You should know better

Farawyn · Jul 2, 2015

Partial confessions; not going to lay ALL my faults and vices out for all to 'tsk' over, even if this is an anonymous site. Got to maintain a small amount of dignity!
I gave up full-strength Pepsi two weeks ago because it was causing really wicked heartburn. I started taking Pepcid once a day, then every 12 hrs. Then the heartburn would rear up in-between-doses. Nope, when it comes down to a choice between pain and no pain, I'm going to pick NO PAIN every time. What is discouraging is that since I have completely given up all that sugar, you'd THINK I would at least drop ONE tiny little pound of body weight, but NOooooo!
I seldom exercise, or if I do, I don't keep it up longer than 3 days to a week, and then I'm right back where I started. Once I joined the YWCA (expensive!) and went to swimming exercise class with a bunch of elderly ladies. I liked it ok, but when it was time to renew, I had no re$ource$.
Never trained my current dogs to walk on a harness/leash; they are small, old, and stubborn now. Kind of like me. I USED to walk my previous dog ALL THE TIME! Now I don't even walk myself!
I have a hard time taking care of myself. Not an excuse, but when you have it ingrained in your head since infancy that you are 'too much trouble', difficult to care for, etc., it is hard message to over-ride even when you know what it's about and where it comes from. Intellectual understanding isn't really enough to impel or compel me to do the things I know I 'should' or even the things I WANT TO do. And I have a sharp resentment for 'behavioral therapy' as a way to deal with all this.
Pssshhhtttt! I could write the book, as I KNOW what I need to do. I just don't do it.

Walk with my friend S and I tomorrow at 0700. She's an animal! And we can GOSSIP!

kiszi, RN · Jul 2, 2015

A respectable 1-2 cups of coffee every am followed by an inordinate amount of Diet Coke.

Carbs.

I cannot control myself if there is junk food at work. Especially of the chocolate/cookie/pastry variety. I am so ashamed.

Carbs.

Did I say carbs?

bunnysanford · Jul 2, 2015

I'm a long-time vegan who goes to the gym 4-5 days a week, walks and bikes almost everywhere, runs half-marathons now and then, and quit smoking 3.5 years ago.

That said:

Whiskey and rum are way too delicious.

If I could snort bread, I would.

Coke Zero q4h.

Have been avoiding the dentist for... a while, and the gynecologist for so long I might have cobwebs.

Same thing with regular doctor visits. I think I might just have an aversion to making appointments.

I feel so much better getting that out, and reading all of your confessions.

Farawyn · Jul 2, 2015

I need to see a dentist-but I'm terrified of dentists...I have a cavity that needs filling; I'm overdue on my physical and my GYN appointment-I do like my GYN though!
I have a sweet tooth, and I eat cookies and milk as my bedtime snack almost every night to help me go to sleep.

I like the dentist. :blink:

missmollie, ADN, BSN, RN · Jul 2, 2015

I do smoke...Apparently the only one in the thread. I also drink so much coffee that I think ahead for the afternoon: I start my Keurig for my morning cup, all the while starting a 6-cup pot in my other coffee pot. When that pot is finished, I stick it in the fridge, then continue with the keurig for 2-3 more cups in the morning. When the afternoon hits, the pot of coffee is cold. Add ice, some cream, and splenda.

I've got coffee down to an art.

Farawyn · Jul 2, 2015

I do smoke...Apparently the only one in the thread. I also drink so much coffee that I think ahead for the afternoon: I start my Keurig for my morning cup, all the while starting a 6-cup pot in my other coffee pot. When that pot is finished, I stick it in the fridge, then continue with the keurig for 2-3 more cups in the morning. When the afternoon hits, the pot of coffee is cold. Add ice, some cream, and splenda.
I've got coffee down to an art.

Likes for the coffee. It is good for you. I really don't think coffee is a vice.

I keep telling myself that.

AZBlueBell · Jul 2, 2015

Coca cola is and probably always will be a big one for me!

white wine is always pretty nice too

canigraduate · Jul 2, 2015

I'm a long-time vegan who goes to the gym 4-5 days a week, walks and bikes almost everywhere, runs half-marathons now and then, and quit smoking 3.5 years ago.
That said:
Whiskey and rum are way too delicious.
If I could snort bread, I would.
Coke Zero q4h.
Have been avoiding the dentist for... a while, and the gynecologist for so long I might have cobwebs.
Same thing with regular doctor visits. I think I might just have an aversion to making appointments.
I feel so much better getting that out, and reading all of your confessions.

**snerk** snort bread

**double snerk** cobwebs

:roflmao:

MyPrnPleaseBSN · Jul 2, 2015

CRAWFISH BINGE!!! ohhh 6lbs of garlic butter flavor please!! yumm!!

Mavrick, BSN, RN · Jul 2, 2015

Bacon. Pre-cooked packages from Costco. I buy 3-4 at a time to keep in the vegetable drawer in the fridge. Whip out 6 slices, 45 second nuke, watch TV, usually ID channel with Forensic Files marathon.

Perhaps on a related note, I'm over 50 and have never had a colonoscopy. I beg to fill out the cards just this one more year.

Diet Dr. Pepper. I drink so much when they draw my blood it fizzes.

Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN · Jul 2, 2015

I have a cookies and sweet coffee problem. I'm quite proud of my

Now if only I could figure out a moist, chewy, and sugar-free cookie I'd be in business. I'm noshing on Wal Mart Bakery chewy snickerdoodles right now.

I rarely exercise, unless you count chasing my baby Usain Bolt, or moving dead weight pts.

I'm glad that Being an Example of Healthy Living isn't part of the nursing process.

Dogen · Jul 2, 2015

I never drank coffee until my sophomore year of college, when I started working nights at the hospital. Now I drink so much that I'm pretty sure if I sit in a hot tub I'm like a Keurig pod in a 300-gallon coffee pot. I don't think there's anything wrong with my coffee habit unless you get between me and the coffee machine.

I swear in front of children. I don't have any kids, so I'm just teaching other people's kids to be impolite.

I don't wear a helmet when I ride my bike (bicycle).

I procrastinate. I tell people I write papers better under pressure, but that's total crap. I have no idea how I write papers when not under pressure, because I've never seen it.