Less Alcohol - October 2018 - One Day at a Time
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mainelylisa wrote: »Good morning and afternoon! Day 8 AF here. I've eaten more cookies last week than I have in almost an entire year, and I lost 3 pounds. What's my secret?
- No hangover
- Cookie for workout energy (and a kind of pre-earned reward)
- Hard (for me) workout
- Save 300-600 calories from wine
- Sleep well (for me)--assuming lots of bizarre dreams is "good" sleep--I'll save for another post
- Repeat.
When I drink, I usually drink enough (2+) to have bad hangovers. When I have bad hangovers, I don't work out. And eat fattening food to...soak up the poison during the day, and then wine o'clock rolls around...so guess it's not really that much of a secret.
Hope everyone can find their secret recipe and that special reward for hard work. Have a great Monday (or at least not a sucky one--it IS Monday, after all. )
This is really awesome!!! A great example of how good habits are all interconnected and how we learn from building on small changes.1 -
mainelylisa wrote: »Good morning and afternoon! Day 8 AF here. I've eaten more cookies last week than I have in almost an entire year, and I lost 3 pounds. What's my secret?
- No hangover
- Cookie for workout energy (and a kind of pre-earned reward)
- Hard (for me) workout
- Save 300-600 calories from wine
- Sleep well (for me)--assuming lots of bizarre dreams is "good" sleep--I'll save for another post
- Repeat.
When I drink, I usually drink enough (2+) to have bad hangovers. When I have bad hangovers, I don't work out. And eat fattening food to...soak up the poison during the day, and then wine o'clock rolls around...so guess it's not really that much of a secret.
Hope everyone can find their secret recipe and that special reward for hard work. Have a great Monday (or at least not a sucky one--it IS Monday, after all. )
Lisa, Brilliant. Keep it up.1 -
Well, tomorrow is Halloween and I've been completely AF since Sept. 29th. Weight loss is only 3 lbs and inches lost only 3 inches. But, I'm sleeping really well, getting a lot more stuff done. I've decided to make this a lifetime change and don't plan to drink alcohol again. It's a poison that just wasn't doing me any favors so it's nice to get it out of my life. The major downside is that I haven't heard from my best friend since I told her about abstaining and it's been almost a month. I'll just have to wait to see if she can deal with me sober and not joining her for our usual wine filled visits.5
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Just found this thread.im over 9 weeks without a drink and feeling kinda proud of myself.7
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Hello, I was wondering if there is a November thread.. I'd like to join in for support for November..0
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Well gang end of October. Another successful month for me as compared to October's from Falls pasts. Good play on words in that sentence. "From FALLS pasts". Which I am not proud of, but had more than my share, as to why I now drink far far far less.
Total standard drinks for this month 12.
And that included a 3 day get a way. Woot woot woot.
Hello to our new posters and please join us over on the November thread. As we continue to have LESS alcohol in our lives.
@shortchange1 congrats! My circle of "friends" treated me as if I had a contagious disease when they found out I was not going to be having all the alcohol I once did with them. It is really their fear, not any thing you did. Once they saw I was having fun (if not more than them) when we went out, they relaxed and backed off the ledge. Now I am the sober party girl, even though I will leave if people become to drunk and obnoxious when I am out. Give your friend some time they may come around to your thinking.6 -
Happy Halloween!!
Today I had a few itches to get some drinks... but I didn't give in.
Sray safe everyone!
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