Meghan T.

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Trying to get healthier and lose the last bit of that baby belly.

Quick Facts

Favorite Health Food: Salad loaded with veggies

Favorite Sinful Food: Peanut butter cups

My Preferred Method of Exercise: Walking, Wii games

My Approach to Weight Loss: Watch what I eat, and move when I can

My Weight Loss Program: I don't follow a program

My Diet Plan: I don't follow a plan

Fitness/Exercise Apps: RunKeeper, MyFitnessPal

Fitness Devices: FitBit

DietBet Winnings: $602.90

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TIME PERIOD: All 1-Year 60-Days 30-Days
Unofficial Weigh-InVerified Weigh-InDietBet Runner-UpDietBet WinnerRound WinnerRound Runner-Up
0% Since last weigh-in
0% 1-Month Change
-9.4% Lifetime Change

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The Yo-Yo
by Meghan - 10/21/2014 10:53AM

I consider myself very lucky that I've been able to lose weight fairly easily.  This is my 7th dietb... Read More ›

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My weigh loss nutritionist calls it the Nike swoosh...
Been doing the yo-yo and swoosh for 7 years (found an old google spreadsheet). Six to eight weeks of losing weight followed by ignoring the scale.

How have I started to break it (I hope)?
Finally getting tired of losing the 40 pounds and making a change. For me it has been recognizing I can't do without long term help. Started with a Doctor supervised plan, since I was higher than I had been in seven years. This plan has weekly prepaid maintenance meetings with a group. I've committed to six months, with a plan to commit to another year, and Diet Bet 10's.

So it's really committing to a lifetime change, and not just a short term change. I'm working on strategic stacking of dietbet 10's. A weigh in every two weeks, and then I'll stack on one more about month 5 or six to kick off another round of loss. Basically, plan. No more swoosh. Just weight loss steps (2.5 months at 3%), and flats (1-2% loss).