WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Last time I talked about how I kind
of messed up but was going to square my shoulders and move forward, blahbitty
blahbitty blah. And I tried to, I really did. But is the scale cooperating? No.
No, it is not. I am stuck at a sixteen lb. loss (better than a sharp stick in
the eye, but still – stuck is stuck.) The loss is 16 lbs. one day, 15 another day, 15.5 yet
another. But never, ever is it sixteen
and one half. Or, if you you’d like to get fancy, it's never 7.5 kg or 1 stone 2, either.
My scale could be messing with me
just for fun, but it’s more likely that I’ve hit the dreaded PLATEAU! And boy,
howdy! This isn’t just any plateau, this is the flatlands. This is freaking
South Dakota! (Disclaimer: I’ve never
actually been to South Dakota, but I have been led to believe that it is flat,
flat, flat. Rather like my weight loss at this point.)
So I think it’s back to square
one, my friends. Weepy I shall not get, and forge ahead I must (Yoda, is that
you?). As one of my idols, Newt Gingrich, *snicker*
has said, “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing
the hard work you already did.”
Well said, there Newt, well said.
Plateaus suck, but there's not a lot you can do other than ride them out, rather like power outages or presidential election cycles. Increasing exercise (Boo hiss!) and, as counterintuitive as it
may sound, sometimes increasing caloric intake helps (It says so here). Boosts the old
metabolism & all that. My plan is to start with the exercise angle and if
that doesn’t work, boost the calories a bit. I’m holding off on increasing
calories because it scares me. I’m doing around 1200 calories a day. More than
that seems unnecessary, but who knows?
While I ponder my next move, this could be a tasty and not
too terrible way to increase calories and not go overboard (Besides, it's pie. What’s not to
love?):
Yogurt Pie
(8 servings)
2 containers
lite, fat-free yogurt, any flavor (lemon or lime are particularly nice in
summer)
1 8-oz
container lite non-dairy whipped topping
1 pre-made
low-fat graham cracker pie crust
Fold yogurt
and whipped topping together until thoroughly combined. Pour into pie crust.
Freeze for
about 4 hours.
If adding
any fruit be sure it’s cut into fairly small pieces.
Per serving:
183 calories, 28g carb, 7g fat, 2g protein
