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Post by billisonboard on Oct 24, 2017 15:25:05 GMT -5
I love the blues but do without because I have found that listening to it makes my mood dark.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Oct 24, 2017 16:42:18 GMT -5
I've given up drinking diet soft drinks because of the research piling up that links artificial sweeteners to cancer, Alzheimer's, memory loss, and other illnesses. But I sure do miss them.
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Post by cktc on Oct 24, 2017 18:42:00 GMT -5
Wine, coffee and sushi because I'm pregnant. Painting, because I like to spend more time on it than I'm able. Travel, because we are focusing on other financial goals and keep burning through PTO. Sleep, because pregnancy, 19 month old and obnoxious needy cats.
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Post by empress of self-improvement on Oct 24, 2017 18:53:34 GMT -5
Alcohol. I loved the buzz but sadly the blackouts were causing a little trouble. And I was starting to get hangovers which absolutely SUCK!!
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Post by giramomma on Oct 24, 2017 18:56:23 GMT -5
Thai food (the other kind) and alcohol because I'm pregnant.
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Post by midjd on Oct 24, 2017 19:19:53 GMT -5
I've always loooooooved sleeping in. Even when I was a kid, I could easily sleep until 1-2pm on the weekends. It's my favorite thing. Getting up at 10am was "early" for me.
DD didn't sleep more than a couple of hours at a time until well after her first birthday so DH, bless him, would be sure to get up with her on Saturday mornings so I could get a 5 or 6-hour uninterrupted stretch of sleep. Looking forward to that all week was probably the only thing that kept me sane.
Now, DD is almost 4 and sleeps through the night just fine, but it is very rare for me to sleep past 8:00 - 8:30 on non-work days because I feel like I waste so much of the day by sleeping in. (On work days I get up around 6:30.)
What is happening?!?
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on Oct 24, 2017 19:30:00 GMT -5
I love the blues but do without because I have found that listening to it makes my mood dark. Me and cure/smiths days....
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Post by Shooby on Oct 24, 2017 19:32:17 GMT -5
I really like Fritos, but i never buy them because i really like them.
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on Oct 24, 2017 19:33:06 GMT -5
I've always loooooooved sleeping in. Even when I was a kid, I could easily sleep until 1-2pm on the weekends. It's my favorite thing. Getting up at 10am was "early" for me. DD didn't sleep more than a couple of hours at a time until well after her first birthday so DH, bless him, would be sure to get up with her on Saturday mornings so I could get a 5 or 6-hour uninterrupted stretch of sleep. Looking forward to that all week was probably the only thing that kept me sane. Now, DD is almost 4 and sleeps through the night just fine, but it is very rare for me to sleep past 8:00 - 8:30 on non-work days because I feel like I waste so much of the day by sleeping in. (On work days I get up around 6:30.) What is happening?!? Days gone by, I slept through band practice in the basement, after DS I woke up when he sighed in his sleep.... Likely women who returned too quickly to deep sleep 😴 woke to no babies 👶🏼.... didn't pass on their genes...
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Post by swamp on Oct 24, 2017 19:34:21 GMT -5
Unlimited chocolate, fried foods, alcohol, and all the stuff that's bad for me.
Sometimes my life feels like one big pile of denial
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Post by Lizard Queen on Oct 24, 2017 19:50:01 GMT -5
Milk--because I've become lactose intolerant in my old age. Donuts, cookies, pastries because I've worked too hard to lose the weight. TV because I got used to not watching it, and I surf the interwebs instead.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 22:00:46 GMT -5
Unlimited chocolate, fried foods, alcohol, and all the stuff that's bad for me. Sometimes my life feels like one big pile of denial I don't feel quite that deprived but if weight and health were not big concerns I'd eat a lot more stuff with frosting on it. Still, at 64 I'm in excellent health and can look at myself in a bathing suit and feel happy so it's worth it.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Oct 24, 2017 23:12:12 GMT -5
Privacy! Bc....children....
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Post by irishpad on Oct 24, 2017 23:34:06 GMT -5
I also love sleeping in late, but need to be up and on the job by 6:30 six days a week. Let that ride ... and sleep until 9/10 on my day off and enjoy every minute of it!
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Post by countrygirl2 on Oct 24, 2017 23:45:45 GMT -5
I LOVE to sleep in. But get up at 6:30 2 days a week to get DD ready to go to her day center. She bathes and gets dressed but I cook breakfast and fix her lunch.
Now DIL and grandson are here so 3 days I get up to help get him to daycare then we go exercise. The rest of the week I don't get much morning rest and I stay up to late like tonight. He is busy and I hear everything once they are up or many mornings I get up with him and hubs or I also fix him breakfast. I'm a tired.
DIL is going to ESL classes now.
I like to travel but didn't feel up to it much this year.
Like to can again health interfered.
Would love to have a Navigator or Escalade, near $80k for real, to rich for my blood. Don't drink have pancrease issues
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Post by MJ2.0 on Oct 25, 2017 9:18:38 GMT -5
Travel, because money and kid.
Awesome food, because money and health.
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Post by OldCoyote on Oct 25, 2017 10:04:35 GMT -5
Last nite, Angus burger topped with pastrami, grilled onions, tomato, and special spicy sauce,,,, hard crunchie fries!!! I ain't giving up nuthin!
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Post by Phoenix84 on Oct 25, 2017 10:35:51 GMT -5
I've given up drinking diet soft drinks because of the research piling up that links artificial sweeteners to cancer, Alzheimer's, memory loss, and other illnesses. But I sure do miss them. How do you manage? A lot of lunch/fast food restaurants you go to only serve soda. I don’t buy or drink soda at home anymore, and get iced tea where I can, but oftentimes find I pretty much have to get soda sometimes.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Oct 25, 2017 10:45:37 GMT -5
I usually don't get the meal, or if I do I just ask for water instead.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Oct 25, 2017 11:15:38 GMT -5
I've given up drinking diet soft drinks because of the research piling up that links artificial sweeteners to cancer, Alzheimer's, memory loss, and other illnesses. But I sure do miss them. How do you manage? A lot of lunch/fast food restaurants you go to only serve soda. I don’t buy or drink soda at home anymore, and get iced tea where I can, but oftentimes find I pretty much have to get soda sometimes. Drink water instead. I'm not a soda drinker and I just ask for a water cup if I'm somewhere with a self-serve beverage dispenser.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Oct 25, 2017 11:19:49 GMT -5
I've given up drinking diet soft drinks because of the research piling up that links artificial sweeteners to cancer, Alzheimer's, memory loss, and other illnesses. But I sure do miss them. How do you manage? A lot of lunch/fast food restaurants you go to only serve soda. I don’t buy or drink soda at home anymore, and get iced tea where I can, but oftentimes find I pretty much have to get soda sometimes. I still drink pop occasionally when I'm out, and not just diet varieties. My wife and I used to buy 12-packs of A&W root beer and drink them at home. Both of us could put away a can or two per day--mostly me. But we gave it up a month ago when another study came out confirming the problems with aspartame. Now my wife drinks carbonated water with a lemon slice. I cannot stand carbonated water, so I mostly drink water. I sure miss my root beer, though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 11:24:07 GMT -5
How do you manage? A lot of lunch/fast food restaurants you go to only serve soda. I don’t buy or drink soda at home anymore, and get iced tea where I can, but oftentimes find I pretty much have to get soda sometimes. I still drink pop occasionally when I'm out, and not just diet varieties. My wife and I used to buy 12-packs of A&W root beer and drink them at home. Both of us could put away a can or two per day--mostly me. But we gave it up a month ago when another study came out confirming the problems with aspartame. Now my wife drinks carbonated water with a lemon slice. I cannot stand carbonated water, so I mostly drink water. I sure miss my root beer, though. Only a can or two a day? Lightweights. BTW, Diet Pepsi (my drink of choice) doesn't have aspartame anymore.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Oct 25, 2017 11:48:16 GMT -5
I still drink pop occasionally when I'm out, and not just diet varieties. My wife and I used to buy 12-packs of A&W root beer and drink them at home. Both of us could put away a can or two per day--mostly me. But we gave it up a month ago when another study came out confirming the problems with aspartame. Now my wife drinks carbonated water with a lemon slice. I cannot stand carbonated water, so I mostly drink water. I sure miss my root beer, though. Only a can or two a day? Lightweights. BTW, Diet Pepsi (my drink of choice) doesn't have aspartame anymore. What do they sweeten it with now? Stevia?
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Post by gs11rmb on Oct 25, 2017 11:52:03 GMT -5
Thai food (the other kind) and alcohol because I'm pregnant. Why? I get the no alcohol but there's no need to forgo Thai food!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 11:53:56 GMT -5
Only a can or two a day? Lightweights. BTW, Diet Pepsi (my drink of choice) doesn't have aspartame anymore. What do they sweeten it with now? Stevia? Sucralose. I think the brand name is Splenda.
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Post by movingforward on Oct 25, 2017 11:58:57 GMT -5
Well, not much now that I think about it...not sure if that is good or bad. Life is just too short to deprive myself too much. I would love to travel more and go to the spa more but if I want to retire some day I need to limit those things. That's about all I can think of...
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Oct 25, 2017 12:23:32 GMT -5
Strange as it sounds, exercise. I used to beat up on my body to alleviate stress, and I have not found anyway to get the same satisfaction I used to get. Now, if I do something it hurts so bad that it takes a hefty dose of narcotics to make me comfortable. So I try not to use them too much, only under special conditions.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Oct 25, 2017 13:07:55 GMT -5
I still drink pop occasionally when I'm out, and not just diet varieties. My wife and I used to buy 12-packs of A&W root beer and drink them at home. Both of us could put away a can or two per day--mostly me. But we gave it up a month ago when another study came out confirming the problems with aspartame. Now my wife drinks carbonated water with a lemon slice. I cannot stand carbonated water, so I mostly drink water. I sure miss my root beer, though. Only a can or two a day? Lightweights. BTW, Diet Pepsi (my drink of choice) doesn't have aspartame anymore. In the days of yore, I could easily put away a six pack a day. But I think now it averages 1-2 cans a day. I eat out for lunch every day at work and all they have is usually soda. Honestly, I don’t find I miss it. I might cut it out entirely.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 13:11:19 GMT -5
I love the blues but do without because I have found that listening to it makes my mood dark. I would recommend smaller doses. There are some pretty funny blues songs also.
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Post by Jaguar on Oct 25, 2017 13:25:49 GMT -5
Hard liquor, cause once I start I can't stop, and it's the same for wine. I'm an all or nothing type person, so if it's really bad for the body I can't partake in it cause I can't stop. I buy a bag of chips, it has to be the smallest bag or else I'll eat the whole thing. No half measures with me.
I've quit smoking by cold turkey and everything else gets the same treatment, all or nothing.
This is why I found brainwave entrainment so helpful, cause it removes the cravings.
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