Less Alcohol ~ AUGUST 2021 ~ One Day At A Time

lmlmrn

Well just finalized a weekend road trip, leave Friday afternoon and return Sunday evening. On our area temps are expected to reach the 100's so we are going to travel north to cooler weather. I think we may even make it to the racetrack to watch the cars go in circles on a dirt track...exciting huh? This will mean I need to plan my drink(s). Do I do a Friday/Saturday one or just wait until I get home on Sunday or skip altogether? That is unclear right now.

@MissMay how is the garage/studio doing??n any progress on organizing and downsizing?

Oh the comment I had about not enough food last night, well apparently I found some and the scale said it found where it went, to the tune of 3lbs hahaha

more later, I am in the midst of changing all my accounts (over 100) from two email address that no longer work to two news ones. It really is a pain and I hope to have my list completed in the next month so I can completely close the old emails out. Right now I have to log into the webhosting service to read them...just not worth it.

spygirl2014

Anyone else try 'Ritual' brand alternative spirits? I'm sipping an AF gin & tonic, and though it doesn't really taste like a regular g & t, I like it. DH does not, he thinks it tastes weird. It has a lot of botanicals, and they try to replace the warmth of the alcohol with heat from spice. Anyway, I'm glad I do like it because a bottle is comparable to the price of a decent gin!

GiveHerGrace

August goal - at least 2 AF days for every 1 drinking day (So 21 AF and 10 drinks days max). On the drinks days I plan to have no more than 2.

Week 1
8/1 - 8/7 5 AF, 2 drinks

Week 2
8/8 AF
8/9 2 Michelob Ultra
8/10 2 Michelob Ultra
8/12 AF⁰

Plan to be AF through at least Friday. May have a couple Saturday evening at a beer/wine tasting charity event. I haven't decided yet.

Now if I could get my nutrition back under control. Exercise is great...food not so much. I have a very healthy BMI and only have a few vanity pounds, but I need to fuel my body better.

My goal for tomorrow will be AF and healthy food.

tmbg1

Feeling AF AF tonight 🤣 Woot!

Mellie289

Aug Week 1 AF
Aug 8: AF
Aug 9: AF
Aug 10: AF
Aug 11: AF

MissMay

GOOD morning, I see I have been slacking with putting out my little comparison chart the past few months.
It is always healthly to know what ONE drink really is.
It is not a bottle of wine(5 drinks), nor is it a shot and a beer(2 drinks).
Pours count. Getting a larger than nessacery glass and filling it to the rim can be over what counts as one drink.( notice the negative space in the glasses below)
Honesty starts with yourself. Be honest for your health. ☺

MissMay

tmbg1 wrote: »

Feeling AF AF tonight 🤣 Woot!

HAHAHAHA.....no one has made reference to this in a long time. Thanks for jolting my funny bone.
🤣

MissMay

spygirl2014 wrote: »

Anyone else try 'Ritual' brand alternative spirits? I'm sipping an AF gin & tonic, and though it doesn't really taste like a regular g & t, I like it. DH does not, he thinks it tastes weird. It has a lot of botanicals, and they try to replace the warmth of the alcohol with heat from spice. Anyway, I'm glad I do like it because a bottle is comparable to the price of a decent gin!

I have never heard of this brand, but then again we dont get a huge variety up where I live. Glad your enjoying the taste and satisfaction from it.

MissMay

I am pretty sure the moon phase has something to do with our eating habits lately. Last night I drove out of town by myself and slipped into the new creamery that opened recently. It is a true experience and I want to call it a frozen speak easy.

@lmlmrn lol, that is where I was when I gave you the fantastic news that you sold another of your paintings . See, I was celebrating for you with frozen non alcoholic drink! CONGRATULATIONS you talented artist.💓

dawnbgethealthy

I am continuing with my usual goal, 16-20 AF days for the month, diary style

Sunday Aug 01 - Drinks, planned drinks day - 2 1/2 drinks. Thursday is my next planned drinks day.
Monday Aug 02 - AF
Tuesday Aug 03 - AF
Wednesday Aug 04 - AF - Planned drinks tomorrow night after work
Thursday Aug 05 - 2 drinks
Friday Aug 06 - 2 drinks
Saturday Aug 07 - Drinks - I had planned to be AF, and then my schedule got changed and I am off tomorrow, so going to have a couple tonight.
Sunday Aug 08 - AF - I get off at 3 on Wednesday and don't go back to work until 5pm on Saturday. Planning drinks for a couple of those days. Haven't even had Mojitos yet this year and the Mint is so perfect right now. That might be on the agenda.
Monday Aug 09 - AF - Surprise double/split shift. Very tired.
Tuesday Aug 10 - AF - I will be having drinks on my days off, and finally will have the time to go to a lake or even a motel with a pool. This could be the last few hot days of the season, I was working too much to enjoy the hot weather prior to this. Very excited about getting a few days off. I know that I still want at least 10 more AF days this month.
Wednesday Aug 11 - Mojitos with a friend out of the mint that I grow, the first of the season. Planned drinks again for Thursday.

Rolling total: 6AF days out of 11 days

globalhiker

Thursday already? Still AF here but hosting a birthday party on Saturday and the "wine devil" in my head is back and asking me to start stocking up on liquors now. I thought I killed him off, but apparently not

Friday I will go in search of the Kevita no-cal lemonade. On my list!

The one thing working in my favor this week is the rainy weather. It's keeping me in the house focused on work and no desire to go out driving to pick up wine.

ahoy_m8

Thanks for the Ritual suggestion, @spygirl2014 . It sounds interesting. There was a summer I loved the IDEA of shrubs and experimented a ton. Refrigerator looked like a science experiment. I had to conclude, though, that I don't really care for ACTUAL shrub drinks. But I still enjoy many mocktails more than their alcohol infused incarnations. It's hard to do with a 2-incredient cocktail like G&T, though.

Lilylady3k

Changing up the Beck Diet Solution reminder post from today ... for drinking instead of eating.

Thursday Think Tip: If you think, "This drink tastes really good. Even though I've had enough, it's okay to drink more," remind yourself, "It's not okay because drinking more will mean strengthening my giving-in muscle AND taking in extra calories. Besides, at the end of the day, my mouth won't remember if I had xx number more drinks, but my body definitely will."


Original from Beck - "Thursday Think Tip: If you think, "This food tastes really good. Even though I've had enough, it's okay to eat more," remind yourself, "It's not okay because eating more will mean strengthening my giving-in muscle AND taking in extra calories. Besides, at the end of the day, my mouth won't remember if I had 10 more bites, but my body definitely will."

tmbg1

Aug 1 AF
Aug 2 AF
Aug 3 wine
Aug 4 wine
Aug 5 wine
Aug 6 AF
Aug 7 AF
Aug 8 AF
Aug 9 wine 3 glasses
Aug 10 wine 4 glasses - went a bit off the rails last night and feel icky this morning. Goal is AF for the next 4 days
Aug 11 AF
Aug 12 AF

lmlmrn

Hello to everyone, bit late hoping on tonight
AF last night, tonight will be 2 glasses planned wine...well not planned but I wanted something cool and crisp. The temp outside is near 100+ and inside our home (thank you infrared thermometer) my room is only 97.3. So with a fan on my feet and cool glass of chard I am going to try and cool down.

Tomorrow we are taking off to go north for the weekend where the temps will be a good 15 degrees cooler day and night. We will slip back home on Sunday.

Back later for personal comments xx

ahoy_m8

It's been a quiet AF week. Looking forward to the weekend. DD#3 coming back to town Saturday for a wedding. Bride is lifelong friend of DD#1 (and bride's little sister was HS cheerleading buddy of DD#3) and the first of all our kids' friends to marry. My heart really goes out to anyone trying to plan a wedding these days. The Covid surge and resulting strain on Texas hospitals is all over the news. DH had a cold and got a PCR test yesterday (negative) just to be sure we didn't endanger anyone at the wedding. Hope it goes well!

Other than that, we'll be cooking at home and having a low key time. DD#3 has to get back early Sunday for UT rush (sympathies!). She's living in the ZTA house this year. I'm planning on opening a bottle of something Friday, having a couple glasses of bubbly at the wedding, and maybe having a couple more glasses from my bottle on Sunday. DH is a pretty social guy, and I haven't ever seen him AF at a wedding. I think it sounds more fun if he sticks with it!

Lilylady3k

DH is AF tonight (and Tuesday) so his running total is 2 AF for August. This is double last month!

August accountability: 9/12 days AF
Alcohol: 3 days (7 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.

Fit_Happens_2021

Hi all, do you drink because you are anxious? I think I do. It hasn't been going so well for me this week, but I've been reading through a few of your posts and I find inspiration and comfort in seeing others doing well.
My anxiety has been really high, like that type of anxiety where you feel that something terrible is happening to someone you love and any moment a call could come with news. A feeling of dread that I keep pushing down and it is worst at night as if my stomach is rising up into my chest and I can't get enough breath. So I have a glass of wine and it calms down, but I have heard alcohol makes anxiety worse.
I'm still trying, still logging.
Thank you for being here, and for reading.

globalhiker

@Fit_Happens_2021 seems normal lots of people drink to relax or in my case, deal with frustrations, but the physical symptoms you describe sound a bit more intense than the norm, like approaching a panic attack. There's lots one can do to fix this without drinking...possible to change course without much effort.

I like listening to Pandora - Gregorian "Masters of Chant". It puts me in a mellow state in no time. I play it a lot, like today it will be on all day long while I work and it makes my husband mellow out too. Yoga helps me too as does getting in the daily cardio to sweat out my stress. Otherwise, that stress keep on accumulating and it starts to do internal havoc. I also cut out the 2nd coffee and no caffeine after midday or any type.

globalhiker

Happy Friday, just realized it's here! Going AF strong. Trading out my Fri night planned drinking and moving that to Saturday. Thinking of not buying wine at all but have a double shot of cognac, sipped mega-slow. Then STOP

Speaking of anxiety, I was up last night in bed with my kindle googling best states to move to that are least impacted by climate change. Each search turned up a different list, it was so goofy. And quite wrong. Went to sleep thinking running away is not the answer, but being part of the solution is....