Have you ever thought that if you could get paid for doing it, you might actually get off your A$$ and do it? Well, your pie-in-the-sky wish has been granted by the fitness fairy! Really. It’s an app called “PACT” and you have to agree to pay a fine if you don’t meet your fitness goals for the day. There’s a minimum of $5 for the fine. Go check it out! They pay you out of member’s accounts who miss their workout and cough up their $5 for the day.
I admit, this interests me! Money might be a good motivator. I know a man who pays his accountability partner $100 every time he misses his workout. In 10 years, he’s had to pay out maybe twice. Your penalty has to hurt enough, you know? Would I hand someone $5 to go away and quit bugging me about working out if I wanted to sit with my friends at happy hour and drink Pomegranate Cosmos and eat Queso Fundido? Hell to the yes! Would I hand someone $20 bucks, or would I get off my butt and work out? As you know, the above scenario would never happen to moi. Okay, it might have happened in the past, you know the past of the 50 pound monkey, but not now. My monkey’s at about 38 pounds. Thankyouverymuch.
But seriously, I think this app just might have something…
Oh fart-cakes! I can’t do it until well after knee surgery. Someone try it for me. Please?
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August 5, 2014 at 12:17 am
I used this app for a month or two. It ended up stressing me out more than anything and making it so that I was trying to cheat the system rather than work out. The whole issue came from my living in two places situation. During the week I have access to a big time, definitely on gps, gym. On the weekend it’s an apartment complex gym which gps doesnt recognize and therefore doesnt count. So I started running on the weekends and linked the runkeeper app to it, but it wouldn’t count my runs sometimes even though they met the criteria. So it’s great if you only workout at a major gym. I may try it again when I move to one home. Have you ever considered doing a dietbet? Similar concept.
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August 5, 2014 at 3:07 am
Ohhh, I can see the problem. hmmm. That would totally make me mad if I was working out and it wasn’t counting it. Boo. Okay. Well, hmf. Do you mean doing a bet with friends about a diet? or are you talking another app?
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August 5, 2014 at 3:09 am
Dietbet.com
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August 5, 2014 at 2:23 am
I always find change while I’m running. Does that count?
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August 5, 2014 at 3:05 am
YES! Totally!
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August 5, 2014 at 3:37 am
I heard about this app the other day on GMA and was intrigued. I usually do my workouts but losing $5 for any missed one is kind of scary!
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August 5, 2014 at 4:19 am
Not scary if you’re earning every time you do one!!
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August 7, 2014 at 11:53 pm
I looked at this app but since I only work out at home it wouldn’t work for me. The idea is great but it needs more flexibility.
Have you ever looked at the DietBet?
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August 7, 2014 at 11:54 pm
I did look at the dietbet, but I haven’t decided whether to try it. Have you tried it?
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August 8, 2014 at 4:17 am
I’m in my first one that ends this weekend. I need the scale to show at least another 1.2 lb loss and I’ll get my share of the pot.
I also have my own DietBet starting Monday.
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August 8, 2014 at 2:05 pm
Cassi, How do I find your game?
Good luck!
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August 8, 2014 at 2:48 pm
My game is at http://www.dietbetter.com/games/47056
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August 8, 2014 at 2:51 pm
Hey, I’ll go find yours. I just started one too.
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August 12, 2014 at 1:18 pm
I love pact! On days I can’t get to a pact-recognized gym, it’ll also accept any 30 minute walk that covers more than a mile which is pretty easy to do (at least now that my knees are functional again, and hopefully once your knees are functional again 🙂 ). Don’t forget it also has pacts for eating veggies/fruit (get paid for drinking smoothies and eating grilled corn and what not?? oh yes!) and also pacts for logging your food (which is a pain in the ever-decreasing ass).
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August 12, 2014 at 1:20 pm
Oh wow! I didn’t realize that other stuff! I love The food log idea. That is a royal pain and I’m terrible at it. Also the fact that it will count my hike in the woods hooray
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