Less Alcohol - AUGUST 2020 - One Day at a Time

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  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 3,814 Member
    edited August 2020
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    I'm 2 for 3 on our mini challenge in support of @MissMay

    Way to inspire us @MissMay!
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,557 Member
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    I am Dawn. 59 (for one more month), I live in SE BC
    My goal has remained the same, one that I feel comfortable with: 16-20AF days each month.
    Saturday August 01 - Drinks, fancy fruity ones that I concocted.
    Sunday August 02 - AF - Didn't really want to be AF, but did.
    Monday August 03 - AF - Too windy to go to a lake today (I float on a mat) so I did some stuff around the garden. It is still going to be 100 degrees for a couple of more days, I am going to try to only work in the mornings so that I can get to the lake while it is super hot and not windy. Motivation to not drink is how my belly swells up so big the day after having drinks. Planning on AF again tomorrow.
    Tuesday August 04 - AF - Long stressful workday when I should have been at the lake, second to last really hot day. So badly wanted a few cocktails, but fought through it with my newfound "don't drink when you are stressed" tactic. Those cocktails won't be going anywhere, I will have a few on a happy day. Lake time Wednesday no matter what.
    Wednesday August 05 - Drinks. Last hot day here, so went to the lake and had some yummy cocktails when I got home.
    Thursday August 06 - AF - I will try to be AF tomorrow also to get 2 in a row.
    Friday August 07 - AF - Might have drinks with a friend this weekend.
    Saturday August 08 - Bunch of drinks with a girlfriend. I was making them, so put half of the alcohol in mine. We had a nice visit.
    Sunday August 09 - AF - planning on racking up a few of those.
    Monday August 10 - AF - This didn't post for some reason, probably human error : - )
    Tuesday August 11 - AF - I really have myself convinced now to not numb myself with alcohol when stressed out. If I have a few drinks when I am happy I enjoy/savour them more. I will probably be making Mojitos again before the mint is finished. When it is almost done I make a giant vat of mint tea, strain it, then freeze it into containers to later put in the blender for a nice minty frozen iced tea drink (no alcohol).
    Wednesday August 12 - AF - I have a long hard workday ahead tomorrow, so no drinks tonight.
    Thursday August 13 - AF - Very long hard workday today, I really really wanted drinks, but hanging tough.
    Friday August 14 - 2 wine and 1 cocktail, feeling woozy, out of the habit of the alcohol, but have a Mojito date with a gf for Sunday, one day to recuperate beforehand.
    Saturday August 15 - AF - I didn't feel well all day today. A few weeks ago I had 3 ounces of wine and it was the same the next day. Wine just doesn't agree with me anymore. Even though I like the taste, it is definitely not worth basically missing the whole day after.
    Sunday August 16 - AF - Following @MissMay 's sage words from page one and looking after my tomorrow feeling today. Postponed my Mojito get together for today with my friend, told her yesterday when I was feeling so yucky that I just couldn't.
    Monday August 17 - AF - Another nice hot day here, a quick trip to a lake. I felt like having drinks, but was so thirsty I settled for another of those Club Sodas (otherwise i would have downed drinks too fast)
    Tuesday August 18 - AF - Cucumber club soda in a fancy glass of course. It was great! I did manage to get away to a lake mid-day today for an hour and then went back to work. I have an awesome tan : - )
    Wednesday August 19 - Drinks. Although I have resisted drinks on my stressed out days for around 2 months, today was just too much. So, I blew a drinks day alleviating stress. I stopped at a friend's place on the way home from work who offered me wine, I had water, since it is looking like wine makes me sick the next day. The first sip of alcohol when I got home really tasted good and relaxed me so much. I will try not to make a habit of it again. I should say that I won't make a habit of it again : - )
    Thursday August 20 - AF - I almost opened the piccolo of Freixenet that has been in the fridge for months. One of these days I will. Time to shorten my post!
    Friday August 21 - AF - Always happy to hit my 16 for the month.
    Saturday August 22 - AF - Going to a different lake to float with a friend tomorrow, and want to feel good, so no drinks tonight. (I will get a photo) I am rearranging my schedule so that I can go to my usual 2 lakes on Monday and Tuesday (or maybe I will go somewhere else) when the wind will be low and the temperature nice. This could involve going to work super early, leaving at one point, and returning to work after the lake. Moving all of my jobs to clear those 2 days would also be an option. These nice lake days are running out now as we start to cool off a little. The rest of the week will be much cooler with high winds, not ideal for someone who floats along on the water. I want to feel good and experience these next few days without the possibility of not feeling well from drinking. Going to try not to have drinks before Tuesday night.
    Sunday August 23 - Drinks after the lake. Excellent float. I didn't make it until waiting for Tuesday to have drinks.
    Monday August 24 - AF - Went to a lake 25 minutes from my house. About halfway there I started to smell some smoke, but there was none at the lake that I went to. The water was very cold already, even though the sun was hot. Looked at the mini Prosecco in the fridge when I got home, but it can wait. I seriously put on 2 pounds the next day after drinks, so doing some damage control. I will look through today's photos and post some.
    Tuesday August 25 - AF - planned drinks on Thursday. We aren't starting our solidarity with @MissMay challenge until Friday right?
    Wednesday August 26 - Drinks. The last before our mini challenge in solidarity with @MissMay
    Thursday August 27 - AF - Last float today before it gets cold. I really wanted a glass of champagne or a Daquiri when I came home, I had a really great day. But...solidarity challenge weekend for our girl @MissMay I'm sure that my waistline will thank me tomorrow when I don't wake up bloated from drinks.
    Friday August 28 - AF
    Saturday August 29 - Drinks. I caved. Didn't make it through the dry weekend challenge, had colourful cocktails out at several patio places with a friend - something I just don't do normally.
    Sunday August 30 - AF - Made 2 of the 3 days AF for our little challenge. Pleased with my amount of AF days this month. 1 more day to go, planning AF.
    Monday August 31 - AF - Really glad to end the month with 23AF days.

    Rolling total 23AF days out of 31 days
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 3,814 Member
    edited September 2020
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    dawnbgethealthy wrote: »

    Good for you!!
    It takes me like 11 months to lose 11 pounds. Way to go.

    Thank you.
    Well these were pounds I regained not once but twice!! I let things get out of hand and put a stop to all my laziness and excuses in August. Now at my 15 pound loss I got to in 2019. I don't want to tackle any of those pounds again!
  • looneycatblue
    looneycatblue Posts: 1,305 Member
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    Final tally for August... 14.5 AF / 31 46.8%... close but didn't quite hit my 50% goal.
    I did loose 3 lbs of the 4 lbs (my orig goal), so kinda happy about that.

    Bye Bye August - Moving onto Sep, no looking back! B)

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