Less Alcohol - APRIL 2020 - One Day at a Time

whitpauly

Agreed-tired of the daily briefings that say nothing new but yet I still have it on to listen 😆 fighting with allergies and they make my head so stuffy and dumb it's like that 2 beers in feeling where you're tired and spacey, can't see or hear clear it's annoying, 6:40 am in Vegas another 24,hope everyone has a productive day 💗

LoveyChar

No retail therapy here, either, and social distancing has never bothered me. Now I say this as someone who has her family with her. However, I've spent substantial amounts of time by myself before having a family and I value quiet and alone time. My parents got divorced when I was about seven and I asked my dad, once, why he never remarried (only seriously even dated one person and he ended the relationship with her) and he said he liked being alone, that he liked living by himself. I live several states away from him and he has nobody else close by that he talks to and he likes it that way. Not everyone is social. For some, it's not a challenge whatsoever to social distance (myself included).

SWEETS: If there is a wagon to fall off of, this is the one for me! I've been reading your posts about sweets. I've eaten shortbread cookies, chocolate covered doughnuts, ice cream, brownies and carrot cake over this past week. I overindulged in everything. Every single thing... Calories consumed eating the sweets is probably way more than I would have if having just drank alcohol...that bad...
So...I am going to try to get that under control...the only thing left at this point is the cake, though...😬

The positive is that I may have gained a pound or two of fat, but it's just a pound or two and I know how to get it off...

Random thought, but I have beat myself up over so many mistakes made throughout my life and it's too easy to do but it needs to stop because it really solves nothing. With every new day is a new chance to do better (hopefully). This is an outloud self pep talk for the most part 😒...Hugs to you all and have a great day!

Doxmum

Check-in #12: Cut my consumption in half yesterday (one 375ml can of sparkling rose - my new nemesis). It's progress. I feel much better today and the sun is out in NW Montana! @LoveyChar your sugar is my salty/savory, specifically chips. Thank you for sharing your self pep talk. I'm thinking we all probably beat ourselves up more than we should - at least I do. It's good to be reminded "...it needs to stop because it really solves nothing."

Namaste
(Just because I do yoga doesn't mean I don't drink)

shorepine

Hello everyone, been a few days since I checked in. I drank over the weekend but it felt manageable and enjoyable so I'm okay with it.

I can't believe that it is still only April. I want to have at least 20 AF days this month, so I've got to hunker down on that since there are only 10 days left (including today). I don't plan to have any midweek drinks this week, will wait until the weekend again.

Apr 1: AF
Apr 2: AF
Apr 3: 3 drinks
Apr 4: AF
Apr 5: 3 drinks
Apr 6: AF
Apr 7: AF
Apr 8: 2 drinks
Apr 9: AF
Apr 10: 2 drinks
Apr 11: 1 drink
Apr 12: drank 1.5 bottles of sparkling wine over the course of the day
Apr 13: AF
Apr 14: AF
Apr 15: AF
Apr 16: AF
Apr 17: 1/2 bottle of wine
Apr 18: 1/2 bottle of wine w dinner, 2 cocktails (board game night with husband)
Apr 19: AF
Apr 20: AF

So far in April: 12/20 days AF

helen_goldthorpe

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

15/21 AF

Womona

I don’t even know what day it is anymore! This month is simultaneously very long and very short. I was so bored today I cleaned the bathroom, which I didn’t plan to do until the weekend. Whatever the heck day it is today.

We have two open bottles of wine. I had no plans to drink, and I didn’t, but what is it about an open bottle that makes me want a glass? Part of me wants to be social and join my husband, the other part of me wants to pour that last glass so I can put the bottle in recycling and get it off my counter. Glad I didn’t pour myself one.

So, 12/21 AF days this month.

anglilacs

It’s so nice to come to this thread everyday and see everyone checking in and doing the work. Keeps me motivated and inspired.

11 AF days so far this month.

dawnbgethealthy

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 : - )

16AF days out of 21 days so far

whitpauly

6:25 am in Vegas another 24 💖

globalhiker

17 AF days/21 days.....today is likely the last Spring day in AZ before the temps really heat up and jump into triple digits. Birds outside are chirping up a storm. Time to finish the coffee and get outside to enjoy the morning!

Doxmum

Check-in #13: Got lots of spring cleaning done yesterday Also had only one 375ml sparkling wine so holding steady.

forestdweller1

socially distant...

shorepine

Hello again! Checking in here keeps me mindful of my alcohol intake. It's also really inspiring seeing so many other posts of people like me, trying to moderate and lessen alcohol. It feels like a healthy place.

Last night was a big victory for me because I had to open a bottle of wine for a recipe. In the past that would have meant I would have had a glass while cooking, a glass with dinner, and maybe even finished it off after dinner. I really considered having a glass, but I kept thinking about the flavor being in the dish I was making already, and it just didn't seem appealing to me. Being mindful really helped, and I stuck to sparkling water. I'm feeling proud of that.

Apr 1: AF
Apr 2: AF
Apr 3: 3 drinks
Apr 4: AF
Apr 5: 3 drinks
Apr 6: AF
Apr 7: AF
Apr 8: 2 drinks
Apr 9: AF
Apr 10: 2 drinks
Apr 11: 1 drink
Apr 12: drank 1.5 bottles of sparkling wine over the course of the day
Apr 13: AF
Apr 14: AF
Apr 15: AF
Apr 16: AF
Apr 17: 1/2 bottle of wine
Apr 18: 1/2 bottle of wine w dinner, 2 cocktails (board game night with husband)
Apr 19: AF
Apr 20: AF
Apr 21: AF

So far in April: 13/21 days AF

Beka3695

Lovely night in the Deep South. Hope everyone is having a great evening!!!

❤️❤️1m 22d <minus one> AF❤️❤️

dawnbgethealthy

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

17AF days out of 22 days so far

Womona

It’s been so cold and windy here. I’m so ready for proper spring weather! Oh wait, cold and windy is part and parcel with the nice warm sunny days in April. Ok I want the warm mild days!

13 AF days as of last night.

MissMay

Really? 35 mph wind with ice pellets stinging me in the face as I try to keep up right and not slip because of it accumulating on the ground outside yesterday.
This is definitely someones idea of a crule joke on top of a crule joke.
Thanks for the check in's everyone, love reading your accountability and knowing we are all getting through this in our own way.

LESS ALCOHOL- One Day At A Time woot woot

Day22- 19AF

globalhiker

17 AF days/22 days....I broke my rule of never going to the supermarket at 5pm....so I went to pick up some food and grabbed a bottle of cheap barefoot pinot grigio which disappeared quickly while watching my tv show. I don't feel guilty about it which is odd for me but I need to get my motivation back on track and be the woman in control....

whitpauly

globalhiker wrote: »

17 AF days/21 days.....today is likely the last Spring day in AZ before the temps really heat up and jump into triple digits. Birds outside are chirping up a storm. Time to finish the coffee and get outside to enjoy the morning!

Here too! Gonna be in the 100's already next week 😳 don't remember it getting that hot this early,oh well at least I'll have a nice tan if I ever get back to work 😆 6:53 am in Vegas another 24,have a fab day all💗

anglilacs

Celebrated my 40th birthday last night and only had 2 drinks. Virtual party definitely helped to slow me down. I didn’t want to get up in the middle of the “party” so I only had one during the call and one after.

Am thankful for Zoom and friends willing to meet virtually to celebrate!