Almost 1 year ago right now I started my first dietbet. I weighed 257 pounds. At the end of April I weighed 212 pounds and thought I was on my way to being under 200 for the first time since college. It was the best, most successful stretch of weight loss I've every achieved. And then life happened.
I moved and got off my program.
I had a very important relationship come to an end.
I became depressed.
I got lazy.
I lost my focus. I kept doing dietbets, but I went 3 or 4 months with my ending weight being higher than my starting weight. I had my transformer goal made with 3 months to go, and I lost it by 6 pounds. So I quit. I justified it by calling it a much earned break (I was still down quite a bit of weight at that point). But really I quit.
So today I am starting fresh. I weigh in for this dietbet at 247 pounds, 10 pounds less than I did at this time last year. But 35 pounds higher than at my lowest weight last April. My jeans and shirts are tight again, I feel much less well, and weak, and, worst of all, I can see all that fat back in my face (oh how I hate that).
My goal is 190. I have 57 pounds to lose. I got close last year. This year I'm going all the way.