Less Alcohol ~ AUGUST 2021 ~ One Day At A Time
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Quick accountability:
August 15 2021-
11 dry AF days
4 drink days(5 standard size drinks)
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Love the photos, everyone! Good job stopping at one, @Lilylady3k. @Womona I feel everything related to boat trailering is terrifying. It’s nice having a partner in crime who doesn’t mind. What a crazy fun day you had! @tmbg1 I have been there. The last time I realized I was drinking in anger, I decided I really don’t want to be an angry drunk and have not had the urge to drink in anger since then. I’ve had the urge plenty, but not as a response to anger. Baby steps.
Had a fantastic time at the wedding. It was beautiful. Saw tons of people haven’t seen since our kids were in grade school. Hope I didn’t get covid (no one taking precautions). Stuck to my drink plan but ate more than planned. Again. Seated dinner with desert... then wedding cake. After dessert. They plated 3 cakes on each plate- wedding, groom’s AND a strawberry birthday cake for the groom. Is that a thing now— dessert then cake?
Also, TMI alert, I started a period today. After 1 year, 2 months and 9 days without one. I really thought I was past this. 😕. Discouraged. Maybe related to unusual hunger past couple days? I dunno. Anyone hear of this happening to anyone else?
Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Oh man, that totally stinks. “Just at when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” Well, that explains insatiable hunger. What a drag though. I thought after a year you can declare yourself done. Never heard of it reappearing after more than a year, but I guess everyone is different.
The wedding sounds awesome! Glad you had a great time. That is a lot of cake, I agree!5 -
@lmlmrn the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is a sight to behold. Well worth the trip. All those acres and acres of beautiful tulips! Yet another thing I miss about living in PNW.
@dawnbgethealthy lovely pictures of a beautiful lake. Swoon! Nothing better than floating around on a lake.
Great day of sailing yesterday- nice and windy, and I got out of trailering duty! Woo hoo! Had a High Noon on the boat, and a glass of wine with a very late dinner. My weight is way up these last 2 weeks, I really need to buckle down and address it. I have one AF day so far this month. My goal is no drinks until Friday.5 -
Last night was a real challenge for me. DH opened a bottle of wine @4pm that I bought and like but I had already claimed it as an AF night for me. I opened a different bottle of Kombucha raspberry lemon ginger and poured half. It was way too much like a Jolly Rancher sweet sour candy. I could have poured in a sparkling water or club soda to cut it but ended up pouring it down the drain after 3 sips. I like wine because it is dry and not sweet so it just wasn't cutting it. Switched to regular water ... took 1 sip of DH's wine glass ... and continued with water for the rest of the evening.
The scale appreciated it. Down 1.4 lbs from last Monday.
August accountability: 10/15 days AF
Alcohol: 5 days (10 drinks)
Goal: Limit 1-2 glasses per day; 12-16 AF days per month. Aim to drink no more than 2 nights in a row.8 -
Happy Monday is here, easiest day of the week to not drink for me!
An hour long morning bike ride is in store to sweat out all the calories from the weekend. Off I go!9 -
Another gem from Beck Diet Solution that I think works for our Less Alcohol group!
Monday Motivation: We heard the quote recently, "Mistakes are proof that you are trying," and we love it so much! Mistakes aren't an indication that you can't do it, they're an indication that you're not giving up.9 -
Great quote @Lilylady3k , I can apply that to many things in my life!
I’m back, but don’t have much to contribute. I’m just glad to be here. Thank you @MissMay !
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Aug Week 1 AF
Aug 8: AF
Aug 9: AF
Aug 10: AF
Aug 11: AF
Aug 12: AF
Aug 13: AF
Aug 14: 3 wine
Aug 15: 2 wine
Planning to go AF the rest of the month now. I have woken up with some nausea the last two days. Yesterday, I had to lay down part of the day and this morning, I started the day with some crackers like I'm pregnant again! (I'm not - no chance of that! LOL!) Not good for my low carb/keto plans, so tomorrow I will get back on track.
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Had a fantastic time at the wedding. It was beautiful. Saw tons of people haven’t seen since our kids were in grade school. Hope I didn’t get covid (no one taking precautions). Stuck to my drink plan but ate more than planned. Again. Seated dinner with desert... then wedding cake. After dessert. They plated 3 cakes on each plate- wedding, groom’s AND a strawberry birthday cake for the groom. Is that a thing now— dessert then cake?
Out of curiosity...what was the pre-cake dessert? I really can't imagine what would get me ready for cake after a full meal. Strawberries maybe? Anyway, good job sticking to your drinking plan. Never easy at a big event.
@Womona I bought a trailer, played around in a parking lot, drove to my place and backed it, drove across the country....then ended up needing two different guys help backing it in the parking garage of my apartment...I hate that. I'm a mechanical engineer, drive/race/overland, and very self sufficient. Felt like such an idiot, but the boys didn't mind lol.
The pre-cake dessert was a miniature trio: cheesecake with strawberry slice on top, key lime tart, blackberry cobbler. To be fair they were quite small, e.g. the cheesecake was the size of a button, and I wouldn't have known there was any blackberry in the cobbler had the menu not stated it. But add that to the plate of 3 cakes, it was a lot of tastes.4 -
Love the photos, everyone! Good job stopping at one, @Lilylady3k. @Womona I feel everything related to boat trailering is terrifying. It’s nice having a partner in crime who doesn’t mind. What a crazy fun day you had! @tmbg1 I have been there. The last time I realized I was drinking in anger, I decided I really don’t want to be an angry drunk and have not had the urge to drink in anger since then. I’ve had the urge plenty, but not as a response to anger. Baby steps.
Had a fantastic time at the wedding. It was beautiful. Saw tons of people haven’t seen since our kids were in grade school. Hope I didn’t get covid (no one taking precautions). Stuck to my drink plan but ate more than planned. Again. Seated dinner with desert... then wedding cake. After dessert. They plated 3 cakes on each plate- wedding, groom’s AND a strawberry birthday cake for the groom. Is that a thing now— dessert then cake?
Also, TMI alert, I started a period today. After 1 year, 2 months and 9 days without one. I really thought I was past this. 😕. Discouraged. Maybe related to unusual hunger past couple days? I dunno. Anyone hear of this happening to anyone else?
Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Oh man, that totally stinks. “Just at when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” Well, that explains insatiable hunger. What a drag though. I thought after a year you can declare yourself done. Never heard of it reappearing after more than a year, but I guess everyone is different.
The wedding sounds awesome! Glad you had a great time. That is a lot of cake, I agree!
That's exactly how I felt
Sent my Dr a note on their portal. Dr said not normal, needs to be checked. 
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Lilylady3k wrote: »Another gem from Beck Diet Solution that I think works for our Less Alcohol group!
Monday Motivation: We heard the quote recently, "Mistakes are proof that you are trying," and we love it so much! Mistakes aren't an indication that you can't do it, they're an indication that you're not giving up.
This is a wonderful quote! I am going to put this saying on a power point slide and print it. Then hang it with two others I have hanging in my office.
Tonight will be AF, I did have a small shot last night but I will do better.
I have to say though through this group and keeping me accountable the scale is moving in a downward turn. This morning I saw numbers I have not recorded since 2012. No joke I have been logging my weight that long.8 -
I am continuing with my usual goal, 16-20 AF days for the month, diary style
Friday Aug 13 - Drinks. Friday the 13th!! I had intentions to be AF, but just wasn't. Had an awesome day at another lake. Photos to come.
Saturday Aug 14 - AF - I am at about 50% this month so far, kind of like last month where it was top-loaded with drinks days.
Sunday Aug 15 - AF - Schedule change and I have the day off tomorrow - this sometimes signals that it would be a good time to have drinks. I think that with working as much as i did all through the spring when days off didn't exist, I became very self-indulgent once they appeared and I knew that I actually had the next day off. Still a good idea for me not to drink if I have work the next day. Refrained today, more for my waistline than any other reason : - )
Monday Aug 16 - AF - I was up in Kimberley hanging out with my guitar player and bass player. They were having beers and I was offered, but had to drive back to Cranbrook and have a split shift tomorrow, so refrained. Smoky up there too, but seemed a tad less bad with all of the trees pumping out oxygen. Burning eyes are the norm around here.
Rolling total: 9AF days out of 16 days5 -
@ahoy_m8 - Doc said "Needs to be checked" ... I'm glad that you are following up. I too hope there is a simple answer. Take care and wishing you the best.
Took 1 small sip of DH's glass of wine before heading to book club. It was a new one that that I've not tried. AF this evening. It was interesting. No one said anything but normally everyone has wine. But this evening only 3 of the 7 ladies that showed up drank wine. So I was not alone.
Looks like DH opened a 2nd bottle before I returned home.
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Aug 1: A
Aug 2-5: AF
Aug 6: A
Aug 7-12: AF
Aug 13: AF!!!! I didn't go out so I just avoided temptation.
Aug 14: day 8 AF. Really hard day, but I managed.
Aug 15: day 9 AF. Not thirsty at all today!!! Mom seems to be doing well in A-rehab. Studied all day for my big interview coming up. Engineering equations are coming out of my ears lol
Aug 16: day 10 AF in a row, 14/16 for august, happily AF today. 11 hours of work and got a ton done.
What apps do you guys recommend either for quitting completely (my mom) or drinking less with periods of abstinence (me). TIA6 -
I've only just found this group, so I'm a little late but better late than never.
I'm mostly AF Monday-Thursday with the occasional mid-week wine. I do like a wine on the weekends though but I wanted to get serious about my weight loss so have decided to go AF as much as possible in August.
So far I have been AF since Monday 2nd August which includes 2 weekends! yay me!
Though I have a friends gathering at a winery on Saturday 28th August which I plan to enjoy and not be AF but until then I plan to have most days AF.
I did really fancy some sparkling white wine on Saturday so I had 1/2 a bottle of zero alcohol sparkling white and finished the rest of Sunday. The one I buy tastes just like the real thing without the calories or the hangover!
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Hi All,
I'm back from vacation and as of yesterday back on the AF groovy train. However, I wasn't while on vacation
so I'm not on 4 days AF out of 16 for August. I'll need to be very well behaved to best last months total now
I've got 8 pages of posts to catch up with now. I hope you are all doing well and smashing your goals.
@dawnbgethealthy asked for some photo's from Mallorca so I'll add a few.
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@Stockholm_Andy - Happy that you are with us again! Thank you for introducing me to Mallorca! My husband and I love visiting Spain but have not gone to any of the islands. I've avoided Ibiza due to all the heavy party atmosphere. I'm adding Mallorca to my list of places to visit if I ever get over toward Barcelona again. Do you fly to the island via plane? Ferry? Helicopter? Where do you suggest to stay?4
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Only Tuesday and I would love a drink. I could use the energy of a Singapore Sling right now. Been working since 4:30 am and tempted to quit but tell myself I am just burning out.
I'll tell myself to quit whining and go drink some water.6 -
@Healthymumlife, nice work! What brand of sparkling non-alcoholic white do you recommend?
@Stockholm_Andy, great pictures and looks like you had nice blue skies too. I used to live in Catalonia, it's a big time drinking place. I'd join @Lilylady3k and go but I don't think I could keep up with the drinking lifestyle there. I remember going pub hopping. Every hour on the hour go to the next pub and eat and drink something. Then keep repeating all night long. It's a pub crawl all right.5 -
Aug 1: A
Aug 2-5: AF
Aug 6: A
Aug 7-12: AF
Aug 13: AF!!!! I didn't go out so I just avoided temptation.
Aug 14: day 8 AF. Really hard day, but I managed.
Aug 15: day 9 AF. Not thirsty at all today!!! Mom seems to be doing well in A-rehab. Studied all day for my big interview coming up. Engineering equations are coming out of my ears lol
Aug 16: day 10 AF in a row, 14/16 for august, happily AF today. 11 hours of work and got a ton done.
What apps do you guys recommend either for quitting completely (my mom) or drinking less with periods of abstinence (me). TIA
I use dry days, you can set your limits. For me this works best I like to see on days that I chose to have a drink I can adjust it to show if I just had one or multiple. (color coded). So when I glance at the calendar I can tell at a glance, yes I had a drink but just 1 or 2 glasses of wine instead of a bottle.
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Event with open wine bar which are my favorites! I had 1 glass of red wine then switched to water. Yeah me!
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@Healthymumlife I too am interested in what brand your sparkling white is, though we may not have it in the US...
@globalhiker I report in to an office in Germany, so 2 or 3 days a week my workday starts at 4:30 as well. Today was one of those days, so I totally empathize. I'm trying to drink an AF Merlot this evening, but it's not cutting it. I'm determined to stay AF all August, but struggling tonight.6 -
I am in Australia and they have one called McGuigan zero whicH is really niceglobalhiker wrote: »@Healthymumlife, nice work! What brand of sparkling non-alcoholic white do you recommend?
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I am continuing with my usual goal, 16-20 AF days for the month, diary style
Friday Aug 13 - Drinks. Friday the 13th!! I had intentions to be AF, but just wasn't. Had an awesome day at another lake. Photos to come.
Saturday Aug 14 - AF - I am at about 50% this month so far, kind of like last month where it was top-loaded with drinks days.
Sunday Aug 15 - AF - Schedule change and I have the day off tomorrow - this sometimes signals that it would be a good time to have drinks. I think that with working as much as i did all through the spring when days off didn't exist, I became very self-indulgent once they appeared and I knew that I actually had the next day off. Still a good idea for me not to drink if I have work the next day. Refrained today, more for my waistline than any other reason : - )
Monday Aug 16 - AF - I was up in Kimberley hanging out with my guitar player and bass player. They were having beers and I was offered, but had to drive back to Cranbrook and have a split shift tomorrow, so refrained. Smoky up there too, but seemed a tad less bad with all of the trees pumping out oxygen. Burning eyes are the norm around here.
Tuesday Aug 17 - AF - Long busy day, a drink would have been nice, but I have to get up in around 6 hours, so AF probably until Friday.
Rolling total: 10AF days out of 17 days4 -
spygirl2014 wrote: »@Healthymumlife I too am interested in what brand your sparkling white is, though we may not have it in the US...
@globalhiker I report in to an office in Germany, so 2 or 3 days a week my workday starts at 4:30 as well. Today was one of those days, so I totally empathize. I'm trying to drink an AF Merlot this evening, but it's not cutting it. I'm determined to stay AF all August, but struggling tonight.
I’m in Oz and it’s called mcguigan Zero 😊spygirl2014 wrote: »@Healthymumlife I too am interested in what brand your sparkling white is, though we may not have it in the US...
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This is the sparkling wine I buy in Australia
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Lilylady3k wrote: »@Stockholm_Andy - Happy that you are with us again! Thank you for introducing me to Mallorca! My husband and I love visiting Spain but have not gone to any of the islands. I've avoided Ibiza due to all the heavy party atmosphere. I'm adding Mallorca to my list of places to visit if I ever get over toward Barcelona again. Do you fly to the island via plane? Ferry? Helicopter? Where do you suggest to stay?
Thank you! Yes Ibiza is a "bit" of a party island, or it was the last time I visited in the '90s when I was in in my 20s We fly to Palma (the capital of Mallorca) direct from Sweden but there are car ferries from the mainland if you are touring. Last couple of visits we've stayed in a small Agro Tourisimo up in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains which is UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's quiete and out of the way but a good place to tour the island from. We preferred somewhere out of the way in Covid times.globalhiker wrote: »@Stockholm_Andy, great pictures and looks like you had nice blue skies too. I used to live in Catalonia, it's a big time drinking place. I'd join @Lilylady3k and go but I don't think I could keep up with the drinking lifestyle there. I remember going pub hopping. Every hour on the hour go to the next pub and eat and drink something. Then keep repeating all night long. It's a pub crawl all right.
You are absolutely right about the drinking culture in Catalonia but that's true of a lot of us Europeans. If Pub Crawls were an Olympic event my native United Kingdom would win Gold every time (Actually maybe the Irish would give us a run for our money)
5AF out of 17 in August.
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