Less Alcohol - OCTOBER 2020 - One Day at a Time (Try a Sober October)

looneycatblue

Oh I just love the pictures being posted of your gardens and nature... how I would love to get away for a few days, away from work, computers, these walls... hopefully soon, we are trying to plan a little get-away to Cambria (California), a little beach town where you can take nice long easy walks and watch the Elephant Seals. Darn, I was going to try and post a link here of the live cam, but the live stream is showing just fog, you can't see the beach of the seals right now. I will post it anyways, maybe the fog will clear up soon: https://elephantseal.org/live-view/

The closest I will be getting to nature today is my little walk and then planning a trip to a farm stand to p/up some yummy veggies & fruit. I am hoping to get inspired to make some healthier dinners this week.

Happy Sunday!

looneycatblue

I posted this in another forum, thought it might fit in here too:

Reset... my goals for this week:

1. 10k steps each day
2. Stay under calorie goal
3. No "adult" beverages this week, even just a little indulgences, kills my willpower and then I mindlessly munch on junk food.
4. Check-in here daily.
5. Stay accountable, log all food/drinks
6. Get at least 7 hours sleep each night
7. 64 oz water

Started Sat, 10/17
1. Yes
2. Yes, barely, weekends are hard.
3. Yes, stuck with iced tea, sparkling water and just some plain ole water!
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. No... about 6 hours, stayed up watching movies last night, in bed by midnight, however my natural alarm woke me at 5am, tried to go back to sleep but it was useless, up by 6:30.
7. Yes

Time to get my walk in!

Crossing fingers doesn't work when trying to lose weight, only the work you put in produces good results! Happy Sunday Everyone!<3

LoveyChar

I was a volunteer at USO for years. The director informed us to never ever talk about politics. You will see men and women go to war with each other, fight side by side and even die for each other. But mention politics and they're at each other's throats on the brink of a brawl. So politics aside...

Besides I am here for the right reasons: to drink less, and I've been here since September 2019. How did it turn into the miserable old and/or middle aged drunk skunk fat, whine and wine "poor me" unable to get it together and help myself *kitten* show storm? I watch but stay out of it and I'm embarrassed with what it's become. I'm not directing this at any one person but if the shoes fits, wear it.

That being said, we camped this weekend and I drank half of a can of wine and left the rest, as I was too busy chasing a two-year old to sit down and enjoy it. I might let myself have another drink day before month's end but unsure. My Marathon is less than 4 months away and I want to run it better and faster than last year, which equals extra dedication and discipline.

@MissMay I have nothing but respect and love for you and you're a great leader.

Lastchancetochange

6 Days Dry.

MissMay

@Samand303 between your veggie pics and @dawnbgethealthy veggie pics I am starving for some. I can almost smell tge fresh earth on those carrots. Nice work gardeners!

MissMay

@looneycatblue very impressive goal list and impressive you nailed 6.95 of 7.

MissMay

@LoveyChar great self control putting down that half can of wine. We will be rooting for you again this up coming marathon all your hard work will all pay off.

Thanks also Hun for your sweet thoughtful words. Luv you too❣

MissMay

Lastchancetochange wrote: »

6 Days Dry.

Big CONGRATULATIONS on your 6 days dry. Are you going short or long term with your streak?

dawnbgethealthy

@MissMay
Oh yes about boats spreading like zebra mussels and stuff like that. So do you have a sanitizing station at the lakes where you spray them off?
Or do you chisel them off like barnacles? : - )
Ahoy mate-ey

This all started because I had never ever seen a shoe cleaner at a trail head before, but apparently they are in existence elsewhere and in 60 years I had just not come across one : - )

dawnbgethealthy

I am Dawn and live in South East British Columbia. I am 60.
My goal remains the same as it has been for quite some time, 16-20 AF days per month.

Wednesday October 14 - AF. I worked out of town for my favourite company today (Foster Grant) and stopped on the way home for a wee trail walk. it was gorgeous with blue skies all day.
Thursday October 15 - AF. I had to do the 6 minute wait 3 times, but it worked. I had to get those 2AF in a row.
Friday October 16 - Drinks. Both of my tenants left to go home for the weekend. Yay. They are awesome guys, but I love having the house to myself. Rainy day, no opportunity to hit the trails, but all good.
Saturday October 17 - AF - Felt like having drinks, but refrained.
Sunday October 18 - AF - Had to get my 2 AF days in a row.

Rolling total: 13 AF days out of 18 days so far.

Lilylady3k

Torchy’s Taco not been there since March before the lockdown! Torchy’s Tini, Taco in bowl no tortilla, chips, guac. Wonderful evening out after my son's dogs left (we have been watching them for the past week), lots of walking and yard work.

Oct accountability: 6/18 days AF

dawnbgethealthy

First snowfall today here : - )

This place/lake is a bird sanctuary (lots of birds in the water today!) and it is the first place to freeze over because it is very shallow.
Skating on it around the inlets can be so great!



Another lake that I was walking around today. So fabulous to hear my feet in the snow now that I have a hearing aid : - )

chocolate_owl

Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days
Oct 8-14: 4 drinks, 4 AF days
Oct 15: 1 beer
Oct 16: 3.5 wine
Oct 17: AF
Oct 18: 1 wine

Got a bit wild on Friday night. I kinda regret the calories, but I don't regret indulging in something as delicious as that particular wine was. Just wish the cat hadn't decided to start banging cabinet doors at 5am so I could have slept it off a bit longer. Stayed AF on Saturday to make up for Friday, and had steak + finished husband's open bottle on Sunday night.

We got woken up this morning when the cat knocked a bottle off of something, somewhere. We had an empty but unrinsed bottle that we were going to put up for display somewhere (we save special bottles) sitting on the fridge, and the cat had knocked it into the gap between the fridge and the wall. Husband, still half-asleep, yanked on the bottle to get it free and pulled the cork out in the process. There was still a surprising amount of wine left in that bottle. Red wine that is now all over my white kitchen wall.

This is the culprit who's causing me so many headaches, he's a jerk:


I spent this weekend digging out my dead zinnias and planting flowers for fall/winter. Scrubbed the planter boxes and started with fresh potting soil, so hopefully they're in a healthy environment and will grow well. I'm going to be sad to lose the basil (top pot in the background) when the cold weather hits, it really took off this year.

globalhiker

Totally loving everyone's photos. Especially the cat

9 days AF over here.....

@looneycatblue : I spent some weeks in Cambria awile back. It was awesome and yes the morning fog was insanely think but it was surreal also. And when the moon was full, it would illuminate the ocean and make it sparkle. I also drove to Julia Pfeiffer state park (Big Sur). Incredible forest hikes there with huge trees. And an amazing lunch overlooking the ocean at Nepenthe restaurant. Dreamy.....

@LoveyChar : which marathon are you doing? I have been itching to sign-up for something but it seems all races have gone on hold due to Covid. Just signing up for a Half keeps me motivated to do it.

looneycatblue

@globalhiker I hope that we can get-away soon, how nice that you got to spend so much time around Cambria, so many things to explore. The most we can do is most likely 2 nights, but so worth it! Just need to get my hubby to make up his mind when he can get the time off so I can get my time off too.

@chocolate_owl How is it possible your sweet peaceful kitty could be a jerk... such a beautiful cat!

I am just doing 7 days at a time, right now counting for an entire month is just too daunting... started my count on Saturday, Oct 17... so far 2 AF / 2 days

LoveyChar

@dawnbgethealthy Love the pictures, the crispness I can just imagine what a peaceful walk that would be!

@chocolate_owl I love your balcony garden!!!

@globalhiker Austin Marathon! Texas Trail Running Festival Marathon went off without a hitch a month ago, six feet of separation and run over three days and there are others being successfully carried out as well. You should do it!!! The most amount of miles I had ever ran when I signed up for my Marathon was 7!!! I ran 3 miles almost every day, came home one day and told hubby I wanted to run a half and he said, "why a half, you could run a whole" and that spurred my confidence to train. You can do it! If you register to run and tell people you're doing it, you probably feel compelled to do it. It's such an incentive! Training is tough but race day is the payoff!

LoveyChar

What was supposed to be a two night camping trip ended up just being one because our tent could not withstand the hard winds, not cold just hard but it took down part of our tent. So we packed up on night two, Saturday, and came home. Glad we decided to stay very close to home just in case because just in case happened.

Split half a can of 12 ounce wine with hubby last night while watching Hubie Halloween, really cute and funny movie! Mom's interpretation and wearing of thrift store t-shirts still have me laughing today!

Samand303

Came home after work and then a long grocery shopping trip and proceeded to drink a glass of red wine. Which of course required snacks like Trader Joe’s Inner Peas and some Oreos. NOW my DH is cooking a healthy dinner but I’m only interested in junk food. Once I open the junk food “door”, it’s hard to close it. ☹️

MissMay

@chocolate_owl well your on to us. Your kitty has secretly been working with us to help you with drinking less. Guess he may have tried to hide the bottle of wine and it slid off the counter top. Look at that darling face!
Your flower boxes are gourgous. Our season is so coming to an end. I have so much to cut back in the gardens and then try to store the pots and containers inside.

MissMay

@LoveyChar nice camp site. Sorry it had to end so soon. Another 1/2 can for you. 😉