Building a healthy reward system post VSG

SassyItalian
on 6/3/12 12:54 pm - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis

umm..a LOT of pampering is in order for you! Onederland is such a huge milestone. Enjoy it!

                      HW: 258lbs  SW: 240   CW: 140 I am 5 foot 7 and 30 years old
                 VSG 12/21/10  Plastics: Tummy tuck, breast lift, and augmentation 11/3/11
                                             Soon to be veterinarian!! xoxo

debk21
on 6/3/12 1:44 am - Mansfield, TX

VSG on 11/22/10

Excellent post Sassy!...and sooo true. I like to shop (wardrobe comment is definitely true too) and garden and cook really cool stuff for my DH that I don't even have the slightest interest in eating, or do my own pedicure or work on my backyard projects (if I don't have one going - I start one). I've found non-food related rewards to be so much more fun than the moment on the lips, forever on the hips...thanks for sharing.

Deb

Goal Reached in 12.5 Months
HW: 274 Pre-OpW: 266 SW: 254 CW: 125 GW: 145

You must permanently change your lifestyle if you want your weight loss to be permanent. You can do it!

Krazydoglady
on 6/3/12 2:42 am - FL

VSG on 01/28/11

Gardening in a bikini :) Middle age cliche, I know, but I went straight from doing that into the pool too cool off without having to go change, put on a coverup and take it off a milisecond before getting into the pool as I did when I was at my heaviest.

Carolyn (32 lbs lost Pre-op) HW: 291, SW: 259, GW: 129.5, CW: 126.4

Age: 45, Height: 5'2 1/4" , Stretch Goal: 122

SassyItalian
on 6/3/12 8:11 am - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis

VSG on 12/21/10

awesome!! you totally earned it!

redsnapper1975
on 6/3/12 2:56 am

VSG on 05/19/11

Agreed- shopping, buy yourself flowers, DOING something- movie, hike, pedi, soak in the tub. I like to go browse the bookstore with a decaf. I don't reward myself with junk food, but I will sometimes buy myself some really good cheese which is a treat to me now. :)

~ Kim

SassyItalian
on 6/3/12 12:59 pm - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis

VSG on 12/21/10

awesome mention about buying quality food. i have to say, a good quality cheese/cheese plate is amazing.

One of the neat things about this surgery is how it can help us see that small quantities of good food are better than large quantites of cheap, processed stuff. We can buy better things, fresher, organic, natural.. for the same or less than we were spending on crap.

Feystorm
on 6/3/12 3:21 am - CA

VSG on 03/14/12

My rewards are shopping, but I have also started planning trips. Pictures are also something of a reminder and a reward. I used to hate them - a lot - but now they help me and make me very happy.

HW:242 Start of Preop Diet: 217 SW:200 CW:116.8 GW: 115; SOCAL MEETUPS GROUP!: http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/socalhallo2012/

jessiegirl
on 6/3/12 3:38 am

VSG on 06/15/12

Great ideas everybody!!!!! I'm bookmarking all these ideas for later! I love Sassy's paddleboard and snorkeling rewards! I was at Sport Chalet yesterday eyeing the paddleboards.............I'm trying to think positive and VISUALIZING myself paddleboarding! We shall see!

Congratulations to Sassy on your first set of exams!!!!!

SassyItalian
on 6/3/12 8:09 am - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis

VSG on 12/21/10

Highly, highly, highly recommend!! I am buying a board in 6 weeks. It is so relaxing and good exercise. You can paddle out and then just lay on it and veg. I try and go every day I can, it totally clears the stress away.

They even have a paddleboard yoga class im going to do this week, yoga moves on your board!

You WILL do it!!!! Put it on that goal list and let me know when you have checked it off!

                      HW: 258lbs  SW: 240   CW: 140 I am 5 foot 7 and 30 years old
                 VSG 12/21/10  Plastics: Tummy tuck, breast lift, and augmentation 11/3/11
                                             Soon to be veterinarian!! xoxo

frisco
on 6/3/12 11:16 am

VSG on 09/30/09

Great post Sassy !!!

I rewarded myself (for what I don't know) with a very expensive Skateboard !!! A Longboard Cruiser called a Landyahtz. At 350lbs. a Skateboard is not a good idea on many levels.......A 148lbs. it's great exercise/fun !!!!

On another note...... I'm in your homeland in a few weeks !!!!! Goin to Italy !!!!

frisco

SW 338lbs. GW 175lbs. Goal in 11 months. CW 148lbs. WL 190lbs.

      " To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art "

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