Commitments

     it's a new year-do you have a commitment to reaching any weight/fitness goals? we usually start out strong but many of us who- for instance- join gyms in january are no longer going by the end of february. more and more research is being done on why we do or more often don't meet our goals. how do we strengthen our commitment to a goal so that we reach it? do rewards work better than punishments? what if money is involved?
     there is a free website called stickk that wants to help us in reaching our goals. stick uses a commitment contract in which you name your goal, decide if you want a certain amount of money involved or to just have a "referee". they also offer tracking devices and ways to include friends and family . so how does the money part work?  for example-if your contract states that if you don't reach your goal of getting to the gym two times a week for 3 months you have to pay $10.00 (you choose the amount). the money doesn't go to stickk but to a charity or to what they call an anti-charity.
     stickk was created by a group of professors from yale university. check it out if you think it may help you to reach your goals or that you find it an interesting concept. there are quite a few people signed up already on their way, hopefully, to reaching their goals.
     www.stickk.com