Weight Maintenance????

Posted on February 18, 2015

I have 60 pounds (or so) to go... Is it too soon that I worry about WEIGHT MAINTENANCE????

I have been reading posts of other dieters and blogs and it looks like I am not the only one who gets to their goal and then... celebrates themselves to the return of their fat tired cranky lose self esteme days... or maybe it's just me.

but I wonder... would I buy into a DIET BET monthly or tri monthly MAINTENANCE bet??? I bet $$$ that I don't gain any weight in 3 months! Would you? What would your number be if you did? $20 or $30 or ... would it have to be higher, much higher, to keep you on your game??? Say $100 every 3 months???

I bet I would have to go higher for maintenance than just dieting. Why? Because I would be all like, happy and running around which equals more eating out and hey when you feel good you want the GOOD STUFF! DESSERT! Cheesecake! and WHITE RUSSIANS!!! ohhh.... or sweet drinks ... just one or two won't hurt ... much!!!

No... I would need a big incentive I think for maintenance. What about you? Dietbetter doesn't offer it now - or if it does, I haven't found it. I have 6 months or so to go.. but... still, my success this month has made me wonder..... WHAT ABOUT WEIGHT MAINTENANCE?????

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Nathan A.

02/18/2015 7:41PM

Great idea about a maintenance bet. I also started to wonder about when I get to the end...whats next. Good idea!

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02/18/2015 11:14AM

I read somewhere that they want to introduce weight maintenance bets at some point this year. So you're in luck - when you've finished your diet bet, that option should be available :)

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Natalee

I would love to see something like this too! I love the accountability of diet bet.

Shara G.

It looks like they did at some point... Now where did they go and why? I lost 20 lbs with DietBet from Jan-March and gained it right back through September. Working on losing it again. I love the rules for their maintenance bets, just none of the links work and you can't find the games. I would be willing to try another system too once I'm done with DietBet if anyone knows of anything. .

Cathy

02/18/2015 7:56AM

I've wished there was a maintenance diet bet too. I'd like to lose 10-20 pounds but my real goal is NOT to gain. I also would love a "turtle" diet bet - lose 2% in a month or something like that. I'm close enough to my goal weight that it's really tough to eat perfectly consistently enough to lose quickly.

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Joyce P.

I agree! I hope they will consider this! I have lost my weight through another program without maintenance and gained it back. A huge worry for me! That's why I don't want to join the member program for $50 a year.