If I had three words to describe gall bladder surgery they would be: painful, draining, and successful. The surgery was a success and despite the pain recovery is going great! My health did unfortunately put a wrench in my exercise plans, but I will be back up and moving real soon. In the meantime, my new sedentary state has given me plenty of time to think about what motivates me and what can help me be the most successful with weight loss.
Well I'd love to improve my wardrobe (wearing a smaller size of course), get my hair done, update my make-up regimen, get a mani and pedi, buy some much needed new music, buy a great book to read or even some jewelry. So many choices and they all have one common theme...money, money, money, money, MONEY!!!! It has been sooooo long since I've spent time doing something nice for me.
Armed with the ultimate weight loss motivator I brainstormed ways to make this work for me without sending my husband into cardiac arrest when he looks at the checking account balance. I read an idea on pinterest that (with a little tweaking) is perfect for me.
This is how it works: I have two jars, jar number one labeled "Pounds To Go" and jar number two labeled "Pounds Lost". Initially I will fill jar number one with ten marbles and each time I lose a pound I will take a marble out of jar number one and place it into jar number two (I'll continue this process until jar number two holds all of the marbles). For every ten pounds lost I will reward myself with $50!!!!! I'll then fill jar number one with ten marbles again and start all over. You can set any number of pounds that you'd like to take off, but start with small goals and be realistic; you're not going to lose 100 lbs in 30 days. My husband is doing another variation of this, he will use the jars as well, but for every pound he loses he will receive $2. This is a competition to see who will be more motivated by their reward and continue on the weight loss journey. Competition is my middle name so I'm certainly not going to lose.
This week set up a friendly weight loss challenge with someone that can help motivate you to lose weight (even if the only real motivation is the refusal to lose the challenge). And remember if you're a fat chic like me stay motivated, be encouraged, and know that inside of every fat chic is a skinny chic waiting to come out.
