I started back in September on a 7 week diet.  With a beginning weight of 176, my goal was to get down to 165.  This is the first diet I've ever really been on.

At first, it went pretty well - a pound a week.  But around week 5, I hit 171 and have not managed to get past that.

To lose more weight I have to overcome one primary obstacle: Cold weather.  While I have a treadmill and elliptical at home,  I much prefer to exercise outside. So when the weather started getting cold in October, I found my average daily steps drifting downward.

In week 4, I was averaging over 10,000 steps a day.  In the last couple of weeks, that average has dropped in half. 

I've been finding it a lot easier to restrict what I eat than to take the time to get out and walk and such.