So week 8 is over and I'm 228....still. I'm still waffling between 228 and 225, as I have been for the last 4 weeks. I'm convinced that its partly that I've had a few bad days and its messing with my body, that its also partly the stall that typically happens after my first month, and stress..not to mention a couple questionable food choices here and there.

So this weekend we did some massive food shopping, cleaned out the kitchen again, and I did something that really got me focused on my plan of action....I went to try on my wedding dress in the next size down.

Thats right, I walked right into that shop and said "let me see it in a 16!" I got looks, but that baby FIT ME! Sure, I was cinched up pretty good but I looked slimmer than I did the first time I tried it on. Then it occured to me that November 1st was right around the corner and that meant, gulp, that my wedding day is 185 days away!

185 days to get down into a size 14 misses. Thats the plan...thats the minimum plan...but my mother (the supportive person she is) spent 30 minutes telling me I need to be realistic and switch to a 16 misses instead of the 18 womens because the reality of me getting into a size 14 misses by my wedding day was unlikely. Thanks Mom!

So...I've decided that I'm going to prove her wrong, as always. I worked out for over an hour yesterday, I'll be walking at lunch every day and working out every night. If by Friday I can break through this stall and finally get below 225 then I will order the 14 misses and my mother's pessimism be damned! If I can't get below 225 then I will order the 16 misses and know that I can at least have it taken in to a 12 if I can beat it....but I would have to put my dreams of a 10 aside until after the wedding.

So, today its water water water water. I start eating my biggest meal at lunch. We're also going to start getting up earlier in the morning (we get up at 5am now) so we can fit in some yoga or something in the morning too. ****, we figure if those Biggest Losers can work out for hours each day we can fit in an hour and a half throughout the day. Just have to take it easy as I build endurance so I don't hurt myself.

Wish me luck!