LESS Alcohol ~ APRIL 2023 ~ One Day at A Time
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Hello LA community! I am Amanda, I’m from Michigan and excited for Spring to get here! This thread is my favorite bunch of people! I have been practicing LA since June ‘22.
My April goals are to be 99-100% AF,
continue healing from my cancer diagnosis and all the baggage from that and to work on my weight.
4/1: 1A
4/2-4/28: AF
I continue to be AF and find it pretty easy. The thought of ingesting what I used to drink (White Claw seltzer) kind of makes me feel sick. If someone put a beautiful tropical drink in a pineapple in my hand and plopped me in a beach chair on a remote tropical island, I would not turn the drink down though. 🍹
I went to my free Reiki session. The healer (? I’m not sure what I label the nice woman who performed the Reiki) is also a breast cancer survivor who felt that Reiki helped her greatly so she wanted to give back. It was very relaxing and I almost fell asleep. I kind of felt like I was meditating. In some areas (chakras) she hovered her hands over my body and some areas she placed her hands gently on my body. I am interested in going back but I’m not sure about the price or where she is located.
Rain, rain and more rain this weekend. I am going to see the movie Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret today. Based on the book by Judy Blume. Do any of you remember that book? I must have read it 50 times when I was 11.
I wish you all strength this weekend, be it for LA or otherwise.
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@ahoy_m8 @Fursian Loss is a tough one and I think fursian is right, these things change us permanently. I lost my best friend in March of 2022 and have still not found the strength to face that grief. She was like family to me, I knew her for 38 years. My therapist gently pushes me to face it and I push back. My logical mind knows I need to go through this but my heart is shattered into a million pieces over it. Sending you both big internet hugs.
@globalhiker I feel you on the toxic job. I have 2 really good things keeping me in mine. Well, 3. I work from home 100%. I (usually) only work Mon-Thurs and I get 50% off pet care. There aren’t hardly any WFH jobs anymore. The rest of the job is a giant tub of toxic suck.
I can’t remember what it is you do. Do you have a plan of where you’ll go? Will it be easy for you to find another position? Will you change direction altogether?
@itladyee Im so glad to hear things are looking up and you are back with us, I missed you.
@RockinRobyn672 You live such an exciting life!
@dawnbgethealthy How is the drippy nose and how was the interview?3 -
Hi All! Since joining this group Nov '22 I no longer drink on a daily basis. I'm drinking less for weight loss and overall health.
Fri 4/28: Drinks (2) - Well I pigged out last night (dang it!). After dinner we went to a music venue where I had 2 glasses of wine (I thought, okay, I'll have my drinks tonight instead of Saturday). But later, at home, I got into late-night bingeing on almonds, dried apricots and a pack of 3 small cookies that I found (a gift from someone; we don't keep food like that in the house). I made it almost 3 weeks without doing the late-night thing. Starting over.
Rolling Total: 18 AF Days out of 285 -
Hi everyone, I am back,( maybe you did not notice I was MIA)
We went away to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary to Panama City Beach this past week. Wonderful place. So much to do. And the beach waking....it goes for miles and miles. (Oh us crazy kids, right?)
Had drinks the first night. Then back to mocktails and H00. I even heard a woman ask the bartender what was in my wine glass. HAHAHA it was priceless to see her reaction to cran/sprite in a stem glass.
I will be putting up the link.for our MAY 2023 THREAD after work today(CT)
And I will be catching up with reading.
Good to be posting again for accountability.7 -
@joans1976
I have known a few people in my life that have become Reiki practitioners. I have had it done to me a few times.
Yes, chakras, those that are blocked they try to open up.
I don't think that it is very expensive, maybe 25 bucks?
Some people learn to do it to themselves also.
It is good that you almost fell asleep, relaxation is golden!
How is the job hunt going?
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@globalhiker
I am sorry that you are feeling stressed.
You are so in tune with yourself, I admire that.
Big hugs from over here.1 -
I am Dawn, I live in South Eastern British Columbia.
I joined this thread in November of 2018, a daily drinker at the time
My primary goal with drinking less is weight loss.
My usual goal is 16-20 AF days for the month,
I had 17AF days in March.
I do this diary style, I normally post the next morning.
Wednesday April 26 - AF - I have another job interview Friday after work. Hoping that my nose isn't running like a faucet by then, but I will take some tylenol cold a couple of hours before the interview if it is.
Thursday April 27 - AF - Went to bed with a Neo Citran the last 2 nights, it dried me up enough to sleep, and I guess put me to sleep : - ) Beautiful morning here as I type this early Friday. My plan is to get lots of yardwork done over the weekend, the forecast is 22c (around 72F). I don't have a plan for AF over the weekend except for Sunday, which is always an AF day.
Friday April 28 - 2 drinks. I had a good interview, they are interviewing all week and apparently have hundreds of applicants. They asked different questions other than the usual, that was refreshing. After that I went to help a friend move some fragile boxes to her new place, then went to pick up a few groceries and soil. When I came out of the store the entire town was surrounded by choking smoke. A woman in the parking lot thought that it was a prescribed burn. I can see it around the perimeter this morning, but up above the sky is blue and clear. My plan for today was to do a gazillion things in my yard. If it is too smoky I will reluctantly do household chores indoors, always the last on my list. It is still chilly right now. I do have a piccolo of prosecco in the fridge and a flute in the freezer, so I doubt that I will be AF today.
Rolling total: 15AF days out of 28 days.1 -
Thanks @MissMay for starting the May thread!! I appreciate you.
This thread has helped me greatly with my choosing to live with LA since Feb. 2023.
Read through posts too quickly but will be back to continue the conversations tomorrow or Monday. I was busy all yesterday getting ready for sisters visit. She is moving out of state in July.
I didn’t get a chance to post so updating numbers today before we head out to an Art and Wine festival with some family and a couple of friends.
Had planned wine last night and will again today but went way over my personal limit and stayed up until midnight catching up. Feeing a bit sluggish for sure and woke up at 4:20 am for awhile - no surprise.
See you tomorrow for final post, and thanks for being here.
AF - 19
A - 9
Goals - 20-22 AF days total
Limit - no more than 2 glasses on A Day2 -
Self-care and positive vibes!
My theme for May...but starting it now.
4/28 AF ~ Yippee! 💚
@globalhiker ~ Keeping you top of mind to rid those stressors! Stress is weird, you almost don't realize how on edge you are until the stress is gone. Do your best to do what's right for you!
@Missmay, you were missed! Glad you had a great time
The Month recap to stay accountable4/1My 2023 Stats...
My plan starts/restarts tomorrow.... Mayo Clinic "diet" . Today wasn't so bad. Had 6 ounce filet and asparagus and two glasses of wine for dinner. I have only one bottle of wine left in my house and I don't plan to buy any more this month.....
4/2/2023
Well.... the day was actually going well. I had a couple of breakfast sausage for breakfast (not the best choice but I haven't been shopping yet). For lunch, cobb salad and for dinner Chicken with a southwest salad. All meals accompanied by water! I made it until 8:30pm when my husband came home from work. He cracked open a beer and started recapping his negative day... so two glasses appeared .... bottle is almost empty🙂
4/3/2023
I skipped breakfast, considering IF again. if only to kick start some action. Good for lunch (leftover Chicken and Salad) and dinner was an airfried pork chop and broccoli. Husband turned on the NCAA championship game and make Pomegranate Sours. I had one and a half (about 6 ounces).
4/4/2023
[Noted yesterday]I'm already claiming today as AF. Gotta get started and ignore the triggers.
Yeah! That worked....:) AF! Mental mind games. It's funny. Once you put your mind to it, it's fairly easy. When your mind isn't committed, is easy to waiver. I came home and immediately poured my substitute wine (Ocean Spray 5 calorie juice) and proceeded to cook dinner. My husband came in and out of nowhere said, lets have a shot of Maker's Mark. I said no thank you, but go right ahead. He didn't. Then later on in the evening we were watching Jeopardy and the final Jeopardy question comes on and he says...if I get this right, you have to take a shot. It was like the devil incarnate! I said no!
4/5/2023
Weird day....as far as alcohol was concerned. I've been going to a place to get my nails done for over 15 years. My nail tech use to tell me to relax as my hands would be quite rigid while we would attempt to do my manicure. I use to tease that they should sell wine, that would relax me. Yesterday I went to get my eye brows waxed, nails and pedicure done. While getting my eye brows done, the tech says, would you like a glass of wine? I looked at her like she had two heads. She said, we have cabernet or moscato.... I politely declined. She continued that I could sip while getting my pedicure done. I declined again. Then when getting my pedicure done, my regular guy asked again. I just chuckled and said no thanks. I had received message late Monday from my friends son that she was in the hospital (she's 84). I tried calling Tuesday day and evening and left a message. I missed his call again but he didn't leave a message. When I got home, I tried again and got the message that his voice mail box was full. So that left me a bit concerned and put me in a solemn mood. I poured my substitute wine and air fried some catfish for dinner. It just wasn't doing it, so I finished that bottle of wine (not quite two glasses). Now here comes the weekend as I'm off tomorrow for Good Friday.
When all is said and done and I get annoyed for not staying AF, I have to give myself credit that I am continuing to limit alcohol and not drinking nearly as much. And I can see the difference with the reduction. Glad I found this group.
4/6/2023
Thursday was my "Friday" as I'm off today!
Guilty - went shopping for weekend meals including Easter dinner and did buy wine. Did drink wine. I think my next AF target day will be Monday, 4/10...I want to have mimosas on Easter Sunday morning. The rest of the weekend is unplanned.
I learned that today (4/7) is National No Housework Day.... I must observe!🙂
4/7
4/8 -
4/9 - Easter - Had my desired Mimosa's and had wine with dinner
4/10 -
4/11/2023
I spent time regrouping yesterday. Just like eating, it so easy to continue those drinking days once they've started. I had more alcohol on Easter than I have had in quite a while. Monday it was easy to come home and pour that glass of wine. I was content with getting back on track yesterday but just had a horrible day.
I really want to meet my weight loss goals for this year and in order to do so I've got to get a handle on both eating and drinking. Now I say this while coming off of vacation and the holiday so I feel like I'm really out of control, but if I look back, I'm not. I took half the cheesecake to work, we ate 1/4 of it on Easter and 1/4 is still in the refrigerator! Hopefully my husband will make it go away.
Sooner or later, I'm going to find something I can consistently work with. I am doing a combination of things. The Mayo Clinic diet focuses on servings of food groups, basically making sure that you are balanced within a certain calorie range. The problem is I swap things on the menu which is legal, but I think my swapping upsets the food balance. I think I will continue to use some of the recipes that they provide and plug them into MFP to make sure my I am within my range of calories and carbs. I am going to alter my daily calories, ZigZag or Calorie cycling they call it so that I don't consume the same amount of calories everyday. I will average about 1400 calories but not all days will be the same. And finally, I had some success with IF last year so I'm going to add that process to the mix as well.
It will be almost impossible for me to include wine on my low calorie days, so that's another motivator to help me with this plan.
Recap for 4/13/2023
This has been a horrible week. Not so much with overeating or drinking, but other stuff had been grating my nerves which then leads to over drinking and then overeating. Last night there was overdrinking.
The short story is this... since this is a public board, I won't go into detail but if anyone has knowledge or experience with going from W2 to K1 and is willing to educate me, please inbox me. The end result as I see it, is causing me to have a significant reduction in income due to additional taxes being paid by me. I had a quick conversation with my cpa, but it's the final hour of tax season so he's really busy and thought he was done with me!
I worked from home today to avoid biting anyone's head off.
4/14 - 4/24 - MIA
4/25
On 4/13 got the news about my change in status causing me to pay additional taxes.
4/18 Followed up with HR to see if there we any updates - Was told it was under review.
4/24 - Got an email last night from HR that they were "still reviewing" and hope to have some information by the end of the week.
12 days of being on edge...Not sure what my next steps are at this point. I spoke with my accountant and he said they need to adjust my pay so that the impact is Tax Neutral.
At any rate, I find my self falling into old habits. While not AF, I was doing really well at limiting my intake. I've had a couple of bad days...bright side, only a couple.
I am starting to calm down a bit though and I will find a way to deal with this situation if the answer isn't exactly what will be best for me.
I'm mentally moving on to May.
I'm actually doing well with my calorie cycling, even with a couple of not so good days.
My goals for May will be to continue to zig zag the calories and aim for no more than 2 glasses of wine per night. If I do less, that's a bonus but I'm setting myself up for success vs failure at trying to be AF as that's not working.
On the days where I have limited calories, I will have to only have 1 glass.
Deprivation and stress do not work well for me. Hoping by May I am less stressed!
Thanks to all who commented and gave me support! I appreciate it!
Off to catch up with all the posts, sorry if a little late with my comments and I add on as I read more...
4/27/2023
Finally.....
After two weeks of stressing out, the company finally got back to me and they are changing the structure of what they offered to me. Still able to participate in profit sharing but not with all the tax implications as before and not making less money due to the original plan. The situation did cause me to to have to find money, for which I now am paying interest and have over paid the IRS. I guess life wouldn't be exciting without a few bumps in the road.
Now I can get back to some self-care and positive vibes!AF = 3
A = 27
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January
AF = 53%
A = 47%
February
AF = 29%
A = 71%
March
AF = 0%
A = 100%
April
AF = 7%
A = 93%2 -
@joans1976 Thank you for the hug, sending one back for your friend! 38 years is such a long time to share with someone. It's going to take however long it takes, and I think that's perfectly ok.
Good luck to everyone for the month of May!2 -
As promised...here it is
The link to MAY 2023 LESS alcohol
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10889654/less-alcohol-may-2023-one-day-at-a-time/p1?new=1
If I don't see you over on the new thread starting May 1st I WILL COME LOOKING FOR YOU!!!!
No pressure!!
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I don’t know how two weeks slipped by without me checking in here!
@dawnbgethealthy sorry to hear the Perry’s gig didn’t work out. If the guy called you while he was slurring, that’s very concerning! Good luck with your job search.
@lmlmrn congratulations on the new house! It’s pretty!
I had a tough busy week at work, didn’t even try to be AF. Went for those glasses of wine to take the edge off, and just had to acknowledge that I was making that choice. Sigh. I did have one day earlier this month that was AF. I thought of you all and didn’t pour it! Wish I would have had more of that resolve.
On a good note my first month of HRT is going swimmingly! I feel SO much better!!! Also good news… I’m at DS#2’s college graduation this weekend! I’m so proud.6 -
Hello LA community! I am Amanda, I’m from Michigan and excited for Spring to get here! This thread is my favorite bunch of people! I have been practicing LA since June ‘22.
My April goals are to be 99-100% AF,
continue healing from my cancer diagnosis and all the baggage from that and to work on my weight.
4/1: 1A
4/2-4/30: AF
Goals for April:
99-100% AF ✅
Continue healing✅
Work on emotional baggage🤪
Work on weight loss✅ (down 5.4 lbs)
(Stole @Fursian ’s green check marks, oh how I love them)
Who knows what May has in store?
Thank you so much @MissMay for keeping us going! We would be lost without you!2 -
@dawnbgethealthy Well, thank you for the education, I had to look up “prescribed burn” and “piccolo” of Prosecco. What can I say, I’m from the Midwest.
The job search isn’t really going anywhere. I have to come to terms with the fact that I am not going to be able to find another WFH job and I’m not ready to do that yet. I know how spoiled and just….rotten that sounds. I’m just not there yet. Thank you for asking!
@Womona Dont be such a stranger! I’m so glad to hear your HRT is working for you!2 -
Catching up....
@dawnbgethealthy there is a reason for everything. So there must be a darn good reason(in your favour) for that *kitten*(doosh bag) to dismiss you while inebriated. Giant hugs.3 -
I too was wondering where @Lilylady3k ran off to? You have been with us for so many years....you are L.A. family ❤4
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My April accountability went fairly well.
There were some celebrating days that I knew would factor in with going over my 2 drink limit. And that worked out fine
I am still cutting back( not totally cutting out) the sugar devil. He seems to be in EVERYTHING we consume. So why pile or spoon more into my body?
The reaction my senses have to popping one piece of chocolate or goodie into my mouth has now become so obvious. It is an instantaneous response to keep shoving sweets into me. Even more alarming than drinking right now because I have made myself aware of the unconscious habit of sugar. UGH!
**Thanks to everyone who made our April thread a place we can all feel so comfortable with.
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Self-care and positive vibes!
My theme for May...but starting it now.
4/29 AF ~ Yippee! 💚
The Month recap to stay accountable4/1My 2023 Stats...
My plan starts/restarts tomorrow.... Mayo Clinic "diet" . Today wasn't so bad. Had 6 ounce filet and asparagus and two glasses of wine for dinner. I have only one bottle of wine left in my house and I don't plan to buy any more this month.....
4/2/2023
Well.... the day was actually going well. I had a couple of breakfast sausage for breakfast (not the best choice but I haven't been shopping yet). For lunch, cobb salad and for dinner Chicken with a southwest salad. All meals accompanied by water! I made it until 8:30pm when my husband came home from work. He cracked open a beer and started recapping his negative day... so two glasses appeared .... bottle is almost empty🙂
4/3/2023
I skipped breakfast, considering IF again. if only to kick start some action. Good for lunch (leftover Chicken and Salad) and dinner was an airfried pork chop and broccoli. Husband turned on the NCAA championship game and make Pomegranate Sours. I had one and a half (about 6 ounces).
4/4/2023
[Noted yesterday]I'm already claiming today as AF. Gotta get started and ignore the triggers.
Yeah! That worked....:) AF! Mental mind games. It's funny. Once you put your mind to it, it's fairly easy. When your mind isn't committed, is easy to waiver. I came home and immediately poured my substitute wine (Ocean Spray 5 calorie juice) and proceeded to cook dinner. My husband came in and out of nowhere said, lets have a shot of Maker's Mark. I said no thank you, but go right ahead. He didn't. Then later on in the evening we were watching Jeopardy and the final Jeopardy question comes on and he says...if I get this right, you have to take a shot. It was like the devil incarnate! I said no!
4/5/2023
Weird day....as far as alcohol was concerned. I've been going to a place to get my nails done for over 15 years. My nail tech use to tell me to relax as my hands would be quite rigid while we would attempt to do my manicure. I use to tease that they should sell wine, that would relax me. Yesterday I went to get my eye brows waxed, nails and pedicure done. While getting my eye brows done, the tech says, would you like a glass of wine? I looked at her like she had two heads. She said, we have cabernet or moscato.... I politely declined. She continued that I could sip while getting my pedicure done. I declined again. Then when getting my pedicure done, my regular guy asked again. I just chuckled and said no thanks. I had received message late Monday from my friends son that she was in the hospital (she's 84). I tried calling Tuesday day and evening and left a message. I missed his call again but he didn't leave a message. When I got home, I tried again and got the message that his voice mail box was full. So that left me a bit concerned and put me in a solemn mood. I poured my substitute wine and air fried some catfish for dinner. It just wasn't doing it, so I finished that bottle of wine (not quite two glasses). Now here comes the weekend as I'm off tomorrow for Good Friday.
When all is said and done and I get annoyed for not staying AF, I have to give myself credit that I am continuing to limit alcohol and not drinking nearly as much. And I can see the difference with the reduction. Glad I found this group.
4/6/2023
Thursday was my "Friday" as I'm off today!
Guilty - went shopping for weekend meals including Easter dinner and did buy wine. Did drink wine. I think my next AF target day will be Monday, 4/10...I want to have mimosas on Easter Sunday morning. The rest of the weekend is unplanned.
I learned that today (4/7) is National No Housework Day.... I must observe!🙂
4/7
4/8 -
4/9 - Easter - Had my desired Mimosa's and had wine with dinner
4/10 -
4/11/2023
I spent time regrouping yesterday. Just like eating, it so easy to continue those drinking days once they've started. I had more alcohol on Easter than I have had in quite a while. Monday it was easy to come home and pour that glass of wine. I was content with getting back on track yesterday but just had a horrible day.
I really want to meet my weight loss goals for this year and in order to do so I've got to get a handle on both eating and drinking. Now I say this while coming off of vacation and the holiday so I feel like I'm really out of control, but if I look back, I'm not. I took half the cheesecake to work, we ate 1/4 of it on Easter and 1/4 is still in the refrigerator! Hopefully my husband will make it go away.
Sooner or later, I'm going to find something I can consistently work with. I am doing a combination of things. The Mayo Clinic diet focuses on servings of food groups, basically making sure that you are balanced within a certain calorie range. The problem is I swap things on the menu which is legal, but I think my swapping upsets the food balance. I think I will continue to use some of the recipes that they provide and plug them into MFP to make sure my I am within my range of calories and carbs. I am going to alter my daily calories, ZigZag or Calorie cycling they call it so that I don't consume the same amount of calories everyday. I will average about 1400 calories but not all days will be the same. And finally, I had some success with IF last year so I'm going to add that process to the mix as well.
It will be almost impossible for me to include wine on my low calorie days, so that's another motivator to help me with this plan.
Recap for 4/13/2023
This has been a horrible week. Not so much with overeating or drinking, but other stuff had been grating my nerves which then leads to over drinking and then overeating. Last night there was overdrinking.
The short story is this... since this is a public board, I won't go into detail but if anyone has knowledge or experience with going from W2 to K1 and is willing to educate me, please inbox me. The end result as I see it, is causing me to have a significant reduction in income due to additional taxes being paid by me. I had a quick conversation with my cpa, but it's the final hour of tax season so he's really busy and thought he was done with me!
I worked from home today to avoid biting anyone's head off.
4/14 - 4/24 - MIA
4/25
On 4/13 got the news about my change in status causing me to pay additional taxes.
4/18 Followed up with HR to see if there we any updates - Was told it was under review.
4/24 - Got an email last night from HR that they were "still reviewing" and hope to have some information by the end of the week.
12 days of being on edge...Not sure what my next steps are at this point. I spoke with my accountant and he said they need to adjust my pay so that the impact is Tax Neutral.
At any rate, I find my self falling into old habits. While not AF, I was doing really well at limiting my intake. I've had a couple of bad days...bright side, only a couple.
I am starting to calm down a bit though and I will find a way to deal with this situation if the answer isn't exactly what will be best for me.
I'm mentally moving on to May.
I'm actually doing well with my calorie cycling, even with a couple of not so good days.
My goals for May will be to continue to zig zag the calories and aim for no more than 2 glasses of wine per night. If I do less, that's a bonus but I'm setting myself up for success vs failure at trying to be AF as that's not working.
On the days where I have limited calories, I will have to only have 1 glass.
Deprivation and stress do not work well for me. Hoping by May I am less stressed!
Thanks to all who commented and gave me support! I appreciate it!
Off to catch up with all the posts, sorry if a little late with my comments and I add on as I read more...
4/27/2023
Finally.....
After two weeks of stressing out, the company finally got back to me and they are changing the structure of what they offered to me. Still able to participate in profit sharing but not with all the tax implications as before and not making less money due to the original plan. The situation did cause me to to have to find money, for which I now am paying interest and have over paid the IRS. I guess life wouldn't be exciting without a few bumps in the road.
Now I can get back to some self-care and positive vibes!
4/28 AF ~ Yippee! 💚
4/29 AF ~ Yippee! 💚AF = 3
A = 27
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January
AF = 53%
A = 47%
February
AF = 29%
A = 71%
March
AF = 0%
A = 100%
April
AF = 10%
A = 930%4 -
Sunday, 4/30
April brought continued awareness around my LA goals and I met them albeit on the lower end. As I’ve said before, I would like to come in closer to the dietary guidelines for Americans who choose to drink (on a given day). Time to shake things up!
AF - 20 (including today)
A - 10
Goals - 20-22 AF days total5 -
Hi All! Since joining this group Nov '22 I no longer drink on a daily basis. I'm drinking less for weight loss and overall health.
Sun 4/30: Drinks (1) Made it to NC and enjoyed hanging out with BIL and wife. We dined out. I drank water there, but ended up having an IPA back at the house. It wasn't planned but still not bad.
We will be hanging out with MIL today and tomorrow. I hope she's alert and that we can spend quality time with her.
Total for April: 19 AF Days out of 304 -
Self-care and positive vibes!
My theme for May...but starting it now.
4/30 AF ~ Yippee! 💚
Strong April finish on all accounts!
Let's do it!
The Month recap to stay accountable4/1My 2023 Stats...
My plan starts/restarts tomorrow.... Mayo Clinic "diet" . Today wasn't so bad. Had 6 ounce filet and asparagus and two glasses of wine for dinner. I have only one bottle of wine left in my house and I don't plan to buy any more this month.....
4/2/2023
Well.... the day was actually going well. I had a couple of breakfast sausage for breakfast (not the best choice but I haven't been shopping yet). For lunch, cobb salad and for dinner Chicken with a southwest salad. All meals accompanied by water! I made it until 8:30pm when my husband came home from work. He cracked open a beer and started recapping his negative day... so two glasses appeared .... bottle is almost empty🙂
4/3/2023
I skipped breakfast, considering IF again. if only to kick start some action. Good for lunch (leftover Chicken and Salad) and dinner was an airfried pork chop and broccoli. Husband turned on the NCAA championship game and make Pomegranate Sours. I had one and a half (about 6 ounces).
4/4/2023
[Noted yesterday]I'm already claiming today as AF. Gotta get started and ignore the triggers.
Yeah! That worked....:) AF! Mental mind games. It's funny. Once you put your mind to it, it's fairly easy. When your mind isn't committed, is easy to waiver. I came home and immediately poured my substitute wine (Ocean Spray 5 calorie juice) and proceeded to cook dinner. My husband came in and out of nowhere said, lets have a shot of Maker's Mark. I said no thank you, but go right ahead. He didn't. Then later on in the evening we were watching Jeopardy and the final Jeopardy question comes on and he says...if I get this right, you have to take a shot. It was like the devil incarnate! I said no!
4/5/2023
Weird day....as far as alcohol was concerned. I've been going to a place to get my nails done for over 15 years. My nail tech use to tell me to relax as my hands would be quite rigid while we would attempt to do my manicure. I use to tease that they should sell wine, that would relax me. Yesterday I went to get my eye brows waxed, nails and pedicure done. While getting my eye brows done, the tech says, would you like a glass of wine? I looked at her like she had two heads. She said, we have cabernet or moscato.... I politely declined. She continued that I could sip while getting my pedicure done. I declined again. Then when getting my pedicure done, my regular guy asked again. I just chuckled and said no thanks. I had received message late Monday from my friends son that she was in the hospital (she's 84). I tried calling Tuesday day and evening and left a message. I missed his call again but he didn't leave a message. When I got home, I tried again and got the message that his voice mail box was full. So that left me a bit concerned and put me in a solemn mood. I poured my substitute wine and air fried some catfish for dinner. It just wasn't doing it, so I finished that bottle of wine (not quite two glasses). Now here comes the weekend as I'm off tomorrow for Good Friday.
When all is said and done and I get annoyed for not staying AF, I have to give myself credit that I am continuing to limit alcohol and not drinking nearly as much. And I can see the difference with the reduction. Glad I found this group.
4/6/2023
Thursday was my "Friday" as I'm off today!
Guilty - went shopping for weekend meals including Easter dinner and did buy wine. Did drink wine. I think my next AF target day will be Monday, 4/10...I want to have mimosas on Easter Sunday morning. The rest of the weekend is unplanned.
I learned that today (4/7) is National No Housework Day.... I must observe!🙂
4/7
4/8 -
4/9 - Easter - Had my desired Mimosa's and had wine with dinner
4/10 -
4/11/2023
I spent time regrouping yesterday. Just like eating, it so easy to continue those drinking days once they've started. I had more alcohol on Easter than I have had in quite a while. Monday it was easy to come home and pour that glass of wine. I was content with getting back on track yesterday but just had a horrible day.
I really want to meet my weight loss goals for this year and in order to do so I've got to get a handle on both eating and drinking. Now I say this while coming off of vacation and the holiday so I feel like I'm really out of control, but if I look back, I'm not. I took half the cheesecake to work, we ate 1/4 of it on Easter and 1/4 is still in the refrigerator! Hopefully my husband will make it go away.
Sooner or later, I'm going to find something I can consistently work with. I am doing a combination of things. The Mayo Clinic diet focuses on servings of food groups, basically making sure that you are balanced within a certain calorie range. The problem is I swap things on the menu which is legal, but I think my swapping upsets the food balance. I think I will continue to use some of the recipes that they provide and plug them into MFP to make sure my I am within my range of calories and carbs. I am going to alter my daily calories, ZigZag or Calorie cycling they call it so that I don't consume the same amount of calories everyday. I will average about 1400 calories but not all days will be the same. And finally, I had some success with IF last year so I'm going to add that process to the mix as well.
It will be almost impossible for me to include wine on my low calorie days, so that's another motivator to help me with this plan.
Recap for 4/13/2023
This has been a horrible week. Not so much with overeating or drinking, but other stuff had been grating my nerves which then leads to over drinking and then overeating. Last night there was overdrinking.
The short story is this... since this is a public board, I won't go into detail but if anyone has knowledge or experience with going from W2 to K1 and is willing to educate me, please inbox me. The end result as I see it, is causing me to have a significant reduction in income due to additional taxes being paid by me. I had a quick conversation with my cpa, but it's the final hour of tax season so he's really busy and thought he was done with me!
I worked from home today to avoid biting anyone's head off.
4/14 - 4/24 - MIA
4/25
On 4/13 got the news about my change in status causing me to pay additional taxes.
4/18 Followed up with HR to see if there we any updates - Was told it was under review.
4/24 - Got an email last night from HR that they were "still reviewing" and hope to have some information by the end of the week.
12 days of being on edge...Not sure what my next steps are at this point. I spoke with my accountant and he said they need to adjust my pay so that the impact is Tax Neutral.
At any rate, I find my self falling into old habits. While not AF, I was doing really well at limiting my intake. I've had a couple of bad days...bright side, only a couple.
I am starting to calm down a bit though and I will find a way to deal with this situation if the answer isn't exactly what will be best for me.
I'm mentally moving on to May.
I'm actually doing well with my calorie cycling, even with a couple of not so good days.
My goals for May will be to continue to zig zag the calories and aim for no more than 2 glasses of wine per night. If I do less, that's a bonus but I'm setting myself up for success vs failure at trying to be AF as that's not working.
On the days where I have limited calories, I will have to only have 1 glass.
Deprivation and stress do not work well for me. Hoping by May I am less stressed!
Thanks to all who commented and gave me support! I appreciate it!
Off to catch up with all the posts, sorry if a little late with my comments and I add on as I read more...
4/27/2023
Finally.....
After two weeks of stressing out, the company finally got back to me and they are changing the structure of what they offered to me. Still able to participate in profit sharing but not with all the tax implications as before and not making less money due to the original plan. The situation did cause me to to have to find money, for which I now am paying interest and have over paid the IRS. I guess life wouldn't be exciting without a few bumps in the road.
Now I can get back to some self-care and positive vibes!
4/28 AF ~ Yippee! 💚
4/29 AF ~ Yippee! 💚
4/30 AF ~ Yippee! 💚AF = 4
A = 26
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A = 47%
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A = 71%
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AF = 0%
A = 100%
April
AF = 14%
A = 86%2
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