times 10! I got so caught up in writing yesterday's post and getting through my emails that I finally looked up at the clock and it was almost 10am and I had not even had my first meal yet. I also was not hungry enough to do a double shake...so I had one and moved the 2nd one to the afternoon and replaced my fiber drink.  Meal 2: Tomato Soup with Balsamic Vinegar and 1 LFLC Cheese , Cooked Carrots and Celery. Raw Cucumbers with 2/3 of a LFLC Cheese.   Meal 6: A hodgepodge of leftovers. Because of the serving size of the proteins we had lots of 1, 2, and 3 oz portions of chicken, fish, and beef that were not getting eaten. So I had 2 Cauliflower Tortillas with 1/2 LFLC Cheese , a spoonful of sl aw , a couple ounces of cod, and a couple ounces of chicken, and a bowl full of Asian Veggies with PB Powder Peanut sauce . Challenges : Cold weather is still keeping us inside...but today it's supposed to be near 60 and Sunny all day. So...

Only going to start listing out meals that include outside food...but I will be having 2 shakes in the morning and 1 at night, with a bar and a fiber drink between lunch and dinner. Friday Meal 3: Profile Chicken Noodle Soup and Spinach Salad with Cucumbers and Profile Salad dressing Meal 6: Fish Tacos. Cod, 1 LF-LC Cheese , Salsa , lettuce, sl aw , Cauliflower "Tortillas" Saturday Meal 3: Can't remember...but probably soup and veg Meal 6: Beef Stew with Carrots, Celery and another veg...I think.                                 (I need to start writing this stuff down) Sunday Meal 3: Profile Turkey Pepperoni Pizza and Veg(can't remember what exactly) Rice Free Sushi Meal 6: Rice free Sushi and Asparagus. Cauliflower "Rice", Salmon, FF Cream Cheese , Avocado , Asparagus, Seaweed paper, eel sauce cut with LS soy sauce . Monday Meal 3: "Broccoli Cheese Soup": Broccoli, 2-LFLC Cheese ,...

So you would think that two days after the Houlihan's fiasco I would be up...maybe it won't show until next week?!? But as of this morning I am back down to my pre-7lb spike from last week. So total loss as of this morning is 16.19lbs. Here is how my day went yesterday: Meal 1 and 2: Profile Shake and Cereal...in order to eliminate my feebies/fat from the day due to my Houlihan's fiasco. I used some of the shake on my cereal instead of milk. Meal 3: Due to 1yo's doctor visit I didn't have lunch until very late. I had Profile Chicken Noodle with a Spinach and Cucumbers. I did have a very light sprinkling of the Profile Asian dressing Meal 4: Bar and Fiber drink. (added some benefiber to the fiber drink). Side note...the bar and fiber drink(that tastes like Koolaid) is a very nostalgic afternoon snack. Everyday after school my babysitter would serve all the kids Koolaid and Cookies for an afternoon snack. Looking back on it now...what a horribly sugar filled...

Today I started with 16oz of water before any food. Meal 1: Profile Cereal with almond milk Meal 2 Profile Shake with Tea Meal 3: Profile Chicken Noodle Soup, Brussel Sprouts, Zucchini Meal 4:Fiber drink and Bar Meal 5: Houlihan's Butternut Squash and Sausage Lasagna - http://www.houlihans.com/inspiralized Meal 6: Profile Hazelnut Shake/Hot Holy Crap...Eric's dinner plans were unsuccessful so we decided to try to go out to eat. I suggested Houlihan's as it has advertised faux pastas that were made out of spiral squash and/or zucchini. I choose the Butternut Squash and Sausage Lasagna. Just now when I went out to find the link to show this blog that there are choices out there...I was FLOORED by the amount of FAT in the dish I had ordered. I thought I was making a good choice. I thought I was staying away from carbs...sure it had some cheese in it...but you should have seen the portion size it was smaller than my hand for the whole thing. Yes, I figured with the ch...

Today I ate: Meal 1: Profile Chocolate Shake with Tea Meal 2: Profile Cereal with Almond milk Meal 3: Profile Chicken soup; Spinach Salad with romaine, carrots, and cucumbers and Profile Balsamic dressing, # more whole mini cucumbers with 1 LF LC Cheese Meal 4: Fiber Gelatin and Bar Meal 5: Steak, Brussel sprouts, and zucchini. I poured 1 tbls of Balsamic Vinegar on the veggies Meal 6: Profile Chocolate Fudge Cake and 8 almonds New Food reviews: Fiber Gelatin...tastes like you would expect. I am not a huge fan of Jello to begin with so you are not going to hear rave reviews from me on gelatin either way. But I can say its tastes and looks like actual Jello. Profile Chocolate Fudge Cake...of all of the items I should have asked for a sampling of it was this. I was not happy at all with the texture OR taste. It was very chewy and gelatinous. I was hoping for more of a brownie texture...but it is far from that. Since I have a whole box, I will be attempting to doctor this on...

Meal 1: Hot Chocolate Shake with Tea Meal 2: Profile Cereal with Almond Milk Meal 3: Profile Chicken Soup, Broccoli/Carrot Sl aw ; Mini cucumbers, 1 LF laughing Cow Meal 4: Fiber Drink and Bar Meal 5: Honey Mustard Chicken, Broccoli/Carrot  Sl aw ; Raw Broccoli, Profile Dressing Meal 6: Frozen Chocolate shake Challenges:  Still having to pull teeth to get the information out of Eric on WHAT exactly is in every thing he cooks. First he says the whole dinner contains only 1 freebie...until I probe more and find out that there is LF Honey Mustard Dressing on the chicken and another dressing in the slaw that is probably equivalent to a fat AND a freebie! #NOMORESLAW After kiddo's Gymnastics last night Eric and 5yo stopped at Dairy Queen. He got an order of Fries and she got a Blizzard.She proceeded to snuggle up with me in my chair and eat her blizzard right in my face. I couldn't be upset...she is 5 and doesn't realize what she is doing. She also tattled on her Da...

Still reeling from last week's gain. I have tried to stay off the scale, lower my fat and freebies, and get moving. Day 23: Meal 1: Shake Meal 2: Profile Cereal w/ almond milk Meal 3: Profile Chicken Noodle soup side of broccoli slaw and beets Meal 4: Fiber drink and bar Meal 5: Carnitas with cauliflower tortilla wraps; 2 LF laughing cow , and some spicy slaw . Meal 6: Profile cheesecake with FF whipped cream Day 24: Meal 1&2: Slept in so had a double shake with Tea Meal 3: Profile Sloppy Joe with Cauliflower "tortillas", 1 LF laughing cow , and a spinach and cucumber salad with Profile "Freebie" dressing . Meal 4: Fiber drink and Bar Meal 5:Cod and some mixed Asian Vegetables.Cod had a eel sauce glaze Meal 6: Profile cheesecake with a splash of lime juice and a spray of FF whipped cream . Exercise: 45 min walk and playing at the park Day 25:  Meal 1&2: Slept in again so had a Profile Hot Chocolate with tea and a Profile Cereal w /a...

Yesterday I had Meal 1: A chocolate shake with my hot tea Meal 2: A frozen strawberry shake Meal 3: 3 mini cucumbers with a triangle of Light LC Cheese Meal 4: Profile tomato soup - plain and a Spinach salad with a drizzle of LF Yogurt dressing Meal 5: Fiber drink and a Sugar Cookie bar Meal 6: Chicken, Asparagus, Zucchini Hash Browns(made with 1 egg for 4 servings)...so I reduced my chicken ounces to compensate. Meal 7: Profile cheesecake So I had my counselor session last night. I shared with her how upset I was about the upward spike. We talked about all of the possible issues. 1. Are Eric and I communicating about the number of fat grams and "freebies" he is cooking with? - he and I talked and we promised to have better communication about what he is making for dinners. 2. Am I measuring my Fats and Freebies correctly? My goal for this week is to measure measure measure...and though she did confirm that 5gm is what is considered a fat serving, she suggested c...

So you thought I was pissed yesterday... I had to weigh myself last night..hoping the morning weigh was a fluke...nope...up two more pounds. Nearly 7 lbs more that 2 days ago. How is this happening? I told Eric he was not allowed to make me any more side dishes that included freebie or fat mix ins. Maybe, I am not adding everything up correctly. I stopped adding PB Powder to my evening shakes. So yesterday I ate: Meal 1: Chocolate shake with Tea Meal 2. Plain Chocolate Shake Meal 3: Broccoli/carrot Slaw and roasted beets Meal 4: Broccoli and Laughing Cow Cheese(2) with Chicken Soup Meal 5: Fiber drink and Caramel Cocoa Bar Meal 6: Lettuce wraps with Turkey and Laughing Cow Cheese(2), a serving of Miracle Whip Light, celery and a serving of PB powder PB. Meal 7: Ice Blended chocolate shake 2/3rds fat serving at lunch 1 freebie in the Slaw dressing a full fat serving at dinner with 2 laughing cows and Miracle whip 1 PB powder freebie Today, I have my meeting with my c...

Okay...now I am pissed. I stayed off the scale and then finally weighed myself first thing this morning...post morning pee and in only underwear...and I am UP nearly 5lbs since my last weigh in 2 days ago...How?!?! WHY?!?! Why can Eric CHEAT...drinking caloric caffeinated beverages and celebrating more than 20Lbs gone with a BAG of beef jerky...while I am following the rules 99% of the time(I do not believe the one bite of cake I had last Friday would make me GAIN 5 LBS!!) and I am remaining stagnant overall...Don't tell me I am not drinking enough water when I drink nearly 80 oz a day. Don't tell me I am not getting enough exercise...though true...I have stepped up the movement in the last week. Taking a few walks and yesterday I even physically moved all of my things at work from one cube to another...I broke a sweat with all the books and lugging the computer hard ware and getting up and down off the floor to attach and re-attach cables. Yesterday I consumed: Meal 1: Hot ...

I made a deal with my counselor not to weigh in everyday as it toys with one's emotions. I successfully did NOT weigh myself this morning! Meals 1&2: Breakfast was the doubled up Strawberry with PB powder and spinach shake. Meal 3: Lunch was Broccoli/Laughing cow cheese soup and spinach/carrot/cucumbers salad. Meal 4: I tried the Chocolate Almond Bar...again pleasantly surprised..and my fiber drink with sparkling water. Meal 5: For dinner Eric made Romaine lettuce wrapped turkey burgers with 1 laughing cow cheese, ketchup, saute'd onions, a dab of  miracle whip light, and a broccoli and carrot slaw made with a sauce of yogurt dressing, poppy seed dressing, lemon juice, and I think FF sour cream. It was pretty yummy. Meal 6: I made a frozen chocolate shake and topped it with some FF whipped topping. Eric had to make a stop at the Profile store for me yesterday because I miscalculated the number of shakes I needed this week...so I sent him in to pick me up another cou...

So last Thursday, (Day 15 on plan...day 8 on REBOOT), I was complaining of hunger. After meeting with my coach she did say that was normal. The first week there is often times of hunger when trying to get used to the depletion in calories. We talked about what times of day I am feeling the most hungry and she suggested the following things to get me over that first week hump. 1. Combining my 2 morning shakes into one big shake. This was helpful on the long weekend when I slept in until 8 or 8:30 and didn't eat until after 9am. But I have to say that today (Monday) I did it and drank it by 7:30am and it is now 9:45 and I am starting to feel hungry again. So maybe not the best choice when you get up at 6am. 2. She also suggested adding another fiber drink mix to my morning(didn't know that was an option...but will definitely try that) or 3. drinking a powerade zero for the electrolytes. I am not a fan of powerade...but I may try it to see. 4. We also talked about splitting l...