Less Alcohol - AUGUST 2019 - One Day at a Time
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LastTryljm wrote: »Good morning! I have been creeping on this thread for a little bit and finally decided this morning to chime in.
In March I started taking a medication that reacts horribly with too much alcohol, believe me I found out the hard way...anyway, for 3 months I didn't have a drop of alcohol. Then I started slowly having a few drinks and now I have occasional drinks, always with guilt afterwards. For example, I had cocktails Wednesday night, I don't have a count - it was a lot, and I felt crappy all day Thursday, ate like it too, and today saw a nice 2 lb gain on the scale
From March 2018 til March 2019 I lost 15 lbs, from March 2019 (stopped drinking) til now I have lost 30 lbs. That is why I really want to stay as close to alcohol free as I can! Alcohol is also responsible for my weight gain from 160 lbs to 240 lbs...happened in about five years I guess. Lots of white russians...
So because I am having a really hard time not enjoying some adult beverages each night with my significant other ;I am joining this thread looking for some accountability, encouragement and an overall place to vent...I promise I will try to stay as positive as I can, I just get really frustrated sometimes.
Shew! TMI? lol! Good luck to everyone and I am so thankful that you all are here.
8/1 ~ AF
Never to much information. Pour your heart out, we have plenty of time to read and listen.5 -
annengineer wrote: »Still AF over here with no real temptation- though I DO wish that AF wine didn’t suck, I would enjoy a glass with the taste and no effects every now and then.
Had my 12 week appointment and itty bitty is doing well with a 160 bpm heartbeat and good measurements once the ultrasound tech and I got them to reposition so she could actually get the measurements.
Mostly lurking since my updates are pretty boring (appointments being only once a month at this point), but cheering you all on!
Welcome back to August. BOTH of you!4 -
mainelylisa wrote: »Glad to see some new and revisiting "faces" here. I'll tell you what--I want to thank those who post of their mess ups because I think it helps remind those of us having strong temptations of the consequences. And those posting of positive steps is inspiring, so what a wonderful support community! I've been AF since the end of June when I had the messedupist messup (I did post this in the July forum). Since then, I've felt really healthy and energetic, have lost weight, cleared my complexion, slept wonderfully and felt guilt-free. I have replaced wine as a sleep aid with a mild "gummy"--which is awesomely delivered to me in this great state of Maine :-). I also finally started taking the super mild anti-depressants prescribed to me 6 months ago. Whether it's the lack of wine, the actions I've taken due to lack of wine/hangover, or the pills, or some combo, the dark cloud is gone for the most part. So I encourage you to try different things to achieve results if the same things over and over aren't cutting it.
As we head into the wknd, be planful (plan your drinks) and mindful (stick to your plan) and you'll do great!
Love your turn around.4 -
8/1 ~ AF
8/2 ~ AF6 -
@MissMay Thank you0
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Back on track, drink wise. 4 AF days in a row, which is my weekday goal. I notice my craving for it goes way down if I am AF a few days, and goes up if I’m having a drink every night. Hmmm...
Now, if I can just lose the water weight from the most delicious pastrami Reuben I had for lunch the other day. Im holding onto the salt like grim death, but it was so worth it!7 -
Hello , yes I'm back in.
My goal is to go all the weekday without and have the weekends open, or free to have a drink if I feel like it. Otherwise it would be a bonus to me to do a weekend too.
I have decided to do this bc weekends are mostly the times I have with others and I like to be sociable now and again.
So far this past week I had a 'drink night' last night. That will be it till next weekend.
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8/1 - AF
8/2 - AF, even though I was offered a drink, I'm glad I stuck with my plan to be AF Friday so I can indulge in my planned drinks at the renaissance festival.
The plan for today is to have a few, and get back on track tomorrow as AF (while trying to avoid the Sunday blues/scaries).
Really glad to have this community support to look at right now. ❤4 -
I think that today I might be able to pull off an AF.
It is exercise on day for me so I will do some hill repeats for 90 minutes or.
I have habitually had alcohol after exercise.
Something about damping down my muscles and easing my joints.
But if I exercise to lose or maintain weight, then drink all of that exercise, am I not just wasting my cartilage on alcohol.
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jmciotti13 wrote: »8/1 - AF
8/2 - AF, even though I was offered a drink, I'm glad I stuck with my plan to be AF Friday so I can indulge in my planned drinks at the renaissance festival.
The plan for today is to have a few, and get back on track tomorrow as AF (while trying to avoid the Sunday blues/scaries).
Really glad to have this community support to look at right now. ❤
@jmciotti13 Have fun at the festival!! Great job skipping last night so you can enjoy your drinks today guilt free2 -
I've been working on this for a couple of months, but usually backslide. Guess I'll give this a try. I'd like to become a casual drinker and when I do just have 1 or 2 drinks, not a binge like I normally do.6
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BuddysSurrogateGrandpa wrote: »I think that today I might be able to pull off an AF.
It is exercise on day for me so I will do some hill repeats for 90 minutes or.
I have habitually had alcohol after exercise.
Something about damping down my muscles and easing my joints.
But if I exercise to lose or maintain weight, then drink all of that exercise, am I not just wasting my cartilage on alcohol.
My joints hurt terribly after I drink😵2 -
Back on track, drink wise. 4 AF days in a row, which is my weekday goal. I notice my craving for it goes way down if I am AF a few days, and goes up if I’m having a drink every night. Hmmm...
Now, if I can just lose the water weight from the most delicious pastrami Reuben I had for lunch the other day. Im holding onto the salt like grim death, but it was so worth it!
I 100% agree. It was somewhere on this thread possibly back in November where I saw the warning about never having drinks 2 days in a row. I have broken that a few times and inevitably have drinks on the 3rd day too, and then the 4th day is extremely difficult.
I see that in the past you got to the point where you didn't even like the taste anymore. That hasn't happened to me. I like the taste and also the effect.
Oh yes, anything in a restaurant is so salty. I try not to eat out much. Once I had a tossed salad with grilled chicken at a restaurant and was up 2 pounds the next day! I don't know what they do to the food exactly, but I suspect salt. I lose weight so dang slowly that getting off 2 pounds even if it is just water can take me a month.
But...Pastrami Rueben sounds so yummy.5 -
Here we go!
8/1 - AF
8/2 - 3 drinks
I worked out HARD yesterday and even though I drank I came in under my calorie goal from working out. Same with today so far. So since i ended up drinking friday and Saturday i guess I will not have anything heavy tomorrow. We are grilling out tomorrow so I might have ONE truly hard sparkling water but that is it! So far not off to a 100% start. I seem to do better 4 AF days rather than 5 of the week 🤔4 -
8/1 AF
8/2 AF
8/3 Many adult beverages consumed - impromptu family gathering at my house5 -
I am going to strive for the same as usual, 4-5 AF days per week. I will post daily to keep me accountable.
I was pleased with my 20 AF days for July.
August 01 - AF - I didn't want to be, but have to start the month off right. Many things planned for the weekend and there will be drinks involved. I will have to be strategic so that I don't have drinks 2 days in a row.
August 02 - AF - Again, didn't want to be. It is a long weekend with lots going on here in British Columbia. I want to not look terrible tomorrow, so no booze for me tonight.
August 03 - 3 drinks.
2AF days out of 3 days so far.3 -
1710 calories consumed in alcoholic drinks ~ that's horrible. I would have been under my calorie goal without them...eating is definitely not my weight loss problem
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I quit completely 4.5 years ago after being a heavy drinker since university. I am 58 now. I tried a whole bunch of things - counselling, AA, books, a priest. What I finally realized was that it was all up to me. The other stuff was just noise. I don’t see it as a willpower thing. More of a mindset. I picked a day (my daughter’s 18th birthday) and said that is it. I have not had a drop since14
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So far my AF weekend continues but it's been a battle between the little devil and the angel in my head. I caught myself almost putting a bottle of wine in my shopping cart today. Thank goodness the little angel put that devil back in his place.....just earned my ice cream reward for tonight7
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LastTryljm wrote: »1710 calories consumed in alcoholic drinks ~ that's horrible. I would have been under my calorie goal without them...eating is definitely not my weight loss problem
It's really smart of you to track "drink" calories, a good idea. I think I will too! It could be more motivational to see the calorie count.3 -
BuddysSurrogateGrandpa wrote: »I think that today I might be able to pull off an AF.
It is exercise on day for me so I will do some hill repeats for 90 minutes or.
I have habitually had alcohol after exercise.
Something about damping down my muscles and easing my joints.
But if I exercise to lose or maintain weight, then drink all of that exercise, am I not just wasting my cartilage on alcohol.
My joints hurt terribly after I drink😵
I find that too. It a great reminder2 -
stephendiotte wrote: »What I finally realized was that it was all up to me. The other stuff was just noise. I don’t see it as a willpower thing. More of a mindset.
Very powerful recognition.
This is a quote I printed out and it is directly in front of where I sit at my desk.
Thank you for reminding me who caused my problem, and the only one who could fix it completely.
Congrats on your journey.
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Here we go!
8/1 - AF
8/2 - 3 drinks
8/3 - bad 😣
8/4 - 1 Truly (88 cals)
I said I would allow ONE today and I did just that. Dont want to slip back into old habits so AF all week again!7 -
Here we go!
8/1 - AF
8/2 - 3 drinks
8/3 - bad 😣
8/4 - 1 Truly (88 cals)
I said I would allow ONE today and I did just that. Dont want to slip back into old habits so AF all week again!
U can do this!,.. so can I I'm in this with u remember, we are going to get back up when we fall. Look back at it as a lesson we have learnt. But u are close than u were bc u sound like u REALLY want to improve. And,.. so do I.
Here we go!.. another try2 -
I am going to strive for the same as usual, 4-5 AF days per week. I will post daily to keep me accountable.
I was pleased with my 20 AF days for July.
August 01 - AF - I didn't want to be, but have to start the month off right. Many things planned for the weekend and there will be drinks involved. I will have to be strategic so that I don't have drinks 2 days in a row.
August 02 - AF - Again, didn't want to be. It is a long weekend with lots going on here in British Columbia. I want to not look terrible tomorrow, so no booze for me tonight.
August 03 - 3 drinks.
Auguest 04 - AF
3AF days out of 4 days so far.3 -
8/1 - AF
8/2 - AF
8/3 - Planned drinks at the Ren Faire...had...many...maybe 5 or 6
8/4 - AF
Really proud of myself for getting back to AF on a Sunday night. The job situation is painful right now and suffer from some pretty bad Sunday blues/scaries. I really took note of how much the drinks on Saturday affected my sleep, which was so much more apparent after being bookended by AF days. I also really wanted a drink last night while cooking yesterday, and was able to push past it. Hoping to end up AF the rest of this week as well, and just limit my intake to when the in-laws visit on Saturday.
Thank you everyone for posting your challenges and successes5 -
I also suffer from Sunday Blues, but I can see now that drinking exacerbated that tremendously and sometimes caused work to be even worse than a usual Monday. Awesome job not giving into that downward spiral!jmciotti13 wrote: »8/1 - AF
8/2 - AF
8/3 - Planned drinks at the Ren Faire...had...many...maybe 5 or 6
8/4 - AF
Really proud of myself for getting back to AF on a Sunday night. The job situation is painful right now and suffer from some pretty bad Sunday blues/scaries. I really took note of how much the drinks on Saturday affected my sleep, which was so much more apparent after being bookended by AF days. I also really wanted a drink last night while cooking yesterday, and was able to push past it. Hoping to end up AF the rest of this week as well, and just limit my intake to when the in-laws visit on Saturday.
Thank you everyone for posting your challenges and successes
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jmciotti13 wrote: »8/1 - AF
8/2 - AF
8/3 - Planned drinks at the Ren Faire...had...many...maybe 5 or 6
8/4 - AF
Really proud of myself for getting back to AF on a Sunday night. The job situation is painful right now and suffer from some pretty bad Sunday blues/scaries. I really took note of how much the drinks on Saturday affected my sleep, which was so much more apparent after being bookended by AF days. I also really wanted a drink last night while cooking yesterday, and was able to push past it. Hoping to end up AF the rest of this week as well, and just limit my intake to when the in-laws visit on Saturday.
Thank you everyone for posting your challenges and successes
Somehow I find sundays hard as well. Thank you for sharing this it is motivating to me to push through the urges too! Happy monday I hope your week with your job is good!4 -
Here we go!
8/1 - AF
8/2 - 3 drinks
8/3 - bad 😣
8/4 - 1 Truly (88 cals)
I said I would allow ONE today and I did just that. Dont want to slip back into old habits so AF all week again!
U can do this!,.. so can I I'm in this with u remember, we are going to get back up when we fall. Look back at it as a lesson we have learnt. But u are close than u were bc u sound like u REALLY want to improve. And,.. so do I.
Here we go!.. another try
Thanks for that! It really helped to start my Monday right! You're right, we want it....we can do it! And with the support of each other and this group we will succeed! 😁🤩4 -
Whew...long long Sunday, with Church and shopping with middle daughter. She & hubby are both gluten free by necessity so we visit many shops for organic, etc...then top it off by a stop for my non-organic fruit and veggies. Replaced my sushi and wine with a salt loaded boxed dinner because I was so tired and hungry. Bad idea. Had a NA beer with. Good idea.
NO way am I looking at the scale this morning, instead going back on MFP diet site to log in daily.
And not going back to having to log in my wine calories.
Day 5, and looking forward.6
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