My goal this year and last year and the year before that was to lose weight. I have lost and gained the same 20 lbs for 5 years it seems. Over the years I've done Atkins, Jenny Craig, Slimfast, Weight Watchers, all with limited success. I created a blog on a website and have taken more BEFORE photos than I care to share. Sometimes I find an old before photo and wished I weighed that weight now.
Let me same this - No one cares about your success or failure more than you! Not your parents, spouse or kids. Most are probably sick of hearing about how you are. I'm talking to myself here too. There are many forums on the internet and Facebook is a good place for sharing results but frankly I don't want to tell my cousin who I haven't seen in 5 years about how much weight I've lost.
DietBet - To me it's not all about the money. Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of getting paid to lose weight. The thing that I like most so far is the people that you are competing with on the site. We all have a common goal and have experienced many of the same things. We know what it's like to get on the scale and for some unknown reason against all known science the scale goes up. I just recently found this site but I am so glad that I did - I hope to make many new friends on here even if and probably will never meet. For the first time in a long time I am excited about weight loss and can see a path to success.