As lame as it sounds, admitting you have a problem *is* the first step. When you write it out like this, you voice the problem. It makes you more conscious/aware and you notice when you're doing it. I've found I'm that way regarding a lot of the issues I've been working through lately. By mentioning it I become aware of it, and I stop myself before it can begin.

Getting into shape isn't my #1 goal at the moment, but because that's the case, I've made some efforts to slip it in under my own radar, so I don't have to think about it. One area where I have better control is at work because I'm in charge of packing my lunch. I make super-healthy soups and stews and freeze them in small, individual portions. My success rate isn't always 100%, but it's creeping upwards. At work itself, one of my coworkers is fitness-oriented and we walk around the local golf course on our break (when I'm not coughing incessantly, that is). Is either of these an option you could explore?

#10 is a difficult subject, but it can be done. It is very easy to enable each other to say no to working out or eating right. (DH and I have been fighting this cold/lingering cough for so long that it's become very easy to rely on convenience foods and say no to the gym.) This pretty much applies to any subject, though. (Like financial management and frivolous spending, sigh.)