How do you reward yourself?

austinsneeze

Do any of you reward yourselves if you make it to your goals? I'm just curious. I'm having trouble coming up with goals to keep me motivated.

GauchoMark

Aren't the results the reward?

If I do reward myself, it isn't through food if that is the angle you are getting at. Personally, my goal is to break the tie between food and gratification. Its hard to do. Sometimes I'll go buy some clothes or something along those lines, but never a food treat.

DiabolicalColossus

If I want a tangible reward, it can be anything that isn't related to food.

Sometimes it's a new t-shirt, others a new video game.

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katharineshalia

Every 10lbs I plant a tree

MelanieRBrace

I have started a string of paperclips - one for every 5 pounds I lose. I keep it right on my desk at work, constant reminder of how far I've come.

RaspberryTickleChicken

I take a photo of the new # on the scale & save it to a folder

Silly I know - but its nice to see the 'evidence' of how far I've come

Rachellovesdonuts

Right now I have a giftcard sitting in my exercise room for when I hit 150 lbs...I think that once I hit that first goal, I will finally see progress and won't need tangible rewards

Lian98

I do beauty related things. As I lose the weight, I have noticed I have become more confident and feel prettier. This isn't from the actual weight loss, it's from the sense of empowerment that I feel after having accomplished my goals. When I lose 5 lbs I go and buy a new lipstick, or lotion and treat myself to a mini spa day at home. I don't get a lot of me-time so that's how I reward myself. But you could really reward yourself with anything you like, whether it's an activity or something you buy :-)

TheSatinPumpkin

only have had a couple of mini goals which resulted in me being further away from my old starting weight so that's a "reward". Entering my stats and just viewing my trend line since day 1 in addition to how i feel now emotionally, mentally and physically is also a a very nice "reward"

Thinking of getting a tattoo of one of my inspirational quotes when i get down to my personal main "goal"

habit365

I like to get some new (or at least new to me) clothes as I hit various milestones (every 10 pounds or so but it's not fixed). I like to sign up for fun fitness or outdoorsy things that would have been impossible for me to do/enjoy previously.

p90Xgalfitness

My husband and I are saving a ton of money from not eating out frequently, not buying coffee daily etc. (totalling to around $200 a month for 2 people) since we started our health/fitness journey. We plan to use this saved money to take a mini vacation next summer as a reward Vacation is a huge motivator for us, since we didn't have one in a couple of years... All the best in reaching your goal

lorib642

I have decided to give myself a small reward every 10 lbs. I don't know what they will be. After the first 10 I went shopping and bought a little stuffed animal. I just thought it was cute and it wasn't something I would usually get myself.

If you are into gadgets there are a lot of fitness related things you could reward yourself with.

Cortneyrenee04

I have beauty related rewards as well: make up, hair stuff, etc. For bigger milestones, I have things like facial, massage, stuff like that. I have one coming up in 5 more pounds- a leg massage! That will be just over my 30 pound mark

MelanieRBrace

RaspberryTickleChicken wrote: »

I take a photo of the new # on the scale & save it to a folder

Silly I know - but its nice to see the 'evidence' of how far I've come

Love this idea and will use it starting now!

CanToGirl

For every 10 lbs I lose, I buy music from iTunes.

SpecialKH

I take the photos, too. I took a "before" in leggings and a camisole, so pretty fitted. Then once a month around the same time I put on the same thing for another photo. Front and side and document the weight. Now I just feel ashamed I ever was the "before" photo. Too many years of not sticking with it - I'm never going to wish I'd kept with it again. Every time I want something that I know will send me off track, I remind myself of every bathing suit season that I wished I had stuck with diet and exercise, and every holiday season as I'm looking for a dress. My reward will be a lovely cocktail dress for New Year's - the year I can know for the first time I did not procrastinate, I did not give up and I will not have regret.

austinsneeze

Those are really good ideas..... I have a picture of when I was chubby and I take a new picture every 10 lbs to remind me of how far I've come

ana3067

Not really. Losing weight is rewarding enough. Being able to see more definition in my arms or quads motivates me.

Liftng4Lis

Every time I go down a size, I get new clothes.

lorib642

Cortneyrenee04 wrote: »

I have beauty related rewards as well: make up, hair stuff, etc. For bigger milestones, I have things like facial, massage, stuff like that. I have one coming up in 5 more pounds- a leg massage! That will be just over my 30 pound mark

I like those ideas

threnjen

I have little rewards for every 5 pounds. Haircut, new shoes, special outfit, gym membership have been ones so far.

PrizePopple

// Non-Food Rewards //
**190 // 5 lb loss - OPI Nail Polish
**185 // 10 lb loss - Earrings
{{ Overweight BMI }}
180 // 15 lb loss - Benefit Sugarlicious Set
175 // 20 lb loss - Ralph Lauren Romance
170 // 25 lb loss - Pedicure
165 // 30 lb loss - 90 Minute Massage
160 // 35 lb loss - Gel Nails
155 // 40 lb loss - Haircut
{{ Normal BMI }}
150 // 45 lb loss - Spa Day
145 // 50 lb loss - New Shoes & Clothes

I've changed it up a bit though. I got myself an Ipsy subscription recently, and I'm still looking for earrings that I really want. I'm almost to the Benefit Sugarlicious!! I'd like to have the Ralph Lauren Romance by Thanksgiving, and be able to get the pedicure before Christmas. If I get to the massage before New Years I'll be stoked.

mzbek24

I brain stormed some specific goals and then some rewards which would actually motivate me. I tried to make some of them food, some not, some inexpensive etc.

Some of my goals are: lose 1 inch from waist, log under calories and macro's 5x in a row, reach goal weight, lift weights 3x a week for 4 weeks, run a marathon.
Some rewards are: Night off logging, smoothie/frozen yogurt, new book, cheat meal, new workout item, chocolate bar of choice, neck massage, new dress.

Then, I made a bit of a reward system.
I have three calendar months up on my wall, and for each activity I do, I have a code. For example, lifting weights is a purple heart, running is blue, walking red, achieving a weight loss goal is a star, etc. E.g: When I lift weights, I put a little purple heart in the top right hand corner of that day of the callendar.

Then, I devised a goals sheet. It's like: If I do weights 10 times (have 10 purple hearts a month) I get a night off logging.

eldamiano

I have a cup of tea and a biscuit.

50sFit

austinsneeze wrote: »

Do any of you reward yourselves if you make it to your goals? I'm just curious. I'm having trouble coming up with goals to keep me motivated.

Reaching the goal is the reward...

Phrick

I actually don't have specific goals/rewards set up, other than my final goal weight (which keeps changing). I do buy clothes that fit properly as often as needed, at the local second-hand shop, but that's it. I intend to do this whole Healthy thing forever, and in my mind rewarding myself for reaching specific points makes it feel like it has an end point. I play mind games with myself if I look at it that way, so I choose not to. When I've not had the need to buy new clothes for a while (i.e., in maintenance) I may revisit that, but for now that's my thought process.

Tim_Simons

Everytime I reach my goal, i reward myself by heading to the beach to relax treating myself with a healthy seafood dinner.

Francl27

Nope, the results are the reward for me. That, and all the cute clothes I've been buying since I got within 3 pounds of my goal weight.

vamaena

I'm about to hit my first large milestone in 2.2 lbs. I'm not sure what exactly I'll be getting myself it's a toss up between a new shirt, battle ropes, or a better foam roller. I have a short soft foam roller at home but it would be nice to have a one that's a little firmer and longer (so it can fit down my back, right now I can only do that at the gym). Battle ropes would be awesome to have at home, once again I only have access to them at the gym. At the same time all of my shirts are getting to be waaaay too big for me. I need new clothes.

I'll probably save the shirt for my next mini milestone instead.

randomtai

Looking good is reward enough for me