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Originally Posted by beppe
The self floggers you mean.
I gave up smoking because of something related to a pretty blonde kissing an ashtray. So I had to stand up to my bluff and had to quit smoking, and that's it (I think I won after all, even if she did not kiss me than or ever will, maybe, who knows). I gave up eating (except nourishment of course) to get back in shape, I gave up drinking to give moral support to a dear friend struggling against it. Than I found out that giving up drinking did a lot of good to my taste buds and weight loss, and that giving up smoking made me a free man again. And losing weight has been a great joy. And now I do not want to give up those silly games. Why should I ?
Obviously I am a very weak person regarding my tender spots (that is why I mentioned the gender labyrinth)
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I refuse to give up eating. I just make myself go to the gym. 30 minutes on the elliptical burns about 400 calories for me. That is a candy bar. I try and stick to the idea that four days at the gym = a large fry with my meal on Monday. and tuesday. 20 trips to the gym is a hamburger and fries at Five Guys. I drink alcohol but normally only on the weekends and even then two or three beers or glasses of wine.
I know what my weaknesses are and I know that giving them up just makes me want them more. It is easier to modify my exercise regime so I can enjoy the things that I like and not gain weight. I dropped 25 pounds the year before my wedding. I have kept that 25 pounds off, even though my work out routine dropped from 5 days a week to 3 days and was pretty lame. I am hoping that maintaining the same diet and increasing my workout regime to 5 days a week will help me drop another 10 pounds but I am not stressing over it.
It is more about moderation then anything. One of these years I will apply that rule to my tea habit but I don't see that happening any time soon thanks to all the new teas I have been exposed to here.