Has anyone used Dietbet as motivation?

i did diet bet a 6 month challenge. i find longer challenges are better for me with my mindset on the long haul. i found it did keep me accountable. i wasn't in it to win buckets of money but more not lose the money i contributed already. i would do it again. it was challenging!

I did a Dietbet and I found I got so incredibly obsessed with it I started to weigh multiple times a day and was incredibly down if it wasn't a consistent losing trend. For some people they are wonderful but if you have a penchant towards being obsessive might want to skip it.

I don't have any experiences because the dietbet challenge I joined starts on the 5th. I'm very excited to do this though. I also found out about Healthywage which is another betting site. For myself I plan to use Healthywage for an 8 month bet while doing mini one month dietbet challenges. This is the first time in a while i've actually been motivated lol. Like you, I'm interested in hearing stories about other people so I have an idea of what's in store

sofaking6 wrote: »

Are they all strictly weight-loss challenges? What about eating under your calorie goal, or meeting your exercise plans, etc?

There's another site/app, PACT, that focuses on alternate goals like daily logging.

If I were going to do that, I'd just donate the money to a worthy cause instead of giving it to someone else.

And OF COURSE people will lie and cheat to get money. That's a given.

I'd love to try Diet Bet but when I looked into it, progress was based on percent of your weight lost and when you're down to your last ten, it just seems so much harder, so I didn't feel like I was a good bet.

I'll look into Pact! Thanks for the heads up! I'm totally into rewarding myself for doing my part right (the eating and exercising) and let the scale do what it may, not be my report card.

I did the 4% weight loss in 4 weeks dietbet. I do NOT recommend it. If you are going to do a dietbet, do the 10% in 6 months. It's a much healthier and sustainable way to lose weight.

Based on my stats (at the time, overweight by a few lbs), 4% weight loss was 7.8 lbs in 1 month. I had less than 25 lbs total to lose, which meant that I had to drop down to 1,200-1,300 calories a day, which was excessive. These days I weigh less and I eat 1,650 calories a day, still losing weight.

The whole thing is a waste if you're in it for the money. Mine cost $35. I ended up with $40.50. Yeahhh. Subtract out my bet- I made $5.50. I did a dietbet that had over 7,000 people join. Dietbet takes a cut of every winning. You would have to have half of the people fail in order to double your money if they didn't take a cut (and they do). Otherwise you're just making a few bucks.

britishbroccoli wrote: »

I did the 4% weight loss in 4 weeks dietbet. I do NOT recommend it. If you are going to do a dietbet, do the 10% in 6 months. It's a much healthier and sustainable way to lose weight.

Based on my stats (at the time, overweight by a few lbs), 4% weight loss was 7.8 lbs in 1 month. I had less than 25 lbs total to lose, which meant that I had to drop down to 1,200-1,300 calories a day, which was excessive. These days I weigh less and I eat 1,650 calories a day, still losing weight.

The whole thing is a waste if you're in it for the money. Mine cost $35. I ended up with $40.50. Yeahhh. Subtract out my bet- I made $5.50. I did a dietbet that had over 7,000 people join. Dietbet takes a cut of every winning. You would have to have half of the people fail in order to double your money if they didn't take a cut (and they do). Otherwise you're just making a few bucks.

^^^This. I also did the 4% bet, and the pot was over $40k. I wound up winning about ten dollars. From what I have seen, it's the smaller groups that you win more money in. I thought the actual weigh in and weigh out process was sound though. If you aren't in it for the money, it's a good motivational tool because you don't want to lose the money you invested so it makes you stick with it.