LESS Alcohol ~ MAY 2023 ~ One Day at A Time

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  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,883 Member
    Lilylady3k wrote: »
    May accountability: 12 days AF
    Alcohol: 11 days (17 drinks)
    Days over 2 glasses: 0
    Goal: Limit 2 glasses per day; 12-16 AF days this month.

    5/23 - 1 wine - DH & I ran into town for DD & grandkid while her husband was out of town. Wonderful little "craft kitchen" restaurant d'Alba Garden Oaks with fun outdoor seating.
    https://dalbahtx.com

    I love the look of that new place! In Houston you can probably sit out on a patio almost year round!
    I grew up in Toronto where there were lots of patios, people would even sit outside in their coats in the winter lol. Alba looks like some of the patios in the Beaches region of Toronto. Your post has taken me down memory lane : - )
  • forestdweller1
    forestdweller1 Posts: 413 Member
    @dawnbgethealthy ...Crosby is like fine wine, better with age ?? Oh, dear, an alcohol metaphor...When my stepson worked for a company that allowed him prime seats to the DC Capitals games, I was right there enjoying the action. 🏒
    Canning is not my "thing" either...just cooking for one, so only made enough marmalade that would keep in the fridge til consumed. Tomatoes were about the only thing that the local wildlife did not molest. One of the local "handymen" is very fond of tomatoes, and I would be enjoying my morning coffee & see him wandering out of my yard noshing on a freshly picked beefsteak...Gotta love a guy who would dig you a trench, or shovel snow out of a block long alley. For fun.
    Eldest Daughter's Shih Tzu would eat the cherry tomatoes she grew in her yard, very gently, right off the plant.

    Maybe I'll try tomatoes again...really miss fried green tomatoes. And I might need a trench dug...

    Eldest Daughter will be heading back to Louisiana in June, releasing my brake on alcohol consumption. Been a good month. Back to the attempted moderation. Really, really, really should exercise more, even just walking. At 76, with COPD [NO!! I NEVER DID SMOKE but everyone else in my life did] the old joke of walking barefoot in the snow uphill both ways to school is a reality. Everything here really IS uphill. Middle Daughter plotted out a while ago a route out of the 'hood so she could take me with her on the way to work & let me out so I could walk home [downhill] a couple blocks...4 blocks...a half mile...all the way from the cemetery...Now that I've said it "out loud" I should be shamed into actually doing it.
    We'll see.

    Can we get Mike to come out of hiding ?? Tell him I've adopted a squirrel ?? 🐿️






  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 5,296 Member
    Goals for May
    Self-care and positive vibes!
    Zig-zag calorie count - Daily Average 1400
    Success = No more than two glasses of wine per night.

    Current Streak - AF = 0 ~

    5/25 ~ 🍷🍷The scale kept playing the yo/yo game with me and left me frustrated. My thoughts were if I'm not going to see great progress and it's going to be "this" slow, I might as well factor in my wine. So i did. I didn't say my thoughts were rational. My goal is to get through this weekend without a gain and then regroup next week after the holiday. Target Tuesday AF again.

    @lilylady3k ~ Welcome back and prayers that your health makes a turn for the good! I can only imagine the exhaustion you must feel.
    Ditched the fasting and eating 4x a day, just small meals with lots of nutrients.
    @globalhiker ~ what fasting plan were you using, for how long and why did you chose to ditch it? I've been reading a lot about fasting. Had been doing IF for a while at 16:8. Didn't really see a huge difference in the scale (assume internal repairs were in process). Was considering flipping to 18:6 for a while. I see a lot of people have success with OMAD.

    @_mytime_ ~ I use ICE with low calorie (5) juice in a wine glass as my wine substitute. The NA wines do nothing for me. oh, I just saw what @forestdweller1 said about NA Wines. I second, third and forth!

    @GaryM_25 ~ Congrats on making it through your challenging week. How's the Harley?

    The Month recap to stay accountable
    5/1 AF ~ Yipee! 💚 - Finished April with 3 days straight AF! I changed a lot of things in the past couple of weeks - I'm not sure which one is working or if it's the combination. I lost 9lbs in April. I can't tell you the last time that happened. :heart: April 1 to April 15 - 3lbs, April 16 to April 30 - 6 lbs!!!

    5/2 A ~ 🍷🍷🍷'eh. 1:1 for May but did string a few days in a row. I plan to be AF today and Thursday. Friday is Cinco de Mayo and my husband is already talking about Mexican so there might be a margarita or two.

    5/3 AF ~ Yippee! 💚There's this window when I get home from work. About 30 minutes after my arrival for about an hour... If I get past that point, I'm usually ok. When there's nothing really stressing me, then it seems to be just habit for me.

    5/4 AF ~ Yippee 💚 Today is Cinco De Mayo. Husband wants Mexican food and Margaritas. 😲😮🤭. I've already plugged planned food/drink into MFP and its going to be a tough one but I'm going to try to stay at my calorie budget. I have a salad planned for lunch which comes in at 300 calories. That leaves me plenty of room for a (one) margarita and a chicken taco meal. That leaves me with 45 calories to spare. Oops, forgot the chips and guacamole. 🤞🏽 I think I will go for an extra walk at lunch today!🙂

    5/5 A ~🍸🍸🍸
    5/6 A ~🍸🍸🍸
    5/7 A ~ 🍷🍷
    5/8 A ~🍷🍷 Need to get back on track today after a long, fun weekend full of drinks and food! Friday was Cinco de Mayo. Tried hard to make those calories fit within budget and have only 1 margarita #fail. Went to the Zoo on Saturday and walked around for 4 + hours with family (Grandson). It was a cool, wet and rainy day so the animals were VERY active. Usually they are just lying around asleep. After all that walking, we stopped at the Granite City Brewery. Had a burger to die for and a glass of wine. Came home to watch the Kentucky Derby and had a few cocktails. Sunday was back to a "normal" kind of day. Spent the morning cutting bushes and pulling weeds, then relaxed in the evening cooking on the grill (it was beautiful outside) and a couple glasses of wine. Today should be AF for sure and back on calorie budget! Update: Calories ok, but had wine.

    5/9 A ~ 🍷🍷Long day yesterday. Husband had knee replacement surgery and I didn't plan very well for "me". Was hungry most of the day, only remedied by snacks. Couldn't bring outside food into the waiting room and they only had snacks and I didn't want to leave the area in case their were updates.

    5/10 A ~🍷🍷 Another long day yesterday. The hospital is 1.5 hours away from home (he wanted a specific doctor) so another 3+ hours driving and they kept him another night. I did better with food choices but still over budget. The "all or none" in me is looking at a Sunday reset.

    5/11 A ~🍷🍷🍷Yet another long day. So about 6 years ago, I use to commute to work 90 minutes each way, 5 days a week. After making a similar drive for three days in a row, I don't know how I managed. I guess you gotta do what you gotta do....
    It was a stressful day. Husband was released🙂 but really not mobile at all. He "sort of" fell while getting into the car. I say "sort of" as the car broke his fall, he ended up sitting on the car floor. Someone eventually came out to help get him in the seat. We drove home. Took him over an hour to get from the car to inside the house. Once inside, he "thought" he was going to climb the 15 stairs to get to our bedroom. I said, nope, nadda, not going to happen. I said pick a couch or you can sleep in the recliner in the TV room and "maybe" we will try again tomorrow.
    Then I cooked dinner and had wine!! Today I'm making him walk through the house every 60 to 90 minutes.

    5/12 A ~🍷🍷🍷

    5/13 A ~🍷🍷🍷

    5/14 A ~🍷🍷🍷Mother's Day. I splurged with cheese and crackers and a chocolate flavored wine. Now it's time to get back on the plan - both for eating and drinking. I did make this instant pot pepper steak for dinner yesterday. It was actually pretty good and serving was under 350 calories, then add rice. I was going to serve over cauliflower rice, next time.

    5/15 A ~ 🍷🍷🍷

    5/16 AF ~ Yippee 💚
    5/16 A ~ I thought the mind game prediction would help. It didn't. I'm going to start wearing ear buds when I get home. It's now been a full week since my husband's surgery. I don't discount that he has pain but the yelling is driving me nuts. Each time he yells, and he yells a lot, I panic and think that he's fallen or something. Somehow, I'm thinking, when I'm at work and he's alone, he's not screaming bloody murder. #andthistooshallpass. I am going to focus on being AF tonight, screams or no screams. I want to balance this month out.

    5/17 AF ~ Yippee 💚 Success! Yesterday was good. Within calorie range, still a little short on water, but no alcohol! But, although a great day all around, the scale didn't show it and in fact, showed a gain. That was a little frustrating this morning ..... Gotta turn this ship around!!

    So what did I do..went to Amazon and bought a new scale! (I did but not solely for that reason). I found one that tracks more metrics and I also bought a digital tape measure (I love gadgets). Keeping the focus!

    5/18 AF ~ Yippee 💚 Happy with AF day but still frustrated with the scale. It was another good day. Got my water in (65oz), went for an additional 40 minute walk at lunch (16,653 steps for the day). Slightly over on calorie count but it was my low calorie day. Target 1050 - came in at 1326 (still good as far as I'm concerned). I am going to start tracking measurements so see if there's any changes elsewhere to help boost my morale!

    5/19 AF ~ Yippee 💚 Three day streak -

    5/20 ~ 🍷🍷🍷 Made it 3 AF 💚💚💚in a row, then planned to drink yesterday. No plans to drink today through Thursday (we shall see how it goes). Feeling pretty positive for the week on deck.

    5/21 ~🍷🍷
    5/22 ~🍷🍷
    5/23 ~🍷🍷
    5/24 ~🍷🍷
    My 2023 Stats...
    Current Month
    AF = 6
    A = 19
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    January
    AF = 53%
    A = 47%
    February
    AF = 29%
    A = 71%
    March
    AF = 0%
    A = 100%
    April
    AF = 14%
    A = 86%
    May
    AF = 24%
    A = 76%
  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 5,296 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I will hit 40 days AF tomorrow! Almost half way on my 90 day project...though at this point I could see this going much longer and into perpetuity, who knows. But right now, I'm crushing my nutrition, crushing it in the weight room, really enjoying all of my other outdoor recreation just being clear headed and present in the moment...and probably right now the biggest thing is just crushing it at the office. This time of year is a pressure cooker for me and I usually come out the other end of this pretty haggard and exhausted...looking for retirement options or another job, etc, but I'm slaying the deadlines and rocking the *kitten* out of this busy season. We're so far ahead of schedule right now that next month might just be a cake walk.

    Nice!! Congrats on your successes!!!
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,004 Member
    May accountability: 13 days AF
    Alcohol: 13 days (22 drinks)
    Days over 2 glasses: 0
    Goal: Limit 2 glasses per day; 12-16 AF days this month.

    5/26 - 2 orange cosmos. Electricity went out at our house so dropped in on my sister and I cooked dinner.
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,883 Member
    @globalhiker

    Oh no! Sorry to hear about your work stress.
    Your coping mechanisms seem to be sound, hot tub time and all.

    I didn't think that your hair could get any shinier! Geez, it must be blinding : - )

    Take care of you. Big hugs.

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