Weight Loss Rewards
Keep Yourself Motivated By Rewards For Weight Loss
Success
Regardless of how much weight you have to lose, by behavior
modification, you will enjoy the great benefits nonetheless,
you can even reward yourself every time you meet one of your
smaller goals.
To most of us, losing weight is a great challenge, a challenge
that requires a lot of hard work to change what might be extremely
die-hard habits that we have. Not only that, the exercise
involved will too be very hard work. The exercise we need
to do to lose weight will also be a great deal of hard work.
And, you will need something to keep you going for the long
haul. For many people, rewarding themselves at regular intervals
throughout the process has proven to keep them motivated.
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Some diet plans include a ‘reward meal’ once
a week or once every ten days. If you are following a very
restrictive diet, this might be the good way to keep you going.
It’s hard to go without you favorite foods on a daily
basis. If you know that there are spare times at some interval,
it might be easier to go without bread or chips or ice cream
the rest of the time.
However, this practice is somewhat controversial and it depepnds
on some of the psychological reasons behind your particular
weight problem. If you have compulsive food addiction, then
having an unrestricted meal might be an invitation to binge.
You can relate it to an alcoholic, who is unable to have ‘just
one’ beer without triggering the problematic behavior
once again. Of course, it will be a tougher for people with
a food addiction due to the fact that you can’t give
up eating completely. If your diet plan includes a reward
meal, try it once and see how it works for you. Will it make
it easier for you to stick to the diet for the rest of the
time, or is it that much harder to get back on track afterwards?
If so, you might need to replan your reward system.
Most experts agree on the fact that non-food rewards are
best for people trying to lose weight. It could be something
that is meaningful to you, and will make you hope for the
‘new you’. Most of the women will go for clothing,
jewelleries and cosmetics. However, not all of us are motivated
by clothing, cosmetics and jewelry. Your reward can be any
non-food item such as a new novel, or even concert tickets.
When you reach your weight loss goals, you might even want
to splurge on a holiday, keep your holiday active though.
It might sound good to plan a big reward once you have met
your weight loss goals, but it may be even better to plan
smaller rewards more frequently. Set realistic goals for yourself
and reward yourself whenever you meet one successfully. If
you make it easier to feel as though you are ‘winning’
in the weight loss game, you will be more encouraged to continue
to be successful.
Generally, this type of psychology seems to work well for
everyone. For a simple start, you might want to reward yourself
for exercising three times in a given week, or you might want
to attach the reward to having lost a certain amount of weight,
make it a small amount. You have to understand that you can
reach weight ‘plateaus’ even when you are following
the plan, so it may be better to attach rewards to behavior.
With this habit, you are effectively retraining your body
and mind, eventually, you can enjoy better health and eating
habits in the future.
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