Reward Yourself

While on your track to meet your fitness goals, it is not always easy to say “no.” You need to take a look at weather you want to sacrifice your long-term holinesses for short-term happiness. I don’t mean you need to deprive yourself of everything, but just really think “is doing this going to put another hill in my road to my goal?” If the answer is yes you probably shouldn’t be doing it. Now I am not saying that having a cookie here or there is going to throw you off. However, having a cookie every DAY? Well, THAT my friend will throw you way off! Now, you should also be rewarding yourself for staying on track. Not only do rewards make you work harder, but they also make the path to your goals more fun.

These rewards do not have to be big or expensive, just little rewards for keeping yourself on track. For example: “For staying on track all week, I get to buy that cute new lip-gloss.” Or “For staying on track for the whole week, I get to see that movie I have been wanting to see.” These are small, inexpensive things (That are not food rewards- you aren’t dogs people!) that you can reward yourself with. You can also set bigger goals and bigger rewards such as “For staying on track all month, I get to go buy that cute shirt I have had my eye on.” I have a HUGE goal that I have set for myself. When I get to my goal size (I am using pant size, not weight) I get to spend $1,000 on new clothes. I have made a few small clothing purchases, only because NOTHING fit, but for the most part I am saving my shopping dollars until I reach my goal! I am curious, what does everyone else reward themselves with?