Using money as a reward :)

  • I wanted to tell you a quick story about our our weightloss money fund. Every week a friend and I pay ourselves what we would've spent going to a Weight Watcher's meeting or something similar, but I already told you that. We keep it in a big ceramic teapot.

    We have been working together nearly round the clock on a big project for work - probably 10 hours sleep between the two of us in the last 72 hours. Finally the stress gets to us and we have the bright idea "Ah, forget it - let's just eat our way through every delivery place in town." So we go past the teapot and think briefly about raiding the funds. But when we take the lid off - oh my gosh, there's so much GREEN in there! We had no idea, we never paid any attention when we were putting it in there. Anyway, we get tickled and by the time we're through laughing we decide there's no way we're spending any money on food . . . we're gonna be rich, rich, RICH! They may all be one dollar bills, but it still looks like rich to us, ha!

    Here we thought we'd enjoy the cash some day in the future and we got a kick out of it right now . . . pretty funny stuff.

    Hope you all have a great weekend!
  • Suzanne great story-I also daydream as to what I will buy myself as a reward for pounds lost. I have given myself several truckloads of food as past rewards. Now I need to think of more lasting rewards and have come up with several. Health, Self-respect, Self love, and don't forget about gold and diamonds-------------------- Sandy
  • i will a new wardrobe.
    glen
  • Laughter....cool story! Just surfin thru reading some posts and saw yours. Noticed you're from Arkansas..me too!! I joined 3FC in Oct 2002. Dont ya just love it?? So far I've lost 36 lbs and I owe a great deal of the credit for all the support and accountability I've found at this site. Hope you enjoy it as much I do!
  • The group of people here are the best, I love it. I've found a lot of good ideas out here and I don't think I've ever seen a more supportive bunch. I've never found support like this in any weight loss program I've tried. Plus, it's fun!

    I moved to Arkansas 25 years ago - it's such a great place to live! And I love Spring here. The wysteria is blooming all over town right now . . . so pretty!