Hardest Habit to Drop

I totally agree with you regarding Starbucks! I love the skinny vanilla latte.  I have to make a  clean break from them because once I have one I crave them!

Shelly

The biggest problem that I am having is drinking before/after meals.  I have a couple of cups of coffee in the morning.  By the time I realize that I should be eating breakfast (another problem) I have to wait because of all of the coffee.  It is really the most difficult thing to catch.  I am now trying to "hide" my cup or glass while making the meal.  
Breakfast is a whole different problem...  As crazy as this may sound, I find that if I skip breakfast, I don't have any desire to snack.  It has been this way for as long as I can remember.  And if I do eat breakfast (because we are suppose to) I am looking for a snack within an hour or so. 

hey Deb,

i am the same way with breakfast, and i find that if i eat any type of carbs in the morning i am in the fridge all day long, so i tend to skip the breakfast thing and just have coffee. I have to try and remember to have a mid-morning snack and not skip lunch in the hopes that it will help with my nighttime munchies.

Lori

Hi Lori and Deb,

I am a breakfast person, it is my favorite meal...I need my coffee 1st thing in the morning so I have found that if I cook up some eggs (hardboiled) and keep them in the frig, I can grap those to take to work with me, 2 eggs are 14 gr of protein and the milk I have for my coffee gives me 10 gr protein so thats 24 grams before lunch....I will sometimes make a Weight Control oatmeal add some walnuts,pecans or almonds and that gives you a good amount of protein too and that is good carbs too. I aim to get at least 20 grams of protein each meal and my snacks are usually a fruit and protein (cheese most times)...
I do find that if I eat a good protein amount at breakfast that will stop the grazing between meals....

Hope this helps a bit....

Bad habits to break:

GRAZING!  argh! 

Not enough water...substituting decaf coffee or decaf tea for water 

Sweet Foods.....will be going cold turkey on Monday.  My poor family will have to put up with my withdrawal!

definitely not enough fluids......I must make it a priority to drink more....clear, no cal/lo cal fluids!!

Anjanette

Water is my big one. HAte it so never normally get enough in.

Portion size is my other fatal fall. I eat a bit more than I should, because while I normally get my food at the work cafeteria, it doesn't keep well so its either eat it or throw it away. I'm too frugal to throw away food I paid for. Sometimes I split it with my co-worker but others I eat too much and end up with a tummy ache. Course I make good food choices, its not like its pizza. But it still too much food that I risk stretching things out. Then I eat say, the second half a few hours later, rather than having a more healthy, small snack. That's my bad habit.