What else can I reward myself with?
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asflatasapancake wrote: »Like others have said, a movie, a book, some sort of sexual activity, bits of string, whatever floats your boat.
Bits of string?
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A mani / pedi ? New clothes once you hit your small goals? I try to do this once in a while and it helps!0
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Thanks to everyone who has provided constructive feed back about some things to replace food. It's a hard habit to break as food has always been the go to for celebration, stress, etc., but I'm working on it! For those of you who don't ever need to reward yourself because being healthy is all it takes, and you never want or have anything to celebrate in your life, well, let's just say we're different and more power to ya!0
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Hot sex0
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I'm confused... reward for what?0
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When you're stressed, cuddle your pet or a loved one, watch animals on YouTube, read, draw, build train sets.
When something good has happened, enjoy the happy hormones.
Good luck.
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Instead of food rewards, I do a lot of self-care stuff.
A nice bath, homemade salt scrub, keeping my nails done, stuff like that. For a while, I was rewarding myself with nail polish because it is cheap, cheerful and calorie-free...so now I have a pretty big collection. I've also started to get into makeup, which I really never used when I was younger.
I reward myself with music too...much of that goes on my exercise playlists. It helps to keep me motivated.0 -
the goal should be reward enough0
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The progress is reward enough for me. Getting fitter, changes in your body, getting faster , stronger fitter are all a delight. Things that money cant buy really.0
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Here is how I am laying out my goals:
5 lbs lost-Mani/Pedi
10 lbs lost-Professional massage or other spa service
20 lbs lost-New dress from one of my favorite websites.
If you don't want to reward yourself with food, spoil yourself in other ways.0 -
The number falling on the scale is reward enough for me! Along with being healthier and living longer sounds like a pretty damn good reward.
Why does everyone feel the need to reward themselves in weight loss?!0 -
^^ you obviously don't get the struggle not to have food in certain moments...0
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Capt_Apollo wrote: »the goal should be reward enough
It is, but there is nothing wrong with doing something nice for yourself which does not involve food.0 -
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NoblankFRplease wrote: »^^ you obviously don't get the struggle not to have food in certain moments...
Do you reward yourself for showering in the morning or brushing your teeth? No, it's just a part of taking care of yourself. Just like healthy eating and exercise should be.
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ajfuelling wrote: »For me, the ultimate reward is new socks. I just love them... weird, I know. But... you gotta know what little things you love and socks that have never been washed, I just love them. Other good things: use great smelling lotion only when you "need" a reward, nail polish, flowers, burn a great smelling candle, also... I don't drink soda hardly ever... so a BIG reward for me is a diet rootbeer! Or diet gingerale!!!!azulvioleta6 wrote: »Instead of food rewards, I do a lot of self-care stuff.
A nice bath, homemade salt scrub, keeping my nails done, stuff like that. For a while, I was rewarding myself with nail polish because it is cheap, cheerful and calorie-free...so now I have a pretty big collection. I've also started to get into makeup, which I really never used when I was younger.
I reward myself with music too...much of that goes on my exercise playlists. It helps to keep me motivated.massage
new workout clothes
trip to the sauna
new shoes
nail polish
cool colorful socks
new sheets
new fun hair accessories
oh the list is endless!
I sometimes think of it as perks to make me feel more beautiful on those days that are harder than others... I don't think there's anything at all wrong with little rewards for goals met. If you're studying in school and meet a goal ppl go out and celebrate and buy something fun..... nothing at all wrong with treating yourself. Often times you don't even need to spend money... go to a cool park and swing or browse antique stores if that's your thing... the sky is the limit!
I do agree food is not healthy for rewards for most of us here it's not a good idea.
Losing or gaining (depending on your goals here) or adding more muscle is a great reward all on it's own, yes, but who says you can't go buy some cute and colorful workout gear to make it all even more enjoyable.
Do what makes YOU feel good...0 -
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debsdoingthis wrote: »
hee hee hee I did actually LOL when I read your post...thanks for the laugh0 -
Soon I can reward myself by using the ignore feature again and it's going to be AWESOME!!!
Maybe better than the new socks I'm currently wearing.... naw, probably not that cool, but pretty damn awesome.
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NoblankFRplease wrote: »^^ you obviously don't get the struggle not to have food in certain moments...
Do you reward yourself for showering in the morning or brushing your teeth? No, it's just a part of taking care of yourself. Just like healthy eating and exercise should be.
Not everybody gets fat by being lazy or having bad habits.
Thanks for the assumption though.0
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