Showing posts with label DietBet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DietBet. Show all posts

April 02, 2022

My April DietBet Weigh-In


Like last week, I forgot about trying out a new recipe to post about today. So, I'll do that tomorrow.

If you missed Wednesday's weigh-in post, it was not a good week as far as the scale goes. I had gained nearly five pounds, bringing my weight up to 154.6. Considering I gained that much so quickly, I knew most of it was water weight, but it was discouraging to see that.

Knowing that my DietBet weigh-in for April 1st had to be 150.3 or lower, I realized there was pretty much no way that I would hit my goal.

If you're not familiar with DietBet: You basically make a bet on yourself that you'll lose X amount of weight in a particular amount of time. There are 4-week bets that are usually $35-100 to lose 4% of your body weight, and there are 6-month bets that are $175 (or an option to pay $35 monthly). I won't get into the math here, but you place a bet that you'll lose the weight and then if you do, you split the pot with everyone that met their goal. You are guaranteed to win your entire bet back if you meet your goal. (DietBet takes a large cut of the pot before paying out, so your winnings aren't as much as you might think in the beginning.)

I've said before that I'm not a big fan of DietBet in general for a few reasons--mainly that they take a HUGE portion of the pot--but I've been using the site since last May when I started losing weight. The monthly "official" weigh-ins have helped me. (You have to take photos to prove your weight.) I'm currently in the middle of a 6-month bet that started on January 1st. I have to weigh in at a particular goal on the first or second of each month in order to win. The final goal is to have lost 10% in 6 months.

Anyway, my official starting weight for DietBet was 163.4 pounds. (Keep in mind that I wear light clothes for the weigh in photos, so the official weight is slightly over my usual naked weight in the mornings.) I hit my February and March goals, and until my weight gain last week, I was on target for my April goal. DietBet gives you until midnight PST on the 2nd of the month to do an official weigh-in.

Jerry did his weigh-in yesterday and hit his goal with a little room to spare. Last month, he had to work HARD to drop the weight within a week's time because he slacked off the first three weeks. I told him to make sure he doesn't wait until the last minute to lose the weight again. Well, that came back to bite me this month, because I was in that same situation.

Weighing in at 154.6 (154.2, really, but holding my phone for a picture adds 0.4 to my weight--this is relevant, I'll get to that soon) on Wednesday, I wasn't even sure if I should try to hit the DietBet goal or not. Getting down to 150.3 (with clothes and holding my phone), I would have to be just under 150 or so--naked--at the most for my weigh-in. That's a five-pound drop. Highly unlikely!

On the 31st, I was at 153.6. Yesterday, I was again at 153.6. I was super bummed that I was going to lose this month's bet--not just because of the money, but because I was under that goal just a week ago.

I ended up deciding on a Hail Mary effort--drinking lots of water and fasting all day yesterday. I was so sure it was impossible that I had a hard time deciding if it was worth it.


This morning, no matter what the scale said, I planned to eat like normal. I wasn't going to try to fast all day and weigh in tonight. Anyway, I got up at 3:30 (yes, my wake-up time seems to be getting earlier and earlier) and stripped down and hopped on the scale. I was at 151.4. Naked. I put my pajamas back on and did the Wordle for today and read my book for a little bit. Was able to pee just a little before trying the scale again. 

(Yes, I realize how stupid this whole scenario is! It reminds me of the days at Weight Watchers when I'd see women remove all of their jewelry, shoes, belts, anything they possibly could before stepping on the scale.) 


I put on the absolute lightest clothes in my closet (a pair of pajama shorts and a tank top--no bra or underwear, hahaha) and tried again. It was 150.2! I was under the goal by just 0.1. HOWEVER... when I pick up my phone to take a picture of the scale, it adds 0.4. So, I needed to get my clothed-weight down to 149.8.

By this time, it's 5:00-ish AM and I just went about my usual morning routine feeding the pets, hoping I'd be able to pee once more.

And it worked!! I was able to weigh in at an official 150.0--0.3 pounds below the goal. I couldn't believe it.

This is another reason that I have reservations about DietBet, though. It's super common for people to drop as much water weight as possible just before weigh-in. If I hadn't been at goal just a week ago, I wouldn't have even attempted it. But since I knew most of the gain last week was water weight, I figured I could try it and see what happened.

Next month's goal is 148.7, and I know I can do that. I feel really motivated having lost the weight I gained last week. I'm expecting it to be back up a little tomorrow now that I've eaten, but I don't feel the pressure anymore. At this point, I feel like it would be nice to lose half a pound a week!

I've never had a DietBet weigh-in that was such a close call; usually I have at least a couple of pounds of leeway. I definitely don't want to let that happen again. I'm going to work hard on consistency this month; March was all over the place as far as my eating habits go. One of the benefits of the last few days is that I got in the habit of drinking a ton of water again!

Here is today's random fact of the day:


I think this is so cool! A quick Google search brought me to this:
"Back in 1964, The Beatles made a career-defining decision to aid fighting racial segregation in the United States by refusing to play a concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida.

The gig in question had been segregated without the bands’ knowledge. Upon discovering that the racial segregation was taking place, The Beatles threatened to cancel the performance."  (source)

December 16, 2021

Six-Month DietBet : Weigh-In vs. Weigh-Out Pictures


Things are going well with Duck being home! I definitely bother him too often while he's napping to see if he feels hot, but so far, he's been about 70% back to his usual self. I still don't have the results from his FUO (fever of unknown origin) test--hopefully before the weekend!--but for now, I'm just trying to keep his fever down. I have to give him an anti-inflammatory and antibiotic once a day, and check his temp three times a day. (Also make sure that he's eating and drinking.) I'm so happy to have him home--I missed every little quirk about him!

Six months ago, just a couple of weeks after I started counting calories, I decided to join a six-month DietBet. I liked the idea of a long-term one so that I would have the weigh-in accountability as I lost weight. It started on June 14th and ended on December 14th. I did my final weigh-in (a.k.a. "weigh-out") yesterday.

I wasn't worried about whether I'd met my goal; I exceeded it by quite a bit. But I was curious to see how much the payout would be because I'd never done a six-month bet before. You can pay monthly or pay up front; I chose to pay up front because it's $35 cheaper, but you still get to split the pot evenly if you win. So, I made an initial bet of $175. All I had to do was lose 10% of my body weight in 6 months, and I'd at least win my money back.

There were 466 people who participated; and in the end, there were 144 people who reached their 10% goal. It was exciting to be one of them!

The results were finalized and the final payout was $394.84; after my initial bet of $175, that means I profited $219.84! I was shocked by this. I was thinking it would be closer to $20-30, because the four-week bets pay out practically nothing (in my experience, anyway).

Six months of working on my weight and it paid for Duck's FUO test and about one dose of his antibiotic--hahaha! (Hey, every little bit helps, right?) And most important to me was the weight loss; that's the whole reason I did the DietBet in the first place.

I hadn't planned to share my actual weigh-in photos. (I always feel awkward taking the "official" DietBet photos--am I supposed to smile? It's kind of like getting your picture for your driver's license at the DMV. You want to smile, but it feels embarrassing when there are 7,387 people in line watching you. And it's only for an ID, so a smile isn't necessary.)

Anyway, my point is that the official DietBet photos are awkward! But I thought it would be fun to do a side-by-side of my initial weigh-in versus my weigh-out. I'm cringing inside at the thought of sharing my "before" pic, but I'm excited to see the change in the area that bothered me the most... 

I usually tend to gain weight pretty evenly, but after having the lower body lift to remove my excess skin (10 years ago, can you believe it?!) the scar doesn't allow fat to form underneath it. So, I gain fat above and below the scar, which gives me love handles and saddle bags at the same time. See the big indentation just above my hips on my before photo?

Now, it's almost completely smoothed out! (It's not very noticeable in the picture from yesterday, but when I'm naked you can still see it. My weight has to be in the low 140's for it to be totally smooth.) But I'm ecstatic that it's not very noticeable now!

My total official weight loss for the six-month DietBet was 34.6 pounds. I had really hoped I would be in the mid-140's by the end of this year, but as you know, I've been going two steps forward and one step back for a couple of months!

I'm actually three weeks into a four-week DietBet, but there is no chance that I'll win it. After the last two weeks of emotional hell I've been through, I'm actually really surprised that my weight isn't higher than my starting weight was, haha. I'm going to do my best as far as counting calories and getting back to a good routine, but I'm not going to go to extremes to drop six-ish pounds in five days.

I have to say, after seeing the results of this six-month bet (and how helpful I found it) it's tempting to do another! It would be extremely difficult at this weight, though--I'd have to weigh roughly 135 by July 1st. That's essentially my goal weight, so it's definitely tempting. The Bet starts on January 1st. Maybe I'll see if Jerry wants to do it with me; his weight is the highest it's been in years, and I know he wants to lose the weight he's gained.

I think I'll see how the next couple of weeks ago as far as my eating patterns and then I'll decide if I'll join the Bet or not. Regardless, though, I'd love to see my goal weight again sometime!

October 13, 2021

Wednesday Weigh-In : Week 20


No, I did not wear this in public yesterday, haha. I went to Eli's soccer game and I was FREEZING so I wore these tights and top underneath my jeans and hoodie. (These are the black cat tights that Jerry bought me in October of last year.) I only took this selfie for today because I thought it was significant that I was actually able to wear them underneath my jeans.

I wasn't able to even fit into the jeans 20 weeks ago, so the fact that I could easily wear them over the tights was a big deal. They were loose even with the tights under them, so I'm going to get rid of them and several more pairs of jeans that are too big.

That is, of course, assuming I start consistently losing weight again! I already spoiled my weigh-in yesterday by saying that I knew I was going to have a gain on the scale today. There was no surprise there. I've had a crazy (quite literally, according to my psych chart, haha) whirlwind of emotions lately. Being hypomanic either makes me not want to eat anything at all or it makes me just think, "Eh, what the heck!" and eat everything.

I haven't been binge eating or anything like that; I just went overboard during the weekend (Friday through Sunday) and I didn't count my calories. I've been getting more lax with the calorie counting lately and now I'm clearly taking two steps forward, then one step back.


Anyway, today I was at 164, which is up 2 pounds from last week. 

I am not at the point where I'd say that I'm "struggling" or even that I'm worried I'm going to quit working on getting to my goal. I'm not feeling that way at all! It was just simply a step back and I'm confident that I'll take those couple of pounds off this week.

I'd really like to see the 150's before the end of the month! So, to get recharged and focused, and I decided to join another 4-week DietBet. I'm still doing the 6-month bet (I'm 4 months in) but I've already reached my goal for that; as long as I don't gain weight back, I've already won that 6-month bet. During my 4-week bet, I was more motivated to continue to lose weight each week because there is no time for making up bad weeks. I had to be very consistent or I would likely lose my bet.

I feel like joining another one would push me to get the scale moving consistently again, so I picked a 4-week bet and joined yesterday. (If you're interested, here is the link to it.) It starts on October 20th--next Wednesday--and ends November 16. I'll have to lose 4% of my starting weight; assuming next week will be a decent weigh-in (I'll guess I'll be about 161), then I would have to lose 6 pounds, bringing me to about 155 pounds mid-November. I'd be happy with that!

June 23, 2021

DietBet Weigh Out

It's already been over four weeks since I started the DietBet! The last day was on Monday and yesterday was when I had to "weigh out"--meaning submit my final weigh-in to see if I lost the required 4% of my body weight in order to win my money back.

Four weeks ago, I felt like a completely different person. I knew what I *wanted* (to feel good in my own skin again) but I just wasn't willing to do what it would take to get there. I'm not crazy about the idea of "DietBet" for several reasons, but I am really glad that I chose to do it when I did. I have no idea what it was that motivated me, but knowing that I had to weigh in for accountability seemed to be the push I needed to get started.

And that's all it was--a start. With most things I do, once I am able to get a streak going and I see some progress, I get very focused and determined. The hard part is actually getting to that point! If I hadn't been doing the DietBet, I'm sure that I wouldn't have lasted a day or two. I don't think I would have even attempted counting calories again.

Now that I've gotten a good start, I feel super determined to see this through. I even have some goals in mind! My 40th birthday is in January, and while I am totally dreading turning 40, it would be great to hit the big 4-0 feeling good about myself. So, I'd like to get my weight down under 140 (not to say that I wouldn't be content with 145 or something--I just want a number to aim for). And I'd like to be able to run three miles with a heart rate in my MAF zone (131-141 bpm).

Anyway, about the DietBet weigh out...

I'm kind of bummed that I didn't first weigh myself right when I got up in the morning without clothes (prior to my official weigh in, I mean--I'm not going to submit naked photos, haha). My first official weigh-in was rejected because I wasn't looking straight ahead (I was looking at my phone for a mirror-selfie) so I had to send a new one. And that was after I had eaten breakfast and drank a lot of water. For my weigh out yesterday, I tried to do the same circumstance--I weighed after breakfast and after I'd had water.

And I did it! I won my DietBet. I'm not sure how much money yet, because people are still weighing out, but I at least won my money back.


Those numbers don't really mean anything to me, though. When comparing my weight, I like to do it first thing in the morning before eating or drinking anything, and without clothes. Since I don't have the number from the morning I started my DietBet, I just looked at the previous day's weight. If I look at that weight as my starting weight and yesterday's as my ending weight, then I am down 14.6 pounds! (From May 23 to June 22.) I'm beyond thrilled with that.

To lose the weight, I literally just did the EXACT same thing I did before when I counted calories. And surprise, surprise, it worked ;) I ate whatever I wanted, I measured or weighed out my portions, and I counted the calories. I always aim for quality over quantity with my food--I'd prefer a small piece of a rich, homemade dessert than five 100-calorie packs of cookies any day. I don't have a calorie target set in stone, but I aimed for roughly 1600 per day--some days I ate a little more, some days I ate a little less, depending on my appetite. For exercise, I did the Couch to 5K (Weeks 1-4).

I feel really encouraged to keep going after seeing such great results. I don't know if there is a difference in how I look, and I honestly don't care right now. I just feel SO MUCH BETTER about myself. I feel more in control, which is the best feeling. I plan out things like dessert (like when I've baked desserts for the heritage recipes) and I just work it into my calories. I don't feel bad about eating it because I planned for it. Like this Drömtårta--yum!

Moving forward, I'm just continuing what I've been doing and I know I'll eventually reach my goals (even if it takes longer than I'd like). Since I've been seeing regular progress, I think I'm ready to start doing Wednesday Weigh-Ins again. It's been so long, I can't even remember the last time I did that! So, I may post one next week, if I'm feeling brave.

June 16, 2021

Three Weeks In

It's been over three weeks now since I started participating in a DietBet. I had no idea at the time that it was going to be just the push I needed to get my diet back on track.

I kind of dislike the phrase "back on track"--it implies that I was doing something temporary and now I'm getting back to doing that again. The changes I had made before, when I lost all the weight and then the couple of times I had to "get back on track" and lose some that I'd gained back, were changes I'd made with a lifetime goal in mind. I made sure I only made changes I was willing to live with forever. (I just re-read that post I linked, and wow--it is helpful even to me, and I am the one that wrote it! Haha)

And that's still true. Somewhere along the way, though, I developed some bad habits and the good habits fell to the wayside--which is how I gained back a big chunk of weight. When I say "back on track", I am just talking about getting back to the good habits that helped me lose the weight and keep it off (for the most part) for so long.

The past three weeks have been great as far as changing my habits. The biggest one, obviously, is counting my calories. I REALLY didn't want to have to do that, but after a single day of it, I realized it's not so bad. When counting calories, there is no question about whether I'm eating a "normal" amount. It also helps me get used to smaller portions and to only eat the things I really want. I don't want to waste my calories on something that I think is just so-so tasting; I want to use my calories on foods that matter!

I've also fallen in love with fruit again. I've always loved fruit, but I haven't been eating nearly as much of it over the past few years. Since starting the DietBet, I've been eating a LOT of fruit--mainly grapes and watermelon. I tend to eat fruit for breakfast, then fruit and cheese for lunch, and then a good, filling dinner. I like to save a lot of my calories for dinner--that way, I can cook with "real" ingredients (not trying to skimp on calories) and feel full enough through the evening so that I don't want to snack all night.

Yesterday's dinner, for example, was 750 calories. It sounds like a lot, but it wasn't an enormous amount of food. I made pork, mushroom, and carrot bibimbap (I used the recipe from the Hello, Fresh kit that I'd tried a while ago). It was SO delicious!


I took pretty much all of the mushrooms--can you believe that I'm the only one in my family that likes mushrooms?!

My final weigh-in for the initial DietBet is next Tuesday, and as long as I keep doing what I'm doing, I'm definitely going to win my money back. I'm glad I am signed up for the six-month one because hopefully that will keep me going until my habits become very strong again.

Now, I'm off to attempt Couch to 5K - Week 4. I'm nervous! But I'm going to reduce the treadmill speed quite a bit and hopefully I'll make it through. :)

June 09, 2021

Weight Loss Wednesday

I'm not turning "Weight Loss Wednesday" into a thing--but it has a ring to it and since I'm going to write about weight loss today, it was fitting. I always used to do my weigh-ins on Wednesdays--"Wednesday Weigh-In"--and I can't even remember the last time I did one! It's been a very long time.

I haven't kept it a secret or anything that I've gained weight, so it's not like I'm trying to hide that fact. The reason I stopped doing the weigh-ins is because I wasn't losing anything. I knew what I needed to do to lose the weight I'd gained, but I wasn't doing it. It was depressing to post another weigh-in showing that I'd gained or at least not lost anything.

I'm definitely embarrassed about the weigh gain--I always wondered if it would happen to me and I was very careful not to use statements like, "I'll NEVER be overweight again". Because I simply didn't know what the future held! Nobody loses weight with the intention of gaining it back. I'm just grateful that I haven't gained back all of it (or even half of it).

Seeing people again after a year of only going out to the grocery store here and there, thanks to COVID-19, I am very self-conscious of my weight. I actually hadn't gained much over the last year--I gained it in 2018-2019, I believe--but I just became very aware of it after the lockdown.

I was scrolling through Instagram one day and saw someone's post about a DietBet. I'd done one before several years ago and it really helped me to get back on track. DietBet is a website that has different "games" you can sign up for--the basic one is that you bet $35 (you pay up front) that you will lose 4% of your body weight in 4 weeks' time. At the end, everyone who has reached their 4% goal splits the pot (AFTER DietBet takes out their large fee). DietBet does guarantee that you'll get back at least 100% of your bet as long as you reach your goal, though.

I signed up for a 4-week game that was $100. (The more I bet, the more I'm at risk of losing.) It runs from May 25-June 21.

When I did my initial weigh-in for the DietBet, I nearly died. Eventually, I will write the actual numbers, but I feel vulnerable enough just writing about all this--so I'll give it a little more time. I was horrified at my initial weigh-in, so I started immediately with calorie counting and the Couch to 5K plan.

I'm over two weeks in now, and I have stuck with it 100%. The last time I was this disciplined was the first month of 75 Hard last year (July-August). I've tried numerous times over the last few years to feel determined again, to have the discipline needed to make uncomfortable changes in order to develop better habits. I had gotten out of all of the good habits I'd developed, so I was starting from scratch. And it's HARD. You all know how hard it is to change habits! We all know what to do, but actually doing it seems impossible sometimes.

Anyway, the scale has been moving downward (a significant amount!) so my hard work is paying off. I don't know what it is about this DietBet that has really lit a fire under me to just do this. Getting back to counting calories wasn't as bad as I was imagining. Having the calories from all of my recipes already calculated and saved in the Fat Secret app helps a lot.

I've been eating a ton of fruit this week--it reminds me of when I used to post my food logs, which included millions of grapes, and a couple of people always commented that grapes weren't any better than candy--just "diabetes in a bowl", hahaha. Well, grapes are my secret weapon ;)

Since the DietBet is only four weeks, and it's going to take significantly longer than four weeks to get my weight back down to a comfortable number, I actually decided to sign up for a six-month DietBet. 

You pay $35 per month (or $175 up front--if you pay all at once, you get a month free and you still split the pot equally in the end) and you have to lose 10% of your weight in 6 months. You have to do monthly weigh-ins and if you fail to reach a certain point each month, then you lose (that's to prevent people from starving themselves in the last month in order to reach their goals).

The reason I like this idea is because of the accountability of each month's weigh-in. If it was just a weigh-in at the beginning and then one more at the end, it wouldn't be as helpful (for me, anyway). Having to weigh-in once a month will make me much more likely to stick with it. That's the whole point of doing the DietBet, anyway--I want a tool to help me get back to a comfortable weight, and for whatever reason, this is helping!

I wanted to start one that would overlap my current one, just so that I don't "take days off" in-between. I want to do this for the long haul so that I can feel good about myself again. Even if the change isn't noticeable now, I DO feel better about myself--just the fact that I feel in control again and not entirely hopeless helps a lot!

(Since I'm pretty sure someone will ask, this is the six-month DietBet I'm participating in. It runs from June 14-December 13.) I'm hoping that in a couple more weeks, I'll be confident enough that I'm in this for the long haul in order to start posting Wednesday Weigh-Ins again. For now, I'll at least try to post progress and updates on Wednesdays.

For those of you that joined the 4-week DietBet with me, how are you doing? Has the accountability helped?

May 24, 2021

DietBet

Yesterday, I was scrolling through Instagram and I saw someone's post about a DietBet. I'm not sure why it caught my eye--usually I scroll right past the DietBet invites--but I started thinking about possibly joining one. I did it once before as a way to get back on track (I believe it was in fall of 2015) and it definitely helped with accountability.

(If you're not familiar with DietBet, it's a site where various people host a challenge: you place a bet on yourself--the amount is set by the the host--and then you have to lose 4% of your body weight in 4 weeks. After 4 weeks, the pot is split among all the players that reached their 4% goal. (DietBet has asked me to host before, but I have mixed feelings about the whole DietBet thing--especially because they take 20% of the pot before dividing it up!)

I haven't been successful trying to lose this weight on my own lately, so I decided to give it a go. I joined a challenge that is $100 and it starts tomorrow.

To keep the weigh-ins fair, you have to submit a couple of photos (privately) of your weigh-in. One of the photos has to be of your feet on the scale with a codeword written on a piece of paper (a new codeword is generated each day and  you won't know what it is until you're ready to weigh in--proof that the weigh-in is current). The other photo has to be a full-body shot while standing on the scale (a mirror selfie works).

It's not perfect--people could load up on water for their first weigh in to make it look like they lost more at the end, for example--but I think that most people do it for the weight loss accountability. If you're doing it for the money, well, there are much better ways to make money (I think on the one I did before I made less than a dollar at the end--you are guaranteed to get your full bet back if you hit the 4% goal, however. You just might make a few pennies on top of it.)

Anyway, my purpose for doing this is because I want the accountability and a specific goal with consequences if I don't complete it (losing $100 isn't insignificant!). I did my initial weigh-in today (they suggest doing it up to 48 hours before the start of the challenge just in case your photos don't meet the requirements).

You're supposed to dress in lightweight clothing; I wore some running capris and a t-shirt. When I stepped on the scale, I was sure it had to be wrong. I had moved it from the corner of my bathroom to a spot in front of the mirror, so I thought maybe moving it had messed with the calibration. After adjusting positions and everything else I could think of, I kept getting the same goddamn number.


I'm not going to post the number because it was horrifying enough just seeing it. Maybe at the end of the challenge I'll post it, but right now it's still sinking in!

I immediately decided that I was going to start TODAY and not wait until the official start tomorrow. I had asked my friend Caitlin if she wanted to do it with me, so she signed up, too. I texted her about my weigh-in and she said she was unhappy with hers, too.

I figured today would be a good time to start the Couch to 5K plan (again). I'm not injured and taking time off of all activity didn't help my chronic pain, so I am just going to do it. I was already in my running clothes from the weigh-in, so I just grabbed my Garmin and put Joey on a leash, and went out the door.

As far as a diet plan, I'm going to do what has always worked best for me--count calories. I opened the Fat Secret app today and saw all of my recipes in there--I'd already done all the tedious work of entering my recipes and ingredients, so now it's just a matter of planning.

I do still believe in intermittent fasting for health reasons and I'd like to get back to that habit. But I'm going to work on it gradually. At first, I might keep my eating window at 12 hours, and then I'll cut back a little here and there until I'm comfortable with a short window again.

So, we'll see how this goes. I'll update on it periodically (probably on Wednesdays, which is when I used to do my "Wednesday Weigh-In"). I hope this is the kick in the ass I need to finally drop this extra weight I picked up, oh, three and a half years ago!

(Here is a link to the challenge I joined--you can join for up to a couple of weeks after it starts, I think. I'm not trying to recruit people, and I don't get anything for recruiting people--at least I don't think I do--I just figured someone might ask which challenge it is that I joined.)

Speaking of challenges, some people have asked me about doing a Cookies Summer Challenge this year. Yes! I plan on it. It's sneaking up so fast on me. Last year, I made it too complicated with three different challenges, so this year I'm going to keep it simple--a checklist of runs/walks to complete throughout the summer. I hope to get that posted this week!

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