I think this is a great strategy, pinksoil, and I am so glad you and T are actively working on this issue. So this week it is 23, maybe next week 22, and so on. And soon it should be gone. You can do it. Your T is with you.
(I thought of a similar strategy for myself once, although T wasn't in on it. I thought I would stop seeing T until I lost 25 pounds, and getting to see him again would be my reward. But I never did it, or haven't yet!)