Meggan's Journey to a Healthier Lifestyle

Food: Dinner on Wednesday: Steak and Brussel Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar Lunch on Thursday: Had a work event that served lunch...Had too many burger/sliders wrapped in lettuce and tomatoes and cheese. Challenges: Lunch that was served on Thursday included fried chicken tenders, fried chicken fillet sandwiches, potato chips, filled donut holes, tortilla chips with queso dip, Guacamole, and salsa, and beers. This was probably one of the hardest events I have been too...sooo little to choose from. THE ONLY vegetables were the lettuce and tomatoes meant for the sliders. I loaded my plate with lettuce and a few tomatoes and made essentially lettuce wraps. But they were small and two was not enough. When everyone else was snacking on nachos and donut holes...I went back for two more sliders. Probably more than my allotted ounces... Exercise: I walked Wednesday and Thursday morning and did the under desk elliptical on Wednesday. After talking with my coach on Thursday, I decided to t...

Food: Dinner  Monday Night: Braised Short Rib, Cauliflower Mash, and Green Beans Tuesday Night: Grilled Chicken, Broccoli Slaw, and Butternut Squash Lettuce Wraps with BBQ/Mustard sauces. Challenges: I know I have bitched about this before...but getting up so early and exercising is making me HUNGRY!! Waking at 5:30 and not eating until 9:30 is torturous. I think I am going to have to adjust my schedule a little bit. This whole schedule thing is just driving me nuts...if I eat too early in the AM, I am HANGRY in the afternoon. If I eat too late in the morning...I am dragging and cranky in the morning. But I do need to do a better job of spacing things out. Last night for dinner I was not at all hungry and only ate part of my dinner. I ended up eating the rest AND my last meal replacement at like 9:30pm.  Current Schedule: (not exact based on meetings and kids schedules...but close) 8am - Caffeine 9:30 - Meal Replacement 11:30 - Veggies and meal replacement ...

Food: Friday Night Dinner: I have no idea...Leftovers maybe... Saturday Night Dinner: Cheese Burger in Lettuce wrap and roasted broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower Sunday Night Dinner: Scallops, Asparagus, Profile Noodles/Butternut squash zoodles and pumpkin spaghetti sauce cut with chicken broth. Challenges: Had a swimming/dinner/movie night at a friends house on Saturday. I knew they were grilling burgers so I brought my own head of Romaine. She was kind enough to know I was eating "healthy" and roasted some vegetables along with the tater tots:) I did okay. But the kiddo's didn't eat hardly any of their burgers so I ate part of each of them (one had cheese on it which probably put me over on my fats and PROTEIN allowance) so as not to make it look like we came over for dinner and then threw everything they served us away. She also made tons of popcorn and had rice krispie treats for snacks...ughhh I wanted both really bad. But only had a small bite of a rice ...

Wow! What a slacker I have been this week on blogging. Not intentional...just seems that when I get in front of a computer; I get distracted by FB, emails and well...work!! This week's dinners have consisted of: Tues: Zoe's Kitchen's Protein Power Plate Wed: Cauliflower Crust Pizza, pizza sauce, meatballs, and cheese Thurs: Grilled Chicken, Broccoli, Profile Noodles, and cheese Challenges: Exhaustion...makes me hungry. So I know that it is probably something that is obvious to others...but I am just starting to realize that when I over-do-it or have a sick child during the night that interrupts my sleep....the whole next day I am hungry and craving carbs for energy. Caffeine used to be enough...but I think my body is starting to get used to/dependent on it just to function. Exercise: Walked an hour in the AM and attended Yoga classes on Tuesday and Thursday.  Weight: Still stalling out hovering around -75. I am starting to get frustrated with this 2-w...

Food: Lunch was leftover veggies...a mix of green beans, asparagus, zucchini, yellow squash, and butternut squash. Dinner was fish taco lettuce wraps with shredded cheese, broccoli slaw, FF sour cream, and salsa. Challenges: Same woman is still bringing in baked goods and leaving them in the break room. I give her crap about it every day...she just laughs and tells me how strong I am. There are days I want to...nevermind...that's not nice. Have a fellow profiler (Hey Steph!!) coming back home for a visit and we are headed out to dinner at my hubby's restaurant. I hope I can make a better selection this time than I did last time! At least it will be easier with both of us supporting each other and not ordering trigger foods in each other's company. Exercise: Hit 11,100 steps yesterday! Which was good since I didn't come even close over the weekend (though I sweated my tail off at the soccer fields both days!!...but I guess sitting and yelling isn't really all...

Food: Dinners: Friday...I have no idea (Maybe leftover steak and asparagus...??)              Saturday...Literally ate all the meat and veggies that were on my kids' plates that they had refused to eat over the past few days. I felt like a garbage disposal.              Sunday: We had burger lettuce wraps and green beans Challenges: Dunkin' Frickin' Donuts...I promised the oldest that if she helped me out Saturday morning with a pretty big and long task, we would swing through and get her a donut on the way to her soccer game(and a little sugar rush might put a pep in her step during the game...). Well, did you know that DD now has PEANUT BUTTER filling in their new donuts...Mother of all that is holy...PB and Chocolate are my kryptonite. Well, since I was buying the older one a donut, I had to get an order of munchkins for the little one...and I should have stopped there...but no, I ordered a chocolate and PB d...

Food Wednesday for lunch I had a lunch to attend at a BBQ joint. It wasn't on the menu but I asked if I could get a side salad as one of my sides. They were happy to oblige.  So I had (probably too much) brisket, pulled pork, and burnt ends with a side salad and green beans. Last night for dinner I made roasted squash and zucchini and cheesy chicken sausage. I threw my leftover profile noodles on top and  was pretty excited about the meal Challenges I had a meeting over lunch yesterday where the host of the meeting graciously ordered sandwiches from Jimmy Johns. I had to lie and say I ate before the meeting. But was starving by the time I got to my real lunch. Eating at a BBQ place is hard....white bread, cheesy corn and mac and cheese... Musings: Do you ever find yourself judging other people's food choices, now?  I was at lunch with another friend who had a couple years ago gotten the gastric by-pass sleeve. She lost a TON of weight and looks great...but she o...

I have no idea what happened to yesterday...it just blew by. Monday night we went to Red Robin for dinner. I tried to stay away from the fries...I did have a bite...okay 2:) Tuesday night we just didn't have a dinner plan ready. I made the kids dinner of cheese quesadillas, a different vegetable each, and deli ham. I ate leftover vegetables and  proteins that were sitting on kids' plates from previous uneaten meals. It was pretty sad. I later had to have a cheese stick wrapped in deli ham as the leftovers were not enough. Heading to a lunch meeting today...so I will have my veg and protein meal at lunch and then my profile meal replacement and veg for dinner. Exercise: I walked a short amount Monday AM, and walked an hour Tuesday AM. I didn't make it to Yoga on Tuesday due to a meeting. It was storming this morning so we didn't make it out and I will miss Yoga tomorrow. So I really need to get up in the morning to walk to keep this trend going. Weight: I did j...

Food: See Challenges:) Challenges: Friday started the 4 day long celebration of my Husband's 40th birthday! Friday night we went out to dinner at a very nice resturant. I tried to stay on plan by having a fish appetizer and a fish with vegetables entree. The Entree including the vegetables had to have pounds of butter on it, though. I skipped my last meal replacement to try to make up for it. Saturday, hubby had to work so I was able to stay on plan all day. Sunday night we went out to dinner for his favorite...SUSHI. I asked if there were any rolls they could make without rice(some places will do that). But no...not this place. I had a few pieces whole and then started tearing the rolls apart and scraping out the rice...and I wasn't paying close enough attention to realize some of the rolls I ordered had FRIED crab or lobster in them...so had to pull that part off, too. Tonight we are going to Red Robin, soccer practice, and then home for cake...I can usually do okay at R...

Food: Profile Pom Green Tea Chocolate Shake Profile Pizza with a slice of ham and extra cheese Green beans dipped in honey mustard Chocolate Shake Chicken Sausages, Snap Peas, and Profile noodles with LF Laughing Cow Cheese. Caramel Cocoa Bar Frozen Blended Chocolate shake Challenges: Events: My husband's restaurant had a FREE Wine and Food event last night. My mom and her friend were in town and really wanted me to go with them. I wanted to go...but I felt like the temptation would have been too great. Everyone is always saying..."you can have a little". But a little of leads to a lot...or just throws my system into reverse and takes DAYS to get it going on track again. Luckily, I couldn't find a babysitter in that short of notice, so I had another excuse. Does being on plan and trying to stick to it make other people feel anti-social? Birthdays: My husband and mother's birthdays are coming up. With my mom and her friend visiting we took advant...

Food: Caffeinated Pom Green Tea Chocolate Shake Cinnamon Cereal (forgot almond milk...AGAIN) Chocolate Shake Spinach, Broccoli Slaw, snap pea salad with Panera salad dressing   Celery with PB Powder PB Caramel Cocoa Bar Mixed Green Salad with Balsamic Dressing(???) Chicken, Prosciutto,  and Cooked Spinach Blended Chocolate Shake Challenges: No cake or donuts today...woot woot! My mom and a friend of hers came into town and we had dinner at my husband's restaurant. Difficult finding much on the menu that was within plan. The chicken I ordered ended up being fried...and I didn't know it when I ordered it...so I pulled off all the skin and just ate the chicken. Exercise...though I did walk yesterday...it was storming this morning and I rolled over and went back to sleep. Was still tired as the kiddo had a bad dream and woke me up at 4am. Weight:....had a very crazy morning and did not weigh. Should have though as I have my profile appt today. Oh well!

Food: Caffeinated Profile Pom Green Tea Beverage Profile Chocolate Shake Profile Cereal...forgot to bring my almond milk so used some Chocolate shake for my "milk"!! Profile Chocolate Shake Spinach, Romaine, Snap peas, Broccoli slaw salad with Bolthouse dressing Profile Cocoa Caramel Bar Chicken Breast (marinated in something??!? ) and green beans with Profile Rosemary Balsamic dressing(NOT my favorite) Blended with ice Profile Chocolate Shake with PB Powder Mini Babybell Cheese Challenges:Finally off the steroids for the lingering breathing issues...so actually saw a change in the scale! Yea! Baby woke up crying at 4am...seriously thought about turning my alarm for 5:30am off...but I didn't!! CAKE in the break room for someone's work anniversary. Bastards! But I inspected the cake and the frosting was that crappy whipped kind(not the nice buttercream kind) so a little bit easier to walk away. But the situation made me think about the future...and how of...

Long Labor Day Weekend...challenges a PLENTY! Can't think of anything I ate that was new or out of the ordinary. I am pretty sure I stayed on plan 90% of the time. I did eat some dark chocolate out of a seed and dried fruit mix my kid was going to throw away, I had a bite of the other kid's protein packed Cliff bar, and a bite of not-so-great-totally-not-worth-it fruit pizza at a Labor Day BBQ. Yesterday I finished up the last of my steroid Rx...so I hope the scale starts reacting positively. So 6 days of a steroid and a new inhaler...I hope to start walking again tomorrow morning. We spent a lot of time at the pool this weekend...trying to soak it up. So Friday night I had to hit the drive thru for the kiddos. I abstained and came home to leftover bbq salmon wraps. Win! Saturday we stayed in which was unfortunate since the weather was sooo beautiful...but I had a chore list a mile long and I wanted it done. Kids didn't help much...shocker...so my list of 7 things too...

So I have been slacking on my posts this week! Not intentional...just busy, I guess! Food: I tried the new Oatmeal Raisin bars at my appt yesterday...actually kind of liked them...but they are 10g bars...so I probably won't be buying them until Phase 2. Haven't tried anything else new that I can remember in the last few days. Challenges: Damn Donuts in the office this morning...and they won't stop talking about that they are hot and fresh of the conveyor belt from Krispy Kreme....uggghhh pure torture. My sweet tooth is in overdrive this week....feel like I am ducking behind walls just to avoid looking at things I will regret eating. Health: So I told you about new meds. I plan to put them to the test today and walk over lunch. We will see if this inhaler and steroids have fixed my issues. If not, call back into the doctor! NSW: Had my last appointment with Amanda yesterday. She is moving on to bigger and better things. But we did measurements and she told me that...