Motivation this last week really escaped me. I haven't tracked in 3 days, just sort of gave up, especially since both kids have been sick the past 3 days. I seem to keep up on my motivation when I have a decent night's sleep, which doesn't happen when you have a puking, feverish 2 1/2 y/o.
I weighed in this morning and was very surprised that I lost 0.2 pounds. I am pretty amazed by that, and can't really figure how that happened. I'll take it.
I was able to speak with Kourtney this morning about keeping motivation. She recommended to set a goal and a reward and deny myself the reward until I reach my goal. I was thinking about well, I have to lose 5 pounds to have X reward. I didn't thnki that would really help all that much. I think it will be more motivating for me to reward myself when I have NSVs like working out 3 times a week for 2 weeks, or staying under daily points for 3 days in a row.
So, what to reward myself with and it shouldn't be food. Even though a food reward would be soooooooo motivating. So, I am going to say that even though it is not healthy to reward myself with food, I am going to do it anyway.
My goal - exercise 3 times before next weigh in on Thursday AND don't use more than 5 weekly points in any one day. If I do that, next Friday - I can reward myself with 1 4 point Ho-Ho.
I am going to go exercise.
Yep, I did it, 50 full minutes of Leslie Sansone. She might be for old ladies, but she sure can kick my butt. 8 activity points earned, woo hoo!
ReplyDeletemanicures are good rewards, as are pedicures. And your feet will love a pedicure after all that exercise you are gonna do.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately manis and pedis cost a lot more than a 99 cent swiss roll. We're really tight on $$$ right now.
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