I can't believe my four week DietBet is over!!!  I WON!!!!!  This was a fantastic experience!!!  Unfortunately, I really didn't get an opportunity to make friends like I wanted to because I work an un-Godly amount of hours but being part of DietBet helped to keep me focused on my goals.  I have to admit, money is important to me and so is accountability.  I didn't want to lose the $30.00 I put in and the thought of possible making more than the $30.00 helped me to stay on track as well as people knowing that I had committed to this.  I didn't want to have to say I didn't reach my goal.  Great motivators!  Here I am, having made a dent in the 30 or so pounds that I need to lose and the 50 that I would love to lose (8.8 pounds in a month, not too shabby) and I feel pretty gosh darn good.  Good enough that I am going to work on at least maintaining over the holidays.  If I lose more, that is bonus.   I plan on joining another DietBet, or two or however many more it takes to get the rest of the weight off, after the holidays.  No doubt, it works...  For me it works really, REALLY well.  :)