Weight Loss Rewards

[summer]

I've restarted Weight Watchers after this pregnancy, but I always have trouble staying motivated. I wanted to try giving myself little rewards every 5lbs to see if that would help. Problem is...I can't think of a reward that I would really want enough to not eat all the chocolate. 

Do you ladies have any suggestions?  I was going to do a new shirt or non-expensive jewelry, but shirts will (hopefully) get too big and I can't wear necklaces or bracelets anymore with the kiddos (I don't wear rings other than my wedding rings).  And I thought about giving myself a "day off" of WW, but that seems counter-productive.

[Deleted]

Manicure. Pedicure. Hiring/using a babysitter for a couple hours so you can shop or walk or whatever at your leisure. Get a blowout. Get a makeup consult from Sephora. Get a massage.

Treat yo self, girl!

[laketide]

I just restarted weight watchers too! I agree that I don't think a day off is a bad thing. I was on weight watchers last year about 8 months and did well but I burnt out - this time I'm giving my self days off to hopefully help with that.

[seadragon2013]

DH and I also restarted WW a few weeks ago.

I really like @bruxannie's suggestion of makeup and manicures as rewards. I also think it is worthwhile to reward ourselves for time goals (e.g. every month on the program), in addition to weight goals. It can help to push through the weight plateaus.

My rewards plan

Each month: a new Essie nail polish for at home pedicure

5 lbs: new blush
10 lbs: new lip stick
15lbs: new eye shadow palette
20 lbs: new jeans!

[summer]

Thanks ladies! I'm excited to see a few more people on WW. I love the suggestions. I have been craving time to myself so allowing time away from the kids that isn't grocery shopping would probably be a great reward. And I like seadragon2013 's suggestion of time goals too.

[summer]

Feb 6, 2015 11:50:28 GMT -5 laketide said:

I just restarted weight watchers too! I agree that I don't think a day off is a bad thing. I was on weight watchers last year about 8 months and did well but I burnt out - this time I'm giving my self days off to hopefully help with that.

This happens to me too...I just get sick of tracking everything. It gets tedious. So maybe a day off once a month wouldn't be so bad...

I'm curious if anyone has tried the online coach support yet. I did once and it was...okay. I don't really know what I was expecting, and she made a good suggestion for me, but I wasn't super-thrilled with it.

[laketide]

summer I haven't ever used it but I would probably feel about the same way as you about it. Those type things never help me much. I log my points and look online at the foods for ideas but that's about all.

[kbates85]

You could do workout clothes. They tend to stretch and shrink with you. Particularly yoga pants and tanks tops which is my workout M.O. Bonus points because new workout clothes really do make you want to workout.

FFFC - I'm still wearing the same workout clothes that I had before I was pregnant. I also wore them while I was pregnant, preceded to gain 60 lbs and then ultimately lost that weight + the 10 I had gained before I was pregnant.

[fignewt]

For me, I feel like a whole day off would derail me. Maybe that's just me.
I love the idea of mani/pedi, etc like others already mentioned. Or if food related, could be one splurge like a big cookie or cupcake that you don't count.

[seadragon2013]

My mom's coworker has been very successful on WW (65 lbs lost, 2 years of maintenance). She gave me the advice to stick to daily points during the week and use my anytime points to splurge by eating out or taking a cheat day on the weekend. So far, her strategy has been working really well - I am losing weight and eating healthy foods, but don't actually feel like I am on a diet.

[laketide]

Feb 10, 2015 13:44:50 GMT -5 seadragon2013 said:

My mom's coworker has been very successful on WW (65 lbs lost, 2 years of maintenance). She gave me the advice to stick to daily points during the week and use my anytime points to splurge by eating out or taking a cheat day on the weekend. So far, her strategy has been working really well - I am losing weight and eating healthy foods, but don't actually feel like I am on a diet.

This is very similar to what I have to do - if I feel like I'm on a diet it's hard for me to stay consistent. This way I'm still able to enjoy going out with DH and family. Im also much more motivated to take extra walks or do activity throughout the day since I get activity points

[seadragon2013]

Yeah, if I feel deprived, I want to binge. Meal planning, healthy snacks, and flexibility are definitely the way to go.

The last time I lost a significant amount of weight was on a field season where I was Scuba diving 4-5 hours a day. You burn so much extra energy keeping yourself warm underwater - I was eating a French Polynesian junk food diet of TimTims, Crepes, and Mai Tai's everyday and still lost 20 lbs that summer. Just in case anyone wants to take up scuba as a weight loss strategy!