Like Minded Lushes - July 2010

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  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    OK, this weekend was a bust...

    Friday, 4 Flir-tinis
    Saturday, 5 to midnight, graduation party...figure 1 to 2 per hour...I lost track and i don't even want to know the number

    Goal is no more than 3 during the week...weekend will be more liberal with excess calories saved...I have gotten to toughen up
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Made it thru yesterday with no alcohol. Only four more days to go until Friday!!!! I can do this, I can do this, I can do this, I can do this, I can do this. ....
  • mamaturner
    mamaturner Posts: 2,447 Member
    Awe thanks Keith! Yea, we're gonna be in for it when our daughter gets older. She's got the prettiest blue eyes with that dark hair... I believe the call it pay back!? :laugh:

    Despite all my constant moving this weekend... I think the alcohol and lack of water got to me.... up 3 pounds from Friday :sad: Nothing but water for me!!!!


    And yes rjadams YOU CAN DO THIS, I'll be doing it with you!

    Haha, go Kim. At least you didn't do a keg stand or anything.. those are pretty typical for grad parties here
  • mvlaurel
    mvlaurel Posts: 22
    Yesterday, lots of wine but not too bad with food. Today? No booze at all, but food, not so great. I Really need to get back to journaling. I'm going to try to do that tomorrow!
  • tabbydog
    tabbydog Posts: 4,925 Member
    Should I even bother? Nope.

    Here it is Monday night, and I drank again. Never more than I can count, and not even enough to get a buzz, but more than I would like, all weekend, all week, and not starting off this week too good either. WTF??? I managed to give up cigarettes? Why not this? It and coffee are my only vices. I drink my coffee black, so no calories. Sadly, the only alcohol I like is the high calorie kind. Beer and wine. Managed to stay within cals, though. Try again tomorrow.
  • keith0373
    keith0373 Posts: 2,154 Member
    You don't have to quit. You just have to be willing to do the exercise to make up for it!
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    OK, Day 2 of no alcohol...it's starting to feel wierd...hubs put a 12 pack in the garage...I am committed to remaining strong this week.
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    read this this morning:
    In Wine there is Wisdom;
    In beer, Freedom;
    In water - BACTERIA.

    LOL right now because back from family vacay at a waterpark and both my girls have chickenpox! Bacteria is right!
  • mamaturner
    mamaturner Posts: 2,447 Member
    read this this morning:
    In Wine there is Wisdom;
    In beer, Freedom;
    In water - BACTERIA.

    LOL right now because back from family vacay at a waterpark and both my girls have chickenpox! Bacteria is right!

    HAHAHAHA Awesome ! .... followed by I'm so sorry, and that's a little scary! Where did yall go?!
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    Lake George NY, Great Escape Lodge... & Six Flags/Splashwater Kingdom.

    2nd day at the lodge & indoor waterpark - a special needs young adult pooped in the water
    4th day, I found a used tampon in the splash pad where children were playing... pointed it out to the young lifeguard, who wasn't sure what it was (don't think he's ever seen one before...) So I had to tell him what it was.
    :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:
    was it worth the 2500$ for the week?
  • mamaturner
    mamaturner Posts: 2,447 Member
    OH MY GOD! Seriously???? If I were yall I'd be asking for a discount... I MEAN COME ON!!! Now your scarin me for water parks here! Hang in there and you and your girls will make it!
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Yikes on the whole water park thing. I think I would need a drink after that.

    anyway i made it thru yesterday so I am going strong. come on Friday!!!!!
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    Yikes on the whole water park thing. I think I would need a drink after that.

    anyway i made it thru yesterday so I am going strong. come on Friday!!!!!

    Are you on Day 2...I am also hoping to make it to the weekend...let's hang tough...I want to see the scale move
  • surlydave
    surlydave Posts: 512 Member
    I worked as a lifegurard for years (in my young and thin days). Poop in the pool and used tampons on the floor were all too common.
  • tabbydog
    tabbydog Posts: 4,925 Member
    I've got two words. Dis Gusting. Seriously? People are such pigs!
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    another day successfully acheived. two more evenings and it will be Friday. I am starting to feel really positive about making it thru this week. :bigsmile:
  • I have cut out whiskey and twisted teas, and now i am just drinking red wine!
  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    Had a beer and a wine cooler at my boyfriend's family reunion on Sunday, and one glass of plum wine last night with dinner. I never really defined when my "week" begins, so I guess if I want to drink again before Sunday, then my weeks will start on a different day! :laugh: My budget week starts on Fridays (b/c I get paid every other Friday) so I might make that my alcohol week start too.
  • surlydave
    surlydave Posts: 512 Member
    another day successfully acheived. two more evenings and it will be Friday. I am starting to feel really positive about making it thru this week. :bigsmile:

    Awesome! I have to think that much like exercising, abstaining starts to pick up its own momentum the longer you go. Of course, I can't speak from experience.

    Great job to everyone who has made it this far this week! Just make it through tonight then it's party time!
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    thanks for the encouragement Dave. I made it thru last night. tomorrow is Friday, I can tast the wine, vodka, and rum already but I will be strong and wait until then.
  • LongMom
    LongMom Posts: 408 Member
    Lushes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm back from a two week vaca in rural New Brunswick. Yes rural. SHOULD have ='d a LOT of drinking but alas, I got a chest cold :( Not only did I not drink, I couldn't bring myself to eat anything "bad" because it didn't feel worth it if I couldn't taste.

    Of course I got home and had 5 days to hang out in my backyard by the pool (SOOOOOOOO thankful I have my own pool after reading THIS thread eh?). Despite the 5 days of fun, I managed to weigh in on Sunday at my lowest weight so NO DAMMAGE!

    Been finding my "no weekday" drinking rule pretty easy to stick to. I think it helps that I partake in smoking wacky tabacky on a daily basis ;) I've even manged to swap "sitting around watching TV while munching" for "swimming naked in my pool" at night! LOOOOOOOVE summer!

    This weekend is going to be a crazy one though! There is a big free concert in the park festival all weekend and my favourite Indian Restaurant has a booth. Booze and Indian food....how can I resist :)

    Glad to be back!
  • katielouhoo
    katielouhoo Posts: 676 Member
    this thread of worst drinks is shocking (and for a change they are picking on all alcohol drinks.
    they're listed as a count down #20 to #1
    read and then promise- never, never, never
    -always go for the red wine instead!
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/106935-20-worst-drinks-in-america-2010?page=1#posts-1475573

    going out with friends tonight. we're headed to our favorite hangout, which now days has a "skinny" drink selection of 8 different 90 to 100 calorie drinks. i'm thinking i can have two. now i just get the fun of deciding which one. last week it was the vodka lemon drop. today, i'm thinking of rum.....
  • yvonnej1
    yvonnej1 Posts: 904 Member
    I made it thru last night. tomorrow is Friday, I can tast the wine, vodka, and rum already but I will be strong and wait until then.

    Well done, you have put me to shame as I gave in to the call of a cold beer (actually 2) on Tuesday evening. Haven't got my bottle of wine in for the weekend yet, might just settle for vodka as that's the only alcohol I have in the house.
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    last night was delicious - knocked down a bottle of south african blend (Faithful Hound - I highly recommend it), sat outdoors under the gazebo with my husband listening to the Jazz Masters and the kidlets playing in the yard. It was heavenly!
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    ITS FRIDAY!!!!!! I am doing the happy dance. I made it thru the week and I finally got the scale to move after a 3 week stall. I am down 2.8 pounds!!! I am so glad I made thru the week and the wine is chillin for this evening.!
  • yvonnej1
    yvonnej1 Posts: 904 Member
    ITS FRIDAY!!!!!! I am doing the happy dance. I made it thru the week and I finally got the scale to move after a 3 week stall. I am down 2.8 pounds!!! I am so glad I made thru the week and the wine is chillin for this evening.!

    YAY for Friday, YAY for the weightloss and double YAY to the wine. Enjoy :happy:
  • boricua3177
    boricua3177 Posts: 192 Member
    Haven't had a drink since Monday (Yay!).

    Today's goal is to motivate myself and be the person I can to myself by eating right & exercising so that I can get to a healthier BMI/weight.
  • tabbydog
    tabbydog Posts: 4,925 Member
    People, THIS is why we drink:

    Me, yesterday morning, on the scale, at my lowest weight ever since starting MFP. Whoo hoo! Had a bad headache all day yesterday, and didn't feel like drinking last night. Was going to have a beer but decided not to. My first day with NO alcohol in something like 2 weeks. Today, me on scale. UP TWO POUNDS. WTF?????

    I'm drinking tonight.
  • mamaturner
    mamaturner Posts: 2,447 Member
    awe Tabbydog... I've been there.. It is frustrating for sure!

    Well I made it the whole week without drinking. Had enough cals tonight to drink!! I'm on my second beer... however I'm behaving.. it's a MGD 64. We'll see if I can have any more.. after my deliciuos FILLING dinner... I'm actually not sure if I want any!

    Tomorrow will be a drink night! goin to a local "festival" WOO WOO!
  • dragonfly74
    dragonfly74 Posts: 1,382 Member
    Been friends with beer all week. Guess I didn't get out of "vacation mode."

    Oh well, Monday will be here soon.
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