What dreadful habits have you developed in the past 6 months?

[YoungDino]

Fair warning: absolutely no positivity allowed. I don't want to hear that you've started running or yoga or achieved inner peace. I am misery and I need company.

I went from eating a healthy diet and only occasionally eating chocolates, ice cream and sweets to munching on junk almost exclusively. I think I eat more chocolate than food at this point to be quite frank.

I've also given up all forms of movement. I used to do 15-20k steps per day and now I have no idea because I've taken my step tracker off.

I don't shower as often as I should. Personal grooming has fallen well down the list of priorities for me. I find myself wondering how long my moustache will grow.

I also often stay awake until 2am wasting time online and drag myself out of bed at 9am.

978 steps yesterday, got a sore hand from constant scrolling, my ass has sort of flattened and spread like a melted brie because of all the sitting, and i am incapable of getting to sleep like a functional human being.

God yes

I’ve found my people.

I eat so much crap it’s unbelievable. I just sit and eat all day. Since March, I worked from home, then it was the summer holidays, then I went in to school for 2 weeks and now I’m on maternity leave. When I eventually have to go back to teaching, I’ll not have taught properly for over a year.

I was going to bed late and dragging myself up at the latest possible time. Spent too many days in my pjs and letting DD(6) stay in her pjs.

My clothes have shrunk for sure

The worst is my sleep pattern is fffuuuuccckkkeeeedddd and I can't be bothered to fix it. I get enough hours but in random stretches between 8pm and 6am. So I might be up for three hours in the small hours, or sometimes sleep 8-4, or sometimes 11-6.

Spend too much time online, screen time stats go up every week.
I am now a moaner.
I have put on 7 pounds. Not chocolate or cake, it's wine.
I sometimes do not go out for days.
I average 4 hours sleep a night.
I barely exercise, I used to do 10,000 steps plus each day. I don't know what I do now, never look.
I wear the same clothes all the time. They are clean, but my fairly large wardrobe has condensed to a few items. I wash them, then grab them off the clothes horse to wear again. All bottoms are elasticated.
I have developed slipper foot. My feet don't want anything else now.
My hair goes longer without washing.
I have pretty much stopped shaving my legs and pits - do it once a month, if that.
Very rarely wear make up.
I now abhor most human contact and would happily just communicate through a screen forever.

Fuck me, that's depressing....

Staying up too late, eating toast and jam at midnight.

Have grown a spare tyre.

On positive note, I’ve have two extended periods of abstaining from alcohol and I’ve exercised more. The spare tyre is entirely toast related, it seems.

I got myself a new job which has absolutely driven me to drink. I used to be a one or two on special occasions, got a bottle of rum and a bottle of gin last Christmas and they lasted until August.

I am now regularly coming in from a stressful shift and reaching for the wine /gin/beer/whatever alcohol is available. Never more than one or two drinks at a time though.

I did something similar as a stressed student and need to curb it before it becomes a problem. I've put on loads of weight because of it too.

We also get fed in work and I don't think I've ever eaten so much cake in all my life.

Napping! I would say at least 4/7 days I have an afternoon nap. They're not quick power naps either, I can be conked out for hours!! I always feel shit after it but am always so knackered in the afternoon I can't help myself.

I used to drink twice a week. Now it's 3 or 4. And I'm not a "just the one glass" merchant.

So much crap.

The amount of exercise I've been doing you'd think I'd have lost weight. But, of course, no.

I switch between bed at midnight on drinking nights (ever the Cinderella, me) to bed before 8 on post drinking nights.

And I have absolutely no motivation to change because there's nothing to bloody well DO.

My people !

Mainly crap sleep from too much mindless Internet scrolling but also getting up 10mins before I'm due to start work because I can

Starting smoking cannabis heavily after 2 years being clean (had smoked heavily since age 14 so that’s... 17 years). Used it to help the crippling anxiety the lockdown created. Absolutely ashamed of myself. Am on day three of no smoking and nicotine patches are on again.

Also stopped running, I would run 4 times a week but smoking put a stop to that. Also I have put on so much weight and am the heaviest I’ve ever been in my life.

Had to put makeup on and do hair for an interview yesterday I had basically forgotten what to do and my hair went into frizzy shock from an extra wash and not being put up in a bun. So much wine, carbs and Netflix. Im sure the delivery man thinks I don’t own clothes Just mismatched pyjamas!

Drinking too many nights of the week.
Hardly ever do my hair nicely/ wear make up any more.
On my phone constantly- mindlessly scrolling and refreshing.
No energy to attempt to make any of the changes to my behaviours that I know are necessary.

I think I've watched everything worth watching on Netflix. Twice.

@Cumbersome

Oh, yes to all of the above.

I spend whole weeks in a daggy old dressing gown, with a sweatshirt over the top for Zoom calls. I angle the camera so my colleagues can only see the very top of my shoulders.

I can't get in to any of my work clothes any more, largely because I've lived on beer and carbs since March.

This is most def me

For me it's snacking. I'm still wfh most days and it's too difficult to resist when the fridge is just a few steps away from my desk!

Reading the news at all.

I'm now addicted to my phone
It's so unhealthy, I can't put it down
I also drink more
And barely leave the house

For me its definitely too much alcohol, a bottle of wine or prosecco every night and with no exercise has caused me to gain 2 stone. I am in the process of fixing this though. Not getting my hair or nails done, too terrified of catching Covid at the salon.

I can't get up in the morning
And am eating dreadfully
Also dh has taken over housework as was made redundant so we are living in a tip
He doesn't see hoovering

I suffered from agoraphobia in the past and have somewhat "forced" myself to go out a bit and do things after that. But the last 6 months have given me the perfect reason to stay shut away indoors. On the rare occasions I do venture out, everyone is mask wearing and distancing so it's easier. I want things back to "normal" for everyone else, but I think I will really struggle to cope with crowded places again when they are.

I haven't blow-dried my hair since lockdown started....

hair washing once or twice a week. I often only shower once or twice a week. Don't go out really and I have a new baby as an excuse. Skin is much better though.

Goodness we have ourselves a community.

How about we set ourselves a challenge to all get up tomorrow, get dressed and go for a walk round the block :D small victories hey.

I honestly have never felt so meh and unmotivated in my entire life. I can barely even focus on conversations :(

I haven't worn anything but an elasticated waist for months now. I'm supposed to be going out for a nice meal for my birthday in a few weeks and I genuinely think I might have to cancel because I have nothing to wear that fits!

Also, I was going to not drink wine if we went back to lockdown. 3 days of homeschooling waiting for a test result and I have not succeeded.

This is my new favourite thread! My habits are:
Not washing every day
Eating far too much junk
Spending more time on my phone when I should be working
Don't wash hair so often
Don't brush my teeth for 2 mins every day
Uber Eats for lunch quite frequently
Definitely not enough exercise