Hard Time Meeting Calorie and Macro Goals & Hunger

crb426

Some days 10%-20% of your calories are from alcohol. And you drink alcohol every day. I'm not trying to pry, but maybe there's a bigger issue here...?

Sarlynn69

CRB426 - No worries - I appreciate how non-judgemental everyone has actually been. I really had to take a deep breath before I made my diary public because I was self-concious but if I am asking people for help - but how can they give suggestions without seeing it.

Unfortunately, it just seems like the last couple years the drinking has gotten out of hand. It isn't like I am getting wasted every night and I don't wake up with hangovers. I have gotten in the habit of having a shot when I get home from work, then one before I make dinner, then of course I have a glass of wine or two with dinner...then on the weekend - add a hard seltzer with lunch and maybe another couple shots during the football game. Am not running around in a druken stupor - apparently have built up my tolerance a little too well...

So - what I am trying to do is cut out hard alcohol during the week and stop at my one glass (1.5 serving) of wine with dinner. Instead of buying a bottle of vodka to make cocktails with - I am buying the tiny bottles and allowing myself two cocktails on Saturday and one on Sunday during the football game. When I have the bigger bottle around - it kind of tends to disappear a lot faster than it should....

AliceDark

I like your approach, and your tolerance for hearing feedback! (I personally feel like that's a huge predictor of who will be successful in making life changes -- along with other factors, of course). Anyway, I don't think your alcohol consumption would've stood out to me at all, except that it represents a relatively high % of your overall calorie goal on some days. It's just rough trying to fit in any extras when you don't have a lot of calories to play with.