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Here's an idea that my friend and I thought up that you guys might enjoy: We are starting today.

We vow to do some sort of excercise every day, as well as make an honest effort to eat healthily every day. If one day one of us 'screws up' by eating badly, or by not visiting the gym, we will have to put a dollar into a jar. Who ever achieves their goal first wins the jar money.

We will basically be taking weekends off, as well as birthdays, ect but it's not an excuse to go hog wild, just to relax a bit more.

I've also decided, starting today, I am giving up my obsessive calorie counting. I'm taking a different aproach: I'm going to excercise more and just eat healthily, not restrictively. But I mean hey, if it doesn't work I can always try something else.
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I think that sounds like a great deal - provided you guys have similar goals. We did something like this at the old place that I worked at. A group of us wanted to loose weight, so we all contributed 20 bucks. There was a 6 month time limit and at the end of that 6 months whoever lost the highest percentage won the pot. We went with percentage b/c we were all diferent sizes and people loose weight at different rates. (and men tend to drop it quicker than women)

So anyway - I think that is a great idea!
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