Diet Bet

I joined a diet bet today.  It's an online bet where you log in with your current weight, and your goal is to lose 4% of your starting weight in 4 weeks.  The bet on the one I joined was for $5.  After the 4 weeks are up, the people/person, that loses the 4% of their weight, gets the jackpot money.  I'm hoping this will help me some.

To begin, you have to take a full body pic, and a pic of the scales with you standing on them so that the site "judges" can verify that it looks valid (obviously they don't want a skinny person saying they weigh something larger and then saying they lost it all. lol).  Here are my pics...

They give you a word to use in your scale pic, so they know
it's a current pic and taken after they tell you to weigh in.

So, according to the math, I need to lose 8.2 lbs in the next 4 weeks (205 x .04 = 8.2).  I managed to lose right around 5.5 lbs in January, so I think with a little more dedication, I can do this.  Dedication means being more accurate with my calorie counting and measuring, and actually getting in a bit more exercise.

2013 is my year!!!!

I've decided that 2013 is the year that I plan to really do something for ME.  I'm ready to lose this weight, once and for all.  I've been overweight as long as I can remember, and it's seriously time for a change.  I don't expect instant results, and I know that it'll take time and effort.  I'm ready for it to happen!!!

I've got 11 months left in this year to do see more results.  I started on January 1st, and I'm down 5 lbs.  That isn't "bragging rights" for some people, but for me, it's great.  If I do nothing but 5 lbs a month for this whole year, that's still 60 lbs off by the end of the year!  But I'll take more of a loss or less of a loss, each month.  I'll go with the flow, and be happy for all my accomplishments.

Now for numbers... I started the year at 210 lbs.  OMG, did I just post that publicly??  Yeah, I did.  So now I'm down 5 lbs.  So for January, I'm down to 205 lbs (204.8 to be exact!!).  I need to lose around 80 lbs, so if I can do close to that 5 lbs a month I just mentioned, I'll be at goal in a little over a year.  That sounds like such an amazing thing to say!!!

A quote I saw recently really spoke to me.  I've started this journey so many times, and then I've given up on it.  I've got to stick with it this time.

"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.  The time will pass anyway."
-Early Nightingale

I can't even tell you how many times I could have reached my goal if I hadn't given up.  Two years ago, I started the journey and gave up.  Guess what?  Two years still passed, even though I gave up.  I could have stuck with it, and now I'd be where I need to be.

One goal hubby and I have discussed some, but haven't actually looked into much, is doing a 5k.  I can walk it pretty easy right now, but I don't do it very fast.  I need to walk more often, so it will become easier for me.  And maybe once I begin walking more often, I'll be able to eventually jog or run some.