This is the next post in my series on simultaneously getting in shape and improving your finances. For those of you who haven't been following along, you can catch up by reading Physical Fitness and Financial Fitness and Being Healthy Can Grow Your Net Worth. Today we're going to talk about a Money Magazine article that says you can save a boatload of money by slimming … [Read more...]
Update on My Fitness Efforts
It's been a few months since I wrote Physical Fitness and Financial Fitness. In the meantime I posted again on the link between health and wealth (see Being Healthy Can Grow Your Net Worth) and there are additional posts coming on this subject. Before we get to those I thought I'd give you an update on how my fitness plan is going. I'll assume you've read the first post … [Read more...]
Being Healthy Can Grow Your Net Worth
Shortly after I posted Physical Fitness and Financial Fitness I ran into a Money Magazine article titled "Get Healthy, Get Wealthy." This was the exact point I made in my post -- except with stats to back up what they said! :) The Money article was several pages long, so I'll post on it now and again to be sure we cover all the main points. The general overview is that … [Read more...]
Physical Fitness and Financial Fitness
In What I’ve Been Reading I happened to mention the following: "I’m on a bit of a health kick (lost 7% body fat in several months) which I’ll write about sometime." A few readers commented on this and asked me to give some details. This is the post that will do that as well as relate physical fitness to financial fitness. Background Let's begin 25 years or so ago. I … [Read more...]
