Sometimes we have threads about the benefits of coffee, exercise or whatever.

For me it seems lots of members here have clear routines or rules like: 2 cups of coffee in the morning, no coffee after xpm. Or 3 times x minutes of exercise per week, etc.

Do you have (strict) rules and/or routines for yourself what to do and don't do? And do you easily follow your own rules? Or do you break your rules and then feel bad about it?

 

Personally, I have almost no rules like that. I eat what I want, don't exercise, and just enjoy life.

With alcohol I have the habit that I don't mix what I drink. I.e. maybe only wine or only whisky but not some wine and some whisky and some tequila and things like that within hours. I do that to make sure I don't get headache or hangover. And it's no hardship to stay with one sort of drink.

 

How about you?

Just intermittent fasting @ about 0900 & 1400....

Bicycle about 5 clicks every day feeding 2 of the local dogs & one that waits every day to perform her 4 tricks.... Then,  a short home gym workout Mon-Sat.....

A few Rum & Cokes on the weekends.....

If there's an evening with treats like a birthday cake celebration it's just reset for the next day....

No idea why the bold decided to pop up....

I only have one girl at the time to make my life easier.

 

Experienced 4 girls showing up at same place one Easter holiday, and was only aware of two had the same plans! 

 

 

38 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I only have one girl at the time to make my life easier.

 

Experienced 4 girls showing up at same place one Easter holiday, and was only aware of two had the same plans! 

That reminds me of my friend Frank who had a couple of girlfriends in Bangkok.

One day he returned home and two of them were sitting on the patio in front of his house comparing their schedules over the last weeks... 

It's the kind of bar where you can take your wife and girlfriend. Then they both show up on the same evening.

Much hair pulling ensued.

52 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

That reminds me of my friend Frank who had a couple of girlfriends in Bangkok.

One day he returned home and two of them were sitting on the patio in front of his house comparing their schedules over the last weeks... 

One of the ones was my x, and she managed to win me back, for a greater revenge later! She did it very well, but my best friend from that time regret greatly, and I still can not thank him enough still today ????

 

Anyway back to topic.

 

I enjoy changing routines and habits once and awhile, because I have a tendency to get to comfortable, abusive when it comes to food, lazy, lack of motivation, and good to tighten up both motivation and also discipline. I kind of thrive seing changes loosing a few kg, lift a little bit more, and also restrict my consumption in shorter or longer periods. Also good to live as you say for awhile, but Im more in my comfort zone with a little bit of dicipline and restrict my food as drinks. 

 

First thing I decided when moving here, was to live like waking up for work same as home, and take holidays from daily life. 

@pgrahmm Agree there, and intermittent fasting, as easiest way to maintain my weight.  Stop  eating about 2100hrs, then not again till noon next day.  Half of that is while sleeping, then AM hunger is postponed by large cup of coffee, while catching sunrise.  Then staying occupied on internet, scooter ride w/dog to park for a stroll, then our first meal.

 

1st meal is also the same everyday, as heart healthy; corn flakes (Nestle'), rolled oats, slivered almonds, raisins, blueberries and yuk, skim milk.

 

With that, and average treat is yogurt (live) with berries and or dark chocolate pieces.  

 

Unhealthy treat, every Swensen's Tues 2/1 scoops.  Use to be dependent on what wife order, she/me, 2/4 ... 1/3 .. 2/2 ... it's 2/2 now, or 1/3 if she's eating lite, and rare now.  No more 4 scoops.  My only real unhealthy indulgence, aside from 1 pastry during the week.

 

Usually take the dog for 2 more walks, locally, so get a few kms in a day, and some Vit D.

 

A healthy meal for dinner, and usually a healthy snack while watching movies, as can't sleep on an empty stomach.

 

Meat & protein; chicken breast, pork tenderloin, eggs.  Oils; olive, peanut, sesame.  Ocean Shrimp & salmon for seafood.

 

Last month was a major diet adjustment, and damn tasty to top it off.

Alcohol has been 1 (490ml) per week, if that, for the past 10 ish yrs, usually if eating something spicy.

 

Ganga, just started, though only smoked 1 oz in past 22 years.  Since almost legal now, maybe 1 doobie a month, again, if that.

 

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Sometimes we have threads about the benefits of coffee, exercise or whatever.

For me it seems lots of members here have clear routines or rules like: 2 cups of coffee in the morning, no coffee after xpm. Or 3 times x minutes of exercise per week, etc.

Do you have (strict) rules and/or routines for yourself what to do and don't do? And do you easily follow your own rules? Or do you break your rules and then feel bad about it?

 

Personally, I have almost no rules like that. I eat what I want, don't exercise, and just enjoy life.

With alcohol I have the habit that I don't mix what I drink. I.e. maybe only wine or only whisky but not some wine and some whisky and some tequila and things like that within hours. I do that to make sure I don't get headache or hangover. And it's no hardship to stay with one sort of drink.

 

How about you?

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Good reflective post.  I'd say I follow consciously-constructed routines but not strict ones, and I have goals to periodically improve the most important routines, which mostly means the ones that deal with health and relationships.   But I try to avoid self-imposed rules or "strict" routines, in fact just the opposite as I worked for many, many years to reach this point now where I have a good amount of freedom.  I want to enjoy that freedom and am quite defensive about giving any of it up, even to myself ????.

 

That said, I'd describe myself as more self-disciplined about what I do, but am intentionally unstructured on when I do it.  So I guess the rules (or more aptly values) that I have are ones that define what is important to me, and keeping them in mind helps me keep my priorities straight and drives what I do when faced with competing alternatives.   And I do like to shake up the mix via travel or intentionally trying new experiences just to keep broadening my perspective. 

No matter what you do, the numbers of habits stays the same is my experience. 

make it easy for everyone...

I'm a total creature of habit.

 

From food, work or play I like consistency.

 

I don't deal well with change, I freak out if I'm 5 minutes late getting my coffee on the way to work for God's sake.

 

I guess I'm too old to try to change my basic nature, so whatever rules my head set for me decades ago ain't gonna change now