April 2010
2 posts
Starting Today, We're Using "Delta-Based" Goals
Pretty soon after we launched Lose It or Lose It, we realized that if you miss a goal, it’s easy to start getting deeper in trouble. Let’s say you’re trying to lose two pounds a week, and your starting weight is 200 pounds. Your first weigh-ins go great: you start the plan at 200 pounds, then weigh in at 198, 196, and 194 pounds. But the next week, instead of making your goal...
Congratulations Tinta on your FLAWLESS VICTORY
User Tinta just completed his Lose It or Lose It plan and made his goal on all ten of his weigh-ins. We’ve started calling a FLAWLESS VICTORY. Not only that, but he made it look easy, with nothing but a laconic smiley-face on each post.
Great work, Tinta! Your official, can’t-be-purchased Lose It or Lose It FLAWLESS VICTORY Nerd Merit Badge is on the way!
We love it when folks make...
March 2010
2 posts
Get Your LIOLI Feet on Facebook!
If you’re like us, you have one group of friends that you talk to on Twitter, and a whole other group of friends, family members and old school chums that you talk to on Facebook. Those Facebook folks are just itching for an opportunity to cheer you on. And now it’s easy to do that!
We’ve added the ability to add your weigh-ins to your Facebook news feed. Get your friends and...
Voice Reminders With Twilio!
Every Lose It or Lose It user gets a daily reminder: “STEP AWAY FROM THE CHEESEBURGER!” we exhort our users. “DON’T CONCENTRATE ON THAT TWENTY POUNDS, just concentrate on the two pounds you need to lose for your next weigh-in!”
Users can get their reminders either through email or SMS. At least, they could until we discovered that Clickatell, had been accepting our...
January 2010
3 posts
“This has been the oddest and smartest holiday season I’ve ever had...”
– Ellen
New-year irresolution →
Have problems sticking to a weight-loss plan? It could be because you keep procrastinating! The Economist has some info on why this may be happening. Use Lose It or Lose It to force you to not procrastinate for the next 10 weeks and lose 10-30 lb!
Not Considered Beautiful Anymore?!
The site Beautiful People just kicked out 5000 members for gaining weight over the holidays (Mashable and Techcrunch). If you are no longer considered beautiful, don’t worry, we’ll still love you and welcome you with open arms! If you use our Lose It or Lose It to lose some weight, they may just take you back. That is, if you want to go back :).
December 2009
5 posts
View Community Weigh-Ins!
We just pushed an update that allows users to see other user’s weigh-ins. Just click on the “Community” tab at the top of your profile to see how other people are doing. This is currently only visible to Lose It or Lose It users.
If you don’t have an account yet, check out the landing page where we show four random profiles on each page load:
Thank you and we hope...
Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less... →
Derek talks about how stating your plans makes you less likely to accomplish them because in your own mind, that is the same thing as actually doing it. Makes sense… however, I think you should announce your plans to lose weight then use Lose It or Lose It to stick to it!
Thank You AWEsome Beta Users!
I wanted to take this time to thank the handful of beta users that helped iron out some of the rough edges of Lose It or Lose It before it was released to the public. They had to deal with all sorts of weird things like
Having to enter multiple usernames/passwords just to use the site
Limiting their accountability friends to those of us already using the site
Being the first ones to say what...
November 2009
3 posts
“Oh the irony. I gained 3.8 lb. this week. I’m convinced that eating...”
– Jim Haigney
Why Lose It or Lose It is Going to Make You Less...
Today I am launching my latest labor of love, Lose It or Lose It! I created Lose It or Lose It because I wanted to be less fat and help others be less fat! It is a collection of tools that I realized I needed to lose weight and keep it off.
You have to understand, I have been fat all my life. I needed something where I could decide up-front I wanted to change and then be punished above and beyond...