I like to pay myself, $10 for 10lbs, $20 for 20lb etc. I had a hard time figuring out what rewards I could give to myself, so I saved my first $30 from my first 20lbs I lost and am putting it towards a new camera.

i just rewarded myself by spending the money to start a new artistic endeavour. i make stencils, but havent had the time/money to make any in a long time. so im making a stencil set right now of the interior of a gothic church. both of the stencils are done, i just have to make my prints and see if it comes out nicely.

i also reward myself every once in a while by going out for drinks. i dont have a job, so i save money when i have it...then, every week and a half, or so, i go out for drinks with my friend stacy. we have such a good time. it makes me feel human. and i drink vodka with soda, so its not TOO horrible for me.. and i eat well enough to allow for it.

i think the social aspect is the most important for me..

Ahh, the rewards system.

In the beginning, I would reward myself with foods, but I quickly stopped doing it, since it was kind of defeating the point, and fueling the nasty old habits on top of it (at least, in my case).

I seriously need to get back on track now, though (managing job + studies proved harder than I thought, and only now have I found "my" rhythm, so to say). I need to set new rewards, but food is out of the question, and I don't have much money anyway (it'd suck being entitled to a reward and not having the actual cash to get it!). So I decided to put 1 euro in a box for every day of "appropriate" eating. That makes it 30-31 euros a month (this I can still save up), it allows me to take it day after day rather than diving into the all-or-nothing mindset, and I can buy myself something nice with it afterwards when I reach a mini-goal (first mini-goal being getting back to where I had gone before relapse *silly me* ). I knew that being a lowly down-to-earth and money-loving being would be useful someday.

Now I just need to find out what would be worth it. I've decided I don't want to treat myself to a new hairdo or somesuch, because this makes me feel too much like I'm not allowed to be pretty as long as I'm overweight, no matter how much overweight exactly. Maybe I can save up all of this for a digital camera... so that I can actually take pictures of myself again? *goes scanning the thread for more ideas*

I'm going to make out with the first cute guy I see when I reach goal.