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    Rewarding yourself with Food

    Posts: 122 Member
    edited January 21 in Motivation and Support
    I know that I should not reward myself with food, but everytime I see a drop in the scale, my mind says eat eat eat! How can I change my way of thinking. I do not want to sabotage myself anymore!

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    • Posts: 41 Member
      Buy something for yourself! Flowers, maybe? Or clothing? Unless you have a shopping addiction or have a tight budget, then that would not be good. How about trying on your clothes and seeing how much better you look in them.
    • Posts: 1,120 Member
      Look for non-food rewards. E.g., schedule a massage.
    • Posts: 1,325 Member
      If rewarding yourself with food is something you like to do, there are ways to do it without sabotaging yourself. Like plan a nice meal out that fits into your daily calorie goal. Or go to a high-end chocolatier and purchase one amazing truffle (again, fitting it into your day's calories). Take yourself on a picnic. Food shouldn't equal guilt--you can easily treat yourself to something special without going over your daily limit.
    • Posts: 50 Member
      Love a good pedicure
      Or buy a really nice bra. After outgrowing Victoria Secrets, I can't wait to go in and buy a really pretty bra.
    • Posts: 737 Member
      If rewarding yourself with food is something you like to do, there are ways to do it without sabotaging yourself. Like plan a nice meal out that fits into your daily calorie goal. Or go to a high-end chocolatier and purchase one amazing truffle (again, fitting it into your day's calories). Take yourself on a picnic. Food shouldn't equal guilt--you can easily treat yourself to something special without going over your daily limit.

      ^^This is very well said- and I agree :)
    • Posts: 122 Member
      Thanks everybody... I will try to find a non-food reward or make room for the chocolate. All are helpful tips!
    • Posts: 144 Member
      It's hard....when the scale drops I can't always directly tie it to the week's behaviour....so I start down the dangerous path of "see it's easy, I can do this...I don't have give up EVERYTHING" and then I have a little binge....thus I lose weight in fits and spurts.

      it's also hard to become so emotionally tied to the scale. if the scale doesn't move you feel like the whole weeks has been a waste.
    • Posts: 122 Member
      It's hard....when the scale drops I can't always directly tie it to the week's behaviour....so I start down the dangerous path of "see it's easy, I can do this...I don't have give up EVERYTHING" and then I have a little binge....thus I lose weight in fits and spurts.

      it's also hard to become so emotionally tied to the scale. if the scale doesn't move you feel like the whole weeks has been a waste.


      Yes exactly!
    • Posts: 58 Member
      I'm a food rewarder in the way that most folks tell you not to do it. However, my thinking is that it is one meal on one day., it is a reward, you don't get it all the time. As long as you're having good behaviors, doing what your body says is working for your weight-loss/fitness goals, I say do it. If you shouldn't beat yourself up for having a bad day, because it's just one day, why shouldn't you reward yourself? I do hit it a little harder at the gym for compensation though ;) French fries are delicious.
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