{"id":16078,"date":"2013-12-31T20:28:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T20:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/?p=16078"},"modified":"2013-12-31T20:33:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T20:33:22","slug":"diet-better-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/?p=16078","title":{"rendered":"Diet Bet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been talking a little bit about Dietbet.com and how it is to be one of my motivating tools this January. Today I headed over to the website to check in on the bet I’m joining and to learn more about the process.
\nThe downside, to me, is that the rules and how to’s don’t always seem clear. I suppose that over time it will become a little more obvious what is happening and the how will become a little less mysterious. But in my ‘curiosity killed the cat, fly by the seat of your pants’ kind of philosophy, I paid for an additional bet just to see how it works! So now, I am signed up for the original 4% in four weeks bet and I also paid for and registered to be a part of a 30 day challenge. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do in those 30 days, but I figured if I just keep moving forward that hopefully the bet will pan out with something positive. My goal will be to lose about nine pounds. I can do that.
\nI tell you what, though. As soon as I laid my money down my game face came on. It may be a very good tool, indeed, if that is the instant way it made me feel.
\nIf you want to join in, here are the links:
\n4% of Weight Lost in Four Weeks<\/a> (Starts on 1\/3, though you have a few extra days to check in late)
\n30 Day Challenge<\/a> (Starts on 1\/1)
\nIf you actually join, let me know so we can cheer one another on!
\n***<\/p>\n

De-Mystifying the DietBet Check-In<\/strong>
\nI’ll admit right now that if something seems technologically complicated I will bypass it. In that vein, I was skeptical of the dietbet photography upload business that on some websites can be such a frustrating pain. You see, to verify your weight you submit two photos- one on a scale in front of a mirror and the other of the scale with your weight and a special word that, I suppose, is the equivalent of holding a newspaper in a spy film. You are supposed to wear ‘airport security’ clothes- whatever that means. I just wore workout gear that didn’t weigh much.<\/p>\n

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\nYep. 223. I can’t even… Seriously.
\nAnyhow..
\nTo make things even easier, Dietbet has an app for your smartphone that makes the process go from easy to simple. And to be clear, I edited these photos together for this post. Diet bet does not make you do that! Cheers for simplicity!
\nSo, here’s to me losing 8-9 pounds in January!
\nHappy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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