Eating my exercise

Posted on December 17, 2014

So I have done DietBet before, but I (blah blah lots of excuses) so I stopped. Short of my goal. What a wiener. I've since signed up for Ragnar, and I am training faithfully. You'd think I would be getting trim and slim, right? I should be... I am running a minimum of three miles three times a week! That's some calorie-burning stuff! But I use it as an excuse to eat!!! "I ran today, so I can eat (whatever)." "It's ok if I am two or three hundred calories over my count today-I went for a run."

Obviously, I have been totally kidding myself. Here I am, four months after my last DietBet, up 10 pounds. Yikes. So, I'm turning over another new leaf... Back on the wagon, joining DietBet, eating clean, running on.

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Joelly M.

12/17/2014 6:12PM

Great write! Yes, I can totally relate which is why I hesitate to get into running again because it's what gets me in trouble in the first place. It's not the running it's the fact that I use it as an excuse to eat whatever. Thank you for sharing this!

Marsha M.

12/17/2014 11:13AM

Wow, very encouraging post - even though you are suffering the 10 pound gain - I can totally relate. I want to join this new game "a dollar a day..." but, I'm unsure of the goal, ie what percentage I have to lose. Is it always 4% in four weeks. For every 4 week game?

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Joelly M.

Yes, it's always 4% in four weeks, thus the name of the game is DB4.

Bitsy

It's very do-able, but it does take daily maintenance, and no cheat days. At least for me.

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