Alcohol

fitmom4lifemfp

I cut way back on drinking many years ago, pretty much stopped, when I was doing the WW program. I've always preferred to spend my calories on food rather than alcohol. I will have a drink now and then, but it's only an occasional splurge.

MollyJE19

Somewhere in my weight loss journey I realized I had to cut way back on drinking if I ever wanted to make any progress losing weight. That was when I realized how much I relied on it to cope with unwanted thoughts and feelings. When all those thoughts and feelings began to surface, I was shocked to discover how angry I was with my husband and (adult) daughter and how used I felt by them. Things were quite rocky for a year while I worked on setting boundaries with them while simultaneously cutting way back on the alcohol.

Just food (no pun intended) for thought.

mbam89

MichSmish wrote: »

FoxyMars25 wrote: »

cross2bear wrote: »

FoxyMars25 wrote: »

I love my wine. Everybody who knows me knows I love my wine but I also need to cut way back because even though I bank my calories in order to drink, I am still not seeing the progress *I think* I should be. I am guilty of drinking an entire bottle of wine myself on a Saturday night. It takes me a while to get through it (I may open it at 6pm and finish it at 2am and then go to bed) but it just is not healthy and I know that. There is no reason that I need to be doing that every weekend. I don't think I have an addiction problem, I think it has just become a habit-just what I do on a Saturday night and I need to break that. My current goal is to not drink at all until Easter (when I will be with my family and everyone will be drinking) and then after that, only when I go out which is actually not often at all. I am newly single and over the years my friends have all moved, gotten married, had babies, etc, so I usually just go to work and go home so that means a lot of alcohol will be cut out. I know it is going to be hard to break the habit (just like how I cannot stop biting my nails, ugh!) but I know I can do it and I find that by reading a lot of articles/information online about how alcohol negatively affects the body has been really helpful to get though this. I have a lot of depression and anxiety along with constant fatigue and I am hoping that eliminating most of the alcohol I normally consume will fix those issues. I am really, really, really hoping that it will help my weight loss too. During the week, I can have just one or two glasses of wine just one night and be fine, but it's the damn weekends that get me so I think it is best for me to abstain for now.

I cannot offer you any advice about your drinking, as that is for you alone to analyse and manage. But I can help with the nails!

Go and get gel nails put on. You go to a salon and have them applied. They go over your regular nails, and if those are too short, they will apply a plastic "extender" so as soon as the session is over, you have nice nails. You cannot bite these - well, you can but they are hard as nails (haha!) and you wont get very far!

Initial application (here in my city in Canada) runs about $50 - monthly maintenance (you have to go in every few weeks to have the space at the bottom of the nail filled in, as the nail grows) is about $35. Your nails have a chance to grow out underneath the gel coating, and arent destroyed. The gel breathes a bit.

You can have them painted, french manicured, designs etc - its worth while to help with the habit of nail biting, and your nails will look great!

(yeah, this was a little off topic......)

hahaha, thanks for the advice! I will look into it!

have y'all heard of the next gen "dipping" nail stuff?

What?! No, I haven't. Do tell...

Francis3211

Hi, I drink everyday as well . Stopped beers totally and if drinking gin or whiskey, I have it with water. I am controlling my food diet and I am exercising but the progress is slow because of the alcohol consumption. Don't drink alone but it doesn't help - I got too many friends who love to drink. I acknowledge its a problem and I do need to reduce it. I was hiding my diary before. From yesterday, I started sharing it with MFP friends with the hope that the embarrassment might stimulate me to reduce. Hope it works

Francis3211

By the way, I would love to add friends who are struggling with alcohol (not those who have given it up). Do need support at times and would love to support and comfort in any way I can.

thistimereally

I hear you. While I don't drink quite that much I rarely have just one even when I plan to. My inhibitions go out the window with the first one. Plus I eat more when drinking. Not ready to let go yet though. Just have to be honest with yourself about your goals and what's important for you. Good for you for taking a hard look!