Get Paid To Lose Weight!

When you’re bombarded with five pumpkin spice latte ads in a single day and your Pinterest feed slowly fills with apple-cinnamon goodness, motivation to hit the gym and maintain your stellar eating habits naturally starts to wane. There is one motivator that may trump these seasonal delights, however: Cold hard cash.
Researchers from the University of Toronto reviewed 11 studies in which adults were rewarded with either cash or gym membership reimbursements and found that, overall, monetary perks increased their levels of physical activity. And in a Mayo Clinic study from early this year, participants receiving money for losing weight shed an average of nine pounds while those in the non-incentive group only shed about two.

So why does money talk when the promise of better health may not? “Financial incentives work because of the immediate positive feedback they offer, whereas the other perks of physical activity—health, longevity, a more attractive appearance—are usually delayed,” says study author Marc Mitchell, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. While that makes sense, you may be left wondering: Who on Earth will actually pay me to work out? As it turns out, several sites are devoted to just that. Here are three options:

• Diet Bet: On this site you can either join an existing group or create your own with friends. To start, everyone puts money—as little as $25—into a pot. Whoever loses 4% of their starting weight within four weeks is considered a winner and splits the pot.
• Healthy Wage: Here, you can choose from two different individual weight loss challenges: The 10% Challenge in which you pay $150 upfront and get paid $300 if you lose 10% of your body weight in six months; and The BMI Challenge in which you pay either $100 or $300 upfront and receive either $300 or $1000 if you go from a BMI over 30 to one below 25 within a year.

• Stickk: This site motivates you with the risk of losing money as opposed to the promise of winning. First you set a health goal (e.g. how much weight you’d like to lose per week), then you designate an amount of money your credit card will be charged if you don’t meet it.

While these sites can definitely be a motivator, make sure you have a plan in place for after you meet your goal so you can keep up your healthy habits, says Jessica Bartfield, MD, bariatrician at the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care. “Continue to set new goals—like competing in a race or trying a new fitness class—and treat yourself to mini rewards when you meet them, such as new gym clothes, a massage, or a song download to fire up your next workout.”
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source : http://www.prevention.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-tips/money-weight-loss

The 3 Day Diet -weight loss Please!!!-

The 3 Day Diet touts quick weight loss, cleansing, lower cholesterol, and more energy.

It's a strict plan that must be followed exactly for three days. If you still want to lose more weight, you're supposed to eat normally for at least four or five days before starting over.

The 3 Day Diet promises up to 10 pounds of weight loss in three days. But most of that weight is likely to be fluid, not fat, so the results aren't likely to last.

What You Can Eat

The 3 Day Diet is very specific about portion size and the foods it includes.

The combination of the suggested foods supposedly creates a unique metabolic reaction that boosts fat burning. But there is no explanation of how that happens or proof that backs up those claims.

The plan also calls for dieters to drink 4 cups of water or no-calorie drinks daily.

Experts' Views

You're likely to lose weight on this plan, but it's not likely to last.

The calories are very low, notes Cindy Moore, former director of nutrition therapy at The Cleveland Clinic (which is not associated with the diet).

"The plan yields about 1,000 calories a day, which has the ability to lower metabolism so when you revert back to normal eating, you regain weight even quicker," Moore says.

The diet is also monotonous and doesn't help you build better eating habits for the long run. "What good is it to go back to the old habits that caused the weight gain, without resolving weight issues?" Moore says. "Hands down, the 3 Day Diet is not conducive to changing habits or encouraging a healthier lifestyle, which are fundamental to weight control."

Bottom line: Choose a well-balanced weight loss plan that controls calories every day, includes exercise, and lets you enjoy a wide variety of healthy foods. To lose weight and keep it off, it is simply not enough to eat a prescribed diet for three days without addressing eating habits that cause weight gain.

Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, LD, is director of nutrition for WebMD. Her opinions and conclusions are her own.

source : http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet