What are some rewards you give yourself after meeting your goals?

fearnsey71 wrote: »

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SherryTeach wrote: »

I am going to counter all this reward talk by saying that I don't believe in giving myself external rewards. It's already my money since I worked to earn it and I am already worth spending it on myself. Besides, I am not 12 and do not need to be bribed. The outcome is the reward. In any event, external rewards generally do not work for any tasks that involve creative and critical thinking or problem-solving. Yes, a reward can make my dog sit, stay, and heel, but they don't work very well for people. My reward is that I will hopefully live a happy, healthy life for quite a few more years.

Jeez, lighten up. Getting myself a new pair of pants to exercise in when I've worked my butt off and lost 5 inches from my hips doesn't mean I don't value the intrinsic reward of the hard work.

my thoughts exactly. Why can't you have both!

I've lost 36lb so far and have had to buy new clothes. But as a treat I bought myself an Asics running top that is size XL. I essentially look like a deformed sausage in it at the moment but my reward for the next 3 to 4 weeks of weighing food, planning meals, snacks, walking 3 miles every other day, going to the furthest loos in the building, parking as far away from shop entrances as possible, gardening 3 times a week (2 hours at a time), doing squats, lifting weights is that the next time I put that top on I will look like, not a deformed sausage, but an overweight runner and I am absolutely fine with that. And then in 6 months when it goes in the too big pile I am having a steak the size of my head.

Of course, I very much enjoy my new clothes and all the other perks of losing weight, but when I see people designing elaborate reward systems, I am reminded of how so many of my students have been negatively affected by having carrots dangled in front of them since birth to do anything. It has sucked the motivation right out of them.

I got this when I hit -#30

I don't know how many pounds it will take, but i want to walk in Victoria Secret and buy a bra

I'm new to MFP and the forum community and I loved reading all the post and will begin to make my list shortly. What I find amazing here is how people post on boards that are either not of interest to them or they have absolutely nothing supportive to say. Isn't that he entire point of reading the topics and having something valid to contribute? I find it rude to discourage people just because it's something you don't believe in or you just feel the need to be completely nasty. If not move on to the next board that best suits you and leave your comments there. It can be very discouraging to someone new to read the petty and discourage them from gaining support from people who are actually great at giving it. With that said, I will think of own rewards when I hit my mini goals which by the way is a great idea OP. I see the lost of weight and inches doesn't necessarily cause one to lose nasty attitudes and insecurities. I always reward my kids for going above and beyond whether it's school or otherwise and if that makes me a bad parent I'm going to be great at it! Motivation is key!

Best of luck to everyone. And happy goal/reward setting.

I think I would compare my reward system to the icing on the cake. Sure chocolate cake tastes fine but coated with dark chocolate icing and filled with a layer of apricot jam I am in heaven!

Fitbits or other activity trackers seem a popular choice of reward but I would not recommend waiting until you drop 30 pounds to get one as they are so motivational!

A drop of ten pounds should be enough to convince even the most sceptical partner that you are serious about weight loss and justify treating yourself to one.

I have a Garmin Vivofit 2 which has not been off my wrist in the six weeks that I bought it and it really has contributed to my progress.

@Heydew - I tried using my phone as well but ran into the same problem - it is a Galaxy Note so quite a big beast.

The Garmin I have does not have a HR function but there are other models in the range that do. My reasons for choosing it were that the battery lasts about a year (I already have enough gadgets to charge!) and I already had a Garmin GPS for my bike. The Garmin web site shows data for both these devices so it made sense for me to go with the Vivofit.

I know a couple of people with Fitbits and they love them so I am sure you would be happy with one. Good luck getting to your -30 target.

Love this thread! I'm hunting for ideas. My journey is just as much about self love as physical fitness so many of the rewards I set before don't make sense now as I see I am worth them as I currently am...I already give myself regular pampering (massage and pedicures). I also have started calling them "celebrations" instead of rewards...but I have to get more creative...so I was thinking getting fancy spa treatments to celebrate fitness/weight milestones....and a really awesome pair of jeans when I hit goal...need some more ideas though since I am almost at my first goal and have 50 more lbs too go as well as various non scale goals.
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