Stay Motivated to Lose Weight with Rewards

It’s not easy to stay motivated to lose weight, especially when progress seems slow. If the scale isn’t moving as quickly as you want it to and you need a little distraction to keep you on track, you may want to start rewarding yourself.

You may have heard about rewarding yourself for weight milestones as you reach them (10 pounds, 25 pounds, etc.) but that won’t make you feel better if you haven’t yet reached those milestones, or if you still have a long way to go to reach your goal.

Instead, you can easily stay motivated to lose weight by rewarding yourself for the actions you take each day. For example, set a mini-goal to drink 10 small glasses of water today, and if you do it, you get to buy yourself a new book. Or, set a goal to walk 2 miles after dinner, and if you do it, you will treat yourself to a manicure.

The rewards don’t always have to be things to buy either; you can create fun free rewards like an hour of alone time to soak in a bubble bath, or inviting a friend to your home for lunch, or asking your spouse to watch the kids while you relax for awhile.

If you find that you’re struggling to meet your mini-goals each day and you’re just getting more frustrated, start smaller! Commit to avoiding sugar for the morning; or decide that you will skip your usual glass of soda with dinner and instead drink water or unsweetened iced tea. As you achieve the mini-mini-goals, you’ll feel stronger in tackling the bigger ones eventually.

Also come up with some bigger rewards you can use for those weight milestones we mentioned earlier; perhaps buying a new outfit or taking a day trip somewhere fun. Look forward to those events and know that you will get there soon.

In the meantime, these small rewards will help you stay motivated to lose weight and steadily move toward your bigger goals.

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