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.

Oh thank you for this thread! I just can't be arsed with people anymore and making conversation; sometimes cancel meetings to watch leaves falling in the garden...

Used to have a very strict diet mon-fri in the office. Now I snack and eat far too much. Still exercising but not like i was pre lockdown and I've put on half a stone in weight and am no where near as toned as I was.

Spend far too long on my phone and have taken up a hobby of watching brain melting shit. Teen mom, teen mom 2, teen mum UK, teen mom young and pregnant. You get the idea.

Whole pots of Iceceeam in bed. I'm gross.

Ebay is your friend!

OP is the hero we never knew we needed

I've been going to bed anywhere between 2-4am. Some days I just don't bother showering or getting dressed. My screen time on my phone ranges between 4 and 7 hours a day (!!!) and I can't remember the last time I did a wash.

@CremantCharlie

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....

Twins! we must have been separated at birth!

I've become sloth-like.
After I lost my job, I felt motivated and did some online courses. However, I've not had an interview in a month & instead of carrying on or even exercising (I used to run) I just watch too much TV instead now.
The less I do, the less I feel able to do, in a lethargic downward spiral.
I'm a little surprised that I've not turned to alcohol, I just can't be bothered.

Oh God, I’m so completely unmotivated - I’m usually busy working, running a business, kids, house. My business pretty much fell victim to Covid and my job is now home based - I can go for weeks without seeing anyone other than school run mums.

I keep up with housework just about but don’t open any cupboards. Eating too much, drinking too much, moving far too little. And smoking after stopping many years ago. My DD has additional support needs and is limpet like - hiding in the garden having a fag gives me 2 minutes peace but it’s awful for my health.

I'm definitely with the poor sleepers on this thread. I'm another one averaging about 4 or 5 hours a night and it pops up on my sleep app in the morning with 'helpful' tips to do better.

Is anyone else having nightmares or really odd dreams? They seem to be work-related and so, so real.

I'm not really doing make-up at all now, I've also stopped all-over moisturising and need to do it again, I definitely notice the difference in my skin.

I'm gripping onto myself just with regard to sugary treats but why the hell am I buying them? That I didn't used to do - and it's only a matter of time before a 24-strong bag of Wotsits ends up in my stash.

Sitting in Pjs all day when wfh
Eating too many crisps and other rubbish basically anything that I don’t need to cook
Involved in never ending group chats that I can’t see to bring to an end
Buying books books and more books
Lying awake reading to 130 in the morning then wondering why I have black circles under my eyes
Reading the same websites and social media apps on a loop every day
Just utterly fed up of it all and feel that I have no motivation to lose weight buy nice clothes or anything

Not in work and it's PJs all day all the time. I shop online because I can't be bothered to go out. I am a complete lazy bitch.

I eat one solid meal a day... it’s rarely ever healthy.

I fill up on snacks but forget (or lie to myself) that I’ve ate them so generally believe I’m eating a hell of a lot less than I am.
I’ve stopped moving unless it’s walking from my house to the car, shop to the car, work to the car....

I don’t like socialising anymore. I prefer to sit alone and watch tv with my cats. If the world wasn’t upside down and someone asked me out to the pub I’d probably make an excuse not to go and sit around in my pjs instead.

I’m not even ashamed anymore.

Oh... and I'm buying too much. I think I have a shopping problem. My wardrobe is bulging with stuff that I'll probably never wear. I need to stop that. :(

... and another thank you to YoungDino for posting the thread.

Needed to see this!

Wfh since March, I.....

• only shower every other day
• use the touch up function on zoom to avoid the need for make up
• live in gym kit / loungewear but rarely make it to the gym, motivation gone
• it’s quite normal to not leave the house for 2-3 days at a time
• given up with daily walks, bored of my local area and can’t be arsed wrapping up in the cold
• have a daytime nap most days
• bad habit of ordering McDonalds and Starbucks deliveries 2 or 3 times a week
• somehow still behind with the laundry despite being home pretty much 24/7
• alcohol consumption up, mindless drinking starting earlier and drinking more. I don’t get drunk but the warm buzz takes the monotony off.

All in all, it’s a pretty grim state of affairs, that at some point I’ll have to lift myself out of!

Luckily I still go into work three days a week or I think I'd have melted into the sofa by now. My DH will be working from home forever I think and he's going a little bit crazy.

My ebay habit is back, and we've taken to getting deliveries of all the food boxes that we can.

I wear onesies and sleep too much.

Spend far to much time on my
Phone of a day when I'm supposed to be working.

Eating crap

Not going walking like I was in the first lock down

Drinking too much. I have a bottle of prosecco to myself every Friday and Saturday night.

@IndiaMay

Used to have a very strict diet mon-fri in the office. Now I snack and eat far too much. Still exercising but not like i was pre lockdown and I've put on half a stone in weight and am no where near as toned as I was.

Spend far too long on my phone and have taken up a hobby of watching brain melting shit. Teen mom, teen mom 2, teen mum UK, teen mom young and pregnant. You get the idea.

I'm binging on polygamy relationships.. Sister Wives, my 5 wives All series about people with 20kids or so

Totally gone off the social distancing episodes of Corrie and Emmerdale.. How dull without the affairs, the violence, the romances

Given up both bras and deodorant unless going out.
Can't be bothered going out unless I absolutely have to -for wine- .
Scrolling Mumsnet when I should be working.
Scrolling Guardian BTL comments when I should be working.
Scrolling Herald comments when I should be working.
Having lunch 2 hours after breakfast as I'm bored.
Not taking the dog out as much as promised as it means changing slippers for outdoor shoes.
Going to bed for a nap -2 1/2 hour extended lunchbreak-
So much coffee I could pee for Scotland.
Not enough water.
Getting depressed about the state of the garden but not enough to do anything about it.
Ditto the house.

Yes to all these

Eating all the shite food

Not leaving the house on work days at all

I’ve got a hayu subscription and have watched so much Vanderpump rules that I feel like the characters in it are my actual friends

I’m literally a basic bitch loser

(I even sound like spoilt 25 year old from LA)

Biscuits. So many effing biscuits. I'm not even talking about a normal pack of biscuits...oh no. I've given up all pretence and I'm just buying those massive biscuit barrel selections now and they barely last a day due to constant biscuit cupboard raiding whilst WFH. I've WFH full-time since end of Feb and I now have no clothes that fit. My jeans are held together with a hairband as the button has long since failed to do up!

I can't even remember the last time I went for a run. In fact, I don't even remember the last time I wore proper shoes. I've taken to doing the school run in flip flops (and socks...it's a real treat of a look) despite it pissing down with rain - simply because I cba to find my trainers or boots.

I've watched everything on Netflix, iPlayer, Prime. So much so, I've started re-watching boxsets that I only finished a mere month or so ago.

My sleep is royally fucked.

I meant to catch up with my enormous pile of books...and watch all the TV I've recorded. Instead I'm glued to my phone... endlessly scrolling. I have the concentration span of a gnat.

As yes, you remind me beguilingeyes I meant to finish my cross stitch piece for Christmas... I haven't touched it ONCE.

I’ve turned into Pac Man. I eat what’s in front of me, and quite worringly, have completely lost my table manners. I found myself eating my lunch with my fingers today