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walldancer

Get rid of your TV. NO..dont`just limit your watching, or cut off the cable. GET THE TV OUT OF THE HOUSE. Yes...you CAN do this. It`s perfectly OK and doable for EVERYONE. Sell it, put it in storage, give it away.

It will change your life. You will get more done, you will read more, exercise more, and yoru kids will realize they can play OUTSIDE

ps..also do this with any vid game systems in the house.

mrphil86

Good idea but,

what about the people who use workout videos?

bree2012

Sorry, but I would rather limit the watching time. It seems a bit irrational to store the T.V. away. What if little kids want to watch educational documentaries like "Supersize Me"? You can respond with "Use the computer", but a T.V. is more convenient.

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PatientBearTiger

Sorry. Not happening. I'll just practice some self-discipline and make time to exercise. I enjoy my TV, my Playstation 3 and my computer. None of them are going anywhere.

audigal2008

Ya Im not getting rid of my TV! My mother in law and I share our special Sundays with our fams bbqing and watching our fave show Dateline, the tv stays! But I shall workout as well!

atd81

Lol, not taking away our netflix for anything. We got rid of cable recently, much to the surprise of our cable company, and our lives improved no end. However, we love watching movies while walking/working out, and video games...well....we're gamers, lol, so our PS3 isn't going anywhere either.

Good idea, but not for me

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victoriashea

TV free for 18 years!
The computer is what devours the hours of my life... I really can't get rid of that though... =(

Discipline, child, discipline!

brattyworm

actually i spend more time on my computer not getting anything done then i do watching my tv.. i have been known to leave it off for weeks a time.... why do i still have it? occasionally i like to watch a movie... and when my husband is home he likes to watch tv

chefchazz

nope!

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cownancy

I love TV and it keeps me sane when I am alone for long periods of time, when my husband is working out of town. I also work at home and I am much more productive with it on in the background. I have TiVo, so I can go anywhere at anytime and the TV doesn't stop me. I would feel so isolated without it.

Now, Facebook.....until MFP, it was REALLY wasting my time!!!! BIG TIME!:happy:

FaithsVegWorkout

I haven't owned a television for 9 years, but I waste an equal amount of time on the Internet.

audigal2008

dateline is not junk, neither is 48 hrs or Oprah, to each is own! I still burn MY cals! ...shhh ohh and I watch my shows while I am ON my treadmill

MommyTo2Girls

I watch TV WHILE exercising! My problem is the computer.

Helice

your crazy!! Lol

seriousaboutlife

I think computer is worse than TV... but I also have poverty vision and only get 5 channels.

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kellybones

If I placed my tv time with exercise, I fear my heart would explode.
I usually watch about 2 hours a day while I cross-stitch on my days off of work.
On those days I am already working out 2+ hours each day. I don't really think adding another 2 hours of working out would work for me. And I'd get a lot less cross stitching done.

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ohpretty

For me, having my laptop is much much MUCH worse. I haven't turned on the T.V. all but 3-4 times since I moved here 5 months ago.

frugalmomsrock

Get rid of your TV. NO..dont`just limit your watching, or cut off the cable. GET THE TV OUT OF THE HOUSE. Yes...you CAN do this. It`s perfectly OK and doable for EVERYONE. Sell it, put it in storage, give it away.

It will change your life. You will get more done, you will read more, exercise more, and yoru kids will realize they can play OUTSIDE

ps..also do this with any vid game systems in the house.

Get rid of the computer AND the TV, and double your success.

Yeah. That's going to happen. I don't even watch TV and still managed to get fat [by sitting on the computer, in part]. I use the TV now for my Wii and my 30DS.

Ajontheguitar

I use my TV for knowledge, surprisingly. I watch a lot of different type stuff anyway.

My xbox is my form of stress reliever too.

KeriA

i forget to watch TV. Don't really need to get rid of it. I have two kids and I guess they are like me they seem to forget too. Computer however that is another story.

jc4199

Na just do the commercial work out. Every time a commercial comes on start doing sit ups or push ups. but do as many as you can in the time the commercial plays.

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KeriA

I like netflix too. It is really the only time I seem to use my TV but also watch on my computer. I am thinking of lowering my number of movies I forget to watch them too.

sweettoothfairy

My biggest problem is my laptop not TV and i cannot get ris of my laptop, its th eonly medium through which i log on MFP and burn calories and eat clean...

All we is need is discipline....

kellybones

I have a computer (obviously), but limit my time (which I can manage to do since i don`t play games and such). If it was taking hours and hours of my time..bet your boots Id get rid of it. I guess it boils down to what sedentary things are sucking up too much of your time. You could apply this to any bad habit really..but TV seems to be one that most people have..and don`t even think to get rid of for some reason.

It's interesting to me because my most sedentary habit, aside from my cross-stitching while watching tv - is my reading. I am a voracious reader - usually on my days off I plow through 3 or 4 books in a day. I don't usually think of my reading as a bad habit - but I suppose it is sedentary when you get right down to it.

KeriA

I have a computer (obviously), but limit my time (which I can manage to do since i don`t play games and such). If it was taking hours and hours of my time..bet your boots Id get rid of it. I guess it boils down to what sedentary things are sucking up too much of your time. You could apply this to any bad habit really..but TV seems to be one that most people have..and don`t even think to get rid of for some reason.

I am not arguing with the general idea that people should not spend too much time on TV. It just isn't that people always have sedentary things sucking up their time. Sometimes the sedentary thing is a job or school or taking kids to activities or all three. I work out at least an hour a day. If I don't it isn't the TV. Actually it was while watching the TV that I decided I could run and I do. However generally as I said I don't really watch TV much. I even have the Zumba DVDs and don't have time to use them since I am doing so much exercise. So maybe you could just tell your story about how the TV was a hinderance to you and what you did about it. That I could learn from since I could replace TV with other things that are in my way and be inspired. I like to read alot. When I had a job with a huge commute that was the only thing I really had time for that was fun. I usually only read just before going to sleep or while waiting. It was time that was too short for much else. It was my only me fun besides family fun. Goodreads was the first website I ever got on. Maybe it made it possible to find MFP. So reading was maybe sedentary but it wasn't a harmful influence. It got me through those busy times. It was really the commute that was the sedentary influence of my life. The economy took care of it for me. So now I look for jobs, exercise but really don't watch TV. I will keep mine though. It may once in awhile inspire me to get out there and try something I didn't think I could do like run like those people on the biggest loser. When I do remember to watch a good movie on netflix it often inspires me as well. Often the stories are about how people overcome difficulties in life. I suspect that behind this post is just such an inspiring story.