Less Alcohol - JUNE 2020 - One Day at a Time
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Thanks for the garden compliments. I did not realize my photo was from very early this Spring when I attached it. When a few more Lilys open I will post another. I wish my plants provided a source of food for me. It is the deer and other critters that give them a taste daily to see if they pass inspection.
I am still in DVD workout mode @dawnbgethealthy. I have no internet hook up where I workout on my property so I have to keep an arsenal of DVDs at hand. I love the kick boxing workouts. Yup even at my ripe ole age.
FRIDAY.....MID JUNE......HOT BEAUTIFUL DAY PREDICTED........plan fo this evening--> no alcohol. Maybe a lovely watermelon kombucha in my copper mule mug( these mugs stay super super cold, even in the hot sun)😎
18 days of June / 17 AF
Inside dining has opened up full force in our state now. Not feeling good about the inside experience with all of the other people from who knows where. Trying to keep husband from his old habit of bar hopping just to see what is going on with everyone. New times, new habits. Better safe than sick.
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@dawnbegethealthy I had heard of Fitness Marshall on the show My big fat fabulous life, I think she did a workout tour with him or something, I'll hafta check it out👍🏼 tired this morning I shoulda slept longer, 6:39 am in Vegas another 24,hope everyone has a wonderful day 💗4
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@looneycatblue ,I'm sorry for your loss😔2
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globalhiker wrote: »8 drinks/16 days.....got in my body pump workout (found an ok one on youtube) and ran and walked....now dead tired....
Who is the trainer in that workout? I do all the Beach Body workouts and love them. Congrats on your AF days.
@MissMay : Mary Fulton Fit....I found her on youtube by searching under Body Pump...the classes seem the same as at the gym with similar music. She does it in her laundry room which is funny.
Body Combat is now on youtube under Les Mills. I used to pay $9.99 a month for that but the class is on youtube for free. I only got thru 10min of that one - it's a real fat burner but intense...2 -
8 drinks/18 days....I'm going to check out Fitness Marshall too...thanks for the tip @dawnbgethealthy ! I enjoyed your garden photos as well!
Goal this weekend is to stay relaxed, avoid Covid, exercise my butt off, and maybe visit our new local Korean supermarket that just opened up. I love international supermarkets. And I don't even know what 75% the food items in there are! Actually, it's a good weekend for some Korean BBQ chicken thighs. It's amazing. If we make it, will send you all the recipe and pix on Monday.
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Sigh...3 posts in a row this month vanished while typing...my garden mint is waist high...bring your mojito fixings...4
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@dawnbegethealthy I had heard of Fitness Marshall on the show My big fat fabulous life, I think she did a workout tour with him or something, I'll hafta check it out👍🏼 tired this morning I shoulda slept longer, 6:39 am in Vegas another 24,hope everyone has a wonderful day 💗
Yes!! Her name is Alison. She is still fabulous, but has lost a whole bunch of the fat (from the hip-hop Zumba?). She is a great dancer. He is kind of hard to follow sometimes, so i follow her or Bria or Hayley. Actually there are a whole bunch of others too, but Hayley, Bria, and Alison are the stalwarts of the "show" plus him of course, Caleb Marshall. I am kind of addicted. It never ceases to put a smile on my face and a jump in my step. I am learning about modern music, and moving every single limb and muscle in my body. Love it!4 -
Thanks for the garden compliments. I did not realize my photo was from very early this Spring when I attached it. When a few more Lilys open I will post another. I wish my plants provided a source of food for me. It is the deer and other critters that give them a taste daily to see if they pass inspection.
I am still in DVD workout mode @dawnbgethealthy. I have no internet hook up where I workout on my property so I have to keep an arsenal of DVDs at hand. I love the kick boxing workouts. Yup even at my ripe ole age.
FRIDAY.....MID JUNE......HOT BEAUTIFUL DAY PREDICTED........plan fo this evening--> no alcohol. Maybe a lovely watermelon kombucha in my copper mule mug( these mugs stay super super cold, even in the hot sun)😎
18 days of June / 17 AF
Inside dining has opened up full force in our state now. Not feeling good about the inside experience with all of the other people from who knows where. Trying to keep husband from his old habit of bar hopping just to see what is going on with everyone. New times, new habits. Better safe than sick.
Oh yes. We have a lot of town deer in this little city, they have never lived in the bush, born in the town, the Moms take the babies around to people's gardens to show them where to feed. They mowed down my entire garden one year in under a couple of hours, all of that work and love...gone. The next year I netted everything because they can't chew through that, but it was no longer pleasurable to garden, the tops of the tomatoes would grow through the top of the netting to be eaten, when I was trying to weed, my crazy hair would get stuck in the netting and I would stand up bringing the garden with me and uprooting stuff. The next year I had a big fence built. Back to enjoying my garden immensely. My dill is thick right now, lemon basil, Tarragon. Chives are almost done, all in flower and attracting bees which is so great for the tomatoes and peppers.
Can't wait to see your Lillys!!
I used to love the kick-boxing videos. Good on you! We are so close in age, but I find now that they really bother my shoulders and hips lol. That sounds ridiculous because I am doing all of this Hip-Hop stuff, but that flows without jarring maybe?
I too am hesitant about the inside dining thing. Not for people in the community, but for tourists passing through town that might be unknowingly bringing the virus. The virus doesn't travel, people do. We are at zero cases in our town, I really don't want that to change, but there were so many cars around today, and out of province ones. I had hoped for no "second wave" but with people traveling about I am a bit scared.4 -
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 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.
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.
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 : - )
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Ugh.....how can a beautiful day turn to shitz in less than 24 hours? And I remarkably stayed AF through the whole thing. Some people live for drama, create it, seek it out and then bring others into the quick sand. I do not, I steer away, avoid and know if I start drinking during an out break I will become a screaming banshee and be that person I hate most, my drinking twin.
Husband was having a bad day at work, texts me his present drama senerio(brought me into the quick sand).
After work we are both home, I go out to water my gazzilion plants and wilting lawn.
He screams at me when I get into the house for watering (I notice his tequila bottle level has dropped dramatically)
I try another approach to get his mood better. Patio music night(orders MORE straight up tequila but seems in a good mood)
We get home and all his consumed tequila wanted to escape in a 2 hours blasting of my moral character.
# 1 on my list of why I drink less. To keep in control and not become another pawn in this game.
Day 19 of June / 18 AF
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forestdweller1 wrote: »Sigh...3 posts in a row this month vanished while typing...my garden mint is waist high...bring your mojito fixings...
I have a recipe for a virgin mojito.
Muddled mint
Sweet Iced Tea
Ginger Ale
Set a chair in the middle of your mint garden and I will be over to make us a few of these. 😎
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All this talk of these HIT workouts has me pumped to pop in a DVD. LOL, it is Myfitnesspal after all, right?4
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@dawnbgethealthy & @MissMay OMG...beautiful gardens. I've got the gardening bug now. I wanted to drink so bad yesterday, and knowing my partner would not go for that (though he said, I know--G&T's would be great about now), I pouted instead. And then I did something much more effective after being inspired by this group. I did a 20 min HIIT workout. Didn't feel like it, but it did the trick. Not only was I not grumpy, I had no desire to drink the rest of the night. Not to mention, I nailed my food & exercise goals, and am feeling fresh while drinking coffee and writing this morning.12
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8 drinks/19 days...started the morning with a run with gusto....it's a good time to plan happy activities that make me feel in control...(where I am or not is another story...but pretending and convincing myself I am in control is ok too...)8
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globalhiker wrote: »8 drinks/19 days...started the morning with a run with gusto....it's a good time to plan happy activities that make me feel in control...(where I am or not is another story...but pretending and convincing myself I am in control is ok too...)
Love your attitude, kinda like the "fake it till you make it"! I know that sometimes I just really don't want to get my morning walk in, but then when I do my mood is lifted... you are in control.7 -
@MissMay I am sorry that you husband was so rotten to you yesterday! I don't know how you didn't cave and pour some for yourself. I am amazed at your resolve... I hope that today is better for you.
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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 - AFSaturday 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.
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 : - )
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@mainelylisa good for you getting in a 20 High-Intensity Interval Training workout. I could barley manage to work outside in this heat the past few days There were people jogging past where I was working and I thought...How can that be fun in this heat wave? YAY to having your drinking craving knocked out.5
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globalhiker wrote: »8 drinks/19 days...started the morning with a run with gusto....it's a good time to plan happy activities that make me feel in control...(where I am or not is another story...but pretending and convincing myself I am in control is ok too...)
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FeelinFooFoo wrote: »forestdweller1 wrote: »Sigh...3 posts in a row this month vanished while typing...my garden mint is waist high...bring your mojito fixings...
I have a recipe for a virgin mojito.
Muddled mint
Sweet Iced Tea
Ginger Ale
Set a chair in the middle of your mint garden and I will be over to make us a few of these. 😎
I will have to try this recipe it sounds delicious! I am on the lookout for good mocktails recipes and this one sounds really nice. I used to enjoy a mojito cocktail when I was still drinking it was probably one of my fave cocktails.
Oh I wondered where you have been. Hope things are going well with your less alcohol. YES...in fact I had two of these yesterday after work. There is something very relaxing and refreshing about mint in a beverage. Give it a try2 -
looneycatblue wrote: »@MissMay I am sorry that you husband was so rotten to you yesterday! I don't know how you didn't cave and pour some for yourself. I am amazed at your resolve... I hope that today is better for you.
Thank you. Yeah he was pretty much a dink the other night. The next morning it was as if nothing had happened in his drinking mind. (I can recall when I was pouring drinks into myself everyday I too had no off switch for my emotions or mouth.)
So I was thankful one of us could be the adult in the room.
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@dawnbgethealthy I had to crack up when I read the part where your crazy hair would get caught up in the netting(that stuff is brutal) and bring the entire garden up with you when you stood up. Sounds so familiar. I LOVE vegetable garden, had a 60' x40' garden for years until my first husband died. Then it was no longer enjoyable to do by myself.
I now have several Mama deer bringing their wobbly new babies through my yard showing them the feast they will be chomping on all Spring,Summer and Fall. It is when the show up as a herd of 8 deer or more that I get annoyed. Then they trample everything.not as if they do not have hundreds of beutilful acres to feed on right next door. 😩
Yes today is another day for you to claim that AF day. Shake it off we have all caved on here.5 -
Day 20 of June / 19 AF6
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8 drinks/20 days...YAY....finally after 3 weeks of no weight budging, scale is reading 129!!!!. Lost 1.5 lbs...all thanks to not drinking.....!!
I am not going to reward myself for this by feasting and drinking today and reverse my accomplishments like I usually do....oh hell no......
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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 - AFSunday 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!
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.
15AF days out of 21 days so far.5 -
We had a good hard rain here for a bit today, the garden will be poppin' tomorrow.
It is to be 29C all week here, that is about 85F, but the forecast is the airport temperature, which is quite high in elevation.
It will be hotter than that where I live, downtown, lower altitude, and the pavement soaks up the heat.
So great for the tomatoes and peppers, they love the heat.
First little pepper came out of a flower on Friday, and 1 tomato on each of my 2 tomato plants. Pretty happy that the deer can't get into my backyard! *kitten*.5 -
Oh my, I expected that to say "kittens"!!! Haha, sorry for the foul language.2
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Hi all! Only 3 AF days so far this month. I’m lucky I can moderate when I drink, eat potato chips, etc., but my weight is noticeably going up again now that I’m having a drink every night. Sigh. Back to drinking weekends only, except....
...I am pretty sick of my Pellegrino/ splash of cranberry. Even in a nice wine glass. Any suggestions?
Also does anyone notice that MFP always takes forever to update every time you log on? So frustrating to see the spinning wheel of death go on for a very long time when I’m trying to log my food.8 -
Speaking of gardens, we have two mulberry trees in my back yard. I feel like a Disney Princess with all the birds, raccoons, groundhogs, deer, and even a fox and her two kits! So adorable! Until I see where they’ve all pooped. 😠8
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8 drinks/21 days...not drinking today so I can continue the weight loss momentum. Started drinking 2 glasses of water before dinner and yep - I am eating less at dinner and get full faster. Working on stopping at 80% full, getting better at it.
@Womona :Just yesterday I bought refrigerated 100% pink grapefruit juice to add variety to the usual nightcap. I seek out tart and sour and intense flavors. Figured I'd alternate nights between this and the cranberry and maybe introduce some authentic japanese teas prepared as ice tea. Never had Japanese tea before.
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