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All entries tagged with weight loss for moneySkinny Songs

There are a lot of motivational tools out there for anyone trying to lose weight. It was only a matter of time before someone came out with a selection of "weight loss songs".
SkinnySongs is not workout music but instead uses "empowering lyrics that will inspire and encourage you to reach your goals..."
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Getting Paid to Lose Weight
Men living in the northwestern Italian town of Varallo will receive 50 euros ($70) for losing 4 kg (9 pounds) in a month. Women will get the same amount for shedding 3 kg (7 pounds). If they can keep the weight off for 5 months, they will get another 200 euros ($280), he told Reuters.
Are the Italians on to something here?
3 sides of my personality battled it out for an initial reaction on this proposal:
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Should Weight Loss Cost Money?
Recently I received an email bemoaning the woes of the weight loss industry. The author refers to the number of weight loss programs around and complains:
If all these people are so truly concerned about the weight of the American people, why don't some of them offer their program free to those who truly want to lose the weight but can't afford the programs? Some of us really don't have the finances to afford all the meals, Equipment, and etc. [...]There are two ways of going about weight loss:
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Who could have imagined - competitive eating is becoming a well paid "sport" (via A Full Belly). There is even a ruling body - the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE).
While big purses are still rare -- not much more than $100,000 was ladled out in 2004 -- that should jump to near $200,000 this year. Winners can garner as much as $10,000 in a single event -- the Krystal Square-Off World Hamburger Eating Contest in Chattanooga Tennessee hosted by Krystal Restaurants, a hamburger chain.