14 Sep
Get Paid to Lose Weight?
The Australian Government is floating an idea to pay people $170 to enter an accredited weight loss program.
What do you think?
When you have time, take a look at the list of blogs that have joined the FatBloggers network by linking here. There are some beneficial blogs in the list on the right.
Posted by Israel on 14.09.07 at 7:53 pm
thats both interesting and unappealing. its like saying,” hey fat asses, lose some weight!” but to each is own.
by the way, i linked here and am not on the list! what gives bro?
Posted by John T on 14.09.07 at 7:53 pm
I’m just going on who Technorati says is linking here. When I go to your site, I see you linked to the following…
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Posted by JanB on 14.09.07 at 7:53 pm
I think that this is the same old thing as trying to lose weight for another other external reason. It just doesn’t work. Your reasoning and your motivation (I hate that word) have to come from within, from a real desire to change. I am down today to 185 from 272 back last winter. The realization for me that I was becoming a person with a horrible disability (herniated disk) was enough to get my butt in shape and help me put down the fork, but for me, money, once it was gone would not be enough motivation. Not even guilt that I had taken it and now “owed” someone a weight loss.
In the end, it is yourself that you have to come to terms with. I tried to do it to be sexy for my husband. Didn’t work. I tried to do it for my kids. Nope. But finally, doing it to be out of pain, that did the trick. And now that I know how great I feel and how easy it has been once I finally started eating right and exercising daily, it’s a no-brainer. This is my lifestyle now and I pray, forever.
Posted by John T on 14.09.07 at 7:53 pm
Good point, Jan.
I ‘messed around’ with Jenny Craig, Prism, MAGIC pills (prescription and OTC) and various fad diets. Even WeightWatchers didn’t work for me until I decided that I had to do this for ME. I love my family, but doing it for them wasn’t enough.
Posted by John on 14.09.07 at 7:53 pm
Do people really need anymore incentive than getting healthy, feeling more energetic, and having more endurance in the bedroom? I mean, seriously!?
Posted by John T on 14.09.07 at 7:53 pm
THIS FatBlogger believes that those incentives along with; better clothing options, the look of astonishment on the faces of our friends & family, ache-free knees and if you ask The Wife… the bedroom thing.
Are all the incentives that are needed. Well… cash would be a nice bonus. Right?
Posted by John on 14.09.07 at 7:53 pm
I have no problem with private competitions, but don’t like the idea of government using money to the same effect. Body-for-life does a good job, I would leave it at that. My concern is that a government with the power to bribe the overweight to lose weight also has the power to use monetary means to punish the overweight.