What have you given up and the reason

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Let's say from the beginning of COVID, what have you given up, either to improve your health or it just costs too much?

I have pretty much given up all deli meats. The nitrates that are pumped into these are terrible for you, and I am not paying 12 to 15 dollars a pound for Boar's Head. Depending on what you buy. The store brands are awful as is the prepackaged stuff. And Italian deli meats are non existent in Savannah

I also cut my alcohol consumption down to near nothing. Not intentionally, I just don't much care for it anymore.

How about you?
 
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Have a vegan couple next door. Have tried a lot of plant based food. Some taste good, some not so good.

Use vegan lunch meat 90% of the time now. Rarely eat red meat anymore, mostly turkey and chicken.

Alcohol consumption max 3 or 4 beers on a Saturday or Sunday.
 
Narragansett said:
Let's say from the beginning of COVID, what have you given up, either to improve your health or it just costs too much?

I have pretty much given up all deli meats. The nitrates that are pumped into these are terrible for you, and I am not paying 12 to 15 dollars a pound for Boar's Head. Depending on what you buy. The store brands are awful as is the prepackaged stuff. And Italian deli meats are non existent in Savannah

I also cut my alcohol consumption down to near nothing. Not intentionally, I just don't much care for it anymore.

How about you?
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I doubt after the Covid problem was over I actually gave up something. Put up with the situation as best I could and then went back to as close as normal, as that counts for me.

At almost 80 'C'est La Vie
 
some things given up for me...other things gained

So I will be 80 in January 2025. Been a real good ride, I'm happy, pretty much set in my ways..a Jack Daniels & branch water (or two) daily, pack of cigarettes daily, overweight by 20 lbs, ok financially, own the cars and home, have enough in the bank, etc. et. al....................DOING OK.

July 1, 2024, 9:15 PM.....BAM!!!! Crushing weight on chest, couldn't breathe, crashed and hit the floor, wife called 911, crash wagon and EMT's on scene within minutes. I wake up next day with new parts called Stents installed in heart. Feel like **** for several days.

Quit the smokes cold turkey, I have not had a cigarette since that day, July 1 and do not intend to. Things all around me, especially food, smell and taste totally different. Have lost several pounds since starting doctor required and regulated "cardio therapy". 3 sessions each week, treadmill, recumbent bicycle, walking, all with heart monito electrodes in place. Other 2 days per week home treadmill and bicycle that wife has used for years but untouched by me until July to present.

So.........USED to go for hikes in the Blueridge, could do maybe a half-mile trail wheezing all the way......now 2 mile trail easy peesy (and actually enjoy it).

Somewhere about August tried a JD and water, just no longer had appeal....now days a Pilsner Urquell (beer) now and then whenever a visit to Aldi's is in order tastes pretty good.

All in all; given up smokes and hard liquor, gained better health!

Best Swap going in my opinion and if you are on the fence about smokers, booze, sedentary life style...make some changes voluntarily BEFORE the crushing weight feeling gets to you.
 
Didn't really "give up" anything, but last year we cut off our cable service. We were paying $250/month for internet, cable TV, and home phone. Put an antenna in the attic of the garage and get about 15 channels from that. Switched to fiber optic internet service that is three times as fast as what we had and costs $25/month. Got VOIP home phone service for a little less than $10/month.

So in the end, we went from $250/mo to about $35/mo, have faster internet, and a few less of the cable channels available. We stream a lot of what we watch on TV, and get local news etc. from the antenna. I don't feel like I've given up anything, but I have an extra $200+ in my pocket every month!
 
Covid made them shut the PGH public schools down on Monday, March 16, 2020. I turned 63 that day. I worked an emergency refrigeration call March 17th, never worked another day after that. I quit smoking November of '98, so that was already covered. My garbage food consumption went down to about zero and I lost 40#.
I had already got all my retirement stuff taken care of for April 1st, so I just got to quit a couple weeks early.
 
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Alcohol, most fast food (ate some today for the first time this week and feel gross), snacks, and buying boutique ammo (the diminishing returns are real). I used to be big on Buffalo Bore, but at 40$ per box and 12 boxes to get free shipping it is just a bear on my budget. 480$ plus tax for 240 bullets is rough, even if that lasts me around 2.5 years of defensive ammo (as I train with 6 cold shots of whatever my 686 is loaded with first) simulates a real situation where I will not get a warm-up session. After that it is all FMJ of comparable size/velocity to my defensive ammo.

Do not get me wrong, I think for big game hunters, or people in Grizzly Bear territory, Buffalo Bore is worth the weight in gold. I just felt the combination of price, along with the prospect of a potential prosecutor rambling about how I used Buffalo ammo to defend myself would not be worth it. I live in an area with black bears, but never seen one, and I am pretty sure the hollows I use would be enough for them as they are smaller and more timid.
 
I gave up being politically correct. After almost 30 years of working in an atmosphere where political correctness was mandatory, I pretty much say what I want now. The nice thing about it is that, at my age, if I happen to blurt out something that is totally politically incorrect, someone will usually just shake their head and say, "Don't mind him. He's just a senile old man." You gotta love it.:D
 
Charlie, great to hear that you survived the ordeal and are thriving. One’s first heart attack is often a wake-up call to make some changes, and it’s even better to use someone else’s first heart attack as a wake-up, so thanks for sharing your story. I am trying to embrace a more healthy lifestyle (I am a mere pup of 66), especially by being more physically active. My current motto is “Sitting is death!” May you keep thriving and have many more years of vitality!
 
I'm not sure if I can say it was because of covid but my wife and I don't do fast food anymore. Really I can say it wasn't because of covid. It was more this ridiculous inflation. The last time we went out to eat We paid $35 for two Whataburger burgers, two fries and two sodas.
 
Mike said:
Gave up nothing...........Still driving in the same lane.
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I was going to say "me too", but then I thought "wait a minute".

I gave up saving money. Bought 2 new cars since Covid, plus enough components for a lifetime of shooting.

Since my cash flow (SS & pension) is good, it's time to spend some. At my age I can;t be stingy any more.
 
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