Sunday, December 2, 2012

Rewards System

So, I promised I would elaborate on our rewards system.  We talked about it at length and came up with something that worked for us.  Financially, we were shaky about whether or not we could swing this, but it's important that we follow through or we might risk feeling de-motivated over time.  That being said, here are the rules my boyfriend and I agreed upon:

$5/day if both work out for half an hour
$5/week for both taking measurements and pictures on Monday
$5/week for both not drinking soda at all between Monday & Friday
$5/week for both not paying for food/snacks out between Monday & Friday
$1/day for both walking 10,000 a day
$5/week for both counting all calories between Monday & Friday

If we have a perfect week, we should earn $10/day or $50 total fun budget for the week.  That money is banked and only cashed in when we reach certain weight goals together.

If my boyfriend weighs 270, and I weigh 230 we splurge for the Fitbit Aria Scale.

If my boyfriend weighs 260 and I weigh 222, we get a "spa day", including but not limited to a couple's massage, manicures and pedicures (although he hates the sound filing nails makes).

If my boyfriend weighs 250 and I weigh 214, we splurge on new workout wardrobe (right now we're just pulling together odds and ends).

If my boyfriend weighs 240 and I weigh 206, we spend a day out in Fingerlakes wine country with a bed & breakfast stay.

If my boyfriend weighs 230 and I weigh 198, we really spurge on a spa day at the local casino resort.

We haven't yet figured out a suitable reward for 220/190.  Any suggestions?

If my boyfriend weighs 210 and I weigh 198, we go skydiving!  How exciting!

If my boyfriend weighs 200 and I weigh 174, we figure it'll be time to refresh the workout wardrobe again.

Finally, our goal weight: 190 for my boyfriend, 170 for me.  We plan to completely refresh our wardrobe by adding up all of the money we earned up to that point so, say it takes a year for the sake of simplicity, and we are basically perfect for that entire time.  That would be a total of $2600, or $1300 each to go shopping with.

Any money left over from our rewards stays in the fun budget for later use.  We never use the fun budget unless it's something for both of us that we both agreed on.

So that's the plan so far.  We'll probably adjust and reassess as we go, but so far this is what we think will work for us.

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