What's your bad habit?
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My bad habit was smoking, but have been smoke free for one whole week now! I know its just a start but I cant turn back now. I just gotta take it one day at a time!0
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Eating junk food while at work which usually consists of high carbs and sugar. I work nights in an ER and it seems there is never time to sit down to a proper meal. I generally work 6 straight 12 hours shifts. So that is 6 days of eating "wrong". Since joining MFP I've started taking foods - like carrots, wheat thins, fruit, etc. I try to put a serving in baggies so that I know if I only have a few minutes to grab something, it will be a healthy something.0
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Congrats on staying smoke free for a week. A very difficult, but not impossible, task.0
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saturday night drinks followed by hangover munchies!0
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Most def the drinking on the weekends...BUT on April 29th I have been 1 year smoke free!!! :drinker:
Same here with the drinking...I have yet to quit smoking But SOON. Very soon. I'm getting there mentally and I know I'm just about over the edge and ready to quit. Congrats on your year! That's a major accomplishment :flowerforyou:
Quit drinking about 12 years ago, but still working on quitting smoking. The more I workout, the less I crave, so SOON I will be ready to quit for good.0 -
BREAD. Rrrrgg. I am fine not having it around at all, but husband isn't...so there is always temptation. Gotta buck up and resist temptation, or have him keep it in his car.0
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My bad habit was smoking, but have been smoke free for one whole week now! I know its just a start but I cant turn back now. I just gotta take it one day at a time!
Well done you! I'm still smoking ... but I have it in my mind that this year sometime will be the right time. I have cut down to half what I used to smoke, just this last 'half' to tackle now.
Once again, well done, the first week of your non smoking life!0 -
Horrible sweet tooth. It doesn't help that my husband has one too so there are always sweets in the house. If I don't see them, however, I can do without them.
^This is me!! My boyfriend has just as bad of a sweet tooth as me, and is in fact starting to put on a few pounds himself because of it... but he's not overweight by any stretch of the imagination so I'm letting him do what he wants. In fact, it's almost good that he can shovel it all down, because his mom has this habit of buying sweets for us! :laugh:0 -
My bad habit is probs eating a lot of one thing0
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Drinking wine! But I've had the aha moment, hopefully. I work out pretty hard (5-10) hours per week. I've realized that the wine is sabotaging all of that hard work! I am basically wasting my time as far as weight loss goes. SO, I am trying to seriously cut back. I'm beginning to look at it like the enemy! I would never eat a big bowl of ice cream for the guilt so why substitute that ice cream with wine? The wine is probably worse because not only does it pack on the calories but it also slows down your metabolism. I read an article today that says that every time you drink your body starts to work hard to get rid of the toxins and stops burning fat. That just doesn't work for me!
Same for me. Drinking alcohol sabotaged my weight loss every time so I gave it up. Drinking a beer or glass of wine is like eating a full candy bar but worse, because with a candy bar I can limit myself to just one but if I'm drinking I always have more than one. I still drink for really special occasions but most times I just stick to water and I don't miss it.0 -
Smoking is still my worst and deadly bad habit. I am really trying, really. I have invested in the smoke free vapor electronic cigarettes after my doc unofficially suggested it. They are working. I just have to stop buying them. If I don't have them, I don't smoke them.. but I have this incessant need to have them around... say a prayer that I will kick it soon, b4 smoking kills me. Smokers (and addicts in general) live on average 25 years less than the rest of the population. Now that's a motivator.0
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Mine is kebabs,
I have a constant craving for them, they in my mind 24-7.
My way of dealing with those thoughts, is working out how much per month I would spend on them, they look for something I really want, and save the money I would normally of spent on them.
Current project obtained is google nexus 4, next project save up for the new motorola x at end of june.
I am finding as long as I got something to aim for i can boost my will power, but it certainly aint easy.
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Mayo. Full fat, full sodium mayo. Nom, nom, nom.
A nice, generous amount on sandwiches, eggs, etc. (2 tbsp? Pffft!)
There is no substitute that compares, so I decided to just make room in my calories for it.0 -
My bad habits are Wine, Women and food!!!
What do you expect from a King!!!0 -
i have the EXACT same problem. For the past 3-4 months I have been binge eating in the evenings after going a full day with healthy foods and sticking to my calorie goals. I don't know what omes over me in the evenings but it is like a mindless binge that I just cannot stop. And I am the same with you, there really isn't many sweets in my house. It is really hindering my weight loss and I am having trouble stopping it!0
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Eating and then just sitting around.:noway:0
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Horrible sweet tooth. It doesn't help that my husband has one too so there are always sweets in the house. If I don't see them, however, I can do without them.
Most definitely this!! And cheese, I can eat a whole big block of cheddar without even thinking about it!0 -
Two (related to food that is): Eating while standing up instead of sitting at the table & Reading while eating
When I am not focused solely on the meal at hand, I mindlessly overeat.0 -
WOMEN, How did I break it?? I got old and they got OLDER!!!!!!!!! LOL0
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Definitely red wine but gave it up for Lent (was challenged to do so by my son who thought I would never last the pace). Inside my head I thought so too but 5 weeks have passed with lunches and dinner with friends and NO wine for me. I am surprised actually chuffed to bits with myself but looking forward to a glass with lunch on Easter Sunday0
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i have the EXACT same problem. For the past 3-4 months I have been binge eating in the evenings after going a full day with healthy foods and sticking to my calorie goals. I don't know what omes over me in the evenings but it is like a mindless binge that I just cannot stop. And I am the same with you, there really isn't many sweets in my house. It is really hindering my weight loss and I am having trouble stopping it!
It might be you're still hungry.
Or try a large drink of water in the evening,
If that d oesn't work take up a hobby, knitting, musical instument, drawing etc.0 -
I leave my clothes in a little pile on the floor, drives my Husband crazy, my excuse is that a Jedi died there!
This is going to make me laugh all day.0 -
Eating because people around me are eating even if I am not hungry.
Most of my calorie intake is later through the day.
Diet soda. ( I stopped this one.)
Caffeine. A cup of coffee in the morning and multiple cups of tea during the day. I can't seem to stop this, but I managed to minimise to a cup of coffee and 2 cups of tea.0 -
Honestly, I like to drink...... like to have 2 or 3 glasses of wine at night when I am getting dinner ready for everyone, making lunches for the next day and than to relax. On the weekend, beer with lunch , etc. I don't go crazy on the drinks, but sure it does not help. Oh, and bread...... have to have bread with my dinner and now have the kids hooked on it so they expect it!!!
I'm with you. It's the wine.
Yup, me too! its the wine and too often :drinker: :bigsmile:0 -
My bad habit was smoking, but have been smoke free for one whole week now! I know its just a start but I cant turn back now. I just gotta take it one day at a time!
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Congratulations! Its been 3 1/2 years for me and for some reason (not complaining) never missed it even for a minute. weird but Ill take it. Good for you and you'll never regret it and will save a ton of money!0 -
Well, my bad habit is Snickers Peaanut Butter Squares. It started almost 1 yr ago! I had lost 25 lbs & felt great until a friend on facebook posted a picture that brought back bad memories of rejection! It was just this unconrollable impulse to eat this comforting food. It must have some chemical of satisfaction in the brain or something.
I keep trying to put this friend out of my mind, but this hurt keeps coming back & I eat for comfort. It is ridiculous because I have a wonderful husband & family. I think I'm just dealing with some old feelings that were never dealt with years ago! I'm hoping this website can get me back on track without paying a fortune for another weight loss program that always results in gaining back more than I lost!
I just keep trying to take one day at a time & convince myself the old friendship is sabatoging by sucess for a happy & thin life. I have decided not to put anymore into the friendship because I'm always the one making it work - and it's hurting me now. So must let it go. Can't hold on to something that no longer makes you happy. Even if it is your oldest friend in the world.0 -
I enjoy wine or beer while cooking dinner at night.. Also bread, potatoes and pasta are three bad things I love. I hung a pic of myself when I was at my ideal weight on my fridge and it has slowed me down with overeatting.. So that leaves more room for a couple drinks0
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soda! I switched over to diet over the last few months and was having atleast a can or two a day...now i'm down to a can or two a week. I just chewed gum, drank water or got up for a walk around the office everytime the craving hit0
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Smoking. There are no other major vices but this, so I try to convince myself I'm not so bad.:smokin:0
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