Less Alcohol- April 2018- One Day at a Time
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JulieAL1969 - this is for you! (and anyone else who is interested - warning, it is kind of graphic, if factual): http://your-daily-verse.com/index.php/2018/04/19/the-truth-about-booze/
I got a lot of this info from Annie Grace's book, as well as from Allan Carr, and William Porter's "Alcohol Explained".3 -
I understand you. I'm always trying to be good and something always comes up alcohol related. Then o say I'll go AF tomorrow.
For me trying to lose LOTS of weight and alcohol dont mix. Excuses are easy!!
Enjoy your wine day !!! It was planned!!1 -
A little off topic but I think I need to start a Less Caffeine One Day At A Time gameplan. I notice that if I don’t have any by mid morning I get a terrible splitting headache that advil won’t even help. I actually just made a cup of coffee to kill the headache and I didn’t even want coffee. That is not the way to handle that3
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JulieAL1969 wrote: »@erikNJ You're in a tough spot. Your job does involve alcohol. That has got to be hard to abstain when it's there in your face , always. But you're making great strides; you're more aware and cognizant of what you want for your own personal health. Stick to your goals. You're amazing!
Thanks Julie! Not only for those kind words, but everything over the past four months!1 -
Hey guys,
This isn’t my first weight loss journey, I’ve been up and down with my weight since 2010. I have 50lbs I’d like to lose.
Alcohol is everywhere! And so Ingrained socially in everything I do. I am making a huge effort to cut it out or at least minimize consumption to once a week. I know if I cut booze I’d lose weight much faster and feel more energized. The last two weeks I’ve done really well! One day at time...
My daughter passed away in August after a two year cancer battle. During her battle I spiralled. I ate whatever, and drank whatever. When you spend weeks in a hospital room with your child, food becomes comfort. When you are discharged home, a drink was my reward. Now that she is gone, alcohol increases my depression and contributes to weight gain. I know cutting booze is the ticket to better health mentally and physically
When I don’t drink I feel less foggy and more ready to work out!
Good luck to you all!8 -
Rayanne203 wrote: »Hey guys,
This isn’t my first weight loss journey, I’ve been up and down with my weight since 2010. I have 50lbs I’d like to lose.
Alcohol is everywhere! And so Ingrained socially in everything I do. I am making a huge effort to cut it out or at least minimize consumption to once a week. I know if I cut booze I’d lose weight much faster and feel more energized. The last two weeks I’ve done really well! One day at time...
My daughter passed away in August after a two year cancer battle. During her battle I spiralled. I ate whatever, and drank whatever. When you spend weeks in a hospital room with your child, food becomes comfort. When you are discharged home, a drink was my reward. Now that she is gone, alcohol increases my depression and contributes to weight gain. I know cutting booze is the ticket to better health mentally and physically
When I don’t drink I feel less foggy and more ready to work out!
Good luck to you all!
Welcome, and I am so, so sorry for your loss. I can’t fathom losing a child. This group will be a great support system as many have experienced life challenges that we’ve used alcohol to help numb us to.
Great goals!3 -
YES, Alcohol lies!1
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Before waking up, I dreamed about having a glass of wine, and thinking it tasted too good -- despite not being a wine I'd normally consider wanting to drink. My take away is that at some level, I miss the alcohol, but it is the first time, as much as I can remember, that I've dreamed of wine in 4 months AF. So far, then, I've been lucky, and it hasn't been too much of a fight. Knowing the first few sips of that "just one" glass would probably taste rather bad .... and then likely before finishing that glass, all the reward centres in my brain would light up ... this is what our stop drinking expert, Craig Beck says.2
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Rayanne203 wrote: »Hey guys,
This isn’t my first weight loss journey, I’ve been up and down with my weight since 2010. I have 50lbs I’d like to lose.
Alcohol is everywhere! And so Ingrained socially in everything I do. I am making a huge effort to cut it out or at least minimize consumption to once a week. I know if I cut booze I’d lose weight much faster and feel more energized. The last two weeks I’ve done really well! One day at time...
My daughter passed away in August after a two year cancer battle. During her battle I spiralled. I ate whatever, and drank whatever. When you spend weeks in a hospital room with your child, food becomes comfort. When you are discharged home, a drink was my reward. Now that she is gone, alcohol increases my depression and contributes to weight gain. I know cutting booze is the ticket to better health mentally and physically
When I don’t drink I feel less foggy and more ready to work out!
Good luck to you all!
Oh I am so sorry. My deepest sympathies to you. We are here for you. Xo1 -
A little off topic but I think I need to start a Less Caffeine One Day At A Time gameplan. I notice that if I don’t have any by mid morning I get a terrible splitting headache that advil won’t even help. I actually just made a cup of coffee to kill the headache and I didn’t even want coffee. That is not the way to handle that
I agree with this. I quit drinking alcohol years ago, but the amount of coffee I drink is ridiculous.
Good luck to everyone that's trying to cut back on their drinking.3 -
I understand you. I'm always trying to be good and something always comes up alcohol related. Then o say I'll go AF tomorrow.
For me trying to lose LOTS of weight and alcohol dont mix. Excuses are easy!!
Enjoy your wine day !!! It was planned!!
So true. There's always an event, and then I'll say, I'll start after that party or whatever it is. In January, I survived a death in the family and a wild girls weekend Alcohol free. It's very empowering. Hang in there. You're already making progress, I'm sure.
A video I saw says, the body throws its energy to digest the alcohol first and then works on the the food later. That's why we have the belly fat, etc.0 -
Annalee82_ wrote: »A little off topic but I think I need to start a Less Caffeine One Day At A Time gameplan. I notice that if I don’t have any by mid morning I get a terrible splitting headache that advil won’t even help. I actually just made a cup of coffee to kill the headache and I didn’t even want coffee. That is not the way to handle that
I agree with this. I quit drinking alcohol years ago, but the amount of coffee I drink is ridiculous.
Good luck to everyone that's trying to cut back on their drinking.
I am also drinking way more coffee than I used to. @erikNJ You both are right. I need to make a hard rule for myself. And do it.
Happy to hear you quit drinking years ago! Bravo! Xo
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JulieAL1969 - this is for you! (and anyone else who is interested - warning, it is kind of graphic, if factual): http://your-daily-verse.com/index.php/2018/04/19/the-truth-about-booze/
I got a lot of this info from Annie Grace's book, as well as from Allan Carr, and William Porter's "Alcohol Explained".
You are amazing in so many ways! This is truly art. It's eye opening, raw and real. Hits to the core but that's a good thing. Just Beautiful! You are so talented - Xo
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A little off topic but I think I need to start a Less Caffeine One Day At A Time gameplan. I notice that if I don’t have any by mid morning I get a terrible splitting headache that advil won’t even help. I actually just made a cup of coffee to kill the headache and I didn’t even want coffee. That is not the way to handle that
My husband switched to half n half (caffeine/decaf). He really likes it.2 -
@Rayanne203 I am very sorry about your daughter. My son passed, too, and it is hard. We are here for you!4
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salleewins wrote: »@Rayanne203 I am very sorry about your daughter. My son passed, too, and it is hard. We are here for you!
I'm so sorry for both of you. My mom died in her early 50s, before her parents, and it was brutal for them. I cannot imagine being a parent and going through this. Thoughts and love with you both . . .6 -
Thank you kittybenn. I am sorry about your Mom. Mine died at 52 as well. It was about a year and a 1/2 before her mother. That is so young.4
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My heart goes out to everyone with these poignant stories of loss. I posted in January about going to help my daughter out when her best friend's 30-year-old husband died. This weekend, my 4-year-old granddaughter told me that her friend Maggie (the 5-year-old who lost her father) was "going to counseling because she has big feelings." I thought that was a beautiful way for a 4-year-old to put it, or to have had this explained to her.
We all "have big feelings" at times like this. Those of us here have experienced turning to alcohol with those feelings. It's so tempting. I'm glad we have this space to get support and have another alternative.8 -
Thank you guys3
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Well what I came here to write now seems extremely trivial. Let me just say this is all very moving. My heart goes out to all of you. My late father used to say, "Everyone carries an invisible bucket of tears." Sending peace and love - Jen6
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