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04-04-2012, 06:46 PM
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What won't you give up?
Hmmmm....
Forget LCHF, plant based, Dukan, Atkins, Pritikin, Ornish...let's leave Oz for a moment.
Independent of what your approach to diet, exercise or health...
What won't you give up?
Me? Gin and Tonics and Red Wine.
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04-04-2012, 07:04 PM
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While I love my glass of red wine and square of dark chocolate each day, I would give them up if I was sure they were bad.
There is really nothing I would refuse to eat or drink if I thought it was bad for me.
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04-04-2012, 07:04 PM
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I wont give up my weekly bag of potato chips and my Dr. Pepper 10. Other than that I watch what I eat in the traditional sense. I like my whole grains too much to ever change.
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04-04-2012, 07:10 PM
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I love good food and good wine. But just as there is virtually nothing that I won't eat, there is nothing I couldn't live without if necessary.
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04-04-2012, 07:14 PM
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Location: New Orleans
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I have given up my morning coffee a number of times, but always end up returning to that habit after a few months, or even weeks. So, it hasn't been permanent despite my best of intentions.
I did sort of compromise, in that I limit myself to one or two cups of half strength coffee.
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04-04-2012, 07:18 PM
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It would be really hard for me to give up salt--we don't cook with it but add it to taste afterward.
Coffee in the morning would be almost impossible for me to give up too.
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04-04-2012, 07:44 PM
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Probably coffee. I COULD give up my wine if my health depended on it.
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04-04-2012, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Los Angeles area
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Red wine
Red meat
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04-04-2012, 09:55 PM
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Whiskey or single malt scotch (and I don't even drink that much. But I like it). And salmon. And reading. If I knew it would kill me tomorrow I'd probably quit, but if I was told it would eventually kill me I'd keep going. Nobody gets out alive.
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04-04-2012, 10:17 PM
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I gave up my daily mocha 3 weeks ago, and it's been rough. I'm down 5 pounds though, so starting my day without sugar- caffeine-palooza is clearly good for me.
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04-04-2012, 10:26 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Sushi.
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04-05-2012, 06:00 AM
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
It would be really hard for me to give up salt--we don't cook with it but add it to taste afterward.
Coffee in the morning would be almost impossible for me to give up too.
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+1 for both salt and coffee...and add beer.
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04-05-2012, 06:06 AM
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Coffee would be the hardest for me to give up, by far.
I actually did give up alcohol entirely in an attempt to regulate my sleep patterns better, and I have to say, every since going 'dry', I am able to stick to a regular sleep schedule. Something in the alcohol, even a couple of beers, that would give me insomnia.
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04-05-2012, 06:10 AM
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Ya'll are being too good. For me it would be coffee, pizza and other misc pastas. I'm doomed.
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04-05-2012, 06:10 AM
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If this is "forever", for me it would be salt, any form of alcohol & cheese.
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04-05-2012, 06:15 AM
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There are many things we enjoy, but none more than life itself.
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04-05-2012, 06:19 AM
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04-05-2012, 06:21 AM
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04-05-2012, 06:36 AM
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I have to agree with Alan and MichaelB. There is no food item that I wouldn't give up if it turned out to be a health risk. However many more decades I get in this life it will still be a very short time, so I want to be here as long as possible.
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04-05-2012, 06:42 AM
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Saliva.
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