“Breaking Bad” is the number one most “binge-watched” show, according to TiVo.Recently, I’ve discovered that nearly everything that I really enjoy doing, eating or drinking is not only bad for long-term well-being, but now it also makes me feel bad.
In the past, having a doctor or research team tell me that smoking cigars, eating processed sugar or having that third, or fourth, glass of wine could lead to early death was pretty easy to ignore. What young person worries about the future?
Today, however, the immediacy of heartburn makes it easy to walk away from a glazed doughnut. It’s amazing what a little pain can do to strengthen one’s willpower and desire to “do the right thing.”
Still, it seems like a cruel joke, or a harsh penance for past sins, and lately, even decaffeinated coffee is no longer the pleasurable habit it used to be.
My latest guilty pleasure is binge-watching entire television series, and lo and behold, researchers have determined it’s killing me. Of course, we didn’t really need a fancy study to tell us that, did we? First, if we are watching “Breaking Bad” or “Game of Thrones,” it means we are not exercising, right? And we watch them for hours at a time.