Rewarding yourself for reaching your goals

OK, we are nearing the end of motivation week and I just want to quickly write about rewarding yourself.

No matter how hard we work and what kind of success we feel it is important to reward ourself as a pause and a recognition to ourselves that we have done the right thing and have been successful.

When you reward yourself it doesn’t unnecessarily mean that you indulge but more so pamper yourself. Some people like the idea of a pizza or ice cream to celebrate a weight loss goal and I think that this is great. If you are on a diet that last thing that you want to do is sacrifice everything that you want in order to lose weight and later be angry that you are missing out on something.

Another way besides food for celebrating success is buying clothes or going to a movie or splurging for a massage. For women often a good celebration reward may be a facial or a pedicure (still don’t understand the pedicure thing but my wife sure likes them). There is no reason to limit yourself at all. About.com has a few more ideas for rewards for reaching your goals

The ideas for rewards are endless but this is one of the most important things that you can do for yourself. Often we sacrifice one way or another in our fitness pursuits and the reward is the only way that we can stand back and celebrate what great things that we have brought into our lives.

The proper way to set a goal is with the carrot and the stick. I will do this exercise and diet to lose 10 pounds in a month and then I will do this thing to reward myself.

Go out now and find some great rewards for your fitness goals

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