How I Forced Myself To Eat Healthy Food (For 40 Days)

I write some long Medium posts. This isn’t one of them. I’ve been meaning to share a simple hack that has helped me get back on the healthy eating wagon.

Step 1

Buy gift cards from healthy lunch places (and breakfast if you tend to eat while on the go). My favorites while here in Raleigh, NC are Happy + Hale and Joule.

Go big. Really big. Like $500 big:

Convert the money to pieces of plastic:

Step 2

Take photos of your gift cards. You’ll be super pissed if you lose your wallet along with $500 in healthy food.

Step 3

Eat the food. Why not? You’ve invested this much into eating healthy. You might as well. Each morning I get the Breakfast of Champions at Joule.

and for lunch, I have a salad and some protein from H+H.

That’s it. There is something about spending the money upfront that keeps you motivated (for some people).