Profile By Sanford Day 22


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 cutting back to 3.5-4grams to see if that is the issue.
3. Am I "regular"? and you know what I mean...so I won't go into the details...But she suggested Sugar Free Metamucil for those days that I am not.
4. Where am I in my cycle? Many woman have distinctive weight spikes every month. Since I just finished Nursing my cycle is still not distinctive. If I start my cycle in the next few days...that might have been the issue.

I also was able to start eating the Week 3 foods...which opens up a greater variety. I bought the cheesecake for my post dinner meal replacement and tried it last night...not too bad. Eric suggested I add lime juice to it for a key lime effect...totally doing that tonight.

I also bought the breakfast cereal that I had for my 2nd meal replacement this morning. Small portion, not a lot of flavor...but just the idea of having a carb...blew my mind so I had to get it! I also got free samples of the hot cocoa(similar to the chocolate shake but thinner, I am told), chicken noodle soup (thinner than the 1st chicken soup and requires very hot water to re-hydrate the noodles. I am told), and the sloppy joe mix(same soy meat substitute as the vegetarian chili just without the beans). I also bought a meal replacement PIZZA (the chipotle sausage) to eat during the Super Bowl this Sunday. I will let you know how these all taste.

I had yet another "challenge" this morning...some (very well meaning) coworkers were trying to get a couple of us that tend to call into a certain meeting to come in person and tried bribing us with Donuts and Scooters drinks. I made the comment yesterday that I will come, but please don't bring these things for me. So out of 7 people, 6 of us showed up in person, and TWO of them brought a DOZEN donuts...each. Luckily the guy who also was bringing Scooters had chatted with me earlier in the morning, and I pleaded with him to please NOT bring me a Soy Chai Latte. He heard me and didn't...but the donuts were there and everyone was making comments that everyone had to eat at least 3 donuts before the meeting was over. I was very uncomfortable...and just kept sipping my water. Finally about 15 minutes into the 90 minute meeting someone asked a question that I couldn't answer because the information they wanted was on my computer at my desk. I said..."If you guys would let me call in from my desk, I could answer that." They all waved me out and said ...Go Go...so the donuts and scooters drinks was able to be removed from my view/smell.

I did need to eat my 2nd meal replacement...so I tried the cereal for my 2nd one and like I said above lacking flavor and didn't seem to "fill" me up as much as the shakes have. But satiated me long enough to make it to lunch...which I am about to make now.

My goal for the week...measure measure measure the fats/freebies and start looking for time to carve out for a real workout.

This 2nd goal seems trivial...but I don't want to take time away from the only 2.5-3 hours a day I see my kids and I don't want to shorten my sleep time. So during the work day I need to carve out time to walk. It's cold out today...and walking indoors makes me sweat...all crappy excuses...so I need to find something that I cannot find an excuse for. I have thought about doing yoga after the kids are in bed...since it is calming and doesn't get me all worked up so I can't sleep, but then I really need to focus on getting lunches made before getting the kids to bed(instead of relaxing in the living room with the kids, toys, and TV). I should do this while we are in the kitchen making/eating/cleaning up dinner.
Saturday's and Sunday's I need to work out while 1yo naps. I also can work out for an hour on the one day a week I work from home.

So I will close this blog session and put all of those on my calendar right now.
More to come...

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Profile by Sanford - 2 years and 3 months

So I did not actually fall of the face of the earth...but it sort of feels like I did, doesn't it? I will say that 2 years into this process, I am still a big believer in it. When I reached my goal over a year ago, I kind of "let loose." I ate all the foods I had restricted myself from having during reduce. I didn't gain back right away. It took a couple of months...but my sugar addiction came back with a vengeance.  I eventually gained 20lbs back and when I hit "that number"...I freaked. What was I doing to myself? Why was I throwing away 12 months of tremendous hard work? Part of my issue was the sugar, but the other part was that I didn't spend this same time and energy to learn and understand the adapt and sustain phases that I had done with reduce. That was huge. When they added a carb and fruit into my daily diet, I would count pizza or sugar treat as my carb...not everyday...but once in a while. I still fundamentally knew I shouldn't be ea...
Read more

Profile by Sanford Day 7...but really day 1 of REBOOT

On Wednesday 1/20, I started the REBOOT program on my own accord. I hadn't pumped in over 24 hours and just decided to jump in. I had Eric's menu to go off of and wanted to try his Profile Products anyway before I went into the store this afternoon for my weekly meeting and stock up session. I will admit I felt a little bit hungrier. Eric's hunger scale on his chart showed a high hunger rating on his first day too but it seemed to taper off after the second day. So I am hopeful. I had a shake for meal 1, a Profile Soup(Chicken...better made with broth, fyi) for meal 2, a soup(tomato...I didn't mix it well enough) and roasted broccoli and a spinach with beet salad for meal 3(lunch), one of my last 10g protein bars(supposed to have been a 15g bar but hadn't made it to the store yet to stock up) and spoon full of powdered peanut butter(Profile freebie).....note to self...add some of this powder to shakes for a better taste on those that need a little help. I went in...
Read more

Sanford by Profile Day 19

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...
Read more