If you had to choose ONE thing that is keeping you overweight, what would it be???
I’m reading this great book about changing your habits and losing weight. It talks about how many of us have habits or vices that keep us overweight (and that got us here in the first place).
The top 3:
1) Too much soda. Some people have literally dropped like 40 lbs, just be cutting soda and other sugary drinks from their diet. I only drink water and herbal tea, so this does not apply to me.
2) Too much fast food: Again, imagine if you JUST cut fast food out of your diet, would that have an impact??? I bet it would.
3) Watching too much TV! A bit of a weird one, but the average person watches at least 4 hours of TV a day. (BUT we never have time to exercise!!!) So, either exercise in front of the TV (I do this a lot) or turn it OFF and go for a walk, etc. Can you cut you hours down to 2 hours a day. What will you do with that extra 2 hours?
And finally. Some of us are not any of these top 3. I don’t feel I have 1 glaring vice (like chocolate, chips, ice cream, etc). I more have categories. I choose ‘carby things’ most often. I’ll take crackers or bread over fruit and veggies. AND, could it be this easy? The author suggests, just replace your MAIN non-healthy habit with a good habit. So, get rid of the crackers and bread and eat fruit/veggies instead. Obviously, I need some bread/carbs, but I need to start limiting it and getting the FRUIT/VEG first, carbs second, not the other way around.
Well, I’ll let you know how it goes. I’m also thinking about BUSTING sugar. Not a major problem, but, it’s there!!
What is your BIGGEST vice??? Have you beaten it yet??? Do you think it would help if you did???
The book is called “the vice busting diet” by the way, I got if from the library!! 
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I’m definately number 3!!! LOL i watch way to much tv but never have time to exersize! I am going to try to change that though (thanks to your article). It really makes sense. I dont really drink soda or eat fast food alot, but i watch tv all the time, and when I watch tv, i get the “snackies” where i just hafta eat when im watching tv. YIKES! i guess i never realized that before now.
Thank you so much for this article sweetheart! I wish you luck busting your vices!!
I was number one SODA! I hated water and was tanking up on sodas all day since my office provides them for free and I could have as many as I want…bad bad. But I haven’t had any in six weeks now and I have lost 12 lbs. It very well could be just from cutting out all of that sugar. I’m sure my teeth are thanking me too! Sounds like a good book. Thanks for sharing!
Mine is white rice and I will never ever beat it!
I eat less of it like 1 cup maybe 2 cups max a day. But I, being the Asian woman that I am, loves my whit rice too much. It’s a cultural thing and yes I can eat brown rice but no, I grew up eating it 3 times a day. To cut it down to dinners only on weekdays and lunch and dinner on weekend is a huge accomplishment.
ugh…mine are 1 and 2! im so bad with them!!!!!
Definitely soda…or maybe “all of the above”!
OH, I think I’m in trouble… lol. 1, 2 and 3… and then a whole bunch more! Awesome read.
I have to go with #3 - way too much TV. And I should probably add the computer to #3 too!