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[-] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

It used to be stuff for my vaping. It is better than smoking, but still a waste of money. I quit last year though!

[-] Poondude@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Congrats my dude! That nicotine is a hard habit to break and I'm super proud of you for getting out from under it!

[-] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I still get cravings. Pretty sure that'll never go away

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[-] Kaijobu@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 1 year ago

Meat... :( We could all live without, but this damn learned behavior...

[-] ext23@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Have you actually tried making vegetarian meals at home?

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[-] SecretPancake@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

Don’t try to eat less meat, try to eat more veggie. I know it’s technically the same but the thought process is different. Before you know it, you had weeks without meat.

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

I have a lot of asian friends and their meals are always the opposite of typical American meals. It's a ton of veggies/rice with meat as a 'topping' rather than meat being the centerpiece with veggies as sides. I'd love to incorporate that more but I love meat so much...

[-] jaackf@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Start easy, cut out 1 animal you don't eat too much of and go from there. Once I stopped eating beef, pork and lamb I felt weird about eating chicken, so just stopped altogether! (amongst other reasons)

Good luck on your journey!

[-] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] jaackf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Another thing that helped was to hold of 'recreating' your favourite dishes by making them veggie/vegan, at least to start with. Since you'll have just given up meat, you'll be directly comparing to the meat counterpart.

There are so many amazing veggie and vegan dishes out there, have a go at making some of them first. After all you want to give yourself the best chance possible.

It certainly takes a lot of effort to change your eating behaviour, but I've certainly felt a lot better after making the change. Good luck and remember to start small! :)

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[-] squirrel_bear@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

You could reduce your mince meat consuption by adding TVP/ soy protein crumble in it. This is what some fast food places actually do and people don't notice the difference unless they hear about it. There are also many vegan proteins in freezer section in many stores. Tofu can be super delicious once you learn how to cook it. I think cooking yummy tofu is sign of good chef.

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Same! I would like to be vegan but i love a great steak, or burger, or...

[-] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I would argue we shouldn't live without it, but it does need to be cut back and less glorified. There are soo many alternatives that are healthier, cheaper, better for environment but you should still be able to have a medium rare steak and some chicken wings when you want it.

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[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Some of my frequent grocery purchases come in single use plastics. I wish there was another way :(.

[-] Chai@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

-Fast food. It's so expensive.

-Alcohol. It's unhealthy, and I use it as a crutch when I'm feeling bad.

-Animal products, due to climate change.

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[-] dixius99@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Starbucks coffee, and even more so, their tea. Just doesn't seem like a good use of my money, since I can make it at home for a lot less money.

[-] pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And the one made at home is probably better too. Starbucks coffee kinda sucks, especially at that price point

[-] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I felt guilty for buying a fancy coffee machine but it's probably paid for itself over the last few years.

[-] majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com 22 points 1 year ago

McDonalds. I have food at home and it's expensive. But damn I get a craving for it

[-] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago

Literally everything. I hate living under a system where my options are

  1. repeatedly consume products which cause death and the destruction of our environment
  2. move out into the woods and live as an isolated hermit
  3. die

I'm...I'm just so tired.

[-] plain_jane@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Amen.

And it's just so much worse if it's something I don't actually need and is on the pricey side... Like, I enjoy those canned Starbucks nitro cold brew drinks. I feel guilty wanting to buy them, I feel guilty about how many I want to put in my cart, and I feel guilty when I drink them.

[-] toomanyjoints69@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Energy drinks. I havw an addiction and not in the joke way.

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[-] Gatsby@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Drugs, probably.

Spent a few k on k alone.

Add up everything over the years and I'm at least 1,000,000 pennies poorer.

More good times than bad but I still feel a bit guilty when I crunch the numbers.

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[-] MultipleAnimals@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Ice cream. I'm addicted.

[-] mars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago

Takeout. I get it a few times a week and always feel a bit guilty about it. I like supporting the local businesses but it's expensive and the plastic containers aren't great.

[-] crossover@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Furniture.

Not the products themselves, but the amount of packaging to throw away every time I buy a new chair or shelving unit that comes wrapped in layers of foam and plastic. Makes me guilty how much waste there is. But buying second hand isn’t always an option.

[-] chahk@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

Micro-transactions in that one game I play.

I can easily afford it, so it's not like I'm gambling away my family's savings or something. However... At $10-20 a pop they aren't so "micro" anymore. And I know it's bad that I'm encouraging this predatory tactic. The money probably doesn't even make it to the developers. But they're freakin' ships from Star Trek! I can't help myself.

I actually feel really guilty about buying all those single serving drinks from Dunkin' and the convenience stores because of all of the plastic I am just putting back into the environment. I really need to stop doing this. 😾

[-] jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I really enjoy iced/ cold brew coffee but always felt dumb paying $5 or more for it, especially because of the waste. I bought a cold brew pitcher and some travel mugs, and now I can have my coffee for pennies a day with no waste. Only downside is you have to remember to make it at least 12 hours before you want it.

Edit to add: Total price for the pitcher and mugs was equal to about 8 cups of coffee from a coffee shop.

I like the cold brew as well. The trouble is Dunks also wants to charge Starbucks prices for less than Starbucks quality.

[-] DJDarren@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Almost everything I eat, tbh. 30+ years of being overweight will do that to you.

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[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Gas for my car.

[-] ext23@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Expensive drinks when I'm out for dinner etc. But I guess that's the cost of socialising.

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[-] Loki@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Bubble tea. Expensive, but so good on a hot day..

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Gasoline. Airplane tickets. Those are probably the worst two things. But as others have said there are really only a few things that don’t make me feel guilty. So it might be easier to list those.

[-] EggsCurrently@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Things I want but don't need like a beer at the store on Friday evening or a tablet of chocolate for the weekend or a game on Steam. So I try to minimize such purchases.

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[-] 0xeb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] uhauljoe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Anything at Daiso really. I never need it but I just......need it.

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