How do you reward yourself??

-Flo-
on 1/12/17 6:32 am
DS on 04/11/16

I originally had an elaborate incentive plan worked out for myself. As I lost weight, I needed the incentives less and less. The healthy lifestyle just became natural and the resulting weight loss was motivation enough. 

Hammer_Down
on 1/14/17 10:49 am
VSG on 10/27/16

I've broken the mentality of "deserving" anything for my successes. 

 

Essentially, I don't want to reinforce a payment system every time something goes right. I will eventually maintain a steady weight, but that reward system can be powerful. Overspending, overeating, splurging, drinking, gambling are all part of the same reward system in the brain. The urges can be powerful, and i have to be satisfied with just knowing my life is better (and hopefully longer) as a result of the changes I am making.

Freeway philosopher.

Highfunctioningfatman
on 1/14/17 11:23 am
VSG on 08/29/16

My wife and I are quite sexually adventurous. There is no cost to trying something new with each significant milestone. She and I are both enjoying the rewards as well as the possibilities that are coming. 

Rachel B.
on 1/14/17 4:11 pm - Tucson, AZ
VSG on 08/11/08 with

TMI

"...This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away, to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. What he was doing..."

Rachel, PMHNP-BC

HW-271 SW-260 LW(2009)-144 ~ Retread: HW-241 CW-190 GW-150


Highfunctioningfatman
on 1/14/17 5:56 pm
VSG on 08/29/16

Nah, TMI would be me describing the acts.

Rachel B.
on 1/14/17 9:26 pm - Tucson, AZ
VSG on 08/11/08 with

Touché!

"...This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away, to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. What he was doing..."

Rachel, PMHNP-BC

HW-271 SW-260 LW(2009)-144 ~ Retread: HW-241 CW-190 GW-150


OutsideMatchInside
on 1/14/17 3:36 pm
VSG on 07/15/15

Clothes

Jewelry - I was supposed to buy myself something nice when I hit onderland but I haven't got around it yet.

Makeup - All the money I used to spend on fast food I spend on makeup. A lipstick at MAC is $15, I used to spend more than that a day on fast food.

HW:370 Weight at First Consult: 365 Surgery 7/15/2015 Weight:358 CW: 187 Previous Clothing Size: 28/30 Current Clothing Size: 8/10

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