Do you have a weekly treat for yourself?

I work out with a personal trainer every week. Does that sound decadent or frivolous?  The first time someone commented that I must be rich to afford a trainer every week I was taken aback. As a nurse, and now as a teacher, I can assure you that I'm not rich. I budget every week to make ends meet and get my family what each person needs. One thing that I budget for is my family's gym membership and my husband's and my weekly appointment with Bryce at www.bryceatkins.com. It is a treat that I need and enjoy each week.

When the comment of not being rich enough to afford a trainer was said, I thought about it. Was I being frivolous? There are many things that people choose to spend their money on as a "treat" instead of a "necessity" -- fancy coffees on the way to work, happy hour drinks on Friday nights, sport tickets, concert tickets, enough shoes to fill a closet, weekly housekeeper visits, and other smaller sweets and treats that sneak into our lives and homes without much thought. These are not things that I spend my money on, but I make sure that I have put aside money each month for my trainer.

I don't consider my weekly training session as a splurge (something I might feel guilty about spending the money for), but as a treat. It is something I do for myself that makes me feel good and that feeling last through out the week. I can workout on my own, and do 2-3 times a week at the gym. But for 1 day a week, I have someone who knows me very well, mix things up in my workout routine, pushes me past my comfort zone, and checks on my form. Working out with Bryce also gives me a different kind of accountability. I want to use the workouts between our appointments to continue what I do with him in order to workout that much harder the next week.

Everyone should give themselves a weekly treat that they don't feel guilty about, but makes them feel better or makes them enjoy their week just a little more. I highly recommend investing your "treat" budget for at least a few sessions with a personal trainer. It will help you set up some routines that help you meet your personal fitness goals or grow more as an athlete as you set up new, more challenging goals, or prevent getting in a rut  of monotonous or mundane workouts. I choose to spend 1 hour a week with Bryce challenging me in ways that I can't do on my own. What is your own weekly treat?