Like Minded Lushes - October 2010

rjadams

Welcome to the thread that acknowledges alcohol. We like it. Most of us drink it. We struggle with the effect it has on our weight loss. We support each othere when we strive to control it. We support each other when we fail to control it.

October can be a challenge with Ocktoberfests and Halloween but we can do it.

My goals for October are to exercise more and to get better control of midweek drinking. Good luck to all.

cbonuz

Cheers!...finally someone else having issues with the love of drinks! LOL

rjadams

Cheers!...finally someone else having issues with the love of drinks! LOL

welcome, we have been around on this thread since July.



Hey SurlyDave- we do miss you.

bobspdx

I have had to almost cut alcohol out because it is hindering my weight loss. It stinks because I love a glass of wine after a long day but that glass ALWAYS turns into 2 or 3. Ooops :-)

KarenBorter

Going into Month 2 of no alcohol. I gotta tell you that on Wednesday when I weighed in and saw no loss I eyed that bottle of Mango Vodka in my freezer .. My sane side took control and said that this weight loss thing was TOO important to blow it. I made some changes Wednesday and Thursday, didn't drink and, Viola, the 2 lbs came off this week ...

I have the same issue bobobbin ... 1 glass turns into the bottle. I have a BEAUTIFUL Merlot I want to drink but am going to wait till the new year. I guess this month will be challenged because of the Halloween parties ... I will prevail however!

Clew

I've almost eliminated alcohol for the time being, but I'll tell you, those Yuenglings in the back of my fridge have gone from whispering my name to downright screaming it lately.

:drinker:

amysj303

Clew-what's yuenglings? My house is full of alcohol too and I am trying not to drink alone! I was alcohol free tues, wed, and thurs. I get to drink tonight if it fits in with my calories.

deshaine

I gave up the drink when I got pregnant. And with BFing and then having a toddler around who wants to sample everything, the alcohol has not returned.

Alcohol is not the enemy... is the ABUNDANCE of alcohol that is.

Consider this:

1 ounce of hard liquor = starch serving
12 oz of light beer = 1 starch serving
12 oz of regular beer = 2 starch servings
3 oz of wine (red or white) = 1 fruit serving
3 oz of champagne = 1 fruit serving

HTH

rjadams

I am glad its Friday. although I have had a drink every night this week. It has been a rough one. I am planning on really kicking it in gear next week and I will have an alcohol free Sunday thru Thursday. I can do this.

KarenBorter

I am glad its Friday. although I have had a drink every night this week. It has been a rough one. I am planning on really kicking it in gear next week and I will have an alcohol free Sunday thru Thursday. I can do this.

YOU CAN! I know you can! I hate hard weeks they suck the worst! But you can do the S-Th thing 5 days!

candlegal

Ya know, I love wine. . . . . but it makes me want to eat! I went to a wine tasting about a week ago and it totally messed me up, they had the tasting with the foods that it compliments well lets just say I didn't fill out my food diary for that meal! I try to limit myself to 2 or 3/ 4oz glasses. I do fine but then a little while later I want to eat and eat and eat and eat! So I have to be careful and limit myself. I know I think about having it more than I actually do. Life is short, everything in moderation.:drinker:

JoyceJoanne

WHAAAAAT???!! There's a mango Vodka??!! That would be so tasty with my coconut Malibu, I could skip the mango juice...
no...sorry.... I have to snap out of it....
I always drink a water with every cocktail. Makes it last a little longer, and I get fuller faster so I drink less. I really have been limiting my cocktails. They make me want to eat and the alcohol makes it easy to not make the best choices. So not only am I eating, I'm eating the good, er, I mean, the BAD stuff. ;-)

dbanks80

I sneak into this forum from time to time...I did my weigh-in this morning and I've lost 7lbs for the month of September!!!!

I want a BOTTLE of wine soooooooo bad to celebrate but I will settle for a couple of glasses tonight!!!! :happy:

KarenBorter

WHAAAAAT???!! There's a mango Vodka??!! That would be so tasty with my coconut Malibu, I could skip the mango juice...
no...sorry.... I have to snap out of it....
I always drink a water with every cocktail. Makes it last a little longer, and I get fuller faster so I drink less. I really have been limiting my cocktails. They make me want to eat and the alcohol makes it easy to not make the best choices. So not only am I eating, I'm eating the good, er, I mean, the BAD stuff. ;-)

Yep absolut makes a Mango Vodka

shanolap

I am not alone!!! Like many others wine is my downfall and abundance is too. Some weeks I skip the vino daily but last week was no good. Next week will be better!!

yvonnej1

Hitting the wine tonight but staying within calories due to a good workout in the gym earlier. Just won a pull up bar on ebay so there's no excuse not to get p90x now although I'm sure wine isn't part of the nutrition plan for that :ohwell: Tough luck though, I like my wine and I've been able to maintain for the last 4 weeks drinking alcohol mainly at the weekend and still having the odd indulgent meal

sillygoose1977

Ready for a cocktail tonight! Its ok, I mix with diet soda. Tomorrow will be hard. Going out for a ladies lunch which means a vodka tonic will be a must. Is it ok to drink before a massage? Almost hoping that the WYO game won't be on tv because that leads to the bar and many large beers and half-time car bomb.

Wish everyone a fabulous weekend! :drinker:

mrsdero

LOL October is hard! Thanksgiving, my b-day, two friends b-days and halloween parties....oh ya and octoberfest! I am gonna have to run a whole lot more this month!

Oldbat61

Hi all. Managed to lose 1lb this week. Have had my sister in law staying but have managed to stick to just one drink a night and have managed to keep reasonably well to calorie allowance although the exercise has not been so good; only managed one session of pilates, one of swimming and one 30 min walk. We also went out for dinner last night so I really blew the calorie allowance, so am very pleased to have achieved a small loss. Anyway, Norrys goes home on Monday morning so will knuckle down to lots of exercise and maintaining my calorie intake plus saving the alcohol for a treat on Saturday and Sunday.

Keep up the good work fellow lushes!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :laugh: :laugh: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

kackie

Wow...Thanks for the link, Robin! I didn't know this topic existed! I know for a fact that the weight I gained while traveling in August and September was directly "linked" to my love of wine. Every dinner seemed like "vacation" time and even with the many long hikes and lots of walking, the wine led to extra food at night which all added up to 4.5 extra pounds.

I am back home for another week and that has helped me go wine-less for the past 5 days and I plan to do the same for the coming week. I have gotten rid of 1.5 of the extra 4.5...now I have to quickly shed the other 3 and get on with this!

I know that I have to figure out a better way of handling wine and food. I keep thinking that I can have whatever DH has and that doesn't work for me. Still, it is difficult to watch him enjoying a nice glass of red in the evening while I'm sipping hot tea. Any ideas? I have to change this for good or I am doomed to repeating the lose and gain cycle again and again!

Have a wonderful October everyone and I look forward to checking in here and getting some help from others who share my weakness! Take care, Kackie

nisijam5

I cannot tell a lie. My besties birthday was Wednesday and mine was Thursday. Not sure why I had to drink 4 days straight. The week before I was in Las Vegas. It wasn't ever a glass or two of wine. It was bottles, bottles and more bottles. I'm talking a two-week binge. I should have pancreatitis or liver failure by now. Why do I love booze so much????

Well, it's a new month...So, here it goes

Saturday, Day 1, no drinks

Goal is to make it till Friday...6 days...then, I will have to re-evaluate

Karen and Oldbat, you are true role models...I hope the weight is melting off for you

nisijam5

Happy Sunday Lushes...the weekend is over and it's back to SOBRIETY

Managed to stay alcohol free yesterday...yippe...the first day is the hardest after nearly 2 weeks of comsumption

How did my fellow lushes fair this weekend?

brityn

I'm right there with you. I work as a restaurant manager, 12 hour shifts at a time and when I get off work at ten oclock at night all I want is a drink to unwind. I used to have a margarita (it's a mexican restaurant) and slowly saw the weight start to creep up. Then I switched to champagne. It's only 87 calories a glass (on average) but then it was turning into 2 glasses at night...and a couple more on the weekends.. I'm training with a sports trainer (kicks my *kitten* three days a week) and I run 12 miles a week..but I couldn't seem to get my weight down. So, i talked to Bruce, my trainer, and asked him what more I should be doing. So, he asked about my diet. It wasn't that bad. But I buckled down and made it stricter. Still, the weight didn't budge...well, three weeks ago I stopped drinking all together. I think i've had 4 glasses of champagne since. I feel great, I'm doing a "carb cycling" diet and have lost 4.5 lbs. It's working! I'm sleeping better too. I'm staying on board. I'm not going to say that I wont ever have a drink, but i'm definitely going to think twice about it before I do

nisijam5

I'm not going to say that I wont ever have a drink, but i'm definitely going to think twice about it before I do

I agree, I am just going to have to buckle down and do it.

rjadams

Just finished meal planning for the week. I am really buckling down this week too. I did plan wine on friday night but just 1/2 a bottle so that is good for me. (besides I am cooking with it so I have to drink it ) Here's to a great week.

:drinker: :drinker: WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!:drinker: :drinker:

janna674

Beer and white wine are my demons...I am in one of the October Challenges and this week we have to give up one of our food items that we love and I picked Alcohol...so all week I am dry. I can't wait til next weekend :drinker: but seriously, I really need to cut down on my weeknight drinking ..wasted calories all going to my already big enough belly.

Oldbat61

Hello fellow lushes. Calorie allowance went right out the window today as I was at my daughter, Dawn's, for a fabulous lunch. My grandson leaves home tomorrow to start a course as a trainee instructor at an outward bound centre; he will be teaching youngsters to canoe, kayak and climb high wires amongst other things. Anyway, as well as the immediate family there were two other couples and their children who are great friends from church. Dawn had made a fantastic lunch, Boeuf Bourgignon, Chicken with sundried tomatoes; broccoli, carrots, rice or cous cous plus strawberry pavlova, chocolate cheesecake and banoffee pie. The food was absolutely delicious and as it was to give Ollie a great send off it would have been rude not to eat and enjoy it but I managed to stick to a single glass of wine!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

As I have mentioned previously my sister in law has been visiting me for the last week but she returns home tomorrow, so it is back to serious exercise and maintaining a proper calorie allowance and keeping alcohol for weekend treats. Good luck to us all :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

hyenagirl

Hello lushes! I love my alcohol, but it keeps the weight on. MFP help's me budget the calories so I can drink something twice a week and stay focused on loosing weight. I love margaritas (sans salt), screwdrivers, cosmos and beer. A friend of mine moved away in February and left me with all of his booze, over the course of 6 months, the weight crept up on me (in addition to eating a high starch diet). Limited starches, limited booze, more rabbit food. Seems to be working thus far.

There's nothing more I like than sitting down to watch a movie with a bottle of Tito's vodka in hand. It's an inexpensive vodka, but tastes pretty smooth and top-shelf. It's not the alcohol that gets me (unless I have 4 margaritas in one night), it's all that juice with the vodka.

brityn

Ok, so I know everyone's trying to stay away from alcohol, but there's a time and a place and plenty of pressure for us to drink occasionally. Today I went with a bunch of girls to an open house at our salon and afterwards everyone wanted to go to our restaurant and have a drink while watching the Giants game. (GO GIANTS!) Well, I picked up these sugar free (calorie free) margarita mix packets. It's in a little tube and it's powdered and you just add it to 4 oz. of cold water and an oz of tequila. I was very sceptical as I don't like crystal light or any other sugar free beverage powders. Well, it was delicious! So for an oz of tequila (69 cal) I had a delicious cocktail that didn't break my calorie bank! It's called Baja Bob's original. I bought it at bev mo. Next time i'm having it in vodka. I know it's still not good for me, but everyone's gotta have one now and again!

nisijam5

Saturday, 0 drinks
Sunday, 0 drinks
Monday, 0 drinks...presumptuous, I know

3 days after that and I will re-evaluate

Karen and Oldbat, you guys are still hanging tough...keep it up

amysj303

My Sober October challenge was a big fail for me. I was going to not go over on my cals, drinking included and not drink more than three drinks per day. On Friday I made myself two vodka tonics, because my husband was late and it was Friday, then we went to dinner where I had one beer, but it was agave wheat, so not light on cals, then after walking around the art walk we stopped for another drink, I had a coors light, but that was four drinks and with dinner I went way over. Saturday was better, I stuck to two beers and vodka-soda, but Sunday I got together with a friend to watch Weeds and I drank four beers.
Weekends are bad for me, but during the week I can do better, my new challenge this week is to not drink beer.
what do you think-is there a difference between wine/beer/hard liquor? or is a calorie just a calorie?
the other thing, though, is that I can better stick to one glass of wine with dinner than one beer.