This is a fun problem I’ve thought about in the past, though never specifically with regard to money. With the recent personal finance bloggers’ weight loss challenge I’m participating in, though, I thought it made sense to try to integrate it with money management.
I once went on a very strict no-sugar diet (no sweeteners, no [...]
For new readers and anyone else who doesn’t know, a bunch of us personal finance bloggers have geared up and committed to a weight loss challenge contest proposed by ManVsDebt. The contest runs from June 1- July 31, 2009. There are 30 of us in total, making six teams of five each. I won’t say [...]
If you lose a lot of weight, you’re more likely to also gain in wealth. Thus finds an Ohio State University study from a few years ago. The basic idea, as I understand it, is probably that (1) those motivated to lose that much weight will also be motivated to improve their finances and (2) [...]