Pile on the Miles Run Bet Challenge 2018

Hello!! I have a big announcement for the Pile on the Miles Challenge this year!! We are switching it up to a Run Bet Game!! This way help keep you accountable and it’ll be a fun change to this challenge that we’ve done for years! You bet on yourself and commit to sticking with it.

Plus – Run Bet tracks your miles so anyone who wants a little friendly competition can aim to run the most miles of the challenge!! It’s starts Nov 5th – so we’ll start on a Monday and run the heck outta November!!

Sign up with your smartphone here:

Run Eat Repeat – Pile on the Miles Challenge

For those that aren’t familiar – Run Bet is similar to Diet Bet (an app that’s popular for weight loss contests). This app hosts running challenges – it’s about piling on miles in November.

You get the free app > Bet $40 that you’ll stick with the challenge > Run the minimum per week > Get your money back (and maybe win more!)

So while you have to pay $40 to join… it’s really FREE because YOU are going to stick with it!

And I’m going to help you!

We’ll have a private Facebook Group to help keep you on track & answer any questions.

Plus I’ll do Q&A sessions in the group 2x a week so you’ll have access to me for any running or fuel questions.

I’m here to help you, coach you, motivate you and more!

 

Sign up with your smartphone here:

Run Eat Repeat – Pile on the Miles Challenge

 

Pile on the Miles Challenge 2018 will be a Run Bet Game this year!!

Run Bet is a game where you bet that you’ll stick to running 4 days a week for at least 30 minutes. You bet $40 to play. Stick to the challenge and you WIN!

Runners who hit the goal –> get your money back and may win extra (from players who didn’t finish the game)

 

Pile on the Miles Challenge 2018:

• Nov 5 – Dec 2
• Download the Run Bet App (it’s free)
• Bet $40 that you will stick with it!
• Run 4x a week – 30 minutes minimum (you can run more but you must run at least that)
• Track your miles on the app, Garmin, Strava or treadmill selfie (details below)
• Complete the Challenge and WIN!! (You’ll get your money back & split any extra winnings)

AND – the app will tally up your mileage so if you want a lil friendly competition you can try to go for the most miles!!

 

Sign up with your smartphone here:

Run Eat Repeat – Pile on the Miles Challenge

 

 

How to Track your Miles:

All you need (for tracking runs outside) is a phone with GPS and one of the following free running apps which are available for iOS and Android: Runkeeper or Strava (in the future we’ll support other running apps). Once you have Runkeeper or Strava connected to RunBet, we “see” your runs and can automatically credit you. You just need to make sure the app is properly tracking your runs.

Note that if you run indoors on treadmills, you don’t need a run tracker – in that case, you can send photos of your treadmill along with sweaty selfies to our Referees to get credit for your runs.

Using your running watch:

RunBet supports Garmin GPS devices, so if you have one you will just need to make sure your runs are being saved in the Garmin Connect app. You can sync the Garmin Connect app with RunBet the same way you would sync Runkeeper or Strava.

You can use other wearable devices as well so long as they can connect to your Runkeeper or Strava accounts (which you can get for free).

Refer to Runkeeper for supported wearables here, and refer to Strava for supported wearables here.

Note that we can only credit runs that are officially reported through Runkeeper, Strava, or Garmin Connect. This is why it is important to make sure your wearable device is supported and that all your runs appear in one of the supported apps.

All the Run Bet app FAQs are here

 

Sign up with your smartphone here:

Run Eat Repeat – Pile on the Miles Challenge

 

And after you’ve signed up –

Take this short POTM 2018 SURVEY so it’s easier for me to invite you to the closed Facebook Group AND know how to help support and motivate you to stay on track!

Thank you!

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One year ago today, I found this subreddit! Today, I’m 98lbs down.

This day in 2017, I decided it was time to lose some weight. In a matter of hours, I found this subreddit. And my life hasn’t been the same since. I posted on Progress Pics, but I wanted to re-share here because this sub has been the #1 reason for my progress.

I set a goal to lose 100lbs by my anniversary date, but I’ll take 98!

If anyone is seeing this and thinking of starting, here are just a few things that come to mind:

1. Forgive yourself often. Any day under maintenance Calories is a win no matter what. And any day above them is a fluke, a chance to course correct tomorrow.

2. Cheat every day. Guilt is dumb. Some people can do the no-sugar/no-carb/no-fun-food thing cold turkey, but that sounds like torture for no reason? Carbs are delicious, man. Have that chocolate bar. Eat the burger. Get that ice cream cone. But budget it and make slightly better choices; maybe instead of the large, go for a medium.

3. Don’t feel like a failure because you didn’t hit some arbitrary goal you set for yourself. Things happen. You go on vacation. You binge out on the weekend. You have a three-week plateau that ends just two days before your weight loss anniversary date and you don’t get to 100lbs down. (I’m 🙃 not 🙃 frustrated 🙃 at 🙃 all.) Losing weight is just a series of days of making small choices, and then one day it’s 365 days later and you’ve made insane progress. Celebrate how far you’ve come!

Hope this helps.

And lastly, thanks to this sub and everyone who contributes in it. I’ve posted many frustrations (on another account, obviously) and experiences that I’ve been able to talk through with all of you, and it has helped immensely. Thanks, losers. 💪

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50 lbs down, halfway to goal, close to just being just overweight

Hello loseit! I really am more of a lurker and wasn't planning on making a whole post about myself, but I got a ton of compliments on a picture I posted on facebook recently and wanted to share with the sub that has helped me the most!

So I guess to kick things off, here are my before and current pics.

In the picture on the left, it's July 2017 and I think I'm probably at 230lbs (I'm 5'4", btw). This is a picture my dad took though, so I didn't see it until September 2018. Thank God. On the right, it's mid-October 2018 and I'm somewhere between 177-180lbs. I was also on vacation in Italy, eating gelato and not weighing myself.

Suffice it to say I've struggled with my weight since I was a teenager. I've lost a lot before, and always gained it back and then some. I'm changed by strategy a bit this time to hopefully actually get me to a healthy weight and make it long lasting, but only time will tell.

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So here are some of the things I'm doing that may also help others:

- If you want to lose weight, truly figuring out your calories in vs. calories out is where its at. You may find sticking a set number of calories a day works for you, or you may find that intermittent fasting helps you naturally cut out calories you don't need. Whatever works for you.

- One of my previous weight loss bouts involved logging everything I ate and it worked, but as soon as I skipped a few days logging I fell right of the wagon and regained. So this weight loss attempt has largely been me trying to eat intuitively. I've been doing this long enough that I know how much (little) of my go to foods I should be eating, and somehow stopping the daily logs made me more accountable on a day to day basis. I still log here and there if I'm unsure or eating something new, but for the most part I'm trying to reinforce habits that I want to have with my forever, and daily logging is not one of them.

- I do plan to weigh myself everyday, for ever and ever, as my reality check. At the very least, no more ignorance.

- This is a huge milestone, but I'm taking this so slow. I think I was 13 the first time I heard 'it's not safe to lose more than 2 lbs per week' but from that point on almost every diet plan I saw was for losing at least 2 lbs per week. Even some of the CICO advice I see makes me feel like I should be striving to eat exactly 1200 calories, no more no less. That is not even close to what I want. Losing half a pound to a pound a week is good by me, if it stays off this time.

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I didn't want this to be a wall of text but it certainly came out that way, didn't it? I still have plenty more to lose, although I don't know if I'll make it all the way to 130lbs. That's in the middle of my healthy BMI range and conveniently 100lbs down from my highest, but it still seems fantastical and unattainable to me. If anyone has any maintenance advice please share, it's the one piece of the puzzle I haven't been able to get!

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79 lbs down and no one to share it with !

Hi! First time poster .. Long time lurker! All of you have inspired me so much to continue on during my worst days..

Seems like there’s a lot of disappointment / self pity I need to get over during this journey, But it’s the people here with rad tips / amazing come up stories that keep me going. I was feeling so proud of myself , but I can only upload to Instagram so many times before I look desperate haha!

First photo is August 2017 Second photo today October 2018

I didn’t take weight loss seriously until August of 2018.. but I hid away at any sight of a camera.

https://imgur.com/a/DGRrhEG

HW: 410 lbs CW: 331 lbs GW1: 250 lbs UGW: 150 lbs

I’ve been restricting calories to 1200-1500 fluctuating depending on my training Hired a personal trainer 4 months ago - and also go to the gym solo 4 x a week I also go to yoga 2x a week, I feel this really helps as well!

I hope to loose enough weight to learn to skate and join a women’s hockey league next year!

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First post - Not being honest with myself is the main reason why I haven't lost yet.

Hi there! I wanted to share a revelation I had with my weight loss, maybe it will help someone having the same issues! For starters, I am a 5'5" 150 pound female. I've been struggling with my weight for a while now, and finally decided to start calorie counting again last month. I was shocked to see how much I was eating. The first few days I felt like I was focused too much on food, and calories, but looking back now, it wasn't a bad thing. I ate 1200 cal/day for two weeks straight, and I felt amazing. I wasn't bloated all the time, I woke up feeling hungry yet energized and ready for breakfast. My clothes were already becoming looser. It was great. Then I stopped calorie counting too soon because I thought that I now was a pro at portion sizes and I didn't need to track on an app anymore. Wrong. I am back to where I started, but am going to start being honest with myself! I stopped counting because my ego took control and was like 'girl, you are doing great. You can eat whatever, you won't gain any weight back. It's ok, you deserve it!' No. What I deserve is to love myself and that means not overeating, taking care of myself is giving myself the amount of food that I actually thrive off. Overeating isn't a form of self-love, not for me anyways. It's the opposite. I feel like I am disconnected with my body and not in control. It's like I lie to myself for the quick rush of eating fatty and unhealthy foods. Anyways, sorry if that was long. Basically I knew in the back of my head that I was eating way more than I should, but eating the extra bagel was easier than having an honest conversation with yourself. I am not going to beat myself up over it, I am glad I am having this honest revelation with myself. I love myself even more from it, and that's what is going to help me shed the extra weight!

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I'm the most unmotivated person I know and I've lost 30 lbs....so far

Starting weight: 320 Current Weight: 290 Goal Weight: ONEderland! Pics: None. I do have before pics but at -30lbs, being as big as I am, there's little visual difference- if any at all.I will post starting at the -50lb mark.

I've lost 30 lbs and am only gaining momentum to lose more. Weigh-in was this morning, at work, for our "Biggest Loser" style challenge. I gained about a pound back but that was expected after my PMS induced binge fest this weekend. Weekends and my period are my biggest challenges when it comes to slowing my progress. So when they both happen to fall on a weekend, it only makes for chaos. I usually gain roughly 5 lbs during my period so I am grateful it wasn't more.

I have noticed my clothes fit differently. I just went through my closet and was able to pull 3 shirts to the front, that were previously too tight. My pants hang off my ass but I can't get into the next size down...yet. So, for now, diaper pants it is.

Things I've been doing differently: Logging my food. I use Sparkpeople. I know most people like MFP but I like Sparkpeople and its community. I log every thing I eat. If I go out to eat and am unsure of the calories, I ask if they have nutrition facts available. If not, I make as estimated calculation of macros as possible. This has probably been the most effective tool so far. If left to my own decisions, I will easily consume 3,500+ calories in a day. I was raised, and still constantly crave, comfort food. Pizza, burgers, casseroles, bread and butter, cookies, etc. I am slowly incorporating more fresh produce into my diet and learning to eat for 1-2 instead of 3. Portions are another big fault of mine. I would usually LOAD my plate to the brim with whatever was for dinner and then clear the plate, possibly have seconds, then ask what was for dessert. Now, I am reading labels and instructions and will plate myself a single serving. I eat all my fruits and vegetables first, and work my way from most nutrient dense to least nutrient dense. If I'm still hungry, after eating and letting every thing settle, Then I will have a 2nd serving or get a healthier snack. I try to stay within my alotted calories for the day. Doesn't always happen but that's what I aim for and I know I am still getting less than if I were to "eat without abandon"

Food prep: I prep for the work week so I know exactly what i'm going to eat. I'll buy the salad bowls from Aldi since they're easy, cheap and I know the exact nutrition info. I'll calculate my probiotic yogurt and protein packs. I'll chop vegetables and boil eggs the night before work. It's a little extra work but it's been worth it.

Water. I log my water. I aim for 12 glasses/96 oz. a day. I am amazed at the difference I feel in my body and mind when I'm dehydrated. Sometimes I let it slip and only get in 5 for the day but I've been fairly consistent in getting over 8/64 oz.and usually my 12/96 oz. One thing that blows my mind though, is how many people claim they drink more than enough water but when I prod it ends up to roughly 4 glasses a day/32 oz.

Exercise: Nothing crazy. I usually walk laps in the gym on lunch at roughly 20 min/mile for 35-40 minutes. I do this 4-5 times a week. One of the days, I will walk for 10-15 minutes then do some light weight lifting. At home, I will walk to the gas station if we need eggs or something small instead of driving 2 blocks. I will walk to my friend's house who live 5 blocks away, instead of driving. Just aiming for more steps throughout the day. My fitbit died so I'm waiting for a lull in bills to replace that.

Areas I know I need help/to work on:

Food: For as many of the changes as I've made, and continue to adapt, I know there is a long way to go. I binge on weekends, my impulse control is shit, I LOVE comfort foods, I eat at all hours.

Exercise: I walk on lunch at work and that's about it. When I'm at work, and starting to think "I don't want to go to the gym today"> I tell myself that it's only for 30-40 minutes and that I won't regret going but I will regret NOT going. That does the trick every time! Somehow, that same mindset doesn't work at home. When I get home, clean up the house, make dinner, clean that up....it's 8pm and i'm tired. It's also very hard to get to the gym when the BF and I share a car and we work opposite schedules.I am trying to recruit some friends, who live in my neighborhood to join the gym and we can be "gym buddies" but that's been an uphill battle.

Support: I don't know. It's weird to talk to people about weight loss. Especially to people who have never had a weight problem or an overeating problem or have food/weight on their mind constantly. You can only keep someone's attention for so long when they aren't all that interested in the topic so I try not to talk about it. I also don't like bragging or talking about myself (hence my over winded post here). My boyfriend is also not great at support. He is average build. He can eat junk food at 2am and drink mountain dews all day and still have an average BMI. I ask him to not shit all over my food choices but as we eat the same foods he complains that it's not to his liking. When I say I want to go to the gym he complains that he's tired and just wants to sit at home with me. He makes me feel bad for trying to do better for myself. It's not intentional and I have asked him to be more aware of his words/tone/actions and I have seen a difference so I give him props for that. He just doesn't really know how to be the type of supportive I need and I guess part of that is my fault as I am unsure of what I need too. It's becoming clearer to me that me, myself and I need to be my support system on this journey and that maybe I'll need to be his support as well.

Goals: More food prep: have a plan for the weekend as that's where my eating/diet fall almost completely to the wayside.

Food/exercise/water logging: Keep this up as it's been my greatest tool so far.

Exercise: Continue with what I've been doing but incorporate more. I'll start doing yoga at home 2x a week. It's not much But I want to set an attainable goal and continue from there. Keep asking for gym buddies so I can get to the gym and take classes or lift or swim. When I was lifting, I felt so good. I miss it.

Intermittent Fasting: This I am starting today. I am starting small and will work my way up! I'm going to do 12/12 for the first week. (which, isn't that big of a deal but as someone who eats literally whenever, it's absolutely doable). Next week will be 11/13, then 10/14, etc....

Keto: I'm researching and taking notes and printing recipes and mentally preparing to start keto next week. I've seen it work, first hand, on people I know. They are giving me tips. My friend will be bringing me ketone strips, some swerve to start off with and lending me her air fryer. I know it won't be the most perfect transition but it will be trial and error until I get it right.

That's pretty much everything so far. I welcome all tips, ideas, tricks, etc. I'm really trying to make a lifestyle change with small, attainable goals and make them stick. I've been overweight my entire life! I just want to be able to shop at normal stores, in normal sections! I want to not have to worry if I'm going to exceed a weight limit or if an airplane seatbelt will be too small for me. I don't want my weight to be my defining characteristic. I don't want people to scoff at me or curl their lip at the mere sight of me. I don't want my SO's friends and family to have to pull them aside and ask them if they're SURE they want to date me. Mostly, I just want to look in the mirror and see who I really am. I want to be happy and healthy.

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I just realized the importance of calorie counting!

I have always had a good weight, until about a year or 2 ago. My weight started to fluctuate but steadily go up from my regular 143 lbs to 182 lbs at 5'9" and an athletic build (years of gym, waterpolo and competitive swimming).

September 1st I started hitting the gym again, lifting 4 days a week and doing intensive cardio 3 to 4 times a week. My weight loss as well is going not bad and my body is looking better every day.

But my biggest weekness is wine. I recently started counting calories and realized how much wine is impacting/impairing my weight loss.

I eat healthy and my calorie intake is great considering my goals. But now I have noticed how many calories the wine is adding to my meals, and how much this impacts my progress.

Counting calories matters! Well, at least for me. Now I still drink wine, but I calculate it in my macros and moderate it much better!

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