8/29 QOTD: Do you have any habits you wish you could break?

Do you have any habits you wish you could break? 

After you've posted, come back and comment on other people's posts!  (Isn't it more fun that way?  :)  )

A huge one for me is getting on the scale every day.  That is soooo bad.

I feel like I talk too much about WLS.  It has become such a huge part of my day - what I'm going to eat, what I'm going to do for exercise, what I'm going to weigh, what I'm going to wear, etc.  I find myself always bringing up something related to it everyday.  I have to remember that the rest of my family doesn't need to hear about my weight/food issues everyday.  I'm sure it gets boring for all of them to hear.  I wish I could go one week without talking about it, but I really haven't been able to do it.  Kind of sounds like I'm self-absorbed, but I'm really not, at least I hope I'm not. 

No you are not self-absorbed, just happy about what you have done and are doing.  I find myself doing exactly the same thing.  Especially when people notice I have lost weight!!

Thanks.  I guess that's one of the reasons I come to this board.  Everyone here is going through the same thing, and we all understand each other and take joy in each other's accomplishments.

Don't feel bad Kathy. I remember when my girls were about 6 months out I said to them at one point "enough we don't need to know about every sound your stomachs are making or what you think you might be eating for lunch next week". Well a couple of days ago Bill snapped at me "it's not all about you". I guess I was going on and on about a weight loss related issue. I tell you though it's something I think about all of the time. I talk about it alot too. I agree with you about the boards - it is so nice to share with people *****ally understand.

I wish I could talk less in general!  LOL.  I am a chatterbox. 

I need to break the habit of nibbling while I am cooking.  I've been trying to nix this for 4 months but I haven't made much headway.  It is a very bad habit and it needs to stop soon. 

I sigh...too much. I'm a sigher. It's a stress reliever. But I do it at work and well it's not cool.
It just feels so good. Ahhhhh.

I can totally relate to talking about WLS ALL the time.  I feel the same way and i haven't had mine yet (I go Tuesday)  I find alot of people ask me, and sometimes i feel like they ask why, and i spend time justifying myself to them...trying to make them understand, but ya know what...unless you've weighed 300lbs....you don't get it, and i shouldn't try to justify....but i do, i talk, answer questions, explain...blah blah blah.  I've been trying to just say....I'm doing this for me, or its what i need to do. I've gotta work on doing that all the time.  I do think we all...both pre/post...consume our life with this...its is our new life, so talking about it helps, i think its natural.  Thats why this is a great place...thats what we are here to talk about :)

Well...i could use that as a habit, cuz i have it too....but i will say my bad habit is talking out loud.  I say everything i think...sometimes in a rant when i'm anxious.  I need to learn to keep alot of it to myself.  It gets to my loved ones, and i don't mean it to.  So i'm going to try to rant to myself.

I absolulety agree that we all need this community and this forum.  I think of myself as being "full-up" with WLS while my family and friends and co-workers are dang near empty.  They care only because it relates to me.  So they care at a level far below my own.  I am not angry at them at all.  Just means I have to find my true peers, my community.  You!  I'm trying hard not to overdo the WLS talk.  I make it a point to stop and ask them for a report on their weekend plans and so on.  It is calming to me cuz I feel more balanced and in control.  It's hard though, at 2.5 weeks pre-op I find it impossible to think about much else.