What Bad Habits Have You Kicked?

I quit smoking 7 years ago,
More recently....Cut way back on sugar, don't ever hardly eat wheat/ wheat products....
I don't eat much dairy either, some may not consider that a bad habit but I try to cut out all inflammatory foods.....I stray every now and then and soon regret it in my belly, and joints, and tempers flair!

An entire box of cereal and half a dozen donuts.

A day.

Even when I'm slackin' I don't do that anymore.

Eating a bowl of cereal or two before bed, juice addiction and binge eating, I feel so much better now

Kicking the soda habit was really hard, but now I only drink that in a mixed drink. And Chex mix for lunch

Drinking water first and not drinking any beverages with added sugar. I now crave water and have actually quit liking the taste of sodas with sugar in it! That is big for me because I use to be a 4-cans of DrPepper drinker a day at one point. How I did not die of dehydration, I will never know.

Now, also fried foods and fast food seem to really wreck havoc on my stomach and are on the way out of my diet completely.

(1) Diet Coke (used to have 6-8 a day)

(2) Random TV surfing (used to come home tired from work, plop on sofa, and turn on TV to see what was on...next thing you know I had been watching crap programs that I didn't even care about for three hours)

(3) Online spider solitaire (used to play one game to clear my head, lose, then say "I'll just play again until I win"...but that would take a LONG time

(4) Going to the little convenience shop at work and buying a Reese's peanut butter cup...every single day.

(5) Eating an entire order of 10 pieces of sushi in one sitting.

(6) Not pre-planning my meals and pre-prepping my food in advance, which resulted in coming home from work tired and either getting unhealthy takeout choices or making nachos

(7) Not logging my food intake consistently -- I used to stop logging for weeks at a time when I was off track

(8) Being completely sedentary

(9) Eating the local version of cheese quiche on a regular basis (as in more than once a week)

You get the picture. It wasn't pretty. Am soooooooooooooooo glad I decided it was time to make some genuine changes! Haven't done any of the above except for #5 in 2013, and even that one happened only once.

1.Not eating enough for breakfast.
2.Focusing solely on the number on the scale-NOT a good look if you also happen to be strength training!
3.Those delicious, whipped creamy ice dreamy 600 calorie drinks at the coffee shop. Now it's one iced coffee in the morning.
4. Going out to lunch. Calorie controllable but VERY expensive!
5. Listening to people that are focused on their unrealized fitness goals.

1. Beating myself up and feeling guilty/ashamed about eating certain foods, or too much food, or just eating in general. I still eat too much sometimes, and am still an emotional eater sometimes, but feeling guilty about it served no useful purpose whatsoever.

2. Having a couple of slices of bread and butter while I'm making lunch (e.g. a sandwich) and then a few more slices of bread and butter while I'm making dinner. :blushing: I've always had funny little habits/routines with food, different ones over the years. Certain foods I would eat every day, or on a certain day every week. I still do, but I'm conscious of what I'm taking in now.

3. Having far too large portions of cereal, pasta, cheese etc. Actually, this wasn't so much a bad habit as just ignorance of the appropriate portion sizes for my energy needs. I might still have a larger portion than the "recommended" amount, depending on how hungry I am and how many calories I'm working with, but I don't just keep pouring til the bowl is full.

4. Being inactive.

I used to pretty much only eat refined carbs. Now I make at least half of my grains whole grains.
I also used to be scared of fat. Now I realize that healthy fats actually help me lose weight because they keep me full for longer.
And of course kicked the inactivity out the window.

Kicked the soda habit.
Trying to limit my wine intake