Profile By Sanford Reboot Reduce Easy Meals

So on my plan, being 5' I get:

25gm Protein MR x 1
15gm Protein MR x 2
10gm Protein bar or Profile chips x1
Vegetables x 4 cups
Meat x 3 oz lean, 4oz very lean
fat x 3
free x3

If I'm having a week where things are really busy, I go to the store and get:
2 bags of ready to eat salad mix
bag of coleslaw mix
California frozen steam bag veggies
cucumbers
2 stalks of celery
bell and sweet peppers
cheese slices
boneless, skinless chicken breast
ground turkey
almond slivers

I already have some Walden Farms, Profile, and regular salad dressing in the fridge. I also have garlic, soy sauce and ginger for Eggroll in a Bowl, along with salsa.

If you plan ahead and are able to afford some Profile products, I would suggest:
pizza
microwave soup
chips

My food would look like the follow -

Breakfast - 25gm shake
1st snack - string cheese and celery
Lunch - salad with Profile 15gm MR, regular salad dressing

• variations - 
• add chopped steam veggies to soup ( I miss crackers! I like thicker, chunky soup)
• use Profile or Walden farms dressing add cheese to salad or have cheese stick on            side
• steam veggies instead of a salad, add cheese or cheese to side
• almonds instead of cheese or dressing 
• cucumber or peppers in salad

2nd snack - 10gm bar, every other day fiber drink, celery and/or cucumber if hungry

Dinner - Eggroll in a Bowl, if not shared, will make 4 dinners, almond slivers

               or

               4oz chicken breast, steamed veggies, cheese on the side or on top of chicken or veggies

               or 

               cook bell peppers, add in cooked chicken, salsa and cheese

3rd snack - 15gm MR

Obviously you would need time to cut up the celery and other veggies, cook chicken and Eggroll in a Bowl, etc. There are chopped veggies at stores too if you are on a road trip or short on time. Just watch out for extra additives or fat. Consult with your Profile coach before eating packaged items.

Profile by Sanford Planning for Appointments

Today is my third appointment, as I am two weeks into losing weight on the Profile by Sanford plan. (I should disclose that these are not sponsored posts.) To make sure I don't over or under buy production, I have been planning the night before my appointment with my coach.

I count all items I have left, excluding what I will need for the day I meet with them. So first I set aside the items needed for one day: 1 morning shake, 1 shake or soup for lunch, 1 bar for a snack, and 1 shake for the after dinner snack. Then I record the remaining counts in my notes on my iPhone:

As you can see, I also record things I tried and didn't like as well as any questions I have for my coach. This is very helpful when I do my shopping in the store, and of course my coach will help me make sure I have everything I need. 

I also make sure to fold up my reusable bag to fold up in my purse so I get an extra $.50 my purchase. 

My next step in being more organized is to make sure I am keeping better track of my free items. I know I had a few too many yesterday: 4 cups of decaf with Walden farms creamer, sugar free jello, seasoning on my fish, Walden farms dressing on my lunch salad. Not too bad but I'm sure not helpful either. The days that I precook or plan out dinner are days that are easier to keep track of the free items. Unless you cook your veggies and meat with no seasoning, you would always use at least one free items for dinner.

Fridge Envelopes

For my daughters party some years ago I made this craft. I thought it would be great for the kids lockers, but they wanted to play more then they cared about the crafts. Since then I have had them on the side of my fridge and find them very useful. The one on the left is full and disorganized but I use it for small papers I don't  want to lose such as business and appointment cards, receipts, small photos etc. The one on the right holds my box tops for education and if we collected pop tabs for Ronald McDonald (if we drank pop out if cans) then I would have collect them in here. One day I will be super organized, but in the mean time this is what works for me.