Tattoo as a reward?

how long do you guys wait once you've picked out a design? do you have it drawn on to wear it for a while? I want a full back or shoulders done but I'm thinking one on my hip to cover the stretch marks that I never should have gotten. I have a feeling if I get one I will want loads more.

yeah, they are very addictive!!

how long I wait depends on my money situation I guess. and also I'm waiting until I lose some more weight... I've got designs already drawn up for both my arms just need to work on losing these bingo wings first!! hehe

Bingo Wings?! :laugh:

how long do you guys wait once you've picked out a design? do you have it drawn on to wear it for a while? I want a full back or shoulders done but I'm thinking one on my hip to cover the stretch marks that I never should have gotten. I have a feeling if I get one I will want loads more.

I started with a small butterfly on my hip.... It spiraled from there :laugh: If you want to do big pieces I'd think about them for a while, and consider your placement - I wish I had kept my back clean to get a huge back piece/I kept my arms free 'cause I wanted to get sleeves. I have waited several years for certain designs, and decided on the day/day before for others!
Edit to add one of the biggest time considerations for me has been my artist, can take months to book an appointment!

I was thinking of doing this - getting the words "earn this" in an elegant script... somewhere.

I'm a massive fan of tattoo's, I've got 4 of them at the moment, but I'm planning on a lot more (When I can afford it :P) Getting that perfect tattoo if very satisfying, so I would go for it

I have a couple tattoos already, but have always been hesitant about getting more or larger ones done on areas I'm not so comfortable with. My reward for reaching my "ultimate" goal is another tattoo and I can't wait

I've only got two for the moment. One on my calf (that will probably take up most of my calf when I get to goal!), and one on my ring finger. I've pre-booked an appointment in late October to get a tattoo as a reward for running my first 10k. I've booked for the day after.

I also have a GORGEOUS piece picked out for when I get under 100kilos. It's an upper shoulder placement, that will go up and over the front of my shoulder and outer part of my collar bone. The placement is hard to explain.

I have to be careful with placement due to my career. Any tattoo I get has to be coverable with seasonally appropriate clothing.

My "weight loss goals" are less about pure weight loss and more about being healthy and living a healthy lifestyle. So, with that said, after I finished my first ironman triathlon, I got a tattoo on my right shoulder that says, "DEATH Before DNF". DNF means Did Not Finish. It's what you get when you quit or are somehow forced out of finishing a race that you started.

From a racing, exercising perspective, the quote signifies a burning need to never stop till you reach the finish line, no matter what. Never quit. Ever.

But I got it more for the Life perspective. I come from a long line of people with type 2 diabetes, heart disease, lupus, high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, and cancer (father, grandfather, grandmother, multiple uncles) and the much more dreaded alzeimer's (mother, and her father). There is an endless assortment of life ending ailments that my family may or may not be passing down to me. And there's no telling if I'll get any, all, or none of these. Whichever the case, I'll be damned if I'm going down without a fight. I've got way too much life to live to let diseases take me out. So, from a Life perspective, DEATH Before DNF.

My wife hates tattoos and hopes that I'm done getting them. We'll see...

There are a few I have planned. I've been meaning to get 'em sooner but ya know, finances. There is a special one that I will get once I hit my goal weight. I think it's a great and very personal reward.

Absolutely! I have several already but they are all hidden. One of my motivators is to lose enough weight to be able to rock and large side tattoo, not to mention to be able to dress in a way that shows off my other pieces.

awful idea