What is Your Biggest Health/Fitness Vice?
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I’ve been tagged by Fit36 over at Fit36.com.
His biggest vices are eating lunch out and tequila. 
I think if I look back my biggest exercise vice has been starting off with a hiss and a roar and then fizzling out.
I bought a fancy bike, got all the gear and then never used it. I went to the gym for my weights program, did a few months and then let it fizzle out. I started swimming, went on holiday and never restarted.
Things have been different lately in that I’ve stuck with whatever I’ve started so I think I’m overcoming this particular vice. I’ve stuck with running for the last 6 months and don’t see myself stopping anytime soon. I love it.
My food vice is fresh bread. I just can’t get enough! I love the stuff so have to be very careful having it around as it is very easy for me to overindulge on it. One piece is never enough. I’m getting better at controlling this as well but it’s a constant struggle, especially when I go to a farmers market or something where the bread is warm and smells so good.
I think I’ll pass this one on to:
and anyone else who’d like to play. :)
Chocolate is my biggest vice for sure (and neenish tarts atm… they are so cute and yummy).
Hmmm… many vices come to mind. lol But I think my biggest vice is emotional eating.
Ah, so many contenders. Until then end of 2007, I would’ve gone with a lack of consistent exercise time, leading to limited exercising. Morning running has cured that the last through 2008 so far. Next I would go failing to cross train enough, followed by too many unhealthy snacks, in either order.
Cheese, bread, and peanut butter!
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Jelly beans. Especially Sweetart jelly beans. But really it’s all sweets. I’m a sugar-aholic. Loved your description of fresh bread! Normally I’m not a bread person but if it’s warm out of the oven at a farmer’s market and I have a wheel of brie handy, it’s game over;)
Bread, cheese, choclate. And being a lazy bugger…
AndrewE
reply on July 8th, 2008 8:57 pm:
“I am a profoundly lazy bugger…” if I recall correctly.
Thanks for the tag “Chubbs”
…I’ll work on that one.
AndrewE
reply on July 9th, 2008 11:24 am:
Cheeky bugger.
My vice is running. I love it. I feel off by the third day off in a row on long weekends. I meant to do run on Sunday, but my sunburn massively got in the way. I’m glad to say that it’s going away and I shouldn’t even feel it by tomorrow. I squeezed in a quick 7 miles this morning. Maybe that’s an addiction!
nancys last blog post..7 miles first, work second!
AndrewE
reply on July 9th, 2008 11:23 am:
I can think of worse ones to have!
My vice is running, just like Nancy. I cannot go a day or two without running. The thing that I crave the most after my running in the morning are a bottle of Accelerade and Bagel with Peanut Butter.
In no particular order mine are fresh ciabatta bread, belgian beer and running.
How’s the recovery going by the way?
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AndrewE
reply on July 9th, 2008 6:59 pm:
I should be ok to resume things by Friday. So complications, total success expected etc.
So it went well. Won’t know the final result for a few months but all good.
Food vices? Lol…I’ve got lots of those. Ice cream, cookies, chips, cream cheese wontons, croissants, french fries… Seriously, the list goes on and on.
AndrewE
reply on July 9th, 2008 6:58 pm:
Aah…I remember those days fondly. Funnily enough I’ve gone off chips and french fries but could relapse into most of the others pretty easily!
In a positive sense, my main vice/addiction is obviously running, but I also suffer from very un-manly cravings for chocolate. I can go a few days without it, but, certainly at work, I like to have a smallish amount (at the very least) to get me by.
Otherwise, it’s the usual things like coffee, although I don’t consider that a vice personally. And a few beers a week never did anybody any harm.
Likewise cookies, ice cream, croissants, French fries, cheese toast, Chinese food and cheeseburgers! 
Because of how I structure my 80-20 diet, it’s never an issue for me to eat this stuff, because 80% of the week I’m eating clean. It works!
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it didn’t used to be, but for some reason since Weight Watchers, it’s Peanut Butter….can’t control myself around it…therefore it doesn’t stay in the house!
AndrewE
reply on July 10th, 2008 8:11 am:
I think that is a sensible approach. I do that with my addictions as well. Ban them!
I don’t go quite as far as banning… I am allowed my one food vice (CEREAL!!) once a year - I buy a box for my birthday. I can never stop at one bowl - I’m terrible.
Fitness vice is using exercise as punishment rather than for health and vitality. I’m dreadful for over-exercising and then burning out and being miserable/useless for the rest of the day.
Fitness should be fun - this is why I love your posts about running, it reminds me of why I love it too!
TA x
If cereal is your biggest vice I really wouldn’t worry about it. One box, once a year? For your birthday!?
If you use skim milk your average bowl of cereal (40g serving) is about 200-250 kcals! You could have ten bowls a day and be within your RDA (assuming you ate nothing else).
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It’s my understanding that you can eat all the 100 percent whole grain bread you want with no down-side whatsoever. It’s totally win-win. Same for 100 percent whole grain pasta. So if you want to eat loads of bread, go for it. Just make sure it’s 100 percent whole grain.
Wholegrain foods are healther - they’re less produced (if at all), contain better (and more) nutrients and are low-gi and therefore ’slow’ carbs, which means less bloating and better energy levels, but you can’t eat ‘all that you want’. Calories are calories. If you eat enough of anything, and aren’t active enough to work off the balance, you will gain weight.
But they are ‘better’ for you than the while equivalents. You can actually feel the difference after a meal - no bloating at all. Wholegrain pasta tastes identical, too - it’s all durum wheat, after all. Just make sure it’s 100 per cent wholegrain durum wheat, as above, and not just 100 per cent durum wheat. There is a difference.
One of the easiest ways to lose weight fast is to eliminate all ‘white’ foods from your diet - pasta, rice, bread, potatoes and anything that comes breaded, in pastry or in a dough. If you cut out dairy or reach for the low-fat option you will see a major difference, and quickly.
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