What's more difficult for you, "quitting a bad habit" OR "forming a good habit"?

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Don't confuse both to be one and the same, "quitting a bad habit" and "forming a good habit" are two different undertakings. Just as how "not doing bad" cannot be equivalent of "doing good", ceasing oneself from a bad habit is not the cultivation of a good habit. you see the difference? Although both require conviction and perseverance, the popular myth is, getting rid of a bad habit is relatively more difficult than forming a good habit. This may not necessarily be true in all cases. I've observed and experienced myself on a several occasions that withdrawing from a bad habit can be easier than forming a good habit. For example, excessive eating of junk food is a "bad habit" and exercising daily morning is a "good habit". The world is mostly of people who sincerely follow the former and neglect the latter, that is, most of them eat the junk regularly but hardly do work out. If all these people will need to lose weight, there are 2 routes before them to accomplish it. Either, 1) To starve, cutting on fats and carbohydrates completely and living on a diet resembling that of an ascetic in nutrition and quantity. This is more of self-deprivation and is an incorrect method. OR 2) To do rigorous workout hitting gym everyday twice and limit the eating of junk food. The first method requires you to suddenly quit your bad habit, whereas the second needs you to suddenly form a good habit. Yet, I bet, most people prefer the first one rather than the second. They would rather starve for a lifetime than labouring every morning and evening for a few months or utmost an year. 9 times out of 10, their zeal will end within a few days and things start seeming impossible very early, if they choose the second route. This is quite an evidence for the fact that proscription of a bad habit may not necessarily be tougher than cultivation of a healthy habit always. I think everything is subjective, set your mind firmly on something, toil hard and you are done. Easier said than done though. So, what's more difficult for you, "quitting a bad habit" or "cultivating a good habit"? What bad habit have you quit Or what good habit have you formed, of late? Do share your stories of success( or even failure for that matter).=)