Week 19-Oh No! Plateau!

  So our Monday weekly wrap-up post is a few days late. Sometimes life just gets crazy-busy and my writing time is limited to when I'm asleep. Although that could make for some interesting nocturnal musings, I haven't quite figured out exactly how to multi-task while I'm unconscious. But it's good to have goals, so I'll keep you updated on my progress in making that happen!

Nap AND write at the same time! Genius!

  We did manage to actually weigh in on Monday morning and the outcome was not exactly numbers to brag about. We, as a team, have plateaued. It was bound to happen sooner or later. We have been working on this weight-loss for 19 weeks and although we have achieved great success, we have been stuck for some time now. 
  I have maintained my weight at 130.2 pounds-no gain, no loss for this week. So that could be a whole lot worse. But it could also be much better. I think this may be due to the fact that I've reached a healthy weight and I look and feel a lot better than I did in January when we started. So I've let the healthy eating slip a little. It hasn't helped that it is the end of the school year (I work for the school district) and there have been several "Here Comes Summer" celebrations. You all know what that means-FOOD! And nobody celebrates with salad! The teacher's lounge and classrooms have been overrun with treats and sweets and my willpower is only so strong. Cookies are my Kryptonite-they cause me incredible weakness and I don't have the fortitude to drag myself away. Thank goodness summer break is less than a week away! 

Do you think the kids would riot if we replaced the party food with this?

  Katie has had the same challenges as my own, lots of after-school activities with a bounty of buffets and temptations to celebrate freedom from learning. She actually gained two pounds this week. Thankfully, Katie has a super-positive attitude and isn't letting this minor setback get to her. She feels pretty proud of the weight she has lost, and she should! 54 pounds lighter, she looks and feels amazing! But, she is allowing herself a considerable amount of cheating and knows she needs to get herself back in the swing of this diet if she wants to reach her goal weight. Katie was also introduced to Starbucks S'Mores Frappuccino, a deadly concoction of sugar and fat that apparently is highly addictive. This frosty treat has practically replaced her first love, Nutella. Heaven help Katie if they put a Nutella Frappuccino on the menu!

Gotta be honest-I tried one and I think it's pretty gross. Katie, I just don't get it!

  Jeff lost .6 pounds this past week-yay for the big winner of the team! He is currently 272.8 pounds which amounts to a 24.2 pound total loss. Jeff is not immune to the temptations of the sweet-tooth twins that comprise his teammates. He led me astray for a date night indulgence of pizza and peanut-butter pie last weekend and has had a few carb-laden frosty cold beers this last week. Hey, man-it's been HOT here. Well, our kind of hot. Listen, we natives of the Great Northwest don't get introduced to the big ball of fire in the sky too often, so when it shines in all it's cloudless glory, our skin starts to sizzle. What better way to chill out than with an ice cold beer? Also, Jeff ran out of his ThermoFit this month, so it's time to place another order and see if that can nudge him off this plateau.

I SAID, "Get back on the diet, slackers!!!"

  So our team has had another setback with a combined GAIN of 1.4 pounds this week and a total loss of 96.2 pounds to date. Last week we were sitting pretty at a total loss of 97.6 pounds. Somehow we got thrown in reverse. 
  Time to rally the troops, find better ways to beat the heat this summer and force our flab off the plateau!

Sounds reasonable to me...