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After a Quick Weight Loss, How Do I Reward Myself?

July 14th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

I have been thinking a lot about how to reward myself once I hit certain weight loss goals. I know jewelry sounds pretty indulgent, but I had to find something that was out of the ordinary for me to purchase and was definitely not food related, like a “nice” dinner or a special chocolate treat.

I still worry though about parties and special dinners – especially at someone’s house. You hate to not eat what they are serving. True friends understand, but you still feel bad.

Be prepared, though. When you experience this type of quick weight loss and actually enjoy this type of success, you sometimes feel that you are being left out.

Remember that a lot of what we do when we socialize revolves around food, dinner, and just plain filling our faces with rather questionable foods. We do a lot of eating just for entertainment alone.

When you start losing weight and start looking better, those who are not but maybe should be dieting, don’t really want you around to spoil the party. It’s kind of a bittersweet experience – you are happy with your weight loss success but others can get a little jealous.

Who wants to load up their plate with wonderful fattening food and then sit down next to their girlfriend who just lost 60 pounds and is eating on plan? They tend to feel guilty and don’t enjoy their food. This was shared with me by a close, but overweight, friend. For the most part, it’s just part of human emotions.

I figure the best approach is to just not to worry about it. I figure that once I’m at goal and eating on maintenance, I will be eating balanced foods (in moderation of course) and things will be back to normal again.

Of course, it never hurts to tell a little white lie and say that you have faltered on your diet and started to worry because you have gained back 3 pounds. It makes them all smile!