Life for change

A few changes in my daily life that I've begun to notice are most disturbing

1. Alcohol
I've never been much of a drinker, but did drink a bit every now and then, mostly in limited quantities and even that I gave up when I'd stopped drinking alcohol of any kind for almost two years and suddenly the past few months, from a sip of beer to a bit of wine, I've begun drinking.
Well, not a whole lot, but every now and then, and this weekend is struck me hard when I noticed that I'd poured myself two fingers of JD over ice and nursed it with an episode of Fargo.
This ain't me, or at least this isn't me anymore.
This is something I gotta stop completely. No more alcohol. Not even a drop

2. Sugar
I've always maintained a bit of sugar is fine in your diet, and I'm not talking about just the sugar from fruits, but refined sugar that one lets slip in their coffee or tea, and when I do drink my caffeinated beverages apart from infusions or green teas I like them a bit sweet.
Case in point my morning tea and afternoon coffee, I always have them with a bit of sugar, say a couple teaspoons or less depending on their quantity, but recently I've noticed that my need for tea/coffee has increased.
I drink my morning tea, an afternoon coffee and nowadays even an evening tea/coffee which isn't normal. And I do have it with sugar, and that's not good.This has to stop or in the very least decrease.

3. Dumplings
I mean who doesn't like them? And I live in China. They're all around me, but gods I have seriously started eating them more than I used to. Earlier I'd eat a plate of dumplings just a couple times a month at the very max, but checking my food logs from last couple months I noticed that I've eaten them more than 5 times. What gives? This ain't right. I mean they're boiled and seamed and what not, but even so, they tend to be not as healthy, also refined flour and oily meat. This has to stop , or its frequency needs to be reduced.

4. Chocolates
Yes, I absolutely love chocolates and who doesn't? And having a piece of dark chocolate after dinner every night used to be the high point of my meals, like a bite of luxury, but recently I've been eating more chocolates than I did earlier. I mean not just one piece, but two, sometimes even three, just because I felt like it.
It just feels like I've gotten a lot more gluttonous.

5. Ketchup
Why is this even on the list? I never liked ketchup, never eaten it with anything other than an occasional bit of fries when indulging once in a blue moon or a sandwich, and that too if ever. But recently I've been putting ketchup next to my omelettes, sandwiches, baked potatoes, breakfast cutlets etc. why and how did this happen? This isn't me.
I need to get over this silly habit. It's just more added sugar to my diet and I don't need it.

6. Tofu
This is on the list because I've decreased my consumption of this plant based protein and I do not know why. My fridge always had some kind of tofu and it was a part of my daily dirt in any which way, along with regular meals, but these days o seem to have stopped buying it and using it as I did earlier. Now this is weird. Why did this stop? One reason I could think is that I've stopped going to the usual market place that sold all kinds of tofu for a more convenient and closer vegetable shop which doesn't sell any.
Maybe I need to visit the other market every week to ensure I have enough tofu for anytime.


So yes, these are a few things that have either increased or decreased for the worst and I do not wish them to be so. I'm all for good healthy changes that are marked as improvements in my life, but those that make for no positive evolution are ones that I'd rather discard.