With the new year always comes new goals. Those goals can be working out more, eating better, eating more chocolate..okay so that last one is a personal one for me. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and give up on the goals before you even really started them (unless it’s the eating chocolate). I had the chance to ask Food Network star and celebrity chef, Claire Robinson, a few questions on making your goals a little easier for 2012. Check out what she had to say:
Thanks for sharing those great tips Claire, I know they will come in handy for me!
Now for the fun part. A great way to keep some of those goals of working out is to reward yourself. What better way to reward yourself than with silky dark chocolate. I love me some dark chocolate, the more cacao, the better. Thanks to Dove Chocolate you can reward yourself with some goodies after all your hard work, or after eating right all day treat yourself to a treat!
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I think rewarding myself with Dove dark chocolate after a workout is a great idea. I love chocolate and never thought of using it as an incentive to workout.
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The tip I liked and will try to incorporate is to have the kids see what ingredients can do in the kitchen. I like this tip and it will also help me spend more time with the kids and teach them while I am at it.
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Setting a goal to reward my myself with Dove Chocolate after I work out at the gym is what I can incorporate into my life in 2012!
Set a goal and then a reward (chocolate is Good) but a new wardrobe would be good for me
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One tip I love is to reward yourself when you set and reach a goal for yourself.
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Set a goal and then a reward … I love doing this but need to do it more!
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We reward the kids when they reach a goal – I like that idea. I can set attainable goals that can be rationalized away on a given day. A little dove chocolate reward might just be the trick to find the workout time afterall.
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Rewarding yourself when a goal is met. For me, when I eat a healthy meal, I allow myself to indulge in a piece or two of good dark chocolate.
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One tip I could incorporate in 2012 is Rewarding Myself!
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I like the tip of giving yourself a reward for attaining a goal or resolution. I’d get a lot more done with a chocolate reward!
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I like the idea of rewarding the kids when they reach a goal….works for me too 😉
I like the idea of rewarding myself with a Dove Dark Chocolate Bar after a workout. I already sort of do that. I always carry Dove Promises in my purse and I do reward myself with one after working out!
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I love the reward system. I have every excuse in the book why not to exercise, but rewarding myself with chocolate really gives me a ludge that I know will inspire me.
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I’d build in the reward, cause at she said what’s the point without it?
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Chocolate as a reward would work for me.
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I like the idea of a reward system, and I also like the idea of making extra at dinner, so there’s some for lunch the next day!
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Reward yourself when you make your goal. That would really help, otherwise I might not do it! LOL
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I like her tip of rewarding yourself when you attain a goal. I would have no trouble rewarding myself with chocolate. I will try to stick to the dark chocolate so that I can get the health benefits of the flavonoids.
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