Then Don't Go Like That!

Uh-huh, you know the old joke.

"Doctor, it hurts when I go like this."

"I see… I have the answer!"

"What, Doc, what?"

"Don't go like that!"

Here's my deal.  I know for a fact that I feel best when I go gluten-free/dairy-free.  I know for a fact that I don't deal well with a lot of chemicals in my body.  I know for a fact that low-carb frozen yogurt and sugarless gum are tantamount to poison for me, and 95% of the time, they turn my stomach into a roiling ball of pain.

So what did I do two nights ago while staying up into the wee small hours working?

Chewed my way through THREE PACKS of sugarless gum.

Was I in hideous pain all day yesterday?  Yes, I was.

Is it my own damn fault?  Yes, it is.

Am I a blithering idiot?  In this specific case, I won't deny the charge.

I know it's not just me.  Okay, maybe this particular stupidity is just me, but we as people do this kind of nonsense a lot.  We know we never feel good after eating the whole bag of chips… but we eat it anyway.  We know we have to be alert to volunteer at our kid's school tomorrow… but we get so caught up working or reading a novel that we get only two hours of sleep.  We know how much it bites to do a month's worth of bills at the last second and swear it will never happen again… and four weeks later there's another tower of unopened mail.

Wait a minute… that's all still my nonsense.

Okay, let me ask you, then — do you do this too?  Do you have habits or behaviors that you know actively thwart you, and yet you do them anyway?

If so, please share.  And in the meantime, if you see me chewing sugarless gum or ordering a giant vat of WowCow, you have my official permission to call me out on it.  The tough love is good for me.