I remember when I first read this article back in May. I was on standby for work, which kept me away from home for two weeks. I stayed with my father out in the country, which kept me close to work, but with barely enough internet juice to get a signal for my iPhone. This article popped up on Klout, and since I couldn’t do much of anything else I read it.

It really motivated me. I mean really motivated me.

One of the apps mentioned in the article (the Zombie, Run app) was too big to stream on my phone. I had to either plug my phone into a computer or download it via wifi. Well there was no computer to be had at my Dad’s place (my father is not what you’d call computer savvy). Option B consisted of me driving one town over and hanging out in their mall (a building with three stores in it counts as a mall, right?) for 45 minutes, just to leach their wifi to download the app.

I’ve always tried to watch what I put in my body, and made it to the gym on a fairly regular basis. But I started following most of the steps of this “MMO” and I’ve lost twenty pounds in about a month and a half, without going to the gym. More importantly, I’ve had fun doing it. It’s Min/Maxing in real life!

The article was originally posted over on Polygon in April 2014. The author, Frank Caron (@FrankyCaron), is clearly one smart and nerdy dude. Check out the link for the actual article (with pictures and data and such), or peep out the straight-up text version below. Hell, do both. Get crazy!

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