How do you reward yourself?

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.

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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.

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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.