I am currently in 3 DietBets at once which means I have a good deal of money invested into these 28 days......if I win that's great because the more you pay in the more you get out however if I dont win I'm out $75 and I just have to deal with the disappointment of not reaching my goal which is why I am ultimately here. So let's start with a little background. I am 32 and the mother of 3 wonderful kids. I work at a desk all day which makes activity for those 8 hours something I truly have to work for. I am engaged to a wonderful man and although we have not set a date yet I hope things will work out for us to get married in the next year to a year and a half. I've always been kind of big but when my scale was creeping up on the 250 mark I decided I had to do something. After months of losing and gaining the same 5 - 10 pounds i stumbled onto DietBet and here I am. Before the three games I am currently doing I did 1 game with a $10 bet just to see how i liked it and if it was something i wanted to continue. On my first DietBet i met the goal and made $8....not bad BUT afterwards i binged out on all the things i had restricted myself from and gained almost all the weight back within 1 week. So now about a week into my second round I ask myself how am I gonna do this and not repeat history so here is what i have done and i hope someone out there can use this and maybe it will help them too. I'll let ya'll know how it goes.
I made myself a weight loss journal and these are the tabs:
Motivation - This consists of quotes and sayings that i find on the internet that remind me of what I'm doing and remind me that one bad day does not mean you give up, you just try again tomorrow.
Loss Chart - I have 2 one is a jar full of marbles and for each pound you lose you color a marble and the other is a countdown of my weight and you mark off the weight as you lose it until you reach your goal.
Weekly Goals - I print out a sheet with my goals for the week with smiley faces to color in when i complete them. My current goals are 3 salads for lunch, 3 salads for supper, 3 morning workouts and 3 evening walks.
Daily Goals - Same thing as weekly but only for the day and it is for my activity. 4 trips down the hallway, 3 sets of curls with resistance band, 3 sets of desk push ups, 3 sets of arm circles. I plan to add exercises or # of sets each week
Monthly Weigh In - I made up a print out to record my weight at the beginning of every month for a year
Rewards - I printed up a sheet with mini goals and what i reward myself with when i reach each goal.
I am still working on my weight loss journal and i'm hoping that having goals that i have to check off everyday will help keep me motivated and on track. Hope that maybre this can help someone else or just putting it out there will hold me more accountable. Good Luck Everyone! We can do this!!!