It's been a rough week, but I'm loving dietbet

Posted on December 13, 2014

I have had a rough week around here. I have had too little sleep becuase I had to adjust my cycle for construction workers coming in every morning and remodeling our bathroom. The first few days they were here all day, and my natural cycle when left to myself switches to a more nocturnal cycle. I lost about 3.3 pounds last week and then gained 2.6 back last weekend, so I spent the first couple of days with little to no sleep and was trying to lose back to where I ended last week.

Well I got back there and then was stuck there the rest of the week. I did manage to pull off some extra-exercise Thursday night even though I was exhausted and my weight was up and down several times Friday morning, but it appears that most consistently the scale showed was .6 pounds down finally.

Thanks to everyone for all the encouragement and discussions about how to just stick with my 5,000 steps a day (my current fitbit goal) 1,000 calorie deficit (current fitbit goal) and 20-30 mins of exercise other than walking at least 3 days a week. I have 2 days of exercise this week so far and plan to exercise both Saturday and Sunday to get a 4th day this week.

I am in 3 4 week diet bets right now and 1 6 month diet bet. Between these I have everything ending including round one in the 6 month one all between 9 and 19 days. I just joined dietbet late last month, and am really loving it here. You people are awesome and supportive, and it helps to have others going through this with you. The daily weigh-ins I do with my scale that sync to Dietbet, and the weekly weigh-ins with tokens help me keep accountable, and sharing this journey with so many awesome people makes it easier every day!

Thanks for being such a great community! I am so glad I found dietbet. Let's all keep doing this together!!

PS: If anyone would like to add me as friends on here, please do for added support for us all!

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Kelsey D.

12/15/2014 6:33AM

DB has been great for me as well. Unfortunately life has dumped on me this month and I let it get to me. So excuse me as I brush myself off and start again. I haven't given up.. I just stumbled and fell. I did add you as a friend on here. Thanks for that opportunity. I will take all encouragement I can get and give as much as I can as well.

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Life has a tendency to seem to do everything it can to stop us sometimes. Getting back up and starting back over is always the best thing we can do when this happens. Thanks for adding me. The more friends the more motivation is what I always say when it comes to things like this! Just keep going, your body may jump back into burning mode faster than you expect.

Teresa Marie

12/13/2014 2:05PM

I'm so glad you're here and making the most of it!! Cheers!

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Thanks! I have just kept pushing and added some more exercise and have finally started seeing the work catch up with me again. I am happy about all the support on here which helps me stay focused.

Janine C.

12/13/2014 12:12PM

I feel the same about DB. I joined my first in mid-September and doing my 3rd and 4th games now and have never had success like this before. A great group of people and the 4 week challenge keeps you focused and working hard. Keep up the good work!!

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GeminiWitch83 Amanda

As far as a quick fully body work out... I can't really recommend any one thing. But I do honestly love Yoga, even though I find it very hard and very much a workout. There are all different styles that come with a variety of intensity and length of practice. I have some DVD's, but recently tried signing up for Gaiam TV's 10 day free trial and then $9.95 monthly subscription. It was working the other day, but I couldn't get it to work today though, so I have to call them back. I hope they are open tomorrow.

GeminiWitch83 Amanda

I have found Yoga Videos on Youtube too, and bought most of my DVDs used on ebay or amazon. A lot of people like Leslie Sansone videos too. I did her 1 mile video from Youtube once a couple weeks ago and it was pretty fun. I have an AeroPilates Reformer I bought from QVC when it was on 6 easy pay plan. I love it too. It works the full body and you can do a huge variety of stuff with it. It is quite relaxing and very low impact too. It's kind of expensive though .. that's why I got it on a payment plan. I'm always open to trying new workouts too to see how they work for me. I'm up for any suggestions too if you find anything good!

GeminiWitch83 Amanda

12/13/2014 11:51AM

I still only managed. 4 hours of sleep. I've been trying to go back to sleep all day. But I have an old dog who has a lot of arthritis in her back and has trouble getting up on her own. I've been trying to help her all day and can't get her up, so she just keeps barking in very high pitched distressed barks and I can't do anything for her. All I can do is wait for my dad to come home to get her up. This stress/anxiety is probably whats contributing to weight being stuck.

GeminiWitch83 Amanda

12/13/2014 11:50AM

Thanks. I sent you a DB friend request. I find the more friends the more motivation! As a bonus, I finally had a .8 pound weight loss on the scale this morning.