Clothes Fund

Clothes Fund		fatnobody
		May 10 2008 07:27
My motivation, which isn't really working for me at the moment but may work for some of y'all, is I bought a really cute pair of pants in the size I want to be. They are hanging on my wall and I can see the outfit in my head. It's so cute. But I am also weighing myself every monday. I keep track and for every pound I lose a dollar goes into my jar but if I gain I put twice of whatever I gained. It's a way to keep myself accountable and also a way to save up money for the shopping spree I intend to go on when I get down to a size 12.
Edited May 12 2008 22:33 by smwhipple Reason: 5/12/08 stickied for a week.

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#1	fruitcake88	May 10 2008 14:24
I've got a similar thing to what you do.. Every week I set myself 4 goals and if I achieve all them goals my boyfriend puts £4 into my motivation pot.. So for every goal I do I get £1!!! So by the time i'm down to my goal weight I'll have some money to go out with and get some new clothes! Woop!!
#2	restless_girl	May 10 2008 14:32
I have a motivational cup too :D Every day i go without binging, i put in some coins... Depends how much is in my wallet for how much i put in though lol. Varies between 20cents and 50cents though. It worked to begin with and at least i've saved up a few dollars (bout $5 i imagin) but it's not working at the moment. I've gained a lot of weight and it seems SO daunting that i am too scared to even try to lose it. Stupid food kicks cupboard and slaps fridge around a little lol.
#3	peacelovehominy	May 11 2008 21:13
why would you put twice of whatever you gained? isn't that positive reinforcement for gaining???
#4	moodymomma1977	May 11 2008 21:15
^^^^ I was JUST typing that!!
#5	moodymomma1977	May 11 2008 21:16
if you're trying to lose.... adding twice the amount when you gain would be more motivation to gain than lose
#6	peacelovehominy	May 11 2008 21:21
you were just typing that because we are e-sisters moody! e-sisters with a lil incest mixed in for fun. lmao, jk.
#7	leopardrayne	May 12 2008 06:01
?? I, on the other hand, reward myself every 10 pounds for that amount. For example, when I am 30 lb down, I'm going to spend $30 on anything I want, probably on inexpensive clothes. And then 40 lb will be $40... etc etc.
#8	moodymomma1977	May 12 2008 22:11
lmao @ #6 ...shhhh, that's suppose to be a secret!
#9	elloi	May 13 2008 18:45
My motivation is there but it hasn't been working. I have a wedding in a year and a half I need to get into a wedding gown for, and I have $4000 in cash offered to me for clothes by my fiance. $1000 for the first 20.....sigh.
#10	chub2lose	May 14 2008 00:55
I got pricey jeans for Christmas 07 in the size I wanted to be. I tried them on again and again... they never fit. I hated those dang pants. I almost returned them several times. They made me mad sitting there for months. Now they finally fit in May 08 but I still kinda hate them for making me feel so bad and fat for months. No matter how much I lost it was not enough to fit into those dang pants! I would do great and lose 1 pound in a week but the pants still did not fit. :( Anyways, that motivation did not work for me! I am going to stick with the pure motivation of losing my chub!!
#11	mrsdagle	May 15 2008 05:43
I saw a dress in the window of a store I never shop in. I loved it. I'm going to do the same thing. Money tucked away so I can buy that dress in a smaller size. I live in Tucson, so even if I can't buy for several months, it will last a while in this heat.
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