Never heard of any of these "getting paid to lose weight websites" until I saw it in a magazine. I read the article and I checked out the three featured websites and this website seemed like the best fit for me, or so it seems for now! I signed up yesterday and was actually sad to find that I have to wait a few days to get "officially" started so I think that is the only drawback. I'm getting excited and anxious to getting under way now that I actually submitted my official weigh in this morning and now I can really get started. I don't plan on doing any commercial program or any gimmicky plan. I want to do this the old fashion way with portion control and exercise. I may not win the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but I'll win my health ... as long as I don't lose my initial investment I'll be okay.
I'm going to take this slow and steady so I know I'll make a lifestyle change and make this a permanent thing. I've done this weight loss thing numerous times in the past with tremendous success but it never lasts. So now at my lowest of lows (not pound wise, spirit wise and health wise) I have to make changes. It doesn't get easier with age and I'm turning 44 in December. I'm in the military and will be retiring next year and don't want my last year in the service to be questionable with my health and fitness. I want to make changes now and kick butt!
My grandmother died this past May, not because of weight but because of heart issues (she was a very petite lady). But my mother is overweight, my father is overweight and my brother is pushing it. For the last 10 years I'm yo-yo'ed with my weight. I'm self-conscious and have self-esteem issues related to my weight. My mother was just diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and I don't want to be in that situation or even remotely in that position.
My father has health issues unrelated to weight, a freak condition due to broken ribs from coughing and has missing ribs and has had multiple surgeries and still needs more but because of his weight can't have surgery and has to lose weight before he can have another procedure. It's hard for him to work out because he's in pain with the internal issues and all he does is eat and sleep. I need to break the cycle and be an example.
My mother is becoming and inspiration and starting to walk every morning and eat healthier and becoming an example and has lost several pounds after her diabetes diagnosis. Unfortunately it took being diagnosised to push her.