San Diego Reader

Kyle Wassom

From Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Grad Student)

Impulsive buys. I make myself think about it for a while. I leave the store and come back if I still want it — I usually wait a couple days as a general rule of thumb.

Sean Forbes

From Carmel Valley (Student)

Dessert. I actually deny myself that because I don’t want to get fat; I gotta keep my trim figure.

Brien Moynihan

From Carmel Valley (Student)

Smoking. I haven’t [smoked] for, like, eight months or so. I didn’t really smoke that much — just once in a while. But now I’m cutting it out completely.

Moises Acuña

From National City (Government Worker)

Right now I’m trying to deny myself certain foods. Mostly carbohydrates because it makes me balloon when I eat that stuff. It makes my weight go up too fast.

Nico D’Amico-Barbour

From Bird Rock (Aspiring Shipyard Worker)

I deny myself certain fatty foods that I really want sometimes. Like pie. Pie is the worst thing man ever invented. Pie needs to go away. There’s a lot of things I’m going to try to deny myself in the new year, like staying up too late and watching too much TV.