Losing Weight and Making Money

In December I read a post on another blog I follow about a site called DietBet. she has hosted a weight loss challenge before but this time she decided to use this site to make it easier for everyone to join and give everyone a little more incentive. I decided to read up on the site and I liked what I found. Each dietbet is 4 weeks long and requires you to lose 4% of your body weight to win. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE that hits their goal wins. The bet amount is decided by the organizer(hers is just $10) and if you hit your goal, you will at least get your money back. The pot grows based on participants and everyone that loses 4% splits the pot.

I thought it was a pretty cool concept and I liked having the incentive of losing money if I didn't lose the weight. It takes the office weight loss pool to a different level and makes it easy for anyone to join in. I decided to join round one of her challenge(she is planning to do three rounds) and give it a shot. Today I weighed in and made my goal. I am just waiting on my weight to be verified since beginning and ending(if you win) weights have to have photo verification to help keep people from cheating. Today also starts round two of her challenge and a new DietBet.

I would love for you to join me in this DietBet. Simply click this link to sign up. The initial weigh-in is today and the final weigh-in is on Feb 24th or 25th since they give you a 48 hour window to weigh-in. If you meet your goal, you will make a little money. Once you're a verified winner, you can either cash out using paypal to transfer it into your bank account or leave it as a credit on the site to use for new games and let it grow. I am considering hosting my own in a few months(after I am done with her challenge) to help me with my last push towards my birthday goals. If that happens, I will post that here as well so you can join me then too.

Give it some thought. If you have been trying to lose weight but needing a little help, let the possibility of winning money help motivate you. It worked for me so far.