Motivation and Money!?!

Click on the link below (thank you to @Droz on Twitter for recommending the article) to read an interesting story about using money to motivate weight loss.  Tell me what YOU think!  Would money motivate YOU to lose weight?  Perhaps, but what then?  When I was working within the acute care setting, many fellow employees and community members would get a "weight loss group" going and pitch in money for the "winner".  I would be asked to weight and measure "pre-contest".  I rarely saw anyone to measure "post-contest".  Most of the time, after a week or so, the energy would dwindle and who knows what happened to the money??? This happened time after time, and I know many of you out there have had experience with the very same thing.  Think back - how did it work for you - and how long was the "long term" outcome?  Money has not proven to be a direct motivator for long term weight management.  What then is the answer?  The answer lies WiTHIN You Now!™   Motivation is in your control and only you have control of your thoughts, your behavior and your future.  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/07/health/main7223040.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea;cbsnewsSectionsArea.1