Less Alcohol - FEBRUARY 2021 - One Day At A Time
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Enjoying all the snowy pictures, and all the useful info and tips in this thread.
Hope everyone has a great Sunday whatever your plans may be.
I am going walking, and maybe some cycling today as it is sunny and cool enough in the low 70's.
February
2/1 - AF
2/2 - AF
2/3 - AF
2/4 - AF
2/5 - 3 wine
2/6 - 1 wine6 -
Saturday night in our house is almost always takeout night. Husband asked me what I wanted, and after some back and forth we settled on fajitas. My logic: lean grilled meat + grilled veggies, a bit of avocado, skip the tortillas = fairly healthy dinner! Reality: he also ordered pupusas, the meal came with chips, and he opened a $40 pinot noir that I LOVE, so I just said eff it and ate and drank everything. I'm gonna make that man a flow chart explaining what wines he's allowed to open when
2/1 - AF
2/2 - AF
2/3 - 2 Drinks
2/4 - 1 Drink
2/5 - AF
2/6 - 2 Drinks
Planning to be AF today because I'm a weird American who has less than zero interest in the Superbowl. There will be no party, no beer, no snacks, and no more blowing out my calorie goals!
To everyone who came to my TED talk text wall yesterday, I apologize for my nerdiness, I have been on this site for far too many years
@globalhiker Thanks for posting that PDF! I skimmed it, I'm hoping to have a talk with my husband about it.
@Lilylady3k I want to know everything you got from Dairymaids!!! Nothing beats a gourmet cheese plate. And thank you for that photo showing the wide world of bitters - I'm really liking the idea of bitters + club soda as a Friday afternoon "cocktail" now that I know there's a million flavors.5 -
chocolate_owl wrote: »
@Lilylady3k I want to know everything you got from Dairymaids!!! Nothing beats a gourmet cheese plate. And thank you for that photo showing the wide world of bitters - I'm really liking the idea of bitters + club soda as a Friday afternoon "cocktail" now that I know there's a million flavors.
@chocolate_owl
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@lilylady3k nice haul on beautiful cheeses. What is your special occasion for all the goodies next weekend, Valentines Day?6
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Fit_Happens_2021 wrote: »Enjoying all the snowy pictures, and all the useful info and tips in this thread.
Hope everyone has a great Sunday whatever your plans may be.
I am going walking, and maybe some cycling today as it is sunny and cool enough in the low 70's.
February
2/1 - AF
2/2 - AF
2/3 - AF
2/4 - AF
2/5 - 3 wine
2/6 - 1 wine
Oh how I would love to have a 70 degree day. Watching the snow come down right now at fast rate until 10:00PM, going to be snowed in.8 -
Today I can hardly lift either of my arms up above my shoulders. My workout DVD program had a tricep workout that I tried for the first time yesterday. Only 18 minutes long, easy breezy I thought as I popped it in the DVD player. Last night they seemed a bit tender. Then I woke up around 1:00AM wondering WTH happened. My triceps were unfire. Still not able to do much over my head. All I want to do is tighten up some skin, not compete in a woman's body building contest. I refuse to wear long sleeves the rest of my life.
No PAIN, no gain.
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AF -5
Kombucha tonight during the game in my most festive stemmed glass.7 -
@lilylady3k nice haul on beautiful cheeses. What is your special occasion for all the goodies next weekend, Valentines Day?
DH & I invited our best friends (one couple we have known almost all our lives as well as college), our kids & their spouses, my sister, his brother and my mom for a Wine & Cheese Party to celebrate our first date 40 years ago at a wine & cheese party while in college.
Menu for the evening:- Wine of course! Coffee, tea, sparkling water, sodas.
- Alligator Sausage & Shrimp Cheesecake mini bitesize
- Natchitoches Meat Pies
- Firecracker Shrimp
- Crustless Crab Quiche (mini)
- Charcuterie Board with cheeses, various salami style meats, olives, almonds, sweet & tangy & hot peppers, etc
- Pepper Shooters Stuffed with Proscuitto and Provolone
- Berry bowl of strawberries, blueberries, black berries
- Baked brie
- Cheese ball
- Crackers (Trader Joe's plain water, red beet, fig & olive, bagel everything seeded)
- Breadsticks
- King Cake for dessert
- Dove heart shaped dark chocolate
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Lilylady3k wrote: »@lilylady3k nice haul on beautiful cheeses. What is your special occasion for all the goodies next weekend, Valentines Day?
DH & I invited our best friends (one couple we have known almost all our lives as well as college), our kids & their spouses, my sister, his brother and my mom for a Wine & Cheese Party to celebrate our first date 40 years ago at a wine & cheese party while in college.
Menu for the evening:- Wine of course! Coffee, tea, sparkling water, sodas.
- Alligator Sausage & Shrimp Cheesecake mini bitesize
- Natchitoches Meat Pies
- Firecracker Shrimp
- Crustless Crab Quiche (mini)
- Charcuterie Board with cheeses, various salami style meats, olives, almonds, sweet & tangy & hot peppers, etc
- Pepper Shooters Stuffed with Proscuitto and Provolone
- Berry bowl of strawberries, blueberries, black berries
- Baked brie
- Cheese ball
- Crackers (Trader Joe's plain water, red beet, fig & olive, bagel everything seeded)
- Breadsticks
- King Cake for dessert
- Dove heart shaped dark chocolate
everything looks so delicious! what a time
if we had all those people over, the covid *REPORT YOUR NEIGHBOUR*phone line would be ringing off the hook and everyone would be fined....
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Today I can hardly lift either of my arms up above my shoulders. My workout DVD program had a tricep workout that I tried for the first time yesterday. Only 18 minutes long, easy breezy I thought as I popped it in the DVD player. Last night they seemed a bit tender. Then I woke up around 1:00AM wondering WTH happened. My triceps were unfire. Still not able to do much over my head. All I want to do is tighten up some skin, not compete in a woman's body building contest. I refuse to wear long sleeves the rest of my life.
No PAIN, no gain.
A-1
AF -5
Kombucha tonight during the game in my most festive stemmed glass.
all fancy - love it!5 -
Hi
I originally decided to drink less to lose weight.
I have been on this thread since Nov 28.18
Thank you to @MissMay for keeping us going.
I am going to post with my usual diary style to keep track of my AF days.
I will be keeping to my usual goal of 16-20 AF days per month. It is manageable for me and doesn't put too much pressure on me. So far I have been able to keep with it. One month I raised the goal and failed miserably, so I learned from that. I think this is my sweet spot.
Monday Feb 01 - AF - Had to at least start the month with an AF day to set the tone for myself.
Tuesday Feb 02 - Drinks. I used to always designate Tuesdays as my "drinks" day, because it is a very long work day paying very little. I worked to get away from that behaviour and was successful many times. My willpower didn't hold out tonight. I want to only have drinks NOT to relieve stress. I just stumbled a little.
Wednesday Feb 03 - AF - Planned AF
Thursday Feb 04 - AF - Because I needed 2 in a row. Planned drinks with my bubble friend tomorrow, but we'll see.
Friday Feb 05 - Drinks
Saturday Feb 06 - AF - Going to get at least 2 in a row or more.
Sunday - Drinks - Superbowl naughty food and drinks.
Rolling total 4AF days out of 7 days5 -
After church and a VERY snowy ride home, hubby and I opened some Prosecco and made a nice brunch of Avocado toast with some salmon and a poached egg on top. Yum! Drank 3 glasses and took an amazing nap after reading my book. What a nice way spend a quiet, snowy day, even though it’s more than I normally drink. Those three glasses count as 2.5 drinks on my app.
AF for the super bowl because I drank at brunch. I just cooked dinner like normal, so no tempting high calorie snacks.
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That was a LOT of science about the effects of alcohol on weight loss & metabolism. Most of it was over my head. My simple brain is fine with the basic concept that alcohol slows down weight loss & calorie absorption on top of adding empty calories. That will be motivating enough for me. But I do appreciate that there is genuine science under there.
Yes, agreed.
When I drink alcohol I don't lose weight but more usually I gain weight under calorie goal or not.
When I don't drink alcohol I lose weight or I I lose weight. I only lose weight when I don't drink alcohol.
Motivation enough for me based on 2+ years of tracking myself.
I DO love the science explanation though : - )
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@Womona how did you know I was Paisley fan? That's one of my favorite songs.
Update:
I had a heart to heart with my Sister about my new direction with drinking. I'm trying to reassure her that we do not have to follow down our Mom's drinking road. She had been wanting to cut back also and our talk put her in a better frame of mind to do something about it.
My GF and I are having my Sister and my BIL over tonight to watch the game. Focusing on fixing fun foods to eat verses alcohol to suck down. There will be beer, nothing like in the past.
I make a mean homemade chili sauce. My specially for the game will be foot long chili/cheese dogs.
GO CHIEFS🏈🌭
It’s amazing how we find others who are also interested in cutting down on alcohol. Just takes sharing our thoughts, and our peeps come out of the woodwork! Very glad to hear your sister is on board, and how it’s all about the food and fun, and not getting wasted. Your chili sounds delicious!
The first time I heard the lyrics to that song, I was in the car with my young son. “When you see a deer you see Bambi, I see antlers up on the wall”... had us dying! We laughed so hard. We still laugh at that song. Nice memory!4 -
Fit_Happens_2021 wrote: »Enjoying all the snowy pictures, and all the useful info and tips in this thread.
Hope everyone has a great Sunday whatever your plans may be.
I am going walking, and maybe some cycling today as it is sunny and cool enough in the low 70's.
Oh how I would love to have a 70 degree day. Watching the snow come down right now at fast rate until 10:00PM, going to be snowed in.
Stay warm and safe @MissMay!
I would swap with you if I could. I am making the most of the outdoors here at this time of year because in a few months, when the heat kicks in, I will be stuck indoors for months.
We ended up going to the cinema after our walk, to see 'Supernova' - it was so good but so sad. I was still in tears halfway home when we stopped at a store so I went in wearing sunglasses, trying to look cool and not weepy
February
2/1 - AF
2/2 - AF
2/3 - AF
2/4 - AF
2/5 - 3 wine
2/6 - 1 wine
2/7 - AF5 -
@Lilylady3k that is a sweet story about you meeting your husband at a wine and cheese party and now that is how you will celebrate your 40 year anniversary of that event.
The menu looks incredible.
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@Fit_Happens_2021 a little snowy pic for you. This was taken mid-storm. My workout today will consist of massive shoveling.
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Another superbowl come and gone. At least I know my shut eye moment second quarter was due to many roasted brussel sprouts and grilled bacon wrapped shrimp and not alcohol.
HAPPY MONDAY!!9 -
Happy Monday!!! 7 days AF done and I am still alive. Plus I woke up with a flat tummy too! No drinking bonus!
Congrats @lisamestiza2021 and @CryingBlue on hitting 17 days. I am following you guys so keep it up please
@Lilylady3k I want to crash your party, your menu looks so inviting......
I think I will feel energized enough today to go out for a run and maybe a very short bodypump session.
@MissMay my triceps need it! Hands down my most hated exercise is triceps pushups but when I do them and I mean to failure which doesn't take long and repeat a few times after some other exercises, my arms firm up solid the next day. 20g protein 4x a day I need to firm up, for my body weight and age. If I do less, nothing happens!7 -
@chocolate_owl I hope you are recovering well and starting to feel better! Have you hit the Oregon vineyards for quality pinor noir? I hit most in Willamette Valley. Iris Vineyards, Reserve 2016 or 2014. I'm having a fantasy moment. Drinking wine outdoors in Oregon on a nice day at a vineyard, wow. The flavor and freshness is not the same in a bottle.
Where is your "TED wall"? I don't know what this is, forgive me...
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