My first Dietbet

About a month ago I signed up to do a Dietbet. For those unfamiliar (this was my first) you bet money that you can lose whatever amount of weight in the set period of time. If you lose the weight you get your money back and then split the money the ones who didn't make their weight with the other winners. This one was lose 4% of your body weight, so just over 7lbs in my case, in 4 weeks. It didn't seem too hard. 

I will admit in the first couple weeks I didn't really change my eating, but did start working out. As the month progressed I was not seeing the weight drop off like I needed it to though. So the last 2 weeks I had to really put in the effort. I started cutting out some of the crappy snack food I was eating and adding more veggies and fruit. I also decided to make working out more of a priority, which helped tremendously. For me, when I know I am going to workout that day, I tend to make better eating choices. I don't want to ruin my good habit by eating poorly. 

I am pleased to say I won the Dietbet. I actually lost 8lbs :) and I am feeling better and healthier. My biggest goal of this wasn't necessarily to lose the weight (although the idea of losing money was not appealing), but rather to kick my butt into gear and remind myself I can in fact achieve my goals. My next goal is to get under my prebaby weight by the end of March! I am just 3lbs away, so I am confident I can do it :) 

This is my before and after this month. You can start to see my curves again! (Ignore the unmade bed)