Incentives

I was up two pounds yesterday (my normal weigh-in day) which is totally my fault because I was off my diet for several days. On the other hand, the last two days have been really good. I have discovered the power of having good incentives. The other week I told myself I couldn't buy a certain book unless I stayed on my diet for the next seven days. I was perfect.

Unfortunately, it's pretty dang hard for me to come up with good incentives for myself, but this week I had a stroke of brilliance!

I like to read, but not necessarily to buy, books. My new incentive is that if I'm perfect on my diet, I'm allowed to read for pleasure the next day, but if I'm not perfect on my diet, no reading. So far, so good.

I'll let you know how it goes.