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07/13/2025 10:27AM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

Here is a side by side from the last year. It is hard to see change when it’s so incremental, but I can tell my face is less round.

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I can see a difference - and I agree with you. During this latest weight loss attempt, I'm not having very many people comment that they can see a difference, at least not as many as in the past. But I know the differences and that's the most important to me!

You’re looking radiant, Karla! I can definitely see a difference too; your features are more defined with your cheekbones etc visibly apparent.

07/12/2025 4:06PM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

I am going to miss this group when it ends! My other transformer ended a few weeks ago. It was very profitable. But I will miss the community the most. I am thinking it might be good to sign up for a maintainer or another transformer, though I don't know if I want to lose another 10%. What's everyone's plan for when this game ends?

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I feel similarly Naomi, especially re the community :blush: I’m also not sure I want to-or can-lose another 10% in the next 6 months. Ultimately, I’d like to lose another 10% but there’s not the ‘urgency’ that there was for the 10% I’ve just lost to go; plus, I’m not sure that such significant weight loss repeated over a relatively concentrated period of tìme is what’s best for my body (or mind!), nor long term healthy body weight maintenance goals.

I definitely want-& need-to maintain this weight loss though and would like the scale to continue to creep down, even if it is a slower pace. I think my body needs more time to adjust to my new healthier normal and reset my baseline weight, if that makes sense. So once I get my winnings from this Game I think I’ll consider joining a maintainer game, primarily to stay part of the DB community & keep weight loss on my radar… & then I’ll review towards the end of year, with view to maybe doing another-& likely final-Transformer at the start of 2026. All the best with whatever you decide, I hope our paths cross on here again!

Kieth - so awesome that you are pushing through with further losing!!
Dale - you are absolutely on the same page as me, that's probably what I will do too!

07/11/2025 1:24PM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

I am SO close to changing the front number on my weight! It was one of my main goals for this Transformer, and now since I'm in a second one, I will have to accomplish it if I want to win round 2 of the other one.

This is so much more fun than posting about a 3 week stall last month!

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I’m so excited for you!!! I know you’ll do it

I second Karla’s excitement for you & confidence in your ability to accomplish it! We are all barracking for you Keith :blush:

07/08/2025 4:11PM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

Still out of normal routine and away from home as work trip got extended by a week. Have definitely been more relaxed with what I’m eating but trying to make healthy food choices & fit my morning runs in where I can. Thankful that we are in the maintenance rather than loss phase for this final round!

This was my brekky at cafe this morning ? Am not a big one for taking pics of food generally, but the bowl won me over + I wanted to demonstrate an effort to eat healthy out & on the company payroll 😂

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So pretty

So hard not to go all out when someone else is paying hey! Way to go with staying on track and self control, this looks amazing :muscle:

07/06/2025 8:09PM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

Weekly check in

Weight: 200.1
Weekly change: +0.1
Total loss: -50

Basically no change this week.

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Maintain is the name of the game at this stage & that’s what you’re doing! Any extra loss is a bonus.

Truth!

06/30/2025 9:43AM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

Another nice payoff. And now the big month happens! Huge pot awaiting the winners!

I know this is a maintenance round, but I'm pushing forward mainly because I want to keep the momentum going. But I'm also in a 2nd Transformer, and the first round weigh-in starts on Wednesday. So I'm hoping to lose the 3% for the second round during the final round of this Transformer.

Finish strong, friends!

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Hope your goals for second transformer are progressing nicely, Keith.

06/27/2025 2:42PM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

One more round! When you start one of these Transformers, you enter your first weight on day one and you think it's going to be such a long game. And then all of a sudden, you've started your final round!

Good luck with your round 5 weigh-in. This is the big one that decides whether you get to play for the huge round 6 pot

With my weigh-in today, I'm down 49.8 pounds. 50 is literally right there! If I could dance, I'd do a happy dance!

One more round, my friends - WE CAN DO THIS!

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Congrats! What a milestone

Tara R.

Wow, that's awesome. Im right behind ya. I have another 8 pounds to lose to hit 50. I had a lot to lose starting this, and I still will have a lot to lose, but Im so proud we made it this far and haven't given up

06/27/2025 6:20AM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

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My motivation to continue losing in round 6 is to meet goals in the second Transformer I'm in. AND...to continue the push to get healthy since I'm running out of time.

Thalia G.

Keith, you are likely also winning extra time you have left by getting healthier! :)

06/23/2025 1:50PM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

Hey everyone, remember me? I've not done a very good job of posting lately. It's been busy, but surely I could have found the time to post something! Oh well...

I was on a 9-day journey last week - took my granddaughter to Salt Lake City to participate in a vocal music camp. I made plans to be successful - moderated my food intake each morning with the hotel continental breakfast, bought the ingredients for a week's worth of lunch wraps, and made proper choices eating out at night.

The result? I did lose a couple of pounds while I was away! That made me happy. The downside though is that I'm still stuck in my stall, which is now over 4 weeks long. I really need to increase my exercise if I'm going to break this.

The 13 hour drive on the way back home Saturday has derailed me for a couple of days. Hoping things are all back to normal tomorrow. But eating on point remains through all of it, and that makes me happy, even if the scales aren't moving like I need them to.

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Any luck getting to to the other side of your stall yet, Keith? I’m pretty sure you are still well on track to achieve this month’s weigh-in goal though aren’t you? Based on some of your previous sharings + the impression I’ve formed around your determination & consistent effort, I think you may have already reached this transformer’s GW, but are striving for further weight loss in pursuit of your own personal GW. Either way, I know you’ll leave this Transformer victorious and a slimmed down, healthier version of January Keith, who has set in motion convincing habits and is well on his way to reaching his ultimate weight loss goals!

@Thalia - I've been under my goal for a couple of months now. I always do very well with a first Transformer because my weight is so high, it comes off quickly at the start.

@Tara - I do a decent job of getting at or near my protein goals, but to be honest, I don't look at my macro nutrient stats too often. Maybe I need to start doing that!

@Karla - the stall is over! With this weigh-in, I've busted below that stall number by nearly 4 pounds. Now just have to remember this the next time I stall.

@Naomi - I do believe our bodies "adapt" to our new standards, so sometimes changing it up is a good thing. Nearly every day, I eat food simply to make sure I get enough calories so I don't go into "starvation mode," which some people say is a myth but I've battled it before.

@Dale - Stall is over for now. I'm sure there will be another one! The habits are working so far - survived a 8 nights in a hotel room and actually lost weight, due to serious food planning that I stuck to 100%.

06/23/2025 12:38PM in Double Down Transformer - Double Your Winnings!

I’m interstate on a work trip in the Northern Territory, Australia at the moment. Am a couple of days into the full fortnight and trying not to stress that my home weight loss routine has been thrown into disarray. To say nothing of the fact that I don’t have access to a scale (it was hard enough meeting the 20kg checked baggage allowance, suitcase weighed in at 21kg, so wasn’t able to pack scale). Will need to prioritise finding/buying one in advance of upcoming weigh-in. I also need to stop taking advantage of my daily travel meal allowance and eating out at cafes and restaurants (even though that’s often one of the perks of work travel)!

It’s morning here now-I woke insanely early, before 5am-am waiting for first light so I can go out for a run somewhere along the foreshore. Have missed a couple of days of exercise & am feeling it: the scale may well be too! I can’t let all my hard work to date “slip away” (or, more aptly, pile back on) over this fortnight.

I hope everyone else is feeling good & smashing-or at least fast approaching-their DietBet goals!

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Did you find a scale Dale? It's a tough time right at this crucial weigh in to be out on a work trip!! But you sound determined to make this work, and where there's a will there's a way! Wishing you success!