I had seen a show, maybe Primetime live, where the theme was Game Theory, and they had a piece on Credible Threat. The idea is that fear of something real-a credible threat-is an excellent motivator. They took pictures of people in tiny bathing suits, and said, “If you don’t lose 15 pounds in two months, will put this picture on TV.” And it worked. Four out of the five did it, and the fifth came very close. So I mentioned it to a friend, and her thought is that we should agree to lose 20 pounds by Croatia, or wear a bikini for a day on the beach in Croatia and have pictures taken. So that gives me more than five months to lose 20 pounds. I weighed in a 196-not good, for me-I had been 170-ish last year. I’m 5’3-1/2”. So, 176 is very reasonable (I’d be happy with 150), and 4 pounds a month is doable.
Credible Threat
March 22nd, 2006 at 04:15 am
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