Less Alcohol ~ SEPTEMBER 2021 ~ One Day At A Time
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I am continuing with my usual goals, 16-20 AF days per month.
I had 18 last month, I have had as much as 23 a few times.
Being here with y'all gives me the accountability that I need and want.
I was a daily drinker at one time, and gradually moved it to my current goal which I have been able to uphold for quite some time.
I have no intention of becoming an abstainer. I enjoy my drinks, just less often, kind of like I have done with certain fattening foods.
I do plan my drinks days for the most part, but usually it is my schedule that dictates that. Trying not to have drinks when I work the following day.
Diary style is how I like to keep track here.
Monday September 13 - AF - I am getting 5 days off to go away on a little holiday : - ) I don't plan on limiting my alcohol consumption during my birthday trip.
Tuesday September 14 - AF - Big change of plans for my trip, the arena in the West Kootenays has delayed their public skating until next week. Cancelled hotels and booked in Canmore AB where there is public skating every day. Scarce choice of hotels at the last minute, but it will be okay. 2 more work days, leaving straight after work on Thursday.
Wednesday September 15 - AF - Alberta locked down at midnight, restaurants are closed for dining, not sure how this will impact the arena, so my birthday plans may be changing again.
Rolling Total - 11AF days out of 15 days.6 -
Last night my drink to a drink. I planned to stay AF at book club but sitting at a Mexican restaurant and seeing $5 happy hour margaritas that everyone was ordering ... I bought one on the rocks. Then my drink bought a 2nd. Stopped at that point because I did need to drive my self home ... so lots of water.
Book club will be going back there and I've told myself next time it is just not work it ... they were not nearly as good as the ones I make at home.
September accountability: 7/30 days AF
Alcohol: 8 days (14 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.
9/1 - 1 wine
9/2 - AF
9/3 - 2 wine
9/4 - 2.5 drinks <1/2 glass beer @ lunch after hiking in Austin TX + 2 glasses wine with dinner
9/5 - 2 wine
9/6 - AF
9/7 - AF
9/8 - AF
9/9 - 1.5 bottles of Michelob Ultra @ fishing camp 🎣
9/10 - 2 glasses of wine @ fishing camp 🎣
9/11 - AF @ fishing camp 🎣
9/12 - AF
9/13 - AF
9/14 - 1 wine
9/15 - 📚2 margaritas
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Sept 1-2 = AF
Sept 3-5= 3 glasses of wine each
Sept 6-7 = 3 glasses of wine each
Sept 8-9 = AF planned
Sept 10-12= 3 glasses of wine each
Sept 13-14= AF
Sept 15-16= AF3 -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @dawnbgethealthy ! Enjoy your trip too!
Just getting caught up. Love the photos (is that Australia?)....and hope everyone is having a good time.
I've been working 12 hours back to back days so no time for drinking and actually skipping meals but sadly also skipping workouts. Stress has control over me and it's the damn job....bad move on my part taking on this consulting role where it seems I have 6-8 clients (aka bosses) and my role is not one where I am advising others, instead they are tossing me the projects they don't like. I need to find my world again !4 -
@globalhiker
l thought of you a few times on my trip over here to Alberta. I know that you are planning the trip here some day.3 -
I am continuing with my usual goals, 16-20 AF days per month.
I had 18 last month, I have had as much as 23 a few times.
Being here with y'all gives me the accountability that I need and want.
I was a daily drinker at one time, and gradually moved it to my current goal which I have been able to uphold for quite some time.
I have no intention of becoming an abstainer. I enjoy my drinks, just less often, kind of like I have done with certain fattening foods.
I do plan my drinks days for the most part, but usually it is my schedule that dictates that. Trying not to have drinks when I work the following day.
Diary style is how I like to keep track here.
Monday September 13 - AF - I am getting 5 days off to go away on a little holiday : - ) I don't plan on limiting my alcohol consumption during my birthday trip.
Tuesday September 14 - AF - Big change of plans for my trip, the arena in the West Kootenays has delayed their public skating until next week. Cancelled hotels and booked in Canmore AB where there is public skating every day. Scarce choice of hotels at the last minute, but it will be okay. 2 more work days, leaving straight after work on Thursday.
Wednesday September 15 - AF - Alberta locked down at midnight, restaurants are closed for dining, not sure how this will impact the arena, so my birthday plans may be changing again.
Thursday September 16 - AF - The arena in Canmore actually phoned me back while I was at work (I left a message) to assure me that there would be skating Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for sure. Monday things will change in Alberta for indoor stuff. I hit the road right after work to drive here.
Rolling Total - 12AF days out of 16 days.5 -
I will of course be taking lots of photos.
A friend of mine from Cranbrook is travelling to Calgary today and will meet me at the arena on her way there. I know that she will want to have a birthday drink with me, I may or may not.
So, this is one of my favourite rest stops, it is about 45 minutes away from my house in Cranbrook. Columbia Lake.
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DH & I are both AF this evening. Peace Caddy Shack Tea with dinner
September accountability: 8/30 days AF
Alcohol: 9 days (16 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.5 -
eing here with y'all gives me the accountability that I need and want.
I was a daily drinker at one time, and gradually moved it to my current goal which I have been able to uphold for quite some time.
I have no intention of becoming an abstainer. I enjoy my drinks, just less often, kind of like I have done with certain fattening foods.
I do plan my drinks days for the most part, but usually it is my schedule that dictates that. Trying not to have drinks when I work the following day.
Diary style is how I like to keep track here.
Monday September 13 - AF - I am getting 5 days off to go away on a little holiday : - ) I don't plan on limiting my alcohol consumption during my birthday trip.
Tuesday September 14 - AF - Big change of plans for my trip, the arena in the West Kootenays has delayed their public skating until next week. Cancelled hotels and booked in Canmore AB where there is public skating every day. Scarce choice of hotels at the last minute, but it will be okay. 2 more work days, leaving straight after work on Thursday.
Wednesday September 15 - AF - Alberta locked down at midnight, restaurants are closed for dining, not sure how this will impact the arena, so my birthday plans may be changing again.
Thursday September 16 - AF - The arena in Canmore actually phoned me back while I was at work (I left a message) to assure me that there would be skating Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for sure. Monday things will change in Alberta for indoor stuff. I hit the road right after work to drive here.
Friday September 17 - 1 200ml Champagne, 2 Brandy approx 1/2 oz each (with a half a bag of popcorn, heck it is my vacay, I can have popcorn for dinner). Had a spectacular skate today, great arena, and my friend joined me on her way to Calgary : - )
Rolling Total - 12AF days out of 16 days.5 -
GEAUX Tigers! LSU football & 2 glasses of wine.4
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I am continuing with my usual goals, 16-20 AF days per month.
I had 18 last month, I have had as much as 23 a few times.
Being here with y'all gives me the accountability that I need and want.
I was a daily drinker at one time, and gradually moved it to my current goal which I have been able to uphold for quite some time.
I have no intention of becoming an abstainer. I enjoy my drinks, just less often, kind of like I have done with certain fattening foods.
I do plan my drinks days for the most part, but usually it is my schedule that dictates that. Trying not to have drinks when I work the following day.
Diary style is how I like to keep track here.
Monday September 13 - AF - I am getting 5 days off to go away on a little holiday : - ) I don't plan on limiting my alcohol consumption during my birthday trip.
Tuesday September 14 - AF - Big change of plans for my trip, the arena in the West Kootenays has delayed their public skating until next week. Cancelled hotels and booked in Canmore AB where there is public skating every day. Scarce choice of hotels at the last minute, but it will be okay. 2 more work days, leaving straight after work on Thursday.
Wednesday September 15 - AF - Alberta locked down at midnight, restaurants are closed for dining, not sure how this will impact the arena, so my birthday plans may be changing again.
Thursday September 16 - AF - The arena in Canmore actually phoned me back while I was at work (I left a message) to assure me that there would be skating Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for sure. Monday things will change in Alberta for indoor stuff. I hit the road right after work to drive here.
Friday September 17 - 1 200ml Champagne, 2 Brandy approx 1/2 oz each (with a half a bag of popcorn, heck it is my vacay, I can have popcorn for dinner). Had a spectacular skate today, great arena, and my friend joined me on her way to Calgary : - )
Saturday September 18 - One airplane sized Grand Marnier. Hiked all day and then skated, tuckered out! I am leaving this area in the morning. My friend from Cranbrook that has been in Calgary will meet me at Skookumchuck (my next destination) on her way back to Cranbrook. We are going to have Pumpkin Spice Bailey's.
Rolling Total - 12AF days out of 17 days.5 -
@globalhiker
I have been thinking of you this whole trip, knowing that you plan to explore this area. Soooo many hiking trails!
Those around Banff are more busy with tourists, but there are so many other options.
I was on a trail yesterday that I used to go on quite often when I lived around this area back from '97 - 2000.
Kannanaskis trail system is wild and challenging.
Heart Mountain trail from yesterday:
Oh, I found you a house lol
Lac des Arc is a very windy lake where people windsurf. In the winter they do it on some sort of ski-skates.
Big Horn sheep live in this area, saw some yesterday.
Kootenay National Park has some fabulous trails. Some of them are backcountry camping/hiking because they are long. The trails range from 1km to 17km. I am driving back through there today enroute to my next destination. So beautiful.
Alberta has finally put in some Covid restrictions, so restaurants are closed for dining etc. starting tomorrow. It was the worst province and the hospitals are overwhelmed, beds are full of the un-vaccinated on intubaters instead of surgical patients. It was time to put in some measures. Since restrictions were announced 28,000 got the vaccine the next day.
So it is not the right time to come this way yet, but I know that you eventually will : - )
Here is a nice link:
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay/
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@dawnbgethealthy the pictures are lovely and the National Park looks like it is awesome. It is funny how the pictures you shared has the same look and feel of the landscape near me in the Pacific North West.
The fair is still brutal with the hours but it is fun. I have/do come home each night late and allow myself 1 shot, yep just 1 before going to bed. I know it is most likely a crutch but I will be back to AF in a week. I will/am going to have to learn to work long hours and relax without help. I will get there just not this week. That really sounds bad but I own my decisions.
I will check back in on my day off, I just need to be accountable4 -
@dawnbgethealthy - Your pictures are wonderful! Thank you for sharing.4
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Love the pictures and glad you are having a nice time Dawn! Wish I was there. Thanks for finding me such a pretty house LOL. Big enough for all of us to fit and have a good party!
I hiked this morning, 3.5 hours in our local desert. 729 calories burned. I'm prepping for San Juan Mountains in Colorado. I suppose we'll do what trails we can and stop when we hit too much snow or I get too dizzy from the altitude. We just do day hikes or half-day hikes and sit on a rock somewhere and just eat a sandwich and a fruit, then for dinner we plan to grill steak every night. This is because we will be in cattle country and the local beef should be good and plentiful. And planning on buying "mini" size liquor is a better idea than packing many wine bottles.
Alberta is known for good beef.....hope you are eating tasty stuff out there @dawnbgethealthy !
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DH & I are both AF this evening! DH wanted wine and thought about opening an expensive heavy red but then I had made shrimp creole and it just wasn't the right wine for that particular dish. So he put it off until steak night 4
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Checking in after my 4 day get a way. It was nice to unplug from the internet
Great concert and nice time walking the sandy beaches. Wondering what the scale will say tommorrow? Probably will say "get the heck off me and go workout" LOL.
I enjoyed eating while away. Drank lightly two days and filled in with Heineken00 and LYRE'S the rest of the time.
Tomorrow up early to hit my workout studio which I have missed since April. Going to break out the free weights and PUMP IT UP!
@dawnbgethealthy wonderful pics. Is your birthday the 22 or 23 of September? Enjoy your time away.
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9/1 AF skipped my usual drinking day
9/2 A (4 drinks/5.3SD) free beers are the hardest to turn down
9/3 AF through an HH with coworkers! No appetizers either. Went home and made a healthy dinner and then got a run in 😇
9/4 AF. Went for a hike and then cleaned my house.
9/5 AF. Lazy day
9/6 AF. Worked the holiday to bank it as vacation
9/7 AF. Got turned down for the job. Doubled down on healthy. Run
9/8 AF
9/9 AF. Worked almost 12 hours.
9/10 A. (2 drinks/3.2SD). Actually managed to stick to two!!! Run in the morning.
9/11 AF Long, hard hike and camping
9/12 AF Nice lazy dawn kayak. Thought about a beer and dinner out but decided on groceries/home instead
9/13 AF Short run in the morning, kayak at sunset
9/14 AF Rest day. Should have been laundry/dishes day, but :shrug:
9/15 A (1 drink.1.6SD). Proud of sticking to one.
9/16 AF Run
9/17 A (4 drinks/5SD???) I broke the drink alone rule after a drink out with coworkers. Also ate everything.
9/18 A (3 drinks/4SD???) Um drank alone again (unmeasured out of a wine box) and ate EVERYTHING. Estimated 7660 cals in two days. I've been playing around with intermittent fasting and low carb/nearly keto to see effects on mood, energy, and migraine. I had planned a refeed this weekend but it was pretty uncontrolled. Weekly still ended up under maintenance.
9/19 AF. I wasn't hungry til dinner time today, and my 8 mile hike today was SOOOO easy despite being fasted. I haven't really given keto a fair shake (you're supposed to adapt or whatever), but I'd say its not for me. I usually eat fairly low carb w/lots of fruit and veg but very little starch or sugar. Now I wonder if maybe.... hmmm. Yes to IF, no to keto and might even try bumping carbs a bit higher than usual on workout days (or the night before).6 -
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@dawnbgethealthy Happy belated birthday!!!! Hope it was wonderful!
Had 1.5 glasses of wine every day since Thursday night. This weekend my Dragon Boat team won gold in our division! Yay! Had two Bon Vivs at the venue and then wine at the after party. That was all fine. What wasnt? Three, count ‘em, three slices of pizza at the party. Pizza is my kryptonite. Delicious. Irresistible. But being that I can’t tolerate a lot of gluten, a big no no. What’s an Italian girl to do?
Wanted to sail yesterday but conditions were too windy and wavy for our boat. Bummed, I’m running out of weekends to sail!!!
Hope everyone has a great week.4
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