Mind Games We Play on Ourselves

mindovermuffins
mindovermuffins Posts: 13
in Motivation and Support
I am a visual person so I needed to come up with a way to visualize how many pounds I am wanting to lose and how many I have lost.
I have 2 small glasses. I placed 135 pennies in one. Each week when I weigh myself I take the number of pounds loss (1 pound = 1 penny) from the glass and transfer the pennies to the other glass. I now have 118 pennies in one and 17 in the other.
I get very excited Thursday morning because I know I will get to move some pennies! It sounds corny but it helps me stay motivated.

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  • jhloves2knit
    jhloves2knit Posts: 268 Member
    That sounds like a neat motivator!
  • rita27ny
    rita27ny Posts: 820 Member
    sounds like a good idea! its cute
  • celtbell3
    celtbell3 Posts: 738 Member
    This is a great idea - great way to stay motivated and to encourage you as you progress!!!
  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
    Here to play er.... Games with myself
  • dorrymc
    dorrymc Posts: 36
    That sounds great and very visual. Keep it up and continued success in 2014 :)
  • lauraloobyloo
    lauraloobyloo Posts: 8 Member
    This is a great idea. I like to see visual reminders too, a good one is packets of butter as every pound is the equivalent of 2 packets. When I lost 30 I took a pic of 60 packets in a supermarket (prob looked crazy but was too excited to care).
    Keep up the good work.
  • Dino_bacon2112
    Dino_bacon2112 Posts: 341 Member
    Here to play er.... Games with myself

    I get to watch.
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    Here to play er.... Games with myself

    I get to watch.
    I get to man the camera.

    Also, I just like to see my ticker move closer to my goal every time I weigh in.

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