Less Alcohol - JUNE 2020 - One Day at a Time
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Nice job hitting 18AF days already @dawnbgethealthy. Yes I have only one dog now.
Day 24 of June / 21AF
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I’ve always lamented the fact we don’t have a dedicated guest room. When we have overnight guests, I put our guests in one of the boys’ rooms. Whoever got kicked out sleep on the couch in the basement. The fact that some of you turned your dedicated guest space into offices, exercise rooms, is hysterical- and freaking brilliant!!!! I feel much better about not having that extra space!
HAHAHA my spare room is truely staged, because my husband (of 7 years) said "I have never seen you take the cover off that sewing machine, does it even work?"6 -
12 drinks/24 days.....good news is I don't have to get surgery, at least not now. I was elated to the point I felt I needed to celebrate. So in the cart went my Orvieto 2018 wine and a Cadbury Fruit and Nut chocolate bar. I'll pay the price...anyway today is back on track day, thinking I can stay AF rest of month - only a few days left!10
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Thanks for the pic @MissMay, your dog is adorbs!!!!2
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I am Dawn. Turning 60 in September.
I live in SE BC, Canada.
I started on this thread November 28.18 - at that time I was having drinks every day. That first AF day was very hard! I vowed to have 1AF day per week to start, then progressed to 2AF days per week etc.
My goal now (that is working for me) is 16-20 AF days per month. I have been keeping within that since last October. I am comfortable and happy with that goal.
I have never ever been able to exceed 3 drinks or I throw up. There is moderation for you : - P
I log in here every day with a running calendar/journal of the month at a glance. It helps me.Monday June 01.20 - AFThursday June 25 - 2 drinks. Kind of started out as a bit of stress relief after a hellish day (used to be Tuesdays, is now Thursdays). I was feeling pretty good, I didn't even consider the 3rd drink which is my norm to have. I know that my tolerance has declined, 2 was just the right amount.
Tuesday June 02.20 - AF - Very long, very stupid day, my first back working for a company that I loathe. This is why i always designated Tuesdays as my drinks days in the past. However, I am coming toward the end of a 100 day weight challenge thread, and that is my motivation to stay "dry" for at least the next 5 days. In the previous round of it I lost 1.7 pounds in 100 days. Hoping to lose 2 pounds this time. (I know, painfully slow, but better than gaining, and it really does get more difficult to lose weight with aging.)
Wednesday June 03.20 - AF - Really wanted drinks after working hard in my yard. Didn't.
Thursday June 04.20 - AF - Ditto to yesterday, really really wanted a couple of drinks. I hate being back to work, and thought a couple of drinks tonight would relax me. Hanging tough to hopefully lose another 0.02 pounds over the next few days.
Friday June 05.20 - Having a couple of drinks. My last half hour digging and planting seeds was raining. I decided there and then that I would have a few drinks tonight. My weight was up 2 pounds today for no reason, so sacrificing having drinks really didn't appeal to me today. I have had my half a drink from my freezer lol, and have just poured a second. It is nice for me. Watching "Caribbean Life" on HGTV where they are always having yummy looking cocktails, and I am happy to not be white knuckling it resisting having some drinks today. All good : - )
Saturday June 06.20 - Hadn't planned on a drinks day, started out at a friend's place (who is a wine drinker) with water, and then caved. First time to have 2 drinks days in a row since the beginning of the pandemic. I will get back on track.
Sunday June 07.20 - AF - Feeling back on track, I think that I just wanted to be self-indulgent for a couple of days. Next planned drinks day is Wednesday or Thursday.
Monday June 08.20 - AF - Browsing holiday trips for my 60th, could be a pipe dream, who knows if travel will be possible in September. Watching too much HGTV (Caribbean Life, Bahamas Life, Mexico Life, Mediterranean Life, Beach Hunters etc.) and getting wanderlust.
Tuesday June 09.20 - AF - Had a horrible workday, as in every Tuesday now that I am working again for that one company (still layed off from the others at this point). This is why Tuesday were always my designated drinks day. Toughing it out, I will have drinks on a happier day...this week.
Wednesday June 10.20 - AF - Had an N/A beer on the porch, really did not do the trick. Had a good scale victory this morning though, so I am abstaining...today. Half way to my 16. No Mojito girl parties at my place just yet.
Thursday June 11.20 - 3 drinks - Started out on my porch. Very nice. Now to string together some more AF days.
Friday June 12.20 - AF - Got the lawn cut and more work done in the yard before the forecasted couple of days of rain. The sky was getting pretty dark by 6pm. Felt like having a drink after working hard, just didn't.
Saturday June 13.20 - 3 drinks. Not a planned drinks day. Brilliantly sunny with the threat of thunderstorms for 2 days in this region. At about 3pm the sun disappeared and the winds kicked up like crazy. I felt like having drinks on my covered front porch to watch it, but got dressed and went out in my car instead to do some shopping since it was no longer bathing suit weather. I delayed another 5 times after getting back home, but finally caved. I did not accomplish my 2 days in a row AF which I like to keep as my rule. Can't say that I didn't love having a Brandy on my porch with the wind howling and the skies swirling. That was hours ago. I should drink some water so that I feel okay tomorrow. Nothing important happening tomorrow except for some of my favourite shows on the radio and more forecasted storms. I am going to savour my morning coffee in my jammies : - ) (If the neighbours don't like seeing me on the porch in my jammies they can look away)
Sunday June 14 - AF - I had company this afternoon, coffee drinkers. Nice to know at least a few people who don't drink!
Monday June 15 - AF - My Tuesday jobs have now been cancelled for the remainder of June and July, I only will need to contend with working for that company on Thursdays now, still layed off from my other companies. Intending to work out lots, play in my garden lots. Perhaps I will have drinks Thursday night, we'll see. No plans to have drinks before that.
Tuesday June 16 - AF - Begrudgingly. I made up a litre of Crystal lite "mojito" and drank the whole thing in frosted glasses, that only made me want "real" cocktails more. I ended the night with an NA beer. Really would have rathered to have drinks.
Wednesday June 17 - AF - Delayed and delayed, had an NA beer on the porch.
Thursday June 18 - AF - Planning on drinks tomorrow, so as much as I felt like having a couple tonight after a long gruelling day, I didn't. I can wait a day.
Friday June 19 - 3 drinks. I made my first Mojito of the year with my own mint. I only put 1/3 of an ounce into it because I think that my tolerance for alcohol is lower now. It was delish. I use Organic Agave, fresh lime, mint, and white rum, I shake it and let it sit for 20 minutes in the ice and strain it into a glass that I put in the freezer. Very yummy. If I can find some rum extract that doesn't taste like dark rum I will try that. It really doesn't taste as good without the white rum flavour.
Had an awesome day today, very happy, productive and fulfilling. My guitar player came over, we jammed a whole bunch of tunes, drank parsley water and coffee, then he left. I then indulged a little, a few drinks, a samosa, and a chimichanga. Lol, I am chicken breast with veggies every single day, working out like crazy, and rarely losing a pound. Nice to have a day a tiny bit off of the rails (in happiness, not stress). Back to chicken breast, veggies, water, and no alcohol tomorrow : - )
Saturday June 20 - 3 drinks. I had the best intention for staying AF today, but I caved. I went for a visit with 2 of my women friends - socially distancing and mostly outside. They were drinking wine, I was drinking water. This lasted about an hour, and then I caved, willpower gave up. I think that it is hard for me to be around my friends that drink and not to drink myself. Not all of my friends drink. Some who do I create outside activities such as hiking where drinks are not an option. Not able to resist all of the time if it is a situation where everyone is drinking except me. I will dust myself off. Tomorrow is another day.
Sunday June 21 - AF - After drinks 2 days in a row it would have been very easy to have drinks again today. Need to rack up some more AF days!
Monday June 22 - AF - Yay, hit the 16AF days mark with days to spare. I wanted cocktails both yesterday and today.
Tuesday June 23 - AF - Another hot day, I was out painting the shed a bit, weeding, and generally farting around the backyard getting a tan while I sweated. Really felt like a nice cool cocktail after that, but instead I gathered a big bowl of mixed greens from the garden for dinner. Booze doesn't taste good with salad and salad doesn't taste good with booze.
Wednesday June 24 - AF - We had some boomers and some rain here today. A cocktail would have been nice to watch it on my covered porch, but I have a hellish long day tomorrow for work, so decided against it.
18AF days out of 25 days so far.6 -
Thanks, she has been 100 miles an hour since she was 8 weeks old, she is going to be 13 years old in August.dawnbgethealthy wrote: »Thanks for the pic @MissMay, your dog is adorbs!!!!
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globalhiker wrote: »12 drinks/24 days.....good news is I don't have to get surgery, at least not now. I was elated to the point I felt I needed to celebrate. So in the cart went my Orvieto 2018 wine and a Cadbury Fruit and Nut chocolate bar. I'll pay the price...anyway today is back on track day, thinking I can stay AF rest of month - only a few days left!
Thank goodness you evaded that. No surgery is easy to deal with minor or major.😊5 -
This month has flown by. Even without my past anticipated monthly escapes like to a concert or out of state friend gathering. I miss getting away "somewhere" even for a night. Not that I don't have plenty to do here, but it does seem to reset my internal clock.
Next weekend is always a challenge to a lot of people. 4th of July is falling on a Saturday which makes it a solid 3 day booze fest to many in our area. Our new July thread cant come quick enough for those who may be following and wanting to jump in. Start fresh and give your body a break from to much alcohol.
Have a fantastic Friday and or weekend.
Day 25 of June / 22 AF 😉7 -
12 drinks/25 days....not sure how to plan for the holiday....
Options:
If I do drink: I know EXACTLY what will happen because I've become VERY predictable: I will drink #1 and #2 midday or mid-afternoon, stop as planned and feel like an angel....take a break and then at night move on to drink #3 and #4 and maybe #5 and OOPS bottle is gone.
I won't drink the rest of the weekend because I know I will feel like crap. And, for sure I will eat WAY more than normal and not count calories etc. It's a bad mentality - feeling like, well I blew it so may as well keep going rest of the day. Not a great outcome....will feel good for a few hours but then crappy for the next 24....makes no sense
If I don't drink: which I know I can do, a week later I will justify drinking wine as a reward for being "good" for a couple of weeks.
Logically, best plan "for me" is to plan on no alcohol for the holiday and plan on setting up rewards that are not food or alcohol related. I need no-calorie incentives
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I am Dawn. Turning 60 in September.
I live in SE BC, Canada.
I started on this thread November 28.18 - at that time I was having drinks every day. That first AF day was very hard! I vowed to have 1AF day per week to start, then progressed to 2AF days per week etc.
My goal now (that is working for me) is 16-20 AF days per month. I have been keeping within that since last October. I am comfortable and happy with that goal.
I have never ever been able to exceed 3 drinks or I throw up. There is moderation for you : - P
I log in here every day with a running calendar/journal of the month at a glance. It helps me.Monday June 01.20 - AFFriday June 26 - AF - I'm going to sound like a broken record, but I really wanted a cool cocktail after working out in my yard in the blazing sun all day. I know that alcohol is counter productive to weight loss, so managed to stay AF.
Tuesday June 02.20 - AF - Very long, very stupid day, my first back working for a company that I loathe. This is why i always designated Tuesdays as my drinks days in the past. However, I am coming toward the end of a 100 day weight challenge thread, and that is my motivation to stay "dry" for at least the next 5 days. In the previous round of it I lost 1.7 pounds in 100 days. Hoping to lose 2 pounds this time. (I know, painfully slow, but better than gaining, and it really does get more difficult to lose weight with aging.)
Wednesday June 03.20 - AF - Really wanted drinks after working hard in my yard. Didn't.
Thursday June 04.20 - AF - Ditto to yesterday, really really wanted a couple of drinks. I hate being back to work, and thought a couple of drinks tonight would relax me. Hanging tough to hopefully lose another 0.02 pounds over the next few days.
Friday June 05.20 - Having a couple of drinks. My last half hour digging and planting seeds was raining. I decided there and then that I would have a few drinks tonight. My weight was up 2 pounds today for no reason, so sacrificing having drinks really didn't appeal to me today. I have had my half a drink from my freezer lol, and have just poured a second. It is nice for me. Watching "Caribbean Life" on HGTV where they are always having yummy looking cocktails, and I am happy to not be white knuckling it resisting having some drinks today. All good : - )
Saturday June 06.20 - Hadn't planned on a drinks day, started out at a friend's place (who is a wine drinker) with water, and then caved. First time to have 2 drinks days in a row since the beginning of the pandemic. I will get back on track.
Sunday June 07.20 - AF - Feeling back on track, I think that I just wanted to be self-indulgent for a couple of days. Next planned drinks day is Wednesday or Thursday.
Monday June 08.20 - AF - Browsing holiday trips for my 60th, could be a pipe dream, who knows if travel will be possible in September. Watching too much HGTV (Caribbean Life, Bahamas Life, Mexico Life, Mediterranean Life, Beach Hunters etc.) and getting wanderlust.
Tuesday June 09.20 - AF - Had a horrible workday, as in every Tuesday now that I am working again for that one company (still layed off from the others at this point). This is why Tuesday were always my designated drinks day. Toughing it out, I will have drinks on a happier day...this week.
Wednesday June 10.20 - AF - Had an N/A beer on the porch, really did not do the trick. Had a good scale victory this morning though, so I am abstaining...today. Half way to my 16. No Mojito girl parties at my place just yet.
Thursday June 11.20 - 3 drinks - Started out on my porch. Very nice. Now to string together some more AF days.
Friday June 12.20 - AF - Got the lawn cut and more work done in the yard before the forecasted couple of days of rain. The sky was getting pretty dark by 6pm. Felt like having a drink after working hard, just didn't.
Saturday June 13.20 - 3 drinks. Not a planned drinks day. Brilliantly sunny with the threat of thunderstorms for 2 days in this region. At about 3pm the sun disappeared and the winds kicked up like crazy. I felt like having drinks on my covered front porch to watch it, but got dressed and went out in my car instead to do some shopping since it was no longer bathing suit weather. I delayed another 5 times after getting back home, but finally caved. I did not accomplish my 2 days in a row AF which I like to keep as my rule. Can't say that I didn't love having a Brandy on my porch with the wind howling and the skies swirling. That was hours ago. I should drink some water so that I feel okay tomorrow. Nothing important happening tomorrow except for some of my favourite shows on the radio and more forecasted storms. I am going to savour my morning coffee in my jammies : - ) (If the neighbours don't like seeing me on the porch in my jammies they can look away)
Sunday June 14 - AF - I had company this afternoon, coffee drinkers. Nice to know at least a few people who don't drink!
Monday June 15 - AF - My Tuesday jobs have now been cancelled for the remainder of June and July, I only will need to contend with working for that company on Thursdays now, still layed off from my other companies. Intending to work out lots, play in my garden lots. Perhaps I will have drinks Thursday night, we'll see. No plans to have drinks before that.
Tuesday June 16 - AF - Begrudgingly. I made up a litre of Crystal lite "mojito" and drank the whole thing in frosted glasses, that only made me want "real" cocktails more. I ended the night with an NA beer. Really would have rathered to have drinks.
Wednesday June 17 - AF - Delayed and delayed, had an NA beer on the porch.
Thursday June 18 - AF - Planning on drinks tomorrow, so as much as I felt like having a couple tonight after a long gruelling day, I didn't. I can wait a day.
Friday June 19 - 3 drinks. I made my first Mojito of the year with my own mint. I only put 1/3 of an ounce into it because I think that my tolerance for alcohol is lower now. It was delish. I use Organic Agave, fresh lime, mint, and white rum, I shake it and let it sit for 20 minutes in the ice and strain it into a glass that I put in the freezer. Very yummy. If I can find some rum extract that doesn't taste like dark rum I will try that. It really doesn't taste as good without the white rum flavour.
Had an awesome day today, very happy, productive and fulfilling. My guitar player came over, we jammed a whole bunch of tunes, drank parsley water and coffee, then he left. I then indulged a little, a few drinks, a samosa, and a chimichanga. Lol, I am chicken breast with veggies every single day, working out like crazy, and rarely losing a pound. Nice to have a day a tiny bit off of the rails (in happiness, not stress). Back to chicken breast, veggies, water, and no alcohol tomorrow : - )
Saturday June 20 - 3 drinks. I had the best intention for staying AF today, but I caved. I went for a visit with 2 of my women friends - socially distancing and mostly outside. They were drinking wine, I was drinking water. This lasted about an hour, and then I caved, willpower gave up. I think that it is hard for me to be around my friends that drink and not to drink myself. Not all of my friends drink. Some who do I create outside activities such as hiking where drinks are not an option. Not able to resist all of the time if it is a situation where everyone is drinking except me. I will dust myself off. Tomorrow is another day.
Sunday June 21 - AF - After drinks 2 days in a row it would have been very easy to have drinks again today. Need to rack up some more AF days!
Monday June 22 - AF - Yay, hit the 16AF days mark with days to spare. I wanted cocktails both yesterday and today.
Tuesday June 23 - AF - Another hot day, I was out painting the shed a bit, weeding, and generally farting around the backyard getting a tan while I sweated. Really felt like a nice cool cocktail after that, but instead I gathered a big bowl of mixed greens from the garden for dinner. Booze doesn't taste good with salad and salad doesn't taste good with booze.
Wednesday June 24 - AF - We had some boomers and some rain here today. A cocktail would have been nice to watch it on my covered porch, but I have a hellish long day tomorrow for work, so decided against it.
Thursday June 25 - 2 drinks. Kind of started out as a bit of stress relief after a hellish day (used to be Tuesdays, is now Thursdays). I was feeling pretty good, I didn't even consider the 3rd drink which is my norm to have. I know that my tolerance has declined, 2 was just the right amount.
19AF days out of 26 days so far.4 -
Thanks, she has been 100 miles an hour since she was 8 weeks old, she is going to be 13 years old in August.dawnbgethealthy wrote: »Thanks for the pic @MissMay, your dog is adorbs!!!!
Your turn.....show us your pup.
No dog. I have had dogs, and I absolutely love dogs!!
I have my lifestyle exactly the way that I want it now. I live by myself, I can take off anywhere at any time and don't have to be home to let the dog out, feed it, clean up after it etc. (I barely clean up after myself, but I don't shed much, so it is pretty easy). I would never want to have to put a dog in a kennel.
Not that I can really go anywhere at the present time, but I certainly have flown off in the past.
I hope to get away "somewhere" also, a cabin on a lake for a few days would be nice, or even camping. My sister and I have booked 2 weeks in September half way between us in distance, we have until September 5th to cancel if it looks like we are going to get a second wave of Covid hitting. Right now we are in very good shape in BC, we all self-isolated, zero cases in the Interior region of BC for 2 weeks. I felt extremely fortunate to have my house and my garden to play in. I felt bad for people who live in high rises without any outdoor space while quarantining.
I would be really happy to see photos of other people's dogs too : - )
I know @Doxmum will post some pics of her new fur babies soon.5 -
Hey fellow travelers on the Less Alcohol journey. I've lost track of my AF vs drinking days for the month. I could go back and figure it out but I think I'll start over in July. The dogs are keeping me busy. And Montana is now one of the Covid hot-spots in the US. The governor allowed businesses to start opening 3 weeks ago - slowly, with lots of rules, but to no avail. We have an influx of folks who are apparently looking for a virus-free holiday, only to bring it with them. Heavy sigh. I'm not too worried about the upcoming holiday re: drinking. It's never been a binge-fest for me. With any luck it will rain and chase everyone indoors!4
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Has anyone else had trouble logging into their food diaries? I keep getting error messages/server not available. So after 3 days it reset back to zero (after 60+ days of consistent entries) through no fault of my own. Heavy sigh.2
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Yes there is definitely something going on here with MFP. I get an error message lately with out even doing anything. I got reset back to zero with over 800 days consecutive log ins😠😠😠 because I missed two or three.
@docmum I bet you are busy with your pups. All of my dogs throughout my life have been just like children to me. So many people have said if they come back as a dog, they want to be my dog.
Our town is going through the same out of state/country influx of visitors. Luckily, like @dawnbgethealthy said, having a yard makes all the difference in the world to keeping the sanity. I vowed last year I was not going to fill pots with flower annuals because it takes over an hour to tend to them all, on top of the individual in ground flower beds I have. But because we are staying home probably 90% more this Summer with covid-19 floating around. I now have more than enough time to "play" in my giant yard.
Hubby hinted last night he wanted to go into town.
ME: Where? I asked.
Don't know, he said.
ME: WHY?, what do we need?
NOTHING, he remarked.
ME: Well , if you have a solid plan for where, what and why let me know. Because I am not driving from bar to bar to watch you "try" to have fun.
POUT -POUT- POUT
Stayed in!
Day 26 of June/ 23 days AF5 -
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Okay. WTF. My photos show up sideways in here. Doesn’t happen when I post other places, FB, Insta??!2
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@MissMay: That sucks! 800+ days of a food diary reset to zero? You bet I'd be
I'm so sorry that happened. I missed 3 days while on the road, went back to fill them in (I kept track on paper), only to be reset. On a more positive note, I have 7 container pots with flowers - first time ever. Now that I'm retired I'm trying my hand at a little gardening. I have a friend who is a plant whisperer. She got me started. But I'll take all the advice I can get.
Aside from the National Park (too far for daily walks, too many people now) we have a ski hill here. I've been walking up there. It's outside (safer from Covid) and fewer people on the trail, especially early in the morning. If anyone has any doubts about the serious of Covid and what all of us can do to help, even in areas of "relatively" low infection rates. Please read the attached article. The author is the director of rural & global emergency medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine at Tucson, and an ED physician. Title: I'm a Healthcare Worker. You Need to Know How Close We are to Breaking.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opinion/coronavirus-arizona-hospitals.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage[/url]2 -
12 drinks/26 days. Hanging in there. It's now really bad here. Some hospitals in AZ have run out of ICU space and activated their emergency plans, converting children's units to ICUs. Now we're told to stay home but yet they are keeping bars open and ready to open schools? Sounds like sacrificing lives for the sake of profits.
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Can't believe that bars are even open in hotspots! Just crazy.
We had something happen in Canada at a nail salon, 18 people were infected, except the way this disease happens is people don't know that they are infected, and those 18 passed it on to 700 people unknowingly. Of course the nail salon is closed now.
Arizona, Texas, Washington State, and now @Doxmum says Montana too.
So scary that hospitals are now almost full with nowhere to put people. Thought that we learned from Italy way back when.
And what about all of the people at the Trump rallys without masks or physical distancing and then all flying back to their hometowns? Really un-ethical to be carrying on the campaign of hate and putting so many people in peril.
Rant done.
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