There was a time in my life that I used food as a reward. Heck, I am from the South, we use food for EVERYTHING!! Someone had a baby? Bring a casserole! Dinner at Church? Covered dish! Funeral? Take some food!! In order to truly change my life and be healthier I have to change this way of thinking. I did decide to reward myself for my weight loss but what good would it do me to lose weight and then "reward" myself by eating junk food? Is that really a reward or sabotage? So, I decided that for every 15 pounds I lost I would reward myself with new clothes! I picked 15 pounds because 15 pounds is roughly a dress size. So far I'm down to a size 18 jeans and I've rewarded myself once, down 26 pounds so far so only 4 more to go and then more new clothes! I can't wait till I'm the size where I can get one of these and not just under my Civil War gowns :)
Rewards are very important in this journey but those rewards CANNOT be food. I have to change the way I view food. It can be a treat but not a reward. I can eat things like cake, ice cream, and cinnamon rolls but they are treats (like today on my birthday when I had 3 cinnamon rolls and a caramel roll!) but they are not rewards for anything.
My better health, better life, better looking body are my rewards :)
Rewards are very important in this journey but those rewards CANNOT be food. I have to change the way I view food. It can be a treat but not a reward. I can eat things like cake, ice cream, and cinnamon rolls but they are treats (like today on my birthday when I had 3 cinnamon rolls and a caramel roll!) but they are not rewards for anything.
My better health, better life, better looking body are my rewards :)
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