Do you give yourself rewards?

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  • ronda_gettinghealthy
    ronda_gettinghealthy Posts: 777 Member
    no I dont....but I am not motivated by those things.....(not being hateful if you are)...I am just not a thing person...my motivation so far has been the way I feel and the exhileration of running more (or in my case running at all at first), biking more and I LOVE LOVE LVOE the compliments from others on how good I look and how young I look....I have even been accused of having botox or facial work done!!!! (I have not)
  • classycouture
    classycouture Posts: 888 Member
    I love giving myself rewards. It's a great way to keep me motivated and focused on my goal. I have a beautiful sunflower tattoo on the side of my hip/thigh because of it! :)
  • galegetsthin
    galegetsthin Posts: 1,340 Member
    Every 10 pounds I get a new charm for my charm bracelet. I only have one right now, but eventually it will be full.


    I REALLY like this idea! it is something that you will be able to show people and say that every charm is 10 lbs youve lost. It will help you remind yourself to keep on track when you are done too, since you will see it every day
  • ChantelleFowler
    ChantelleFowler Posts: 208 Member
    I've tried the reward system before without much luck for some reason.

    This time around I am going to reward myself with cash every week. My friend and I are doing p90x2 together and are going to keep motivated by rewarding ourselves with $20 (pr $15, we haven't decided yet) every week we complete each workout successfully, without missing a day! For every month we do perfectly, we are going to treat ourselves to a treatment at a salon (hair dye, manicure, etc). It works out perfectly for us because we are both going on vacations with our husbands in march and, if all goes according to plan, I'll have some extra cash to spend on nice clothes for my vacation! :)
  • jabberwockgee
    jabberwockgee Posts: 49 Member
    I usually do little things like mani/pedi or something small under $30. I buy clothes on clearance & sometimes I buy a size smaller and use it as a goal to fit into it. That motivates me to keep going. I have a friend who is losing weight too & she is bigger than me. As she loses weight she raids my closet & gets everything she always wanted to wear :) Motivation for her & I know my clothes will look good on her. She even picks out my smaller clothes so she can get into those later on too!

    That's awesome :)
  • jabberwockgee
    jabberwockgee Posts: 49 Member
    I started a system where I have a dollar for each pound I need to lose, but I can't use any until I've lost all the weight.

    When I get to my goal weight, I'll have $40 to spend on whatever I feel like (except junk food!).

    I have 40 $1 bills in an envelope, and as I lose the weight, I transfer them to another envelope. It's motivational to see the 'weight left to lose' envelope shrinking as the 'weight I've lost" envelope is the one getting fat.
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