New Year Resolutions: What and why?

[diebitter]

I have 1 more:.
- promote this forum when the opportunity arises, and try to encourage lurkers/occasional posters to post more.

[katyseagull]

I've been meaning to start a few posts and actually have several ideas in mind, just been super busy. I would like to see more threads started in here too. Hopefully we can get some of the lurkers to start posting!

[Golden_Rhino]

Quit smoking, or the 5th year in a row.

Why: Cause it's bad for you.

[PattdownManiac]

Quit drinking: I drink too much.

Quit eating red meat: It is bad for you I hear.

Quit eating and drinking refined sugar: Bad for you.

Start eating whole foods: It is good for you.

Start working out: It is good for you.

Start getting sunlight: It is good for you.

Start playing more guitar: It is good to practice something artistic.

Start reading more: It makes you smarter.

Start drinking alot of water: It is good for you.

[SamIAm]

[ QUOTE ]
I remember reading a reference to a study that showed that if someone slept more than 8 hours a day, they were much more likely to be obese.

[/ QUOTE ]I think there are some correlation/causation issues here. Many obese people sleep 10+ hours a night. That doesn't necessarily mean that if you suddenly get lots of sleep, you'll become obese.

My resolutions are the usual: diet, exercise, and work.

Eat better. I'm a pretty bad snacker; it's the cause of most of my motivation for losing weight. (I'm not so fat, but I've been a lot thinner.) Recently at restaurants, I've been getting a to-go box at the BEGINNING of my meal, and planning on saving 1/3-1/2 of the food for later from the get-go. If I'm going to have dinner at 6 and a snack at 10, I might as well spread out the same food I used to eat at 6.

Do more cardio. I've got a great gym with a DVD player in my building, and a netflix subscription; cardio is pretty convenient. I need to get back to going 4 times a week if I can. 3 at the minimum.

Work from work. I can work from home or work from the office. The thing is, when I'm at home, I get SO much more distracted. The commute sucks, but it's worth it to actually get something done during the day.
-Sam

[juschuma]

Eat more buffalo wings. They're good.

[Tennenbaum]

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Eat more buffalo wings. They're good.

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Now this is a resolution I can get behind!

[David H]

1)Lose more weight. I'm at 190 right now, I don't really have a goal in mind. But I'm at 16% body fat so I definitely have more to lose.

2)Win at least 3 more wrestling matches(this really only applies to the first 2 months of the year, as wrestling season is over in late February, but whatever...). I'm 2-14(first year wrestler, senior, which means I have to wrestle varsity.) and I would love to finish the season with at least 5 wins.

3)Get a job. I've been jobless since september.

4)Join a boxing gym and start training.

[ua1176]

1. take care of myself.....exercise, eat healthier, etc etc etc. i gained weight this year and i want to lose it.

2. stop doing stupid nonsense @ the poker tables. i could be making 3x what im making currently if i stopped piddling around with bad hands in bad situations.

3. devote 2 hours/day to my own music. i record/produce/mix other musicians for a living. and its a great job but not making time for my own stuff definitely leaves me a little empty.

4. stop throwing money around like it doesnt matter. i make more than a 23 year old musician should make but i really need to get my finances in order, stop wasting $$$ on stupid crap, and start planning for my future.

5. be a little friendlier in general to the people in my life. i can be kind of a jerk. i get impatient very easily and i have a low tolerance for the laziness and indecision of others when it holds up my business. but that doesnt need to translate into my being an ass.

[Jay.]

become a millionaire.