Weight Losers - rewarding yourself

babyaustin725

Do you reward yourself with new clothes?  I'd really like a NICE pair of jeans.  I have one pair of jeans that I spent $89 on.  They are pretty much worn out.  Other than that, I have never spent more than $50 on jeans.  I don't really feel comfortable with my current weight, so I was thinking that if I was able to get lose the weigh tthat I want (about 20 pounds), my reward could be to buy some nice jeans, even if they are $200.  I know you aren't supposed to reward yourself with food (which I'd love to do), but how about rewarding with clothes?

cwhip77

I've done little girly stuff that isn't too expensive: a new lipgloss, a pedicure, stuff like that.  That way I can do a reward with smaller amounts of weight like 5 or 10 pounds.  A mini goal of 5 pounds doesn't seem as far away as 20, you know? 

I've never had a really nice pair of jeans - the last pair I bought this week were $19.99 on sale.  ~

tfarabians

Yep I reward with clothes.  When I hit the 60lbs mark I went and bought myself a pair of citizen and seven jeans.  There is a gal in my ww group that buys herlsef new undies every time she loses 5lbs.  She is so cute, she talks about how she has gone from ganny panties to cute ones!  I have been rewarding myself with cute work out clothes....cause its a lot more fun to go to the gym in cute stuff!

mishquiche

I definitely believe in rewarding yourself.  I do smaller rewards for every 5 pounds and bigger ones for percentages like 5% or 10%.  For example, a couple of magazines or a new book for a 5-pound loss and then a pedicure for losing 5% of my body weight.

In the past I've also done clothes and I think if that's a good motivator for you, go for it!

 

 

KNemo

I am similar in my thinking to Cwhip, in that I need small rewards for smaller goals and then I reward my self with larger things for larger goals. For instance: it is a lot more motivating to get a little lip gloss or pedicure for the 5-10 lbs and save the expensive jeans for the "goal" weight. Any loss is commendable and deserves a little something.

But whatever keeps you motivated is what you should do!