Just sending some encouragement to you... Apparently we are in the same area!!

Thank you for sharing your struggles with me; it helps to know I'm not the only one dealing with intense temptation. Keep up the great work lady!

Mayday, I'm in a 6 month DB and I love it. It's not as social as this group, but this group may be an anomaly. Anyway, you do pay $25 each month, or, for my group, we could pay $125 in advance (so you'd get the 6th month free). for the 1st 5 months, have of the monthly payments are put into monthly pools. You have to lose a certain percentage for each designated month (I think it goes, 3%, 3%, 2%, 1%, 1% and last month maintain). The other half of the monthly payments goes into the final round. If you make your monthly goals, you are eligible to split each month pot. My first month just ended and I got $16 and change. So if they allocated 50% of the monthly payment ($12.50) I cleared about $4.
I really like the 6 month challenge. I have 35 lbs to lose and it's gonna take probably close to a year to do it. So 6 months fix more with my long-term goals. Plus, the monthly challenges are easier to achieve than the 28 day challenges. That additional %age point was tough.

you're doing an amazing job, keep up the good work !