My latest BIG reward is joining Curves, I love it and it is a win win for me...."bye bye quit weight" Hello Beautiful!

My latest reward (3 month milestone) was to hire a landscaping team to come mow and weedeat my yard! He gave me a real deal, since I am injured and he also does my sister's place and her shop. It looks SOOOOO much better, and now I don't have to stress out about it or worry about the neighbors hating me....!

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Sitting in the garden with a tall glas of iced-tea

Leaving the housework where it is and curling up in my easy chair, 150lb dog on my feet and reading the day away

Newbie here, 3 days quit, but I have some ideas. Wear perfume and sniff it often. Rotate scents so you get a new treat every few days (lotions & shampoos count too.) Do a facial with uncoated aspirin crushed and mixed with honey. Massage your feet with a salt/oil mixture. Get a pedicure. Get a massage of any kind. Dig a hole in the ground, count the bugs you see and actually smell the earth. Change the sheets on your bed - fresh ones are so nice! Drink your water out of a wine glass. Put lemon slices in water. Freeze your grapes & berries before eating them. And on and on....

Browse in a library and just pick up what looks interesting. Smell and taste different types of tea. Adopt a small pet from a shelter (bunnies are nice.)

I think the rewards I feel are having the energy and extra money to spend on home projects like painting my nicotine stained ceiling. Painting over that ugly paneling in my back bedroom. Push mowing (instead of the riding mower) and really smelling the fresh cut grass and being able to breath while I was doing it. Burning candles and incense and actually smelling them. Still smelling my shampoo the next morning. I'm also going to treat myself to a tanning session (I know it's bad but it makes me feel so good). I also cleaned my house really well, did all of my laundry and then left, came home and I could smell the cleaners and laundry soaps and dryer sheets!! My house smelled so good.

Bumping this up for MarcyG.

Bump again since unrelated topics seem to be drowning out important ones! Come on people add more stuff to the list!!!!! Lets get back to what is important here!

Stop and buy a bouquet of flowers, not in a vase. When you get home arrange them and smell the nice smell. YOu will have something pretty to look at and pat yourself on the back and something nice to smell too!

Hmmm.. today I will make some hot chocolate and put a fire in the fireplace.

Tonight I will watch some of my DVD movies I got for Christmas!! My daughter gave me the "Columbo" series. I love him and looking forward to watching them!

15 minutes of yoga

BUMP for the newbies since it got a little lost with all the other posts.

I like to take a few minutes for myself--whether it's taking a long bath or a ride in the car for a few minutes. A new book is always a good reward too. :)

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I tried the "blowing bubbles", it worked, i"m smiling.
also it was a great breathing exercise.