Your current weight: 286? (Scale is currently bouncing around between 287 and 285)

Your August mini goal: 276

Your plan of action to reach that goal:
1. Follow SBD
2. Exercise: go to gym three times a week, Jazzercise once a week, OA once a week, walk the dog everyday, and do Yoga/Pilates or Belly Dance video once a week.
3. Drink more water
4. Actually measure my food instead of eyeballing it.

Your reward for reaching that goal: A back scrub with head rub and pedicure at the spa at my conference in Pittsburgh. :cloud9:

Hiya Gals! :wave: I think I'm doin' pretty good this week, for me at least. I still need more veggies and probably a little more exercise. BUT I've been eating good the past few days and I don't feel deprived! I've been eating strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and sugar free popscicles :hun: And a big step was that I bought myself a low fat chicken bar-b-q pizza instead of eating the naughty stuff at home. :eating2: It was sooo good. I'm slowly getting stronger against my cravings. I even passed up the donuts today on donut day at work! :s: I'm going to try to find a new scale and double check my weight. I think mine is really off. It said 190 this a.m., which I would jump up and down with joy if it was true :dance: but I don't think it is. So I'll check back in next week. I hope you're all doing well :)

Welcome all challengers! :wave:

Good to see you back Shoe Queen! :)

Your current weight:At the docs on Wednesday June 23rd it was 225
Your August mini goal:210 by my scale
Your plan of action to reach that goal:Richard Simmons food mover
Weights 3x's a week
Walking 5x's a day
Your reward for reaching that goal:A few new tank tops

HIya girls! How are you all doing? Life has been busy for me but I just wanted to check in. My scale is still fluctuating between 190-195. I love the 190 mornings :D hehe. I do have something wonderful to report. I've been cutting out sugar for a while now and I never thought it would happen but the things I used to love are too sweet for me now! For example: the strawberry topping on waffles, my old favorite chinese dish-honey seared chicken, and I haven't even wanted to try pancakes with syrup. yuck. I can't believe it! I'm so happy. :smug: And I found sugar free popscicles and they are soooo wonderful. And sugar free snow cones since its hot, hot, hot here in Texas. Just wanted to share some good news. Hope you're all doing well. OH, one more thing. I've also decided to take some enrichment classes like drawing and photography for fun. AND a few friends are getting together to take belly dancing classes next month. Life is good. Take care ya'll. ;)

Congratulations on your efforts Shoequeen! :cp:

Have fun with your belly dancing classes - I belly dance and it is awesome! :D

Hi everyone - I'm back and ready to jump on the challenge band wagon.

My current weight: 177.6
My August mini goal: 172
My plan of action to reach that goal: Joined LA Weight Loss Centre and am very deligently journaling everyday, sticking to program and drinking my 8+ glasses of water every day - I've actually already lost 7 pounds since June 5/04 when I joined.
Your reward for reaching that goal: Smaller clothes - maybe pants

Welcome back Teufelchen! :D

Congrats on the 7lbs! :cp:

Hi Chickies! :D Guess what! I just went to my gyne. this morning and fearfully stepped on the scale :goodscale and lo and behold. . . I'm at 192! Hooray! :cheer: I'm so excited! I know it was early in the a.m. but I had already had breakfast and coffee :coffee: so thats pretty good for me. Yeah! :D Now if I could just get under 190! I'm going to exercise more this week :barbell: and eat less carbs. Gotta buy groceries. Hope you're all doing well. Take care!

Congratulations Shoequeen! :bravo:

Way to go Shoequeen. You're almost in the 180s. :cb:

OH the difference a week makes. :( I've been moving so my excuse is I don't want to buy groceries so all I have eaten is junk. All kinds of fast food. I feel crummy. So. . . whats happening with everyone elses goals? The only thing I can say is that I'm going to work out harder in the month of August. I'm doing a walk benefitting Alzheimers on September 11th and I have to be able to walk 3.8 miles. I know I can do 2 right now, but not so sure about the other 1.8. So I'm going to try to work up to it. I hope you're all doing well. Doing better than I am with my diet. :kickcan:

Good luck with your benefit walk shoequeen! :lucky:

I am still 2 lbs away from goal - almost there! I have been exercising more too so I am pretty happy with the results :)

Today is the last day of our challenge - we begin a new one on August 1! :cb: