April talking meme

[scripsi]

I’m one day late but I was floored with some kind of tummy trouble yesterday. You don’t want to know the details.

a_phoenixdragon asked: Do you have any bad habits you've tried to kick? Or any that you did?

I’m perfect and I don’t need to change anything! ;) Well, let’s see. I have never smoked and drink very little, so I have had kick those habits. I don’t really have any bad habits I try to get rid of, more that I try to maintain some good ones. Like regular exercise. I’m not an athletic by nature, but I know that if I move moderately I feel better and sleep better too. Before my lungs started to act up on me I had a good routine that included lots of walking and doing about 40 minutes on my exercise bike four times a week. (I watched a good show while I did it) I had managed to maintain that for a year and lost 20 pounds on the way despite not really having that as a goal. But after having been ill and getting asthma along the way, it’s been very hard to get back into that habit. I walk a lot again thanks to my dogs and I try to do Pilates once a week, which helps, but I would like to get the habit of the exercise bike again. As it is now I usually remember way too late in the evening that I was supposed to and I haven’t found any good trick to get me back on track.

Now I remember a bad habit I kicked. When I was seventeen I got in the habit to buy candy to eat on my way home from school. I have never had a sugar tooth, but I developed one now, to a point that when I was running late one day and didn’t have time to buy candy, I felt irritated and annoyed all the way home. So I went cold turkey and really had some sugar withdrawal for about a week, then it stopped. And though I occasionally eat dark chocolate and a few time of year licorice, I have never developed a taste for sweet stuff again.

Comments

[dm12.livejournal.com]

Dark chocolate is good... in moderation. The advantage for me is that the kiddies don't like it, so I have it all to myself!

Asthma is rotten... it just is difficult to follow any routine like that. I at least get in some yoga to keep my back at bay, but it's not as aerobic as other exercises (except that you do have to remember to breathe through the exercise, which people often forget). We do have other equipment in the house and I try to get in at least ten minutes when I can find time....

I might try to at least get more yoga in, with my daughter. We just found out she has a very mild scoliosis, and many of the exercise sheets for patients have the things I do in yoga.... the exercises are great for strengthening the spine and muscles around it. The breathing actually relaxes you, too, so maybe it will dampen some of her teenage angst.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Luckily I can’t eat much dark chocolate at the same time, so the moderation is built in. :)

I’ve never tried yoga, though Pilates has some similar benefits, from what I understand. It do sounds like something for your daughter too! :)

[dm12.livejournal.com]

I tried Pilates a couple of times, but then there were so many exercises they said not to do if you had neck problems, so I couldn't do most of the program anyway.... what's the point of paying for a program where you can't do any of the exercises?

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

No, that seems a waste of money! :) Pilates works really well for me, but then I don't have any actual problems with my body that I have to consider.