Meggan's Journey to a Healthier Lifestyle

So sorry I have been AWOL. Selling the house, buying a house, inspections, negotiations, contractors, working fulltime, hubby out of town so single parenting it....all excuses, excuses I know. We are gearing up for a vacation too..so that will be interesting taking all the product with me and staying the course during travel and a family reunion. Haven't tried much of anything new. Hubby tried the cereal and liked it and plans to bring it on the trip. I might break down and try to like it again. But he and I like very different things! Challenges have been all over the place. My 6yo begged for weeks to go to IHOP(damn commercials) ...so Sunday we caved. There was absolutely nothing I wanted to eat there. Hubby had a veggie egg white omelet and he said it was awful. I ordered Hot Tea and brought my shaker and packets in. Though we have a contract on our current house, there have still been showings...usually around meal times. We have been to Chick-fil-a more than I would li...

Lunch: Steak Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette and Blue Cheese Dinner: Brussel Sprouts and a mix of the Lemonade Protein Shake and the Berry Fiber drink Last Shake: Profile Cheesecake with Pistachios and pieces of my Profile bar. Hubby forgot to get my Chocolate Shakes at his last visit...so have had to steal some of his protein mixes. So I am mixing up my flavors until my next meeting with my coach. Challenges: STRESS...and lots of it. Funeral, Terminal Illness, House Buying, Substance Abuse, Job Stress...all of it going on in my life or someone-close-to-me's life. I have had desires to eat things for comfort. This might be a hard habit to break. I have not had anything really bad. I did add 1 scoop of the Low cal, low fat, high protein Halo Top ice cream to my last desert last night. But I am hoping that was a better choice to make then a trip to Dairy Queen! Food: I tried some pistachio FF/SF pudding added to the cheesecake. It was okay. I will try again with a shake as I...

Lunch: Spinach Salad with Carrots and Yogurt Dressing. Celery with PBP PB. Dinner: Turkey Burger Lettuce Wrap with Chick-fil-a sauce and green beans Challenges: I hate it when someone brings in leftover bagels to the breakroom. Someone toasted one and when I went in to fill my water the smell of a toasted cinnamon raisin bagel hit me like a ton of bricks. Speaking of a ton of bricks....I was hit with some big news at work this morning...and my gut reaction was to go out to lunch to drown myself in comfort food. I won't of course....but I want to. Food Reviews: I forgot to mention that I tried a new Profile food last weekend. The pancake mix. I thought I would try it so that I could have a breakfast alternative while at our family reunion. They were okay. Not light and fluffy and not sweet at all. I would rather make a savory sandwich out of them. The second time I had them I put them in a waffle iron. Same flavor and texture...Again, would be better as a sandwich then a brea...

Been MIA again...but we are getting closer with the house deal and and starting to pack for our summer vacation. I have been staying on plan...though it is been rough. Friday night my 6 yo had a end of the season pizza party at her soccer coaches house. I wouldn't have been tempted except the pizza place screwed up one of the pizzas and it was a Pan instead of hand tossed...OMG, I wanted a piece sooooo bad. I probably might have caved and had at least a bite if my hands weren't full with my toddler and I wasn't wearing my invisalign. A pain to take out and then brush before putting them back in! By the time I could get around to feeding myself...the pizza was cold...and I had to tell myself it was not worth it at that point. Saturday we had to be out of the house again at dinner time for what I think will be our last showing now that we are under contract(knock on wood and spit twice). I was able to talk the 6yo into Chipotle. So I had a salad with carnitas, salsa and so...

Food: Lunch: Spinach Salad with Panera Raspberry Vinaigrette and Cucumbers. Dinner(kicked out of house again): Romaine and Kale Caesar Salad with Chicken from Panera Seemed like a Panera kind of day! Challenges: Showings at the house from 3pm-6:30pm means finding a place to eat out again! This time the girls and I went to Panera and I ordered the only salad without fruit on it! Man I miss fruit. It did have dressing and Parmesan "crisps". I gave most of the crisps to the toddler, but saved a few for the flavoring in my salad. I was so busy yesterday afternoon that I didn't get my snack in. So before bed I had a shake, bar and most of a fiber drink. I went to bed very FULL! Food: I actually liked the salad from Panera...but again...salad after salad is driving me nuts. With two house offers on the table...I am not accepting any dinner time showings tonight. I want real FOOD!! Weight: I brought our scale into the store to get my hubby's number to finally sync....

Monday: Lunch: Work Cafeteria Salad Dinner: Planut Sub Lettuce Wrap Tuesday: Lunch:Whole Foods Food Bar Veggies Dinner: Meatball Lettuce Wraps and Snap peas Plus 4 daily shakes and bar Challenges: With all of the stuff going on at the house...I am not very prepared for what to do about lunches and dinners when I am on a tight schedule or not allowed home to cook. I have been doing pretty well at finding alternatives to my easy fall back lunches and dinner at places that I can still feed people food to my kids. I totally get why so many families use drive thrus on a regular basis. You HAVE to feed your kids...and though not a good choice...sometimes you don't have much of a choice. I need to open up a drive thru with tasty healthy options...I would be millionaire. I know 'unforked' has tried this in the past...but I need options that my toddler and picky 6 year old would eat. I can see the commercial now. Frazzled mom...driving between work, daycare, soccer pract...

Meals: 3-4 shakes a day, 1 bar a day, and usually one fiber drink a day Lunch: either a salad or crudite...I can remember Dinner: Steak with Asparagus Lunch: Salad with cheese and dressing Dinner: Salad with grilled chicken, side of carrots and celery, ranch, and BBQ sauce Lunch: Profile Pizza(I didn't get my veggies in at lunch:) Dinner: Steak, Asparagus, beets and balsamic Challenges: This past weekend the in-laws were in town and because our house is on the market for showing...we had to stay out of the house. That meant eating out both Friday and Saturday night. My oldest also had a dance recital including an early dress rehearsal. But "Have shakes, will Travel" I had to pack our lunch to eat in between anyway. So that was easy to stay on plan. But we did go to BW3s for dinner on Saturday. That was hard...I miss boneless chicken wings...and I miss their wedges....their desserts looked yummy. But I stuck with a salad with grilled chicken...I am so sic...

5 months and 50lbs. I like the nice round numbers of it all! So if this keeps up I could be down 100lbs by Turkey Day! Goal Set! Food: Breakfast: A double shake with tea Lunch: Pulled Pork on a salad with Low Fat Ranch and BBQ sauce , side of green beans. Dinner: Profile Chipotle Sausage Pizza (yea, they're BACK!!) with extra cheese and brussel sprouts with balsamic . Snack: Frozen Shake with Almond milk and a Bar Challenges: We had a going away lunch for my boss' last day. The team chose to go out for BBQ. I was excited that I would be able to eat with them since meat on salad was an option! But boy, I missed having this places BBQ nachos. Of course the teammate who sat next to me ordered them! And the teammate across from me ordered the side of Mac & Cheese...he let me have a bit...just one pasta shell is all I took to get the desire out of my brain. So we are still waiting for an offer on our house...I know only 3 days have passed...but I am so very anxiou...

I am back.... It has been the most exhausting week of my life. I would compare it to the first week after having a baby. My body hurts. My mind is foggy. I am sleep deprived. I am forgetful. I have lost my keys twice. But we did manage to turn our 8 week plan for getting our house on the Market into a 5 day purging fest. The house is on the market and we have had tons of showings the last two days. Please say a little prayer that the buyer is writing up the contract now and will submit it ASAP. Knock on wood...and spit twice. It's only been on the market 2 days and I am ready to find a St. Joseph statue to bury in the back yard. I know I know...I need Patience...I am just all out at the moment. So that's where I have been. Chin deep in stuff. But I did hit a few NSG and SGs on my time away. I hit 50lbs lost this morning!! I have also dropped out of the "Obese" category on the BMI chart. Does that mean I am no longer an "American Statistic" :)? My...