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April talking meme
I’m one day late but I was floored with some kind of tummy trouble yesterday. You don’t want to know the details.
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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.
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.
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I agree that it can be tough to kick a sweet tooth.
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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.
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I miss doing pilates. My fave one was when a "fit" family came in all dressed in lycra and water bottles*, needless to say they didn't come the next week!
*To people who haven't done pilates it's not a high energy activity.
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I feel you on missing a regular exercise routine. I think that's my problem right now. If you find a trick to it, let me know, lol!
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Gabrielle
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Walking is wonderful as far as gentle exercise goes, I do that too :) And sugar habits/withdrawal are really harder than one would think—I noticed that recently, naturally the ED tendencies made it a bit of a special case, but still, having established habits made it very hard to stop even long after the actual problematic urges had eased. SUGAR IS ADDICTIVE AND WANTS TO TAKE OVER OUR LIVES! EVIL!
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I think it helped for me that I'm not much for sweet stuff to befin with. I'm more into savouru treats like crisps. But yes, it was still not fun to kick out. A friend of mine got addicted to coca Cola and she had real withdrawal symptoms when she stopped. So yes; EVIL!
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When I lived alone and only saw my future husband once or twice a week, my routine was: Make dinner as soon as coming home, do some chores to let the food settle and then do my excersise. The weeks my kid lived with me I did the excercise as soon as he had gone to bed. But know my schedule is much more irregular and not living alone means taking more people into consideration and that has made it difficult to get a good routing going.
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*nods* Plus nowadays they put tons of sugar and salt EVERYWHERE. The world/the industry is out to make addicts of us ;P
I'm originally not into really sweet stuff either, but sweetness has a comfort virtue. Eh. =P
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So true. I cook almost everything from scratch just because there are so much weird things in food.
I rather eat salty crisps for comfort. :D
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Yeah, that's really great when you can do that. Have you always been good at cooking? What do you like to cook best? :)
Yeah, that's not bad either :)
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I didn't cook until I moved away from home. But my Mum is a very good cook and enjoy cooking, so I got away with a feeling it was a fun activity. So I bought a couple of cookbooks and started experimenting. I love Indian food and cook that often and I also enjoy finding dinners that are quick to make as I don't want to spend hours in the kitchen after work. I loooove pasta, so I tend to do that more often than rice and potatoes. :)
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*preens*
I never have backpain or tension-related headaches when I do Pilates regulary. At the moment I do it at home as I can't do a full hour anymore. *sobs* I have a 30 minutes video that I'm slowly doing better, so I'll hope I'll be ready for a class eventually. :)
Yeah, it's not for people who expects to get sweaty. :D
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Kudos to kicking the sugar habit. I can't even think about doing that lol... Good for you!
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And lol, I say I have a savory tooth, instead of a sweet tooth! But no crisps, only chips with the skin on ;-)
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I think it helped that I don't have a reall sweet-tooth. :)
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I’ve never tried yoga, though Pilates has some similar benefits, from what I understand. It do sounds like something for your daughter too! :)
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