Sentences with phrase «of rewarding myself with a treat»

I realized that I was in the habit of rewarding myself with a treat every time I sat in LA traffic — which was every day.

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Think carefully about what sorts of rewards your business could benefit the most from, and make sure to treat your credit card spending with care!

We certainly get a mental boost from seeing them, but that can be a bad thing: Research has shown these motivational pick - me - ups can trigger the same kind of psychological reward as doing the work itself, treating us with endorphins we don't deserve and actually reducing our capacity to do real work.

I do not need promise of reward or punishment to treat human beings with love, kindness, or compassion.

As a reward, they are greeted and entertained by friendly folk, treated to entertainments and craft demonstrations, and offered artwork at prices that tend toward steep but are, in fact, in line with the costliness of everything on any island.

Take full advantage of this annual opportunity to shower her with gifts, including those that will help her make more of her time in the kitchen and also reward herself for a job well done with some refreshing and tasty treats — and even a few accolades.

I'm rewarded with one final treat: a scoop of Salt & Straw's summer - sweet - corn buttermilk ice cream, then a taste of the apricot - and - citra - hops flavor (pictured).

As such, Liverpool fans have rewarded him with his own song, and they certainly get full marks for creativity and originality, as judging from the reaction on social media, it's gone down a treat with the rest of the Reds faithful and other supporters...

Tell her how proud you are of her when she's polite to you and others, and reward her behavior with time together, a treat, or even a hug.

I did disagree with the idea that a toy could be substituted as a reward instead of edible treats, because part of the process is to keep things distraction - free.

We somehow missed the Trick or Treat Trail leaflets, but the idea was that you search for letters around the city and then as you leave are rewarded with a pack of buttons and a Halloween badge.

Don't be afraid of bribes and / or rewarding good behaviour with treats.

We also enjoy rewarding them with tasty treats and fun toys, which of course they get super excited... [Read more...]

Instead of being trained to sit at the table and eat with others (a slow and admittedly painful journey for all concerned), this author's toddler is learning that squirming and complaining in her high chair will be rewarded not just with free play, but also a sweet and filling treat.

I want to thank the reporter, Claudia Feldman, for taking time to speak with me about issues I — and most of you — care so much about: trying hard to feed our kids well in a less - than - healthy food environment; improving school food; and yes, my pet peeve of food in the classroom for birthday treats or performance rewards.

Develop a list of nonfood rewards — such as special time with Dad or a trip to a water park — to use as treats or to celebrate accomplishments.

Reward good behavior not with a constant stream of treats and goodies, but positive attention.

We also enjoy rewarding them with tasty treats and fun toys, which of course they get super excited about!

If I had a treat I would reward them with it, but I didn't make it an everyday kind of ordeal.

the «competitive foods» in our schools — snack machines junk, bake sales during school hours, and the constant flow of rewards, treats, manipulatives, celebrations / party foods brought in by staff and parents to «share» with classmates... we'll never win this one.

A decent description of American conservatism, this recalibration of human welfare on par with market forces «treats as sacred the equal right of individuals to reap whatever rewards accrue from whatever they own.»

«If our losses today are part - payment for every family that is more secure because of a job we helped create, every person with depression who is treated with the compassion they deserve, every child who does a little better in school, every apprentice with a long and rewarding career to look forward to, every gay couple who know their love is worth no less than everyone else's, and every pensioner with a little more freedom and dignity in retirement, then I hope our losses can be endured with a little selfless dignity.»

Over dozens of trials, after Tai gave up her turn, the six partners pulled the rope that rewarded both themselves and Tai with a treat 75 % of the time, indicating they valued her risking her own treats to help them.

But when mice were injected with cocaine and also treated with halorhodopsins and light — in this case a yellow pulse sent directly to the brain's reward center — the rush of euphoria was blocked.

Schrock: Well, other researchers — I think there is a group at the University of Minnesota — are looking into the possibility of treating cocaine addiction with other kinds of rewards, so that's definitely an area they are going to look into and they also think it has implications for obesity because if sugar is this addicting and if we can treat it like an addiction, we may be able to curb this obesity epidemic.

In a classic test of learning ability, Matthews gave mice a treat — white bread with peanut butter — as a reward to encourage them to learn to run through a maze.

In a recent study conducted at the University of Vienna in Austria and published online in Animal Cognition, four dogs were shown simultaneously photographs depicting either landscapes or canines and trained (read: rewarded with a yummy treat when successful) to select the pix of pups.

However, when the «alcohol rats» were treated with OSU6162 it was found that the substance counteracted the low concentrations of dopamine in the brain reward system.

The frontline prescription drugs currently used to treat tobacco dependence — which include bupropion and varenicline — primarily target the brain's «reward» pathways by interfering with the release and binding of dopamine in the brain in response to nicotine.

Brain activation (fMRI) was significantly altered in XR - NTX - treated individuals in regions associated with the integration of emotion, cognition, reward, punishment, and learning / memory.

Let's face it, most of us like to reward ourselves with a treat once in a while.

While we needn't go for a walk for the purposes of elimination, like Belle, or for a reward, like to the local shop with dog treats on the counter, every walk offers us the chance to move.

Find a unique reward: Instead of celebrating with food when I hit a goal, I treat myself to something healthy, such as a hike with my husband or a massage.

Display his or her picture on a classroom bulletin board, and at the end of the year, reward all students of the month with a pizza party or another special treat.

When combined with praise, rewards like treats and prizes are a stronger reinforcer of positive behavior for some students than praise alone, according to the Amherst researchers.

Although the course content was treated using conventional learning design methodologies, we engaged the learners by presenting them with challenges at the end of a topic and rewarding them with a key card to move to the next topic.

Instead of using punishments and rewards to influence the way students behave, restorative approaches address the underlying reasons for students» hurtful behavior and nurture their intrinsic desire to treat others with care and respect.

When they observe happy children with complex needs who appear to behave and look well treated, do inspectors whack out generous «outstanding» judgments as a way of rewarding the school for relieving society of its guilt about what to do with disabled children, rather than basing the grading on whether students are being fully extended to learn?

These traits all come together quite sweetly to create a warm - hatch that, when treated with grace, rewards keen drivers with cornering thrills only to be found on more expensive, more powerful rivals such as the Fiesta ST.. It seems to have been developed with a single - mindedness to create a cohesive unit where all parts contribute to the whole, making the Corsa Sport's ability more than just the sum of its parts.

Here at Porsche of Farmington Hills in the Detroit area, we offer an easy facility to get to, a spacious, newly re-designed showroom, and an experienced and professional staff that treats you with respect, to ensure you have the easiest and most rewarding new or used car buying experience.

For most authors the satisfaction of being done with their word count for the day is sufficient, but you might like to reward yourself with a little treat.

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Who hasn't rewarded themselves with a little, but perhaps not - so - cheap, toy or treat after a stressful day of work?

Every time she is on the mat, reward her with lots of treats and attention.

Next, call the dog back into the house and reward him with treats and an enthusiastic round of petting and praise.

Rewarding your dog with treats at the end of every exercise session is a great way to encourage participation, but be firm in giving only a small amount each time.

Make effort to reward good behavior with treats and to provide both furkids with plenty of guidance and supervision to ensure that sibling rivalry does not occur.

Feeding your furry friend goodies at random could also make him more difficult to train, since he will grow reluctant to work for treats with the knowledge that these tasty rewards will be given to him regardless of what he does.

Janet says the pets are the shop's «high earners with bonus rewards of toys, chew treats and even an occasional mouse!»

Reward him with lots of praises and treats.