Less Alcohol - APRIL 2020 - One Day at a Time
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@whitpauly
Um...I had to cut my own bangs. Just saying.6 -
23 AF days/28 days.....it's supposed to be 105 or something like that today, and it's April. That means I have to get outside now and it's only 4:54am. Time to work on creating a good day......6
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dawnbgethealthy wrote: »@whitpauly
Um...I had to cut my own bangs. Just saying.
😆,I have a feeling I'll be doing lots of repairs when the world opens up again!4 -
Sorry for the job losses guys, I tell you that's what made me decide to break my 8 month long dry streak, I was just floored when we had to shut down! Since I do hair, there was no curbside or pickup service like some restaurants are allowed to do, we were just done😭 told my owner I'm not going back til that place is DEEP cleaned! There's gonna be soooooo many rules for sanitation when salons do get to open so that shops gonna hafta be spotless to have a clean slate, hope all are doing ok, for those who want to not drink but have that urge I just say distraction, distraction! There's good info that @MissMay posts at the beginning of the thread each month, go back and check out those links if you're really in a pinch, think about what you have planned the next day-do you really want to be sick and motivationless? Best of all there's NO judgement here, if you stumble we'll catch your fall👌 5:41 am in Vegas another 24 💖8
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😁New May thread has been created......see you there Friday😁https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10794194/less-alcohol-may-2020-one-day-at-a-time#latest7
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Three days AF. The only problem is boredom and irritation. The last time I stopped drinking for 6 months I gained 10 pounds from eating more at night to replace the wine. I hope that doesn't happen. I have definitely eaten more the last few days. I usually don't eat after dinner as I have wine, without it I get fidgety.7
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4th AF day in a row. Feeling pretty good about that. Started listening to a podcast called “Take a Break” related to strategies for decreasing one’s desire to drink. Interesting so far.
15 AF days so far this month.7 -
morrisjen2014 wrote: »Three days AF. The only problem is boredom and irritation. The last time I stopped drinking for 6 months I gained 10 pounds from eating more at night to replace the wine. I hope that doesn't happen. I have definitely eaten more the last few days. I usually don't eat after dinner as I have wine, without it I get fidgety.
When I have alcohol my food choices are so different. I definitely eat more snacks when I have alcohol.
Good going on 3 AF days!!4 -
As usual, I am going to try for 16-20 AF days for the month.
I had 18AF days for January
I had a surprising (and record setting for me) 21AF days for the short month of February!
18AF days for March
Onward to April : - )
Wednesday April 01 - AF
Thursday April 02 - AF - Felt like having drinks, but really determined to get back to at least 2AF days in between.
Friday April 03 - AF because I have a webinar in the morning that I want to be sharp for. Planned wine with a friend for her birthday - yes, we will stay 2 metres apart and likely outside.
Saturday April 04 - Drinks
Sunday April 05 - AF
Monday April 06 - AF
Tuesday April 07 - AF - My Tuesdays have changed, no longer working my tail off and stressed out for the first Tuesday "off". Normally my drinks day. I am really battling to get off the March weight gain, and I know that being more AF helps.
Wednesday April 08 - 3 drinks
Thursday April 09 - AF - I need to be AF again tomorrow so as to have at least 2AF days in between. It has been warm and beautiful here, but it is supposed to drop drastically for a week starting Saturday with more snow. I have done work in the garden hoping to get planting soon, but apparently I need to wait.
Friday April 10 - 3 drinks, broke my own rule of always 2AF days in a row. Just didn't have the willpower today I guess.
Saturday April 11 - AF
Sunday April 12 - AF
Monday April 13 - AF
Tuesday April 14 - AF - Tuesdays no longer stress me out because I don't go out to work anymore. I have time to work out more, prepare healthy food, get out on the trails everyday. I do work on my little Amazon business at home and have a learning seminar tomorrow morning early, so AF tonight so that I hopefully absorb a bunch.
Wednesday April 15 - AF - Planned drinks tomorrow. Hey, that was 5 AF days in a row!!
Thursday April 16 - 3 drinks
Friday April 17 - AF - Woke up 2 pounds heavier from having drinks. All the more reason to have lots of AF days. Having said that, I am invited for wine and cheese tomorrow afternoon on my friend's patio where we can stay 6 feet away easily. We'll see. I work very very hard at losing weight and really know that the less alcohol days the better for that.
Saturday April 18 - AF - It was rainy and grey today, so no sitting out on my friend's deck. Tomorrow will be AF also because I have joined a weight challenge that weighs Mondays, so that is my short term motivation to not drink on Sunday. (I seem to gain like 2 pounds the morning after drinking for some reason)
Sunday April 19 - Drinks on my friend's patio in the hot sun after turning over and weeding 2/3 of my snap pea area.
Monday April 20 - AF - Finished the Snap Pea area, very hard work with a shovel, lots of bending, squatting, lunging. I would have enjoyed a drink (or 3), but need 2 AF days in a row at least, so tomorrow too.
Tuesday April 21 - AF - Another afternoon digging in the garden, I really wanted a couple of drinks after that, but I have a learning Webinar tomorrow, and one the next day so I didn't, plus I wanted my 2AF days in a row. Hit the bottom half of my monthly goal today : - )
Wednesday April 22 - AF
Thursday April 23 - Drinks
Friday April 24 - AF - Felt pretty crappy this morning, but weirdly enough really wanted to have drinks tonight. Keeping to my own rule of 2AF days in between.
Saturday April 25 - 3 drinks - broke my own 2AF day rule for in between.
Sunday April 26 - AF
Monday April 27 - 2 drinks. Not a planned drink day at all. Glad that I stopped at 2.
Tuesday April 28 - AF - Going to try for AF tomorrow also.
Wednesday April 29 - AF - Really wanted drinks, but end of the month weigh-in tomorrow morning is giving me a reason not to. Pretty pleased to hit 21AF days for the second time ever.
21AF days out of 29 days so far8 -
I just realized that last night I didn’t even think about alcohol. Early on it was an extremely conscious decision not to drink, but that seems to have passed.
Early on, I would also fill my evenings with a bubble bath. Kind of a luxury prisoner to the tub and not able to get to alcohol. This has continued and turned into my new guilty pleasure.
Today is 1m 30 days <minus one>
I am so happy at the moment!8 -
After today, 25 total AF days for April....ready to do better.....see you all on the May thread....!
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CONGRATULATIONS for the 21 day AF count this month @dawnbgethealthy. That is so encouraging, so proud of you.
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Welcome to all our new participant's, so nice to have you joining in.
April.....what can I say about it? Rough one for sure, even bit me in the azz at the beginning of the month. Pulled through and got my self together for clear positive thinking.
I am ending this month on many good notes. At the same time being accountable for those 10 drinks that first short week in April.
27AF/30 (total drinks=10 for only three days) Spacing it out over 30 days, NOT 3, would have made me feel much better. But onward to May.
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April has been..... Interesting is all I can say, our governor extended the stay at home thingie for another two weeks, I have a feeling it'll be another two weeks after that then another, I've grown weary yet when I complain I get backlash for acting like I don't care about people's lives, I do trust me but I also care about people's livelihood and quality of life as well, mental health is just as important as physical health, meh enough on that 7:30 am in Vegas another 24,hope everyone enjoys their day💗6
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One of the best months I've ever had and I plan to continue the streak...7
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Check-in #18: Good morning
fellow pilgrims on the Less EtOH road. I drank one can of sparkling rose yesterday. Down from previous days of layering glasses of additional wine on top of my baseline bubbles. Been dealing with my own "Covid" stuff. @MissMay: Yep - April has been tough. For those of us living in rural areas, it has been "Wash your hands, stay 6ft apart, blah, blah, blah." Inconvenient, but doable. Montana still only has 453 known cases. And the governor is beginning to open things up. @whitpauly: I got an email from the salon I go to. They are opening next week. Fingers crossed for LV 
That said, being laid-off when over 30 million others have also lost their jobs is awful. The loss of income, not to mention the health insurance tied to a job strikes at the core of who we are professionally; it threatens our ability and responsibility to provide for our families; is depressing, massively anxiety-producing, and outright frightening. All of which lead us (well, me anyway) to want something - anything, in this case EtOH - to anesthetize the pain.
In the Army we say the 'F-word' is just a comma in a sentence. So, "F**k, F**K, F**k this S**t!" There, I said it for all of us. I'll be back shortly with a more positive scree.6 -
1 - AF
2 - AF
3 - 3 glasses of wine on 2 different 'virtual pub' video calls
4 - AF
5 - 1 glass wine
6 - AF
7 - AF
8 - AF
9 - AF
10 - beer and wine. Virtual pub.
11 - beer in the sun in the garden after my bike ride.
12 - AF
13 - wine and beer at Street lockdown festival
14 - AF
15 - AF
16 - AF
17 - 1/2 bottle of wine
18 - AF
19 - AF
20 - AF
21 - AF
22 - AF
23 - 1/2 bottle of wine. Virtual leaving do for my boss.
24 - 1/2 bottle of wine. Celebrating (sort of) my company being acquired. If not the actual transaction, but the fact that I made it through and still have a job at the end of it (some didn't - see yesterday!)
25 - AF
26 - AF
27 - AF
28 - AF
29 - AF
30 - Almost certainly AF. It's only 6.40 so I could still have a drink, but I'm fairly sure I won't and once I post it here I can't!
22/30 AF. Onwards to May!6 -
Haven't been checking in much but I am doing well this week! AF day #5 today!! Woot woot!! Right on track with my goals 7
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@Beka3695 Luxurious Prisoner--love it! And way to go on the almost 2 months!!!
@morrisjen2014 I think everyone's feeling more restless than usual. I also drink from boredom. And since I'm not drinking and I'm so over this #@$*$#@ weather, I'm grumpy. Really, Maine--not a single day above 60 this month? I miss Texas!!! Sorry, I'm digressing. I'm trying to figure out why I'm bored. I didn't drink as a kid or teen and I was rarely bored. What happens to us? Figure out what gets you amped and go for it! (I'm talking to both of us, lol.) I'm disappointed I'm not losing more weight, but not gaining at least.
Congrats to @dawnbgethealthy and @LoveyChar and @globalhiker and others who are rocking their goals!4 -
@mainelylisa that's so true about when we were kids! Went to bed earlier for one 😂2
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mainelylisa wrote: »@Beka3695 Luxurious Prisoner--love it! And way to go on the almost 2 months!!!
@morrisjen2014 I think everyone's feeling more restless than usual. I also drink from boredom. And since I'm not drinking and I'm so over this #@$*$#@ weather, I'm grumpy. Really, Maine--not a single day above 60 this month? I miss Texas!!! Sorry, I'm digressing. I'm trying to figure out why I'm bored. I didn't drink as a kid or teen and I was rarely bored. What happens to us? Figure out what gets you amped and go for it! (I'm talking to both of us, lol.) I'm disappointed I'm not losing more weight, but not gaining at least.
Congrats to @dawnbgethealthy and @LoveyChar and @globalhiker and others who are rocking their goals!
I did not give you a disagree, and I doubt whoever did it meant to disagree but rather that person meant to hug you and hit the wrong button (I've done it). But I disagree with you about this Texas weather. I have lived here for seventeen years and today our heat pushed 90; I hate the heat!!! I'd rather have your weather! We have 9 months of summer here!2 -
Check-in #19: Twice in one day! Tonight I'm only drinking my 375ml baseline bubbles can (11% EtOH). I'm going to try working in some AF days in May. I like what @dawnbegethealthy said about starting with just one AF day a month. You also said, "...but I didn't die or anything." Good point. And look at you now! I'm blown away by how much progress everyone has made since I started lurking in DEC -> looking at you @shorepine. You are doing sooo well!! Especially considering the kind of pressure you are under. I hope you had some good news this week about staying employed.
I Love this message board because there is no judgement. @mainleylisa is right: no guilt, no embarrassment. Just. Keep.Checking.In. Sober, a little high, a lot high, drunk, doesn't matter. If it's any consolation, I would have drank half-again as much as you did given the same circumstances. Lord knows, I have in the past. Once, maybe twice. Don't ask after that
Namaste
(Just because I do yoga doesn't mean I don't swear
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Finishing out the month with 5 AF days in a row and 16 AF days this month. Definitely better than I would have done without the support of this group!5
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As usual, I am going to try for 16-20 AF days for the month.
I had 18AF days for January
I had a surprising (and record setting for me) 21AF days for the short month of February!
18AF days for March
Onward to April : - )
Wednesday April 01 - AF
Thursday April 02 - AF - Felt like having drinks, but really determined to get back to at least 2AF days in between.
Friday April 03 - AF because I have a webinar in the morning that I want to be sharp for. Planned wine with a friend for her birthday - yes, we will stay 2 metres apart and likely outside.
Saturday April 04 - Drinks
Sunday April 05 - AF
Monday April 06 - AF
Tuesday April 07 - AF - My Tuesdays have changed, no longer working my tail off and stressed out for the first Tuesday "off". Normally my drinks day. I am really battling to get off the March weight gain, and I know that being more AF helps.
Wednesday April 08 - 3 drinks
Thursday April 09 - AF - I need to be AF again tomorrow so as to have at least 2AF days in between. It has been warm and beautiful here, but it is supposed to drop drastically for a week starting Saturday with more snow. I have done work in the garden hoping to get planting soon, but apparently I need to wait.
Friday April 10 - 3 drinks, broke my own rule of always 2AF days in a row. Just didn't have the willpower today I guess.
Saturday April 11 - AF
Sunday April 12 - AF
Monday April 13 - AF
Tuesday April 14 - AF - Tuesdays no longer stress me out because I don't go out to work anymore. I have time to work out more, prepare healthy food, get out on the trails everyday. I do work on my little Amazon business at home and have a learning seminar tomorrow morning early, so AF tonight so that I hopefully absorb a bunch.
Wednesday April 15 - AF - Planned drinks tomorrow. Hey, that was 5 AF days in a row!!
Thursday April 16 - 3 drinks
Friday April 17 - AF - Woke up 2 pounds heavier from having drinks. All the more reason to have lots of AF days. Having said that, I am invited for wine and cheese tomorrow afternoon on my friend's patio where we can stay 6 feet away easily. We'll see. I work very very hard at losing weight and really know that the less alcohol days the better for that.
Saturday April 18 - AF - It was rainy and grey today, so no sitting out on my friend's deck. Tomorrow will be AF also because I have joined a weight challenge that weighs Mondays, so that is my short term motivation to not drink on Sunday. (I seem to gain like 2 pounds the morning after drinking for some reason)
Sunday April 19 - Drinks on my friend's patio in the hot sun after turning over and weeding 2/3 of my snap pea area.
Monday April 20 - AF - Finished the Snap Pea area, very hard work with a shovel, lots of bending, squatting, lunging. I would have enjoyed a drink (or 3), but need 2 AF days in a row at least, so tomorrow too.
Tuesday April 21 - AF - Another afternoon digging in the garden, I really wanted a couple of drinks after that, but I have a learning Webinar tomorrow, and one the next day so I didn't, plus I wanted my 2AF days in a row. Hit the bottom half of my monthly goal today : - )
Wednesday April 22 - AF
Thursday April 23 - Drinks
Friday April 24 - AF - Felt pretty crappy this morning, but weirdly enough really wanted to have drinks tonight. Keeping to my own rule of 2AF days in between.
Saturday April 25 - 3 drinks - broke my own 2AF day rule for in between.
Sunday April 26 - AF
Monday April 27 - 2 drinks. Not a planned drink day at all. Glad that I stopped at 2.
Tuesday April 28 - AF - Going to try for AF tomorrow also.
Wednesday April 29 - AF - Really wanted drinks, but end of the month weigh-in tomorrow morning is giving me a reason not to. Pretty pleased to hit 21AF days for the second time ever.
Thursday April 31 - AF - So grateful to have y'all!!!!
22AF days out of 30 days for the month of April5 -
ADIOS April......
EXCELLENT less drinking accountability to all of you.
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