Lose weight the fun way.

Posted on February 4, 2016

Today I was looking at my finalized Dietbets and I thought Wow, I've lost almost 6% of my starting weight and I've made about 20 dollars with three games. I have only recently joined Dietbet and I love the concept!

When I decided to share this with my best friend she could not be anything but skeptic and negative. I was quite surprised by her reaction! She felt it was quite a disappointment considering "all the things you have to do". Losing weight you mean? I didn't get into it much because she wasn't very responsive to the whole process. But that is okay, I will not bother her again with this information. I will just keep on going and lose the weight in a fun way, a competitive way (competitive with yourself) and a profitable way (even though I should not quit my job haha).

This brings me to my second thing to talk about: the people complaining about low payouts! You already lost 4% of your bodyweight and you have your money back with some extra, but you are mad that others also hit their goal weight? That is just so negative and they should take a seat... Haha! But oh well... I do have to say that I get that in January people are more likely to meet their goals, so I get the low payouts in the games, and I am okay with that.

I do have one other small thing to point out. I feel that Dietbets cut is maybe a bit too much with the games with thousands of people. I've seen Dietbet cuts around 6600 and 13000 dollars (I said maybe because of course I do not know the extent of Dietbets work). But hey, I'm still happy with this website and I rather lose the weight with Dietbet than without!

Let me know what you feel about these things and if you get same reactions from friends or family.

Lots of weight loss success! xx Safira

PS. For the people with currency conversions etc and, therefore, are losing money --> GOLDEN TIP: PAYPAL

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Ada G.

02/04/2016 10:25AM

This is my first Transformer game. I have have done 2 Kickstarters before. I was really surprised with how many people did not read and/or understand the rules in this game. I have gotten to the point where I just glaze over it because I am already struggling this round, I cannot let their negativity/stupidity affect me. I have to focus on the good things that are being done everyday across the world in this game. A pound lost IS something to celebrate. Sure I want to win but I must also see the big picture if I do not succeed.

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Torpedo

02/04/2016 5:19AM

I agree with many of your comments. I think what people are forgetting is that dietbet is not a charity, it is a for-profit organization. What's more, dietbet is very upfront about the way the cuts of the money work. I am dissappointed that people do not read the available information before investing their money. Reading the fine print (and dietbet doesn't even make it too fine) is just a good life practice in general.

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Tina T.

02/04/2016 4:18AM

I've shared the website with some friends, and they were receptive. No negative no-sayers, thankfully. I agree with you about the payouts being a bonus. The reason we're here is to lose weight! That is the big Payout! Any money, which I haven't been here long enough to win, is just an added incentive! I'm thrilled with the community of helpful people! Everyone has been so encouraging and uplifting! I'll stick with it, and will be happy to win anything that I can, and lose all that I can!

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Lavender

02/04/2016 4:02AM

I have talked about DietBet to my bf and family once and they were not enthusiastic at all. It was months ago and their main issue was "what if you can't do it?". So they basically ruined my motivation. Regarding the money, they told me things like "gambling is an addiction". It was hard to explain them that when you don't have a cheerful environment, at least you have a challenge with DietBet (and on top of that an awesome community, but I didn't know that yet). So yes, it was also a pretty negative reaction.

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Phindy

02/04/2016 1:24AM

People forget that this is not a money making scheme. It's a challenge with yourself to loose weight or maintain. The best I could hope for is getting my money back anything more is just a welcome bonus. I also wouldn't get overly excited about making more money in this website because it is literally because someone didn't meet their goal. It's a great motivator and we should focus more on cheering each other on.

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