Today's Question: Do you have any bad habits you're trying to kick?

[TideFans Reporter]

Today's Question is....

Do you have any bad habits you're trying to kick?

 

[gmart74]

i chew my nails. when im done gnawing my nails, i then start chewing the skin around my nails. any time i go on vacation, i stop the nailbiting.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I figured your bad habit would be throwing bricks through the car windows of old folks as they drove by. But then again you wouldn't consider that a "bad" habit would you? :biggrin2:

i chew my nails. when im done gnawing my nails, i then start chewing the skin around my nails. any time i go on vacation, i stop the nailbiting.

 

[TideEngineer08]

fast food. i'm getting there.

 

[NatchezTider]

i quit smoking 15 years ago. the past couple of years i have made a serious effort to eat better.....more fruit, cut out the fast food joints, etc. approaching the age of 60 will do that for you.

 

[gmart74]

I figured your bad habit would be throwing bricks through the car windows of old folks as they drove by. But then again you wouldn't consider that a "bad" habit would you? :biggrin2:

im just trying to get them some fresh air. i consider it a civic duty.:cool2:

 

[Vinny]

I gave up eating chocolate, potato chips, and bagel for Lent!

 

[kyallie]

Spending too much time on the computer, to make room for some things I've been neglecting.

 

[happytidefan]

Munching while I'm watching television.....and it's hard. I've even gone so far as to rationalize that animal crackers and pretzels are healthy choices, and they are okay in small quantities. I measured out 20 animal crackers and ate them. Went back for 20 more. So now I've taken up drinking. Water, that is. And that's not working out well either. I can't tell you how many times I have to get up in the night. Perhaps I should give up television altogether and get on the treadmill. Perhaps that would cure me from it all, but I'll never do it. Apparently, I'd rather get up in the night because I lack self-discipline!

 

[ValuJet]

Getting up in the middle of the night is an age thing.

I think my bladder has shrunk to unheard of proportions.

 

[MegaVars]

Getting up in the middle of the night is an age thing.

I think my bladder has shrunk to unheard of proportions.

Or the prostrate has grown to unheard of proportions.

 

[gmart74]

Or the prostrate has grown to unheard of proportions.

or the wife is burying her knees in your kidneys as you sleep

 

[MegaVars]

Bad habits....hmmmm... let's see.... eyesight loss, loss of hearing, back pain and erections lasting longer than 4 hours...

 

[happytidefan]

Getting up in the middle of the night is an age thing.

I think my bladder has shrunk to unheard of proportions.

Haha! I'm not gettin' old....I'm gettin' better!:wink::wink::wink:

 

[DiamondDust]

Chewing on coffee straws.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Munching while I'm watching television.....and it's hard. I've even gone so far as to rationalize that animal crackers and pretzels are healthy choices, and they are okay in small quantities. I measured out 20 animal crackers and ate them. Went back for 20 more. So now I've taken up drinking. Water, that is. And that's not working out well either. I can't tell you how many times I have to get up in the night. Perhaps I should give up television altogether and get on the treadmill. Perhaps that would cure me from it all, but I'll never do it. Apparently, I'd rather get up in the night because I lack self-discipline!

Oh yeah. It took me a while to finaly whoop this bad habit but I did. I know you haven't asked for advice but if you would like to stop the cravings to snack you may want to try what eventually stopped me from snacking. Oh, and the side effects is weight loss. :biggrin2:

-Eat a breakfast high in protein and drink one glass of milk. DO NOT SKIP BREAKFAST.
-Eat a piece of fruit between breakfast and lunch or with your lunch.
-Eat one salad a day with a meal or even as a meal. Romain lettuce and darker leaf greens are the best. I like to open a can of tuna or cut up some grilled chicken in mine.
-Walk at least one mile 6 days a week or two miles four days a week.
-If you want an evening snack cutting up an apple and/or banana in a bowl and adding one of those little cups of yoplait light yogurt is very, very filling and will more than likely satisfy your sweet tooth.

This may seem like a lot but its not and it works. Don't worry about portions to begin with because they will begin to decrease subtly. I lost 35 lbs just doing this. What happened with me is that my "cravings", especially at night left. I don't have late night cravings anymore. So I don't sit there and have a mental war within myself "Should I eat or shouldn't I?" I'm simply not hungry. The above enabled me to eat more filling calories and what I found was I started eating much less and the weight comes off. If you want it to come off faster exercise more or at a faster pace.

Hope this helps. Because I know where you're coming from.

 

[ValuJet]

Haha! I'm not gettin' old....I'm gettin' better!:wink::wink::wink:

I know! :ROCKER:

 

[DiamondDust]

Bad habits....hmmmm... let's see.... eyesight loss, loss of hearing, back pain and erections lasting longer than 4 hours...

I remember a story I heard about a very wealthy man from west Alabama and viagra:

He was telling some friends, "They say to alert a physician if you've had an erection for that long a time". He looked at them and said, "If I have an erection that long, I'm calling the Daily Mountain Eagle!"

 

[MegaVars]

I remember a story I heard about a very wealthy man from west Alabama and viagra:

He was telling some friends, "They say to alert a physician if you've had an erection for that long a time". He looked at them and said, "If I have an erection that long, I'm calling the Daily Mountain Eagle!"

Heh....the good ol' Walker County buzzard

 

[AlistarWills]

I've not had a carbonated beverage since Christmas. The lack of caffeine has me sucking the tea down in copius amounts now. Apparently over the last week my kids' ball schedules has me trying to give up sleep!