I went to a support group the other night and we discussed setting up goals and non-food ways to reward yourself for reaching said goal. I have started working on a list of goals for myself, may be a nice little project for other people that are banded or soon to be banded.

Starting weight 377

Goal 1: 350 - Pedicure

Goal 2: 300 - Facial ( I have a gift certificate I am holding on to for this! )

Goal 3: 250 - Full body massage (another gift cert from a patient :banana )

Goal 4: 200 - All new sets of scrubs for work in normal girl sizes

Goal 5: 175 - 2 new outfits that are NOT from Layne Bryant :laugh

Goal 6: 160 - This is my goal weight, I am 5'9" and have a big build so I can't see myself going any lower. When I reach this, I am going to take a trip to here: http://galilea.nikmills.com/ :cheeky :Bunny I am also going to get back into hiking and joggin, which I used to enjoy.

It seems like it will go so fast when I write it down, but I know that it will be hard work. Hence why I know I will have time to save for the trip. I figure all that money I have spent on junk food, restaurants, and Snacks can go in a savings account for vacation.

I know there will be smaller accomplishments as I lose, the days where I will have those little NSVs, but these are for the big goals of 50lbs.

I used to treat myself to $1 worth of scratch-off (lottery) ticket for every time I made it to the gym. So if I went every day after work, I treated myself to a $5 ticket on Saturday. An inexpensive treat that often paid for itself and required no special planning or trips. (Here in Maryland they have scratch-off vending machines in the grocery stores.) My nutritionist also suggested buying myself flowers.

That's a great prize. I went scuba diving a few weeks ago... it's easier for me because I don't have my own gear, I just rent. I can't wait until I need less than 20 lbs on my weight belt... that will be a prize in and of itself!!!

I'd actually like to get a Wacom Intuous (sp) to start with. A while back I REALLY wanted a tablet PC, but as my drawing has been dwindling, I'm afraid that it'd be a waste of munny. Of course, if I got one, I might be prompted to draw more... LOL

Last time I looked, Toshiba had a really nice one. Maybe I'll go put together my dream Tablet PC and see how much it's gonna cost me

I believe Mari means a tablet PC and not the wacom digitizer

Oh man am I out of it!! Sheesh! Turn your back on technology for one friggin minute!!

I'd never even heard of those things. But basically, they're just a wacom on top of a notebook computer, right?

I'd actually like to get a Wacom Intuous (sp) to start with.

Last time I looked, Toshiba had a really nice one. Maybe I'll go put together my dream Tablet PC and see how much it's gonna cost me

Sarah, PM me your address and I'll mail you a Wacom. Seriously, FREE TO YOU. All you have to do is download the drivers online (I'm sure that can be done). Ya just have to promise to create a DeLarla drawing to share with us.

You Mac or PC?

This is a really good idea! I don't have an exact plan yet, but pedicures, sexy lingerie, massages, and all that girly-make you feel pretty stuff will be on the list for sure.