Ok guys, let's list down some habits (usually bad habits) that can make you get fat. I'll start with some of my personal bad habits. I'm hoping that you guys would add add up until finally this becomes some sort of list of "habits to be avoided in order to lose fat".

Don't plan what you're gonna eat for your next meal. Just eat anything you can find when hunger strikes.With this habit, we tend to eat for pleasure rather than performance. We make poor choices when it comes to food and we tend to choose food because of it's taste rather than it's nutritional value.
Let's not forget our common coping method as a human being, using food to deal with stress and emotion. Man, this habit can really hinder your progress. I mean when you're sad, you eat, when you're happy, you eat, when you're lonely, you eat and the vicious cycle continous...

Overeating your cheat food and keep keep saying to yourself, "I'll make up in my next meal. Or sometimes saying, "Today is the last day I eat this stuff, I'll make sure that tommorow I don't eat this again. This set us to failure because you'll insinctly overeat because you're feeling being deprived and usually, the next day we do exactly the same thing.

Keep on stuffing yourself even when you're already full. Just like our parents used to advice us, "Dear, finish all the food on your plate, don't waste it!" This habit makes you not listen to your body and keep on eating even though you're already stuffed.

Buying the junk foods which you obviously don't want to eat, but will because its in your cupboards. Why did I buy it again? <CHOMP>

Eating just to fill in time aka eating due to boredom.

Didn't go to the gym for the last month because of studies/work/problems etc, but now all these are down or gone I still can't be bothered as im no longer in a routine or that i dont look any different now and then so another month wont do any harm.

Being too polite to turn down food when it's offered to you. That was the hardest one for me to break.

In my town there is an incredible pizzeria. The pizzas are delicious and they are absolutely huge. The plates are extra large but the pizzas are bigger than the plates. Most guests do not finish their pizza.

I used to finish them. In order to be able to do it, when I knew I was going to that pizzeria in the evening, I would starve myself throughout the day so that I could eat the first half easily. Then I kept filling up.

I regretted it later of course.

That's a terrible habit: eating less, even starving yourself in preparation for a big meal. It combines several bad ideas: preparing your body to store food by starving, then eating too much in one go so that it really has every chance to store, and eating a lot late in the day. And because the amount of calories is kept artificially low for the day, it can give a false sense that it is all right. It really IS NOT ALL RIGHT AT ALL!

DON'T DO IT!!!

I don't do it anymore. I have learned! These days I hardly ever do cheat meals, even my cheat meals would be considered healthy by most standards, I am 30lbs lighter already and still going. I haven't had a pizza like the above in six months. I had perhaps three slices in total over the six months period as part of my rare cheat meals.

Vincent.

Spend Friday night at home watching TV or a movie. And know that since you're going to sit there for a few hours you should stop at the grocery store first to get some chips, ice cream, cookies, and beer or sodas. And then nibble all night long.

And eat when you're really tired. So tired that as soon as you finish you'll likely take a nap for an hour or three. (Eating may be appropriate at this time if it's healthful foods, or one of your meals. But I'd eat a hamburger and fries before passing out.)

-Skipping breakfast! Setting your body up for starvation so that when you finally have the chance to grab something to eat, you follow your body's intense cravings (usually for tons of carbs), rather than making healthy, reasonable choices.

-Eating straight out of the package, rather than portioning ahead of time. You likely don't have the will power to stop yourself after a reasonable portion.

Good idea for a Thread - really makes you self-reflect.



:o Maybe a little something like this...

"Soooo busy & stressed out at work today - who needs WATER - think I'll just drink coffee all day since I'll be home in a few hours anyway.

Then, after 14 + hours of screwing up my metabolism & dehydrating myself like crazy, I'll have a huge dinner to compensate, wash it down with several hundred calories worth of beverages & maybe some dessert too.

Next, it's time to just lay around watching T.V. show after T.V. show to digest that huge meal and then just before bed...

Hmmm... Leno / Letterman / Kimmel / Conan O'Brien's on tonight. I think 'm hungry again and it's late - maybe I'll just stuff myself full of carbs & go to bed after - perhaps around 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning... Heck 3-4 hours of sleep isn't great but I'll make up for it later "

05:00 Buzz ! Damn, I'm tired. Gonna need to go through the drive through for an XL Coffee & bagel to make it through my 1 1/2 hour commute into work today - I have a feeling it's gonna' be another stressful day...

NOT ANYMORE ! :flex:

Don't be active and what ever you do, don't use weights, they will make you big.

Stay away from sports, you can get hurt. Better to watch TV, stay in front of a computer or play a video game.

Don't walk when you can ride.

Buying or eating food even when your not hungry just because it's cheap or free. Also, making the portion double in size just to make our money worth. Just buy adding a few bucks would make us double our portion size, and also doubling our calorie intake...

Eating in front of the TV or eating while doing other things. This makes us don't realize how much we are actually eating. :nod:

Another thing I've noticed about people who are new to eating healthy: their feelings of obligation to the junk food they still have leftover in their house, as if their monetary investment in that junk is still more important than their health.

To this I say: donate it to the food bank, give items away to friends who are okay with eating it (try not to enable anyone who really shouldn't be eating it even if they don't know it), or throw it out entirely. Two dollars worth of a half-eaten bag of oreos is NOT worth failing yourself over.

DRINKING!!! This habit is so effective they named a kind of obesity after it. Maybe there should be, but there isn't such a thing as "TV Belly" yet. :lol:

Another great habit to get you fat is to always append words like "social" and "moderate" to your full-on drinking habit. That one worked for me for a while.

Also, always eat what your friends and family eat and what your friends and family tell you to eat without questioning it. If you're trying to get fat, they often have the best advice.

And always clean your plate. The person who put food on it had your metabolism and relative need for food in mind when they put the food there, and if you ate less than they gave you, it would be wasteful and rude, probably hurt their feelings, and, if it's a family member, make them love you less.

potlucks at work - I feel bad if I don't try a little of everything that was home made... I wouldn't want to hurt anyones feelings

well.. not anymore... I've kicked that habbit, the last post luck, I ate one bite (literally.. just one bite) of a homemade quish (sp?) and then I happily ate my apple while everyone else expanded their guts :p

getting a drivers license & car!
= instant less action.

DRINKING!!! This habit is so effective they named a kind of obesity after it.
Great idea! Drink beer and plenty of it. You'll be waddling around in no time. To be even more effective, buy only the lite/low carb stuff. That stuff is so healthy that you won't have to consider limiting how much you drink.

I'm a bona fide expert on this technique. I was able to gain over 60 lbs of solid fat in a couple of short years by simply getting a buzz while watching TV. After a while, your belly gets big enough to form kind of a TV tray for you. It's really handy when you can lean back in the recliner and set your beer on your newly developed TV tray without worrying about spilling it.

This technique is really powerful. It consists of combining muffins and chocolate bars.

You take an average size muffin and a ~50 g. chocolate bar. Bite one and the other with random-size-bites. Let the chocolate melt with the trans-fatty acids. Swallow. Repeat. At some point you run out of one of the items, and only one. Let's say you run out of muffin. Then you say: "Ha! The chocolate thinks it beated the muffin!" So you get another muffin. Very likely you will run out of chocolate, now. Then you think: "Ha! The muffin thinks it beated the chocolate!". So get another chocolate. Repeat until the unlikely situation when you finish both at the same time or you lose conciousness.

This method would put me on my former self in a couple of hours, so I try to restrict it to no more than once a day :D

Just eat like Morgan Spurlock of "Supersize Me".

Just eat like Morgan Spurlock of "Supersize Me".

That's how I did it. I had just run a marathon and thought "I've been tiny for long enuff" (read as: I have almost no musclemass) NOW I want to get HYOOGE!!! So stop running, start lifting heavy, and don't know what your doing nutritionally (you have to eat lots of carbs with some protein) so my typical post workout nutrition consisted of either: 1 large Domino's Pizza, 1 order of buffalo wings OR that Taco bell meal which is supposed to feed a whole family (10 tacos or burritos, 1 mexican pizza, and one nacho supreme). Lets just say I did get HYOOGE (I probably gained 20 lbs of muscle :D and 35 lbs of fat :d_mad: in 6 months)

letting your g/f make you something for lunch and end up devoring a whole pot of mac&cheese, im guilty of this today :mad: must go do cardio :spaz:

In college, I'd order Indian food late at night (12:00am to 2:00am), right before bed. Lamb Korma was a favorite. I gained 30 lbs in 2 years, right before my wedding. :)

This technique is really powerful. It consists of combining muffins and chocolate bars.

You take an average size muffin and a ~50 g. chocolate bar. Bite one and the other with random-size-bites. Let the chocolate melt with the trans-fatty acids. Swallow. Repeat. At some point you run out of one of the items, and only one. Let's say you run out of muffin. Then you say: "Ha! The chocolate thinks it beated the muffin!" So you get another muffin. Very likely you will run out of chocolate, now. Then you think: "Ha! The muffin thinks it beated the chocolate!". So get another chocolate. Repeat until the unlikely situation when you finish both at the same time or you lose conciousness.

This method would put me on my former self in a couple of hours, so I try to restrict it to no more than once a day :D

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get attacked by that obesity virus that was discussed in some other thread....that's how all americans get fat right?

Grocerry shopping when you're hungry...

Why is it bad?
While this isn't a bad eating habit per se, it's a bad habit that can lead to unhealthy food choices. When you're hungry, even your girlfriend's soy burgers that you've been making fun of all week look appetizing. So what makes you think you can walk into a grocery store full of tempting sweet and salty snack foods on an empty, growling stomach and come out with sensible purchases?

What to do:
Eat before you go. Grocery shopping on an empty stomach will only lead to impulse purchases of jumbo-sized chocolate bars, grape soda and party mixes, none of which will make a very satisfying breakfast, lunch or dinner. Grab an apple, a handful of nuts or a quick sandwich before heading to the store and you're bound to return home with foods that will actually count towards a balanced meal.

I've got a couple.

1. When you eat Ice Cream, don't eat it out of the bowl - take the whole carton and sit on the couch to eat it. Make sure to watch something interesting so you don't pay attention to how much you eat.

2. Go on a mormon mission to the United States where old ladies force feed you potatoes and roast every night for two years.

Play lots of video games, like Baldurs gate etc, drink alot of ovaltine the whole time, eat anything that you can find in the kitchen, like hot pockets, pizza and fried chicken, drink alot of coke too if you run out of olvaltine, lay on the couch and watch alot of TV, talk to friends online on aim all day too that can rack up the chubby points, and don't eat every couple hours, eat maybe twice a day. Don't play alot of DDR at the mall, heck, take huge breaks when you finish a game, the longer you play, the more calories you'll burn, don't forget if you go through a whole game of DDR at the mall, go buy an extra large mr pibb and buy a pretzle to reward yourself and to counteract the slimming effects of ddr cardio, never drink water, ever.


:D

Ah, this one is simple... eat out at an American restaurant and have both the entree sallad and the main course as nicely offered by the waiter.

Everytime I get to US, I'm completely amazed on how big the restaurant portions are. I feel like a Judas when I only order the Buffalo Chicken Sallad with the dressing on the side... They look at me like I am an alien.. (which I am :) )

All my co-workers are feeding on 16 ounces rib-eye steaks or whatever and I'm wondering.. is it pure ignorance or disknowledge?

Go to a restaurant with the word Buffet in it..... you be sure to eat until you almost puke.


which is my problem with the chinese buffets but crab rangoon is sooooooooo good :drool:

Don't prepare anything yourself.
All food should be:
1. Purchased and consumed at a restaurant;
2. Purchased at a restaurant and consumed at home;
3. Taken out of a box and put in the microwave or oven;
4. Eaten directly from the packaging.

There are exceptions to all of these - For example, we have a great burrito place nearby, and it's all good, fresh stuff. There are also some good pre-made foods out there.

However, as a general rule, the nutritional value of a meal is directly proportional to the amount of time that the cook spends preparing it. Again, there are exceptions but this is generally true. After all, you have to cut veggies, trim some meat so it's lean, etc.

I am guilty of this: Eating whatever I want because I am thinking, "Hey, I am working out now, I can just work it off". If I would stop thinking this way, I might be closer to my goal. Grrrrrrr!!!!!!! Me!!!! :mad:

Let your kids decide what's for dinner - because, hey, everyone knows fish sticks and macaroni/cheese is the best thing you can eat.

Instead, give your kids options of healthy meals and let them choose which one of those sounds best. I was surprised that giving my daughter a list of healthy choices and the letting her pick meant that she was actually going to eat the food - and if she helps cook it, the outcome is even better.

CRAVING, every day i crave for something different, choco, burgers, etc

CRAVING, every day i crave for something different, choco, burgers, etc
You forgot something RamRom... "and give in to that craving too. And since you lost the battle, might as well lose the war and eat everything in sight and start your "diet" again on Monday or at the beginning of next month. New Year's Resolution works well too" :lol:

-Eat cheese fries and go to sleep.

-Eat only twice a day and make sure it is mostly fat and carbs, pizza and french fries works wonders.

-Never drink water because is tastes yucky.

-Assume an hour on the treadmill 3 times a week will make up for all the junk you eat.

-Skip lunch if you're busy at work, you can always have a huge meal when you get home.

-Eat so fast, that you can't even tell that you've had enough until you're about to burst.

-the moment you feel the least bit of room in your stomach after a big meal, eat some more.

-Consume most of your food after 5 pm.

-have the opinion that weight lifting is only for people who are really vain, or professional athletes.

I've got a couple.

1. When you eat Ice Cream, don't eat it out of the bowl - take the whole carton and sit on the couch to eat it. Make sure to watch something interesting so you don't pay attention to how much you eat.

2. Go on a mormon mission to the United States where old ladies force feed you potatoes and roast every night for two years.
:lol: My brother served in Hawaii, where those Tongans and Polynesians would eat like 4 and 5 helpings at EVERY meal. needless to say, he came back home about 80 lbs. heavier. I did not recognize him and he was wearing some horribly tight old suit that some other missionary had passed onto him. :p

I already lost my two pounds for the week and there is still three days left. I don't want to lose more than two pounds per week so I should eat this pizza so I don't lose muscle. Yeah that's smart :tucool: (I did this yesterday).

Here's what worked great for me...

Step 1: Move in to an apartment upstairs or across the street from 80% of the bars on campus....turn 21 a month later

Step 2: Manage to schedule your classes so that you have nothing on Monday OR Friday

Step 3: Stop working out (it's so much harder hungover) and split your time going out drinking with your 21+ friends and drinking at home (hey, it's cheaper) with your minor friends

Step 4: With a month left in the semester run out of food in the fridge and decide that, since you'll be going home for a week in just a month, buying food would be dumb, cuz you wouldn't eat it all and it'd go bad. The smart thing to do would be eat out every meal. That's kinda expensive, so only eat a huge dinner (with beer) every night, followed by a late night snack at taco bell

Step 5: Get sick of feeling like crap, people noticing how much weight you've gained, and watching your ability to attract females steadily decline and vow to change....drunken $100 bets with friends from home to lose 15 pounds in a summer a bonus for added motivation.

Be an anti-social person. Meaning to say, stay away from social events (gathering, friends etc). Be a loner; why? Well most probobly because you feel kinda ashamed of your physical appearance (even though you're not necessarily obese!) Always live by yourself and by the time you get bored, depressed, lonely, no one to talk to, turn to one thing that can be your friend, a thing that wouldn't criticize your appearance, a thing that will give you temporary pleasure... Food! :drool: Oh, and if the temporary pleasure is gone, don't be afraid to have another serving... Keep doing this till you go to bed :eek:

Great thread:

here are some more:

1. Eat cheetos. The orange stuff gets all over your hands and your only choices are to get your clothes orange or to just dip back into the bag. Easy choice.

2. Go on road trips without bringing any food. After all, roadside establishments are known for their wide offerrings of healthy fare.

3. Eat very fast because that way you don't realize that you're satisfied until you've ingested twice the calories that you really need for that meal.

4. Make up for binges by not eating until 4 p.m. the next day.

5. Supersize me

Great advice Nico LOL

Convincing yourself that Fat Free pringles can't be that bad, or Fat free brownies, or fat free icecream...

Convincing yourself that Fat Free pringles can't be that bad, or Fat free brownies, or fat free icecream...

Good one. My mom's on a program, and she is having some decent success. But she refuses to give up those weight watcher bars. What else? I would say excessive boozing and lots of grainy and processed carbs are the biggest ones for me. I've only been fat once in my life, during my semester abroad, and both were staples in my diet.

move to south texas and have to live around tex/mex parties and atmosphere. grease/processed everything and cervezas.

fajitas.... brisket....menudo...pan duelce...dos xxx... corona....bud....tres leches cake....enchiladas....flan...tamales...tamarine candy... etc.
if its good and made by tex mexicans its guarenteed a wieght loss program killer. us tex mexicans cant party without fat gainers man.... not in our program... our system... its not how we are wired.

:d_rolleye

Oh I forgot about 'diet drinks'. Rather than using them as a meal replacement, just drink these things in addition to your meal so you feel like you're 'sticking to the diet'. Also, eat protein bars as your dessert since they're good for you and all.

Getting into a cozy relationship is sure to make you fatter.

enjoy a 4 year long party with your friends billy bong thornton and wesley pipes. :p

don't have a daily routine. just do whatever you want, whenever you want. as a corollary, never wake up more than 15 minutes before work. if you do, just lay in bed and wallow in self pity until its 15 minutes til you have to leave. when you get to work, sit at your computer all day, except to drive over to mcdonalds and order as many double cheeseburgers from their dollar menu as you have dollars. eat them all, either right at your desk or later throughout the day. when you get home, sit in front of the computer until you can barely make your way to your bed to pass out and start your cycle over again.

be an endo and eat a diet like an echto. i-o-no.


:p

enjoy a 4 year long party with your friends billy bong thornton and wesley pipes. :p
My god I forgot about the toke factor. Here's one:

1. Smoke massive bowls with the intent of watching all of the Lord of the Rings films in one sitting followed by all 6 Star Wars DVD's and establish a perimeter of munchables within easy grasp.

don't have a daily routine. just do whatever you want, whenever you want. as a corollary, never wake up more than 15 minutes before work. if you do, just lay in bed and wallow in self pity until its 15 minutes til you have to leave. when you get to work, sit at your computer all day, except to drive over to mcdonalds and order as many double cheeseburgers from their dollar menu as you have dollars. eat them all, either right at your desk or later throughout the day. when you get home, sit in front of the computer until you can barely make your way to your bed to pass out and start your cycle over again.
That sounds so much like me in 1998-2003 (pre JSF) it's scary. :o