Pay Yourself for Hard Work
What if the benefits of exercise came in the form of hard earned cash?
One Mayo Clinic weight loss study split participants into two groups—one
either paid or received $20 for meeting (or not meeting) their monthly weight loss
goals, while the other group didn’t receive a payout. At the end of the 12 month-period those in the incentivized group lost an average of 9.1 pounds, while the other group averaged only 2.6 pounds lost. What’s more, 62 percent of the cash-incentive group completed the entire study, while just 26 percent of the control group finished— suggesting a stronger commitment to fitness when money is up for grabs.
Try it yourself: Programs like Healthy Wage allow you to bet on yourself,
making a wager on how much weight you’ll lose in a self-allotted time.
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