I reward myself with food.. , awful right?* My ultimate reward when I reach my goal by Februaury is going to by a cute dress for that night and a new outfit for my 21st birthday.. I'm sooo excited!
Hopefully you all will give me some tips on*good *rewards though.

Ok, I'm guilty too.* I reward myself with food too!* I am working on that so maybe I'll start rewarding myself with a pedicure.* I'll have to make up some kind of scale according to my weight loss to how much I can spend.*

I'm going to pick up a thread that was started once before, but fizzled out.
What do you do to reward yourself along the way?* We all get the reward of better health, a more attractive body, and of course new clothes.* But what, if anything, do you reward yourself with for the pounds lost?
My husband bought me a charm bracelet.* For every 20 lbs I lose, he'll buy me a new charm.**But I'm also going to start putting $5 in a jar for every pound I lose.* That will be my*"reward"*for when I reach goal.
What's your reward?

Well, for me, at first, it was food...Everytime I had a good weigh in, I would use that as a reason to go out and celebrate and*get something I hadnt had for a while...I actually did this up until this year, and is PROBABLY why its taken me so long...
Now though, I reward my self with*a new outfit, or even just a small token...
My husband has been most supportive this time around and makes sure I get flowers or a stuffed animal (I collect them still at the age of 34!) *So thats nice...
I also reward myself now by taking a picture of myself pretty frequently on this journey. Because I am a visual person, I need to see that progresssion, and when I look at the pics, its DEFINITELY its own reward...
I also am using that goal of going horse back riding in the Spring as my utlimate goal and motivation...
Great questions this morning Mary!
Dawn
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Those are wonderful ideas. I haven't really come up with anything yet as I've only lost ten pounds...I'll have to figure this one out. It didn't occur to me to reward myself, isn't that terrible?? Oh well...I'll come up with something.

For me,I have a list on a personal blog and strike out the amount of weight lost.Looking at it makes me feel as if I have done something. For a reward,for this time around I will do something for myself,such as get my nails or hair done,buy myself something extremely frivolous that makes me feel pretty,even if its a pair of earrings,something from hello kitty or Ebay.

Hello everybody,* I haven't posted for a long time or participated here in a long time but I always check in and see what everyone is up to.* I have figured out blogging and participating in the discussions will be very beneficial to my weight loss journey*so here I am.*
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Like Dawn I use to always reward my self with food after weighing in but this time around I have decided to reward myself with a new piece of clothing or a new book.** My ultimate reward will come when I get to the 160lbs mark which will be a trip to anywhere of my choosing.
I am excited to be back and hope to be part of the team,
Becky

I try not to eat sweets at all. So I reward myself with a little sugar free something or another!! yum!!

I reward myself with EVERY loss I've had since the beginning of my journey, no matter how small.* But what*I have to tell you is that I'm not a big spender and I rarely spend money on me so for me to give myself regular rewards is a big deal.* I think my favorite is a massage.* I've also gotten myself cute tops to wear to work.* I've gotten running shoes, awesome jeans, etc.* But by far a massage is the best.*

mine is new and smaller clothes........