Aw, happy anniversary! That sounds fun!! & I don't blame you - just because we're on a "diet" doesn't mean we can't live our lives! And an anniversary is definitely a time to live it up! Where are you guys going, if you don't mind me asking?

Wednesdays are my usual weigh in day, so here's my first weigh in for this challenge.

SW: 185
CW: 180.9
GW: 175

I'm still in the first couple weeks of my weightloss overall, so I'm sure that's why I'm losing a lot to begin with, but it sure does help my confidence that I'll be able to really do this!

missita - Good job! Mine at the beginning went pretty fast too, but it was a great feeling!

kuhrisuh - Thank you for agreeing! We are going to Houston.. its nothing too fancy, but they have a lot more to do than the Beaumont area. We are going to the Melting Pot which is a fondue restaurant. They have one in Austin and we just found out Houston had one too. Its so awesome!

Then we are going to Ikea. LOVE That place! He said its funny how we are going for an anniversary trip then going shopping for furniture.. I said so what! I like new furniture. Haha. There are some other stops we are making, but its just a fun trip to get away! Without the three dogs! We have to get a sitter.. :)

shortandfluffy, that sounds like so much fun! They have a Melting Pot in oklahoma city as well (I have family there) and my aunt went and took pictures of EVERYTHING because it was all so cool. Ha ha!! I hope you both have a great time!! :)

ooo love challenges...im in

SW: 236.0
CW: 236.0
GW: 227.0

I am glad so many people joined this. I missed my V-day goal I HAVE to do this one!

kuhrisuh When we went in Austin we took pictures too! I will have to find one to post.. its so funny! Our waitress kept walking up mid picture so we would start laughing.. haha.

Weighed in on Wed. at 194.5.... 1 lb down 9 more to go in the next 4 weeks. WAHHOOOOO!

okay...so it's not my weigh in date yet. that darn scale is hard to avoid!

SW:157.6
CW:155.6
GQ: 147

down two pounds! BOOYAH!

Hmmm...I had a big week this week. 3.1lbs!? I didn't change my plan at all, in fact, I cheated more than normal on the weekend. I did start weight lifting everyday for about 20 min, but I don't think it was enough to burn off cheat calories. I was kind of plateauing for the last few weeks, maybe this was my whoosh. So much for slowing my weight loss down! So I think I'm going to lower my goal to 145lbs which was my original final goal weight. So that'll be a good milestone to get to :)

SW: 153.2
CW: 150.1
Original GW: 147.2
New GW: 145.0

Either my scale is broken or I'm having my "whoosh" too! I weighed in 5 times this morning because I was in such disbelief. I was 193.8 the first two times and 192.8 the last three times. AAAaaaahhhhh I hope that's right!! I'll take EITHER ONE of those numbers!

Official weigh day is Sunday..

I weighed in and I'm 188 this week! -sigh- I can never have a steady weight loss. I have been working out all week too. I dont think I have went over 1800 cals everyday. blah I dont understand weight loss at all.

Congrats to everyone losing though! I'm jealous. ; c

MKendrick - I had a bad week last week (had Chinese food 2 days in a row) and drank 2 glasses of wine. I had been stuck going back and forth between 195.5-197.5 all week and then dropped down to 195 even and now 194.5. I think every now and then your body needs a little junk in order for it to start working again. :)

I know FOR ME, what helped when I was stuck at 199 was changing things up. I started working out more and doing different kinds of workouts than usual. And I also changed my calorie intake... I mean, it's hard to make DRASTIC changes all the time, but adding variety into things helped for sure, IMO.

Stay strong - you can't fail if you don't quit!
Can't remember who told us that saying.. but it's a good one!

We were talking about this over the in the weekly chat not too long ago. Some people up their calorie intake a little bit just to see if there will be a change, some people up their intake only a FEW days a week as well. I think it's really something you have to experiement with along with exercise.

That quote is AWESOME!!!!