daisyflower

I’m going to use food as a reward. You heard me right. I AM GOING TO USE FOOD AS A REWARD. I’ve tried and tried using the standby’s of..

Buy a cute top

Buy some lipstick/candle/book

Get a pedicure/manicure/ massage

Blah freaking blah. It doesn’t work for me. Know why? I could give a flying frick about any of that crap. I’d trade 10 mani/pedi’s for 1 good meal. I would in a heartbeat. You know what that tells me? No matter what, food is always going to be my prime motivator. It’s hardwired to all of our primative brains: food=good/safe/happy/healthy. I’m not going to fight it any longer. There is nothing wrong with eating and I’m going to stop treating it like some bad child in my brain that needs to be punished. So what if I’m not “supposed to”. Blah. It’s one of my few passions and I should indulge…on occassion.

I’m thinking once a week. If I workout 4 times and watch what I eat throughout the week I can have 1 splurge meal on the weekend. Now that is something I can get behind. Food is not the enemy to be held 100% at arms length. There’s a reason we derive so much satisfaction from eating, because we’re supposed to like it!! Just like sex. We’re supposed to like eating because it keeps us alive and happy and fornicating. It’s all in there in the deepest darkest corners of our minds. That primal, age old, clawing knowledge that we get a divine pleasure from food. And you know what? It’s ok!! And I’m going with it. If anyone has any ideas to expand on this please feel free to help a sister out. And please feel free to join me.

What else could we do? For every 3 workouts stop at Starbucks and get that Frappa/Cappa/ whipped cream lovely. Or how about: Lose 5 lbs and spend $5 at the fast food joint. Or: Meet your goal weight and hit that fancy schmancy French resturant at $100 a plate. Or workout all week and try cooking or baking a new recipe?

Now that is motivation to me. Who out there feels the same? Who out there thinks they could lose weight easier and happier if they took a similar route? I know it’s unconventional, but conventional doesn’t seem to be working for me. I might just lose weight from being happy. Lord knows those are the only times in my history I have lost weight and kept it off, because I was happy.