Weight Loss Tip: no.3164
Use money as an incentive to lose weight.
Care to guess why?
Yup, you should attach a financial stake to your weight loss efforts because research has found that wagering your own money and standing the risk of losing it motivates people considerably more than when personal funds aren’t on the line. For example, bettors in the wager group of one study were five times more likely to lose weight than those who didn’t make a wager.
While the risk of losing your own money is a powerful incentive to lose weight, so too is earning it without any punitive damage. As an example, one study found that those who were offered cash rewards were more successful at losing weight than those who were only offered traditional help, such as diet books, activity trackers, and access to a weight loss program.
Considering the effectiveness of money as a weight loss incentive, it may behoove you to get paid to lose weight if you need the extra oomph to do so. Such places that you can look to participate in a diet bet are with personal trainers and at some gyms. Personal trainers and gyms occasionally run monetary challenges but if not jumping in right at the moment one starts, you may have to wait however long until a new one begins. So online presents a more immediate option for that kind of situation, as there are several apps and websites that allow you the opportunity to start whenever you like. Beyond those more structured options, you can get the same effect by simply placing an informal wager with your friends, family, or coworkers.
Weight Loss Tip
no.3164
Glossary: diet, gym, personal trainer
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