<< Back to all Blogs
Login or Create your own free blog
Layout:
Home > Whatcha Think: $20 Healthy Challenge

Whatcha Think: $20 Healthy Challenge

November 3rd, 2006 at 05:23 pm

Been reading around in the blogs, and what with the holidays and New Year's coming up fast, there appear to be a lot of folks thinking about getting into a healthier lifestyle. Eating better, exercising, etc.

So I was thinking: what if we had a $20 Health Challenege for 2007? Set goals for yourself and an amount you would pay into your challenge money when you meet those goals. Like Ima does right now paying herself when she walks on the treadmill?

You could even throw a curve-ball in there too: you have to fund unhealthy stuff by using the challenge money. Want chocolate cake? Pony up some Challenge Money. Gonna rent pay someone to do yardwork instead of doing it yourself? Have to use Challenge Money.

I dunno, the more I thought about it the more I thought it might be interesting. Funny, in the 'normal' world, folks make themselves pay when they do something bad! HA!!!

Anyways, let me know what you think.

Posted in General Commentary | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “Whatcha Think: $20 Healthy Challenge”

  1. janh Says:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 05:37 pm 1162575433
    1162575433

    I'd like to do a dollar a day when I drink all my water sort of thing. This could be way cool. The point would be that we'd save money and create new habits at the same time. That would be awesome! Sign me up--when do we start?

  2. janh Says:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 05:38 pm 1162575532
    1162575532

    Oh duh. It says 2007. Need more caffeine....

  3. tinapbeana Says:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 05:46 pm 1162576000
    1162576000

    really it could start anytime, i just thought new year's is when folks set themselves up with unattainable resolutions and therefore the challenge might be more timely then. but hey, it's day three of month 11, why not start now?

  4. janh Says:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 07:28 pm 1162582085
    1162582085

    I'm game. Dollar a day for drinking all my water requirements. Starting today. That could end up $20+ a month!

  5. ren Says:
    November 4th, 2006 at 09:00 am 1162630823
    1162630823

    Oooh, I'm quite in love with this idea, because I'd have something tangible to show how well I'm doing with it. I could bribe myself for going up the stairs, drinking my water, eating my five-a-day... The possibilities are endless!

    Yes, I am rubbing my hands together like a movie villain right now, why do you ask? *g*

  6. frugalmomof1 Says:
    November 4th, 2006 at 11:41 am 1162640505
    1162640505

    Sounds good to me too. Janh has a good idea about paying herself to drink water. I will pay myself $1/day for drinking water as well. I would like to lose about 8 lbs, so I will also pay myself $5/pound lost. To make it even more motivating, I will charge myself $10/pound gained back, and $1 if I don't drink all of my water for the day. Big Grin

  7. koppur Says:
    November 6th, 2006 at 05:40 pm 1162834829
    1162834829

    Hey girl...i love it! i'm already doing a payment to myself for when i take the stairs at work instead of the elevator. I think i will start also paying myslef 1.00 for every day i stay on ww and don't cheat. thanks for the inspiration!

Leave a Reply

(Note: If you were logged in, we could automatically fill in these fields for you.)
*
Will not be published.
   

* Please spell out the number 4.  [ Why? ]

vB Code: You can use these tags: [b] [i] [u] [url] [email]