What is something you do even though you know it isn’t good for you?

[Cablestitches]

Sunbathing/not avoiding the sun. I’ve been an outdoors/beach person my whole life. I love nothing more than a hot sunny day outside, swimming, hiking, day at the beach. I don’t want to cover up and hide away from the sun. I don’t want a big hat and sitting in the shade.

I know I have and will continue to age quicker. I know the risk of skin cancer is higher. But on this one I don’t care, the quality of my life is more important to me.

So what are yours?

Sometimes smoking.
Chocolate.

Staying up too late at night, mindlessly scrolling on Mumsnet.

Hmm. Another Diet Coke addict here.

emotionally eat even though I don’t want the food.

doom scroll rather than read

trying to get love and acceptance in the wrong places (contacting people who don’t give a shit about me)

other than that I’m grand ;) at least I quit smoking ages ago and barely drink any more. Polish my halo.

Staying up too late.

To my shame- I smoke, eat far too much chocolate and drink far too much Diet Coke.

i haven’t touched alcohol since 2019 and don’t miss it one bit.

I dont smoke (never have done) or drink (gave up 2 years ago) but I love ice cream Mars bars! I have one a week.

It is at the rate ive been putting it away 😬😬

mumsnet and reddit scrolling is my worst one, next us overeating especially the shit I won’t let my kids have.

A store here came out with “sparkling cola water” (and other flavours) so no colour or sugar, just some of the artificial flavour. The ones I’ve tried smell just like the soda they are copying and taste like a whisper of it. I drank loads and loads of it plus extra tea so I wouldn’t miss caffeine and successfully got myself off the coke zero this winter! As long as I have some flavour of sparkling water around I’m okay and not even having it daily.

Now I need the same thing for chocolate, biscuits and crisps

Redbull every day (sugar free, but still). I don’t drink coffee, so got to get my caffeine hit somehow

Too much scrolling

Too much junk food during my luteal phase

Booze
Vaping
Doom scrolling

I do lift heavy at the gym daily and am visibly muscular, walk/run most days and eat healthily (also haven't eaten any animal products since 2000 and no meat since 1994). I'm in my 40s with no health issues. But I'm no angel and need to cut down on the bad habits. I am on the lowest nicotine now and hope to stop altogether with the vape. It is ridiculous. I've never even smoked!

Holding grudges.
sugar & salt
doom scrolling reels on fb
reading only smutty/ romance books instead of anything interesting and intelligent

Definitely sun and drinking. And the combination of both… 👌

Sunshine (but actually helps some of my chronic conditions so not entirely sure how bad it is), vaping, drinking. Oh, and the two cans of monster I allow myself a day.

God, me too. Miss it every day!

Enjoying one perfect cigarette on my balcony of an evening.

Taking a drag off a big fat joint if its offered to me.

I eat too much white bread.

Chocolate digestives.

I'm also on statins for a heart condition. About a stone overweight. Been eating cake, crisps, chocolate more than usual as I'm bored. I hate how I look currently and keep saying I'll start tomorrow. I'll end up the size of a house if I stop soon. Most of these posts are food or smoking related.

Drink alcohol.

Wine - I just love going out and having more than enough glasses of wine or prosecco so binge drinking as well as drinking in general 🍸

Sunbathing - I tan very easily and just love sitting in the sun getting brown. I'm on medication that slightly increases the risk of skin cancer and the hospital nurses always ask if I keep out of the sun, I always say I'll really try but then the sun comes out and... 😬

Use far too much salt.
Smoke.
Eat at least 2 Iceland waffle cones a day. It's my new addiction!
Eat things I really shouldn't, despite type 2 diabetes.
Some days I don't eat enough.
I rarely drink though and had a massive salad with our bbq yesterday! So in my mind that balances it out! 🤣

Does it matter about the reading? Better than reading something where you're bored. I'm trying to read a book on a specific subject that I'm trying to understand. It's SO boring! And taking me forever. Much rather read almost anything else!

Doomscrolling instead of sleeping.

I think being outdoors doing what you were doing sounds very healthy . Low vitamin D levels contribute to a lot of illnesses so I can’t see that blocking out the suns rays altogether is best idea.

In what way is that bad for you?

I'm a vegetarian and I love fake meat!

Eating too much sugar

I don’t smoke, rarely drink, no drugs. I exercise and get enough sleep.

But sugar is my nemesis

I’m an ardent sun worshipper - I have dark skin anyway but I feel solar powered and living in the uk doesn’t bring me many opportunities to charge up so as soon as I see that sun I’m downing tools to lie in it!
I do also vape and I’m not planning on giving it up. Did stop smoking cigarettes 10 years ago though so…
Also on the plus side I eat very clean and exercise a lot, don’t really drink alcohol and am reading more now and trying to reduce my screen time so maybe some of this balances out 😂😂