Busy day

Posted March 27, 2008

I just realized that I haven’t written anything today and I’m so excited to share my newest brainstorm.  I had been trying to think of a reward that I actually want and that I would honestly withhold if I didn’t reach my goal.  Then it dawned on me…tanning.  I know, it’s awful, but I have been going tanning about once a week for the last few months and I love it.  So what I have decided is that if I don’t lose weight in any given week I can’t go tanning that week.  It doesn’t have to be much, even 1/2 pound, but there has to be a loss.  Other rewards like manicures, etc. don’t work for me because I can polish my own nails and to be honest, if I had time to be getting my nails done that would eliminate about 1,000,000 other problems in my life.  But the tanning is already paid for and it is something that I desperately want to do.

<> I’m also trying to think of something to keep me off the scale until Sunday mornings.  I might tie the 2 together, but I’m worried that if I cave and get on the scale during the week that I won’t be motivated to work hard and lose weight as well.  So I need to think of something else that I enjoy that I’m basically already doing  that I can take away in the event that I get on the scale more than once a week.

<> Got to go workout. See you tomorrow.

3 Comments so far

  1. grabthebull on March 27th, 2008

    thanks for the comments. i read them as i was squeezing mustard down my throat. salt crave, anyone?

    i like the tanning idea. you may be what my friend calls ‘tanorexic.’ you crave the bed! :P

    -k

  2. tiny2b on March 27th, 2008

    The tanning is a great idea. I struggle with the same thing re: rewards. Bottom line, if I want anything “bad enough” to work for it, I probably already “gave” it to myself without working for it! I have a real problem with instant gratification : )

  3. djdiamond13 on March 27th, 2008

    Thanks for the nice comment :)

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