50+ community Weekend Check-in February 26-28, 2021
Happy Friday everyone in 50+, sending you all loving beams 
What’s something your brain tries to make you do and you have to will yourself not to do it?
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What’s something your brain tries to make you do and you have to will yourself not to do it? Buying myself candy.
@Offmytrack
I think as an occasional treat (if possible) candy might be okay but generally I believe you're doing the right thing. I took me some time to get off unnecessary sugar but I experienced many health benefits, one of them less emotional spikes.
Skip my exercise! I enjoy it once I get started, but...it's not my "top of the list!"
@valjean1958
Do you have a favorite type of exercise? It took me a while to find a series which is not too hard and makes fun so that helps to look forward to it.
ruminating about things that will probably never happen
@Nickie2442
Great you're working on it! They say that about 85 percent of the things people worry about never happen. This is a lot of lost energy.
Wake up early in the weekend, I’m not winning the battle tough. Lol
@blueKitten5708
Nothing is better after waking up to take your time and gradually face the day without any rush. I hope you enjoy these weekends and things will get better.
@AmiablePeace77
What’s something your brain tries to make you do and you have to will yourself not to do it?
Over eat! :)
@thoughtfulmomma
It can take a lot of strong will to stop overeating, glad that you're putting your mind into it. 
@amiablePeace77 What’s something your brain tries to make you do and you have to will yourself not to do it?
Worry, ruminate, and plan for all the possible futures.
@soulsings
Those thoughts can become very stressful, glad you do mindfulness!
Eat chocolate in the middle of the night.
@scarletBirch6619
I hope you can still fall asleep quickly again and are not too tired in the morning. Something that helped me many years ago was eating a healthy dinner low in carbs (glucose) and no snacks to avoid sugar spikes.
Not sleep at all..
@JennAnderson318
You must be completely exhausted, so sorry to hear. Have you spoken to your doctor about it? It helps some people to take melatonin, a sleep hormone. Here is a link to our sleep well self help guide, I hope it will help https://www.7cups.com/sleeping-well/
What’s something your brain tries to make you do and you have to will yourself not to do it?
Eat
@WharfRat
I can see that this is challenging for sure. Are you trying to loose weight?
@amiablePeace77
Yes I lost a lot of weight, on purpose, a year ago. I gained it all back during the pandemic.
@WharfRat sorry to hear your news. We have all suffered in the pandemic. But at least you know you can lose the weight and what it takes to do so.
@amiablePeace77
Sit in bed in my PJ's all day and shop online, oui! It's so easy to do while sheltering at home.
@weatherphoto
Many people find it harder to get out of the bed in these times but keeping a regular routine helps to stay healthy, both physically and mentally.
Seems that you have very comfy pyjamas 
@amiablePeace77, pick at my skin.
@purpleTree4652
I hope it's not too intense that it causes bleeding or more. Do you find it gives you some sort of relief with what you might be dealing with?
@amiablePeace77, it's OCD. yes, it causes bleeding and infections.
@purpleTree4652
I can only imagine how hard it must be for you to resist the urge to pick and how terrible it feels to see it bleeding, hugs. Has there ever been something that helps, like using a rubber band or a fidget toy and keeping nails trimmed?
@amiablePeace77, no, nothing has helped. I have had periods where I do it less though. Unfortunately, it just comes back. Right now I am in a period of doing it less.
@purpleTree4652
Have you ever noticed a difference between the periods like how you feel, what you ate, whether there were less challenges?
@amiablePeace77, no i never noticed such differences. it could be that they exist. i just never noticed such things.
@purpleTree4652
Sometimes we notice things only when we pay intentionally attention to what we are doing.