What habit do you have now that you never used to?
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obsessively reading food labels and never eating the bad stuff. I have no clue really how I've made such a shift in this area!
Sep 20, 2011 23:52 by breanna from iphone -
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Exercise!!
Sep 20, 2011 21:13 by faith-
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how'd you go about getting that as a normal part of life at this point? I'd oive to replace all my other habits with it but can't get it going!
Sep 20, 2011 23:50 by breanna. -
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i never could because of my congenital heart disease, and i just had a valve replacement and ablation, bla bla, so I'm in a good place I've never been before. i just decided to order p90x and if i can do it, you can do it. anaerobic is easier than aerobic on my heart so it's perfect for me. my body is changing, but no weight loss yet. my skin is looser from fat loss so i must have lost fat and gained muscle. i've only lost 2lbs of actual weight in 3 weeks, but i hear that at about week 5 or 6 people started to drop the fat. it is easier for me to exercise because my guy is doing the exercise with me, partly., but i think i'd do it even without him. i've never been able to exercise this much in my entire life and now i can, so i will!
Sep 21, 2011 06:45 by faith. -
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if you start doing an exercise routine of any kind, don't give up early. it can take a long while to see noticeable changes.
Sep 21, 2011 06:46 by faith. -
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if you've got health, appreciate it!!! focus on what a blessing health is, how you will be setting a good example. people use other peoples actions to justify or evaluate theirs all the time. i know my arrhythmia is likely to return (statistically) in the next year or two, but i want to enjoy this while i have it.
Sep 21, 2011 06:52 by faith. -
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thanks for the responses. I've worked hard to lose about 85 pounds over the last year without ever really exercising. now I've got about 25 left to lose and I want to be more active for more than just the weight loss. I've tried so many activities hoping to find something I love but nothing has really stuck. I even spent months training for a 10k and completed it, but still there was no habit at the end of it! I've recently quit all my bad habits/colic skills and desperately need to replace them so as to have an outlet...I really want that THING to be exercise...just feels impossible to become "athletic" for te first time at 30 years old, you know?
Sep 22, 2011 00:00 by breanna. -
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*coping skills
Sep 22, 2011 00:00 by breanna. -
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Yes. You can do it though! i'm 31.
Sep 23, 2011 11:55 by faith. -
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32 late october
Sep 23, 2011 11:55 by faith.
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Read digitals books... I never thought I would be able to make the switch.
Sep 20, 2011 20:49 by leopicado -
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cigs
Sep 20, 2011 19:23 by discomeg2 -
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Staying up ridiculously late. I'm talking 5-6 am late.... It's getting silly.
Sep 20, 2011 17:44 by superc0w-
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I almost submitted this one myself. I've gotta say though, 6am is impressive :)
Sep 20, 2011 19:28 by hardrockhippie. -
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I miss those days. :::sigh:::
Sep 20, 2011 19:32 by saxchik. -
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yep darlin
Sep 20, 2011 23:08 by discomeg2.
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Waking up too early on my days off. It's a habit I could do without.
Sep 20, 2011 16:30 by chaomancer -
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Twice a day, every day.
Sep 20, 2011 14:38 by saxchik-
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You eat kibble out of a dog bowl?
Sep 20, 2011 15:06 by te75uo. -
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Yep, the joy of being a dog owner.. cept double that for me (two dogs)
Sep 20, 2011 16:29 by toyotaboy. -
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You're stealing food from your dogs? Mmmm... might be good with milk, like a breakfast cereal...
Sep 20, 2011 17:09 by sethness. -
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Actually, if the apocalypse hit and all we had left was dog food, I'd eat it. She gets the good stuff.
Sep 20, 2011 17:20 by saxchik.
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I probably had something else in mind when I suggested this mission, but coffee will do. I always used to only drink decaffeinated because caffeine has a pronounced effect on me, but then a year or two ago I threw caution to the wind and started drinking regular like there was no tomorrow. Every Saturday I endure the caffeine withdrawal headache.
Sep 20, 2011 11:35 by kellydna-
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This is one I'm starting to pick up. I started a job as a barista about two weeks ago, and I can already feel myself succumbing to the magic of caffeine.
Sep 20, 2011 13:09 by hardrockhippie. -
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I CANNOT live without my coffee.. this is one thing I can't stray from
Sep 20, 2011 16:28 by toyotaboy.
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Searching help wanted ads. The economy is brutal.
Sep 20, 2011 11:19 by hardrockhippie from iphone-
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I felt your pain a couple months ago. Thank goodness I landed something. Here's to hoping you find something, just keep at it.
Sep 20, 2011 16:28 by toyotaboy. -
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@toyotaboy: Congrats on the job! Thanks! I've got something, it's just not really where I'd ultimately like to be :)
Sep 20, 2011 16:58 by hardrockhippie. -
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Do you want a hand on your resume? I'm not a professional writer, but I've written successful resumes for 3 people. One was a Pharmacist, 1 was a stay-at-home mom who got a customer service role, and one was a computer monkey. All of them got a gig with-in a month! LMK and I can post my email. You can block out personal information if you're uncomfortable with that :P
Sep 20, 2011 17:43 by superc0w. -
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@superc0w: Thanks for offering to help! Sounds like you COULD be a professional if you wanted to :) I don't want give you any extra work though, I have a sneaking suspicion that my resume is quite the unfocused hot mess :)
Sep 20, 2011 19:47 by hardrockhippie. -
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@superc0w: I'm so sorry to hear that :( I would love to help you keep your mind off stuff if I can. Maybe I'll write a novel too and have you edit that as well :) I'll go through the 20 different versions of my resume and send what I have when I get home tonight. Thanks again!
Sep 21, 2011 13:34 by hardrockhippie.
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Diligently looking for added sugars in my food.
Sep 20, 2011 10:12 by zoe from iphone-
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I'm like that now with the protein.
Sep 20, 2011 11:35 by kellydna.
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Buying nicotine patches and inhalers
Sep 20, 2011 10:11 by essexboyracer -
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Being a little weather obsessed. Like I can't plan anything without knowing whether it's going to be hot or cold or raining or what. It's even worse when there's a storm, especially snowstorms, and this year, friggin' hurricanes, with 24/7 weather coverage, oh boy! (and earthquakes, tornadoes, and blizzards, I think we've had it all this year) Just have to know what the temps will be even though it usually doesn't change anything. And they're not always right.
Sep 20, 2011 05:56 by stephie-
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Gotta love the weather!
Sep 20, 2011 11:58 by kellydna.
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List making.
I was never that fussed until recently but now I make lists all the time. I seem to have some kind of obsession with ticking things off, maybe because it's physical evidence of having actually done something with my day. Hmmmmm.
Sep 20, 2011 05:42 by glozboy-
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Great minds think alike. (See my post, and note the similarity.) :-)
Thank googleness you've got a "To-do" list, not one of those office yuppie wannabees' "Action Item Lists".Sep 20, 2011 06:19 by sethness.
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I use a big whiteboard to keep track of all my priorities. It's covered with progress thermometers and, for smaller tasks, checkboxes. It's a habit i developed because of attention deficit disorder-- I can't keep my priorities straight nor keep long-term projects on track unless I remind and reward myself with these "success thermometers". Basically, the whiteboards turn a minus into a plus: I feel GOOD about making progress toward goals, instead of only thinking of priorities when I bump up against a failed deadline. Also, it's internally driven rather than being scolding done by others, so I feel happy.
Sep 20, 2011 03:40 by sethness-
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I usually keep tasks in text files on my desktop, but similiar regimen.
Sep 20, 2011 04:23 by toyotaboy. -
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@toyotaboy: There are virtual post-it programs for your desktop, too. 3M (the makers of real post-its) makes it for free.
Text files work-- but they're ignorable, right? I need something in-my-face or I won't do it. More power to ya, Toyota.
Sep 20, 2011 17:12 by sethness.
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Dropping the F-Bomb! I did not start using the word until I was 25, and now I use it daily. I love it like it's butter...like bacon even.
Sep 20, 2011 00:05 by thedigitalghost-
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But it doesn't bother you that it's like chili powder, that covers up the flavah of the rest of the sentence? I'm consciously tryin' to reduce my use of cusswords by maintaining a list of clever cussword substitutes like "FOr rice cake! (for Chrissake)" and "Gee whiskers!" and "Good gourd! (good god)" and "Firetruckandallthedamnedfiremen" instead of the F-bomb.
If I get good at fake cussin', I figure the amusement will attract listeners rather than making gentler souls plug their ears.Sep 20, 2011 03:44 by sethness. -
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My boss goes around saying "Oh crumbs!" when she really wants to say "OH F--k!!" and that's just ridiculous to me, makes her sound like a little kid. "Crumbs" just don't cut it, but at work, yea OK. My mom used to say "oh fudge!" but she threw around "oh sh*t" like it was nothing so maybe she just wanted fudge.
Sep 20, 2011 06:02 by stephie. -
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@stephie: Yeah...she just wanted fudge. It's a good thing that she did not say, "Oh shoot" because she really wanted sh*t. Oh wait...that came out wrong. Sorry moms...enjoy your fudge.
Sep 20, 2011 07:20 by thedigitalghost. -
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@sethness: hey! I'm a fireman, I take offense. ;)
Sep 20, 2011 07:26 by te75uo. -
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Haha, I know a lot of people who's every second word is an f-bomb.
Sep 20, 2011 10:27 by jackcomrie. -
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http://slipsum.com/
The MF-bomb is involved, so perhaps NSFW.Sep 20, 2011 12:38 by kellydna.
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i do that. i have to really. but if a food has ingredients that sound like a chemical (unlesss they're a known vitamin etc, that sort of thing) then I avoid it.