Your best habit/standard, and your worst habit/standard

[Anonymous]

I only drink water during the day and at meals. No juice, cokes, energy drinks, anything like that.

But I do like a small pre-bedtime snack.

[Anonymous]

Best: I drink a ton of water, I love vegetables, love working out

Worst: eat way too much salt. My weakness is salty snacks, whether it’s salted almonds, potato chips, whatever. I can tell when I’ve overdone it because I need a gallon of water afterwards.

[Anonymous]

Best: Very limited alcohol. I maybe have one drink every other week or every three weeks. I never fell into the "mommy wine culture."

Worst: I have some form of chocolate almost every day. A small amount, but still.

[Anonymous]

Best: I work out daily, and work out hard. I'm really good at pushing myself during workouts, so I get a lot of out of them (mix of solidcore and running). I also drink a lot of water and love my veggies.

Worst: The never ending struggle to avoid starchy sweet carbs: cake, donuts, muffins. I don't think eating a small amount of chocolate each day is a bad thing, but I could put away an entire cake if left to my own devices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My best habit when it comes to overall health is that I never eat after dinner. Ever. I usually finish dinner with the kids no later than 7 p.m., so this gives my body a lot of time to digest. I don't snack in the evenings. I sometimes have dessert with the kids. When I do have a later dinner out or on holidays, that's fine--but once it's done, there is no more late night wine or snacking.

My worst habit is that I like a good amount of cream and sugar in my coffee! I have tried to cut back, and have succeeded to a degree, but it's still more than most people use. I'm trying (again) to scale back, and to keep my overall consumption to one cup of coffee per day.

How about you?

There is also no evidence supporting the idea that calories count more before bedtime than they do at any other time of the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My best habit when it comes to overall health is that I never eat after dinner. Ever. I usually finish dinner with the kids no later than 7 p.m., so this gives my body a lot of time to digest. I don't snack in the evenings. I sometimes have dessert with the kids. When I do have a later dinner out or on holidays, that's fine--but once it's done, there is no more late night wine or snacking.

My worst habit is that I like a good amount of cream and sugar in my coffee! I have tried to cut back, and have succeeded to a degree, but it's still more than most people use. I'm trying (again) to scale back, and to keep my overall consumption to one cup of coffee per day.

How about you?

There is also no evidence supporting the idea that calories count more before bedtime than they do at any other time of the day.

OK? I never said otherwise. I personally used to eat my worst during that time of day, so I cut the habit.

Did you have a point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best: I workout everyday too. I make it happen. And i workout hard. Im not talking about an hour of yoga, I do 90 minutes of hardcore bootcamp style workouts.
Worst: I was a young 20 something in the late 90s and one thing that I got addicted to was artificial sugars. I still love diet coke, I like all the protein bars that have all the chemicals, love stevia, etc etc. Ive gone back and forth over the years kicking the habit but I always go back. Its hard for me because I don't feel better/more clarity/have better skin or any of the benefits of quitting that some people have. Still, I know its eating my insides!

It’s actually probably not great for your joints that you do 90 minutes of bootcamp every day. You should probably try mixing it up with the yoga you sneer at.