Less Alcohol - DECEMBER 2020 - One Day At A Time

globalhiker

@mainelylisa my eyes zoomed directly to the hunk of cheese you have there in there in picture background. Yum.

@dawnbgethealthy we use our standard charcoal grill instead of a smoker then just follow the recipes. The techniques can be found in Weber books or even online.

I was good at Christmas! Had wine with dinner but moderate amount and poured a lot of it into a shrimp dish where it better belonged. For "dessert", got the Baileys but had only 1 oz and also the Hennessy mini and had 1 oz of that, the rest given to DH. Just wanted the "taste".

APPLAUSE to @MissMay and anyone else completing the Turkey to Christmas AF streak!!!

fitand50inSD

Hi! I am going to join in again. I have had an 8 lb weight creep since the pandemic started. By eliminating my 1-2 vodka/soda each day I can eliminate about a pound per month. I don't know that I plan to completely abstain, but would like drinking to become the exception rather than norm.

12/25 AF
12/26 going out for dinner...Plan AF

Lilylady3k

2 glasses of wine + water with pizza this evening.

Dec accountability: Still 9/26 days AF

fitand50inSD

Went out to dinner and drank lots of water.

12/25 AF
12/26 AF

dawnbgethealthy

New home for the thread, but the same goals for me, 16-20 AF days per month.


Wednesday December 16 - AF
Thursday December 17 - AF - Felt like drinks, but wanted to get my 2AF in a row.
Friday December 18 - AF - Planned drinks tomorrow.
Saturday December 19 - Drinks
Sunday December 20 - AF - Planning AF tomorrow too.
Monday December 21 - AF - Shortest daylight of the year. We got a dump of snow, but it was warm this afternoon so it turned into sleet making piles of wet slush. The skating lakes will be a mess, but hopefully as it cools down again there will be enough of a base for X-Country skiing this week.
Tuesday December 22 - AF - Very long work day, I didn't get home until 9:30pm so was too tired to even have drinks. Anyway, saving up my calories and probably alcohol drinks until Christmas Eve
Wednesday December 23 - Drinks. I didn't make it until Christmas Eve. I did the 6 minute thing twice, but kind of half-halfheartedly. I am sure that I will get some more AF days in before the end of the month. Not putting pressure on myself over the next few days.
Thursday December 24 - AF - Cross Country skiied today for the first time in 2 years (I had a broken ski last year and got new to me skis once the season was over last year). I decided not to have drinks because I want to feel 100% tomorrow for Christmas Day skating and then Christmas dinner and drinks
Friday December 25 - 2 drinks before dinner and then water during and after. Fabulous Christmas Day, went up to Kimberley for a skate at the arena, then had a little visit with my guitar player who lives up there, and then back to Cranbrook to my friend's place for Christmas dinner that she cooked.
Saturday December 26 - Drinks. Spent a great afternoon shoveling off a local outdoor rink. Beautiful blue skies and sunny.

Rolling total: 17AF days out of 26 days

dawnbgethealthy

@Lilylady3k

We can get Andouille here. I love it. I use it to make my Beet Borscht when I harvest my garden in the late fall. Scrumptious.

MissMay

fitand50inSD wrote: »

Hi! I am going to join in again. I have had an 8 lb weight creep since the pandemic started. By eliminating my 1-2 vodka/soda each day I can eliminate about a pound per month. I don't know that I plan to completely abstain, but would like drinking to become the exception rather than norm.

12/25 AF
12/26 going out for dinner...Plan AF

Great to see you again @fitand50inSD those sneaky drink calories that creep up on us like the Grinch. Lol. You have a good plan set into motion. Let's do this!

I was AF last night too, even after sitting at a bar(the only bar open in town) for an hour waiting for friends to show up. Cranberry in a stem glass with a twist 🍹

Habits can be curbed or broken.
ME- sitting in a bar for an hour plus without an alcoholic drink in front of me. Why? Because I told myself "we" don't need alcohol again tonight.

Lilylady3k

dawnbgethealthy wrote: »

Saturday December 26 - Drinks. Spent a great afternoon shoveling off a local outdoor rink. Beautiful blue skies and sunny.

Rolling total: 17AF days out of 26 days

@dawnbgethealthy - You hit your 16 AF days this month! Congrats!!!
What a great way to spend time and move those muscles. I imagine you burned a bunch of calories.
Great that you have Andouille! Never thought about that with beets.

globalhiker

Today I go for a nice trail run with DH and the bunnies in the forest. I plan to eat clean and limit drinks to 2. I also plan on closing the kitchen early and moving into the living room where our new house rule is that no eating or drinking is allowed in that room. Need to get back into good habits....

Time to go make it a great day.....

Lilylady3k

Headed to our fishing camp ... taking my mom back home.

WIN: DH decided not to take our 7 bottles of wine with us which will naturally decrease the alcohol intake this week. Closest store is 20 miles one way. Also did not bring extra bourbon ... what we have is what we have.
DD and her husband are joining us a for a few days ... they may bring something.

MissMay

You women are doing so well with your less drinking goals, exercise routines and "closing the kitchen" .
I popped up and worked out too by myself. As I said my weighted workout program came to an end. They recommend having a week of some other type of exercise (other than weights) if you want to do another round. It is called muscle confusion.
I did an 8 minute ab workout and then did a 7 minute buns workout. My butt is on fire from doing that one. Good 'cause I can always use a lift in that area. Remember back in the old days, there was a workout for the thighs. It was called Thin Thighs in 30 Days. By now with technology I wish there were a new one called Thin Thighs in 3 SECONDS.

Getting excited and gearing up for our January Less Alcohol thread which I will create and give the link to follow later this week.
*A NEW YEAR
*A NEW PERSONAL OUTLOOK

👍👍👍

MissMay

Borrowed from @RubyRed427 thread

dawnbgethealthy

New home for the thread, but the same goals for me, 16-20 AF days per month.


Wednesday December 16 - AF
Thursday December 17 - AF - Felt like drinks, but wanted to get my 2AF in a row.
Friday December 18 - AF - Planned drinks tomorrow.
Saturday December 19 - Drinks
Sunday December 20 - AF - Planning AF tomorrow too.
Monday December 21 - AF - Shortest daylight of the year. We got a dump of snow, but it was warm this afternoon so it turned into sleet making piles of wet slush. The skating lakes will be a mess, but hopefully as it cools down again there will be enough of a base for X-Country skiing this week.
Tuesday December 22 - AF - Very long work day, I didn't get home until 9:30pm so was too tired to even have drinks. Anyway, saving up my calories and probably alcohol drinks until Christmas Eve
Wednesday December 23 - Drinks. I didn't make it until Christmas Eve. I did the 6 minute thing twice, but kind of half-halfheartedly. I am sure that I will get some more AF days in before the end of the month. Not putting pressure on myself over the next few days.
Thursday December 24 - AF - Cross Country skiied today for the first time in 2 years (I had a broken ski last year and got new to me skis once the season was over last year). I decided not to have drinks because I want to feel 100% tomorrow for Christmas Day skating and then Christmas dinner and drinks
Friday December 25 - 2 drinks before dinner and then water during and after. Fabulous Christmas Day, went up to Kimberley for a skate at the arena, then had a little visit with my guitar player who lives up there, and then back to Cranbrook to my friend's place for Christmas dinner that she cooked.
Saturday December 26 - Drinks. Spent a great afternoon shoveling off a local outdoor rink. Beautiful blue skies and sunny.
Sunday December 27 - Drinks. I resisted for a few 6 minute intervals, then I had an Espresso "Bailey's" with Grand Marnier. I had also forgotten about my Benedictine (yes, I have lots of of booze in my house). I have a very small bottle of Benedictine that I have had for many years, I only drink it around this time of year. I had one, it was lovely, I heated the snifter first. Planning on AF tomorrow, and I have a Piccolo of Champagne in the fridge for NYE (although I rarely make it past 10pm lol)


Rolling total: 17AF days out of 27 days

Lilylady3k

2 bourbon & diet cokes for me this evening.

@dawnbgethealthy - Absolutely love Benedictine and the warm snifter is perfect for the experience. I don't make it past 10pm either on NYE! Gave up many years ago ... pop the poppers at 10 if I last that long.

fitand50inSD

Feeling a bit under the weather today. The South Dakota grayness isn't helping. Leaving for Arizona for the rest of the winter tomorrow. I can't wait to get back to the sunshine (been back in SD for 3 gray weeks!)

12/25 AF
12/26 AF
12/27 AF

Thanks for giving me a space to hold myself accountable.

MissMay

Good bye holiday gift cookie platters, high calorie leftovers, eggnog and short daylight hours.

HELLO fresh spinach salads, more water intake, creative art ideas and new workout routines.

Sending POSITIVE energy on this last Monday of 2020.

MissMay

fitand50inSD wrote: »

Feeling a bit under the weather today. The South Dakota grayness isn't helping. Leaving for Arizona for the rest of the winter tomorrow. I can't wait to get back to the sunshine (been back in SD for 3 gray weeks!)

12/25 AF
12/26 AF
12/27 AF

Thanks for giving me a space to hold myself accountable.

I AGREE more sunshine less grayness.

globalhiker

Yes the weather is lovely in AZ now and will be through May. But no snow in the high country yet, that's what I am waiting for!

Ok so today is the day I set up my new wifi scale. I figured why wait until Jan 1 to start improving?

dawnbgethealthy

New home for the thread, but the same goals for me, 16-20 AF days per month.



Monday December 28 - AF - Taking it easy today, watching "Rebel without a Cause"


Rolling total: 18AF days out of 28 days

Lilylady3k

Mom's Monday Night Poker Ladies offered mango daiquiris but I passed. Played spades with DH, DD & her husband ... they were drinking bourbon & cokes and margaritas. I passed on those too. Stuck with my water for the evening.

AF ... WHEW! Almost 12 AF days for the month. I might slide in under the wire.

Dec accountability: 11/28 days AF
Goal: AF days 3 per week / 12 per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day