Pay yourself to exercise. Gain motivation and save money. Tips to save some money!

Your New Year's Resolutions...
Lose weight
Exercise
Save Money


Let's do all three! I found out a long time ago that I loved to eat and it shows. Once upon a time I loved to exercise too. Of course, I've always loved to save money.

I tried for many years to get back into exercise after 10 or so kidney stones, two back surgeries, quitting smoking, gaining weight, developing diabetes, going through menopause, getting gout and having 5 hand surgeries. Nothing worked. I just kept gaining weight and the accompanying ailments that went along with being obese.

This sucks! I have got to find a way to get my body back!

Pay yourself to exercise...

Trying to motivate myself one day to go to the gym and try to get that body back, I finally figured out a way to get myself to go. I would put a dollar in my piggy bank every time I exercised.

Now you could pay yourself more, but that was all I could afford. You could also pay yourself for other healthy things like:
staying within your calorie budget for the day
a dollar for every pound you lose
a dollar for every inch you lose
pay yourself five bucks for skipping StarBucks and drinking your own low cal coffee drink


Before too long you are going to have a decent amount in your piggy bank! This is your reward for doing good things for yourself!

At the end of a year, you should break open your bank and treat yourself to a new skinnier outfit or a pair of skinny jeans or even a formal party dress!

At any rate, it will turn into a great rewarding habit!

How much can you save up?

I have estimated that if you pay yourself consistently whenever you exercise and you do it daily or as often as possible, you will have about $300 dollars in that piggy bank at the end of the year.

If you add dollars for your diet, your pounds lost and your inches lost (or inches of muscle gained), you will have an additional $50 or more.

It you make this a habit over the years, you could save quite a bundle! Maybe put the money into a savings or investment account at the end of each year. If you put the money into an IRA account, it will be tax deductible saving you even more money.

Saving money with the side effect of getting into shape? Now I could get into that!