Like Minded Lushes - November

kdpamd

TGIF Everyone. This is my first post on this board. It is nice to see there are other lushes out there working at losing weight while continuing to enjoy their favorite drinks. I plan to have a couple of beers tonight myself or maybe some wine Enjoy your weekend.

nisijam5

OMG...wine is delicious tonight, so was dinner...good night

Oldbat61

Wow, 2lbs lost this week - what a result! Am feeling really great and looking forward to my weekend treat of a little drink (just the one!) with dinner tonight and tomorrow. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Have a great weekend everyone. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: , oh, and welcome to the other Pam - we are a very happy and supportive group. :laugh:

Pam

Oldbat61

Lushes, on top of this week's weight loss I have this morning done 25 mins brisk walking and 90 minutes gardening (including moving some paving slabs and putting up two pieces of trellis). As a reward I have made myself a cottage pie and a rice pudding for dinner tonight which will be accompanied by a gin and tonic - real comfort food!! For those of you across the pond, cottage pie is made by cooking ground (minced) lean beef with onion and carrot in some beef stock, with some tomato puree and a dash of worcester sauce. When cooked it is put into an ovenproof dish and topped with some mashed potato; then finished in a hot oven to make the top nice and crispy. Today I have done a mixture of parsnip and potato mash and have not used any butter or milk in the mash. There is plenty of gravy with the meat so that will soak into the mash very nicely. All of this and I will still have some of my exercise calories (around 400) left at the end of the day.

Happy days!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Pam

lefrance12

I workout because I am a lush... 4 to 5 times a week... I drink shots... 1800 tequila 69 calories a pop maybe 3 times a week and skyy vodka.. I have found though, just my experience, I still have a mind to not eat bad food thereafter. I guess it offsets the drinking or something because I am still getting the results. :bigsmile::drinker: Awesome thread by the way I am a newbie.

Cholly

rjadams

good morning lushes. I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

nisijam5

I am paying the price for my late night lushness, hoping to perk up soon:sick: ....greasy cheeseburger is sounding good; but, a horrible snowstorm has decided to make winter official in MN...it's a winter wonderland :bigsmile:

Tonight begins the no drinking policy to get back on track:noway: I would like to make it until Thanksgiving. Then, I will be in Chicago and there will be no moderation I am sure. I come from a family of lushes as well

Oldbat, nice job on the 2 lbs
Welcome, Cholly, lushes unite here

yvonnej1

Good afternoon here Just ordered pizza to be delivered, ok so it's about as high calorie and full of fat as you get but I figured I deserve a treat after surviving alcohol free so far this month. Chinese next week for my son's birthday too but after that no more naughty meals until Christmas. I am hoping to dodge as many of the Christmas meals out at work as I can, that's one draw back of having 2 jobs I'm expected to go to a minimum of 2 parties.

velix

I don't know if this will help - but I really enjoy having a few beers while watching hockey - unfortunately (or fortunately), there is a game on at least 3 times a week ... I started drinking Beck's No-Alcohol beer. I know it's "not the same" but when I am home watching the game, I realized that a lot of my beer consumption was simply habit (my dad always had a few beer while watching the game when I was young )... when I moved away from home, when I would get homesick, I would buy a six pack and turn a game on. Almost 15 years later, it just became habit. I find the Beck's helps since I get to have the "taste" drink out of a bottle, and only be putting 60 calories in my belly ...

When I am out or have people over, I alternate between non-alcohol drinks and alcohol ones (one becks light, one becks no-alcohol; one gin & soda, then just a soda water w/lime ...).

emmak58

Love this thread!

kalmf

Yesterday was good for me - two glasses of white wine with lots of ice. And a serious hike up a mountain.

Pam, your pie sounds delish. My husband's a scouse and I was born in London. When we became vegetarians it was one of the things we missed most so we came up with a version using vegetarian crumbles - maybe not quite the same, but a decent enough substitute.

Oldbat61

Yesterday was good for me - two glasses of white wine with lots of ice. And a serious hike up a mountain.

Pam, your pie sounds delish. My husband's a scouse and I was born in London. When we became vegetarians it was one of the things we missed most so we came up with a version using vegetarian crumbles - maybe not quite the same, but a decent enough substitute.

Sounds great; its just lovely that now the cooler weather and darker evenings have arrived it's lovely to indulge in proper comfort food regardless of whether one is a vegetarian or a carnivore!!

lefrance12

I feel bad for I have already prepared myself for lushness tonight by hydrating. Maybe it is due to the long 12 hour days I work and this is my friday:embarassed: :drinker:

yvonnej1

I feel bad for I have already prepared myself for lushness tonight by hydrating. Maybe it is due to the long 12 hour days I work and this is my friday:embarassed: :drinker:

Hey at least you've been sensible, that's far better than I ever do, enjoy your drink

Just_Dot

Hubby, the neighbor and I are having a cheat day on our Sober November (we're allowing ourselves 4 days to imbibe.) We had a mimosa this morning and we did a shot of Tuaca a bit ago. We're taking the kids bowling so I'm sure we'll have a beer (I'll drive, so I'll just have one when we get there and then drink water.)

Happy Saturday lushes!!!!

ETA: And to top it off, I'm not exercising today. Yeah!

lefrance12

Im about to get off from this long 12 hour day... Trying to decide if I am going to workout before lushing or just take the night off. Hmmm:ohwell: Let the lushing began.. Have a good one Lushes!!

kalmf

I'm heading back to sunny CA from the foggy Northwest and my scale awaits! I have tried to offset the last few days with serious hikes, but I have no idea where I am weight-wise. My plan this week is to go to my killer pilates class twice, yoga once and weight training once. I also want to get a handle on my fibre because it's consistently low.

A bit of info - A friend has been working with a physical trainer who really stressed the Barry Sears (?) training method of raising your heart rate rapidly in bursts - supposedly (and I am oversimplifying here) there are several sets of heart muscles and regular cardio only works some of them. The quick rise in heart rate mimics animals - intense bursts of energy and then a nice zebra for lunch - or something like that.

KarenBorter

Hey there lushes! Good morning and a beautiful Sunday here in So Cal.

Sometimes I look at the calories I have left over then eye the alcohol on top of my fridge and think, just 1. Then I remember I would rather have a Skinny Cow ice cream then 1 drink LOL much more satisfying.

I do have a lovely wine sitting on top of the fridge that has mulling spices that came with it. I went to a boutique wine tasting in Solvang over the summer ... the place was called Sort This Out. I also have a merlot from that same bottling company. I am saving those for when I hit goal ... COME ON 140!

nisijam5

Tonight begins the no drinking policy to get back on track:noway: I would like to make it until Thanksgiving. Then, I will be in Chicago and there will be no moderation I am sure. I come from a family of lushes as well

I lied, I'll have to start today...

Just_Dot

Oy. I just posted on my blog about this, but our cheat day was a fail...or a success, I guess.

Between 5 adults we killed a 1.75 bottle of Tuaca (our shot of choice in the neighborhood.) I was also drinking the ginger vodka/diet ginger ale. I only had one slice of pizza for dinner last night and I didn't eat a ton yesterday so I was hurting.

I'm good now...after some tea and some potato soup. However, I think this killed my desire to have any more cheat days this month.

Have a great Sunday! I'm grilling a 20 pound turkey and making cranberry-apple stuffing for my Dinner Club's annual pre-Thanksgiving feast. I'm sticking with water and iced tea.

yvonnej1

Hey lushes,

Got up at 7am to go to the gym for a session with my trainer and he overslept so couldn't make it :grumble: then spent most of the afternoon in the cold and rain watching my daughter play football, not the best day I've ever had!
Was tempted by some alcohol free beer earlier, decided as it was alcohol free technically I couldn't be breaking my pledge to give up alcohol for November but ultimately didn't seem right as it is still a beer so I gave it a miss.

Hope everyone has had or are still having a great weekend depending on which part of the world you're in. I'm going to try to be good with my fruit and veggie intake this week as I've got a bit lazy recently, so I have got my tub of goodies ready to take to work tomorrow. I find it easier in the summer with the warmer weather to want to eat salads and also all the nice fruit that is in season, now it's cold, wet and dark early in the evenings I want to comfort eat carbs and stodge.

mcdebbie

Hmmm, potato soup sounds like a great hangover receipe. That would surely be less calories than a Big Mac, fries and shake.

We had two contractors out to give estimates on the kitchen remodel yesterday and I forgot to check in here - rats! That means my count will start over. Oh well, not like I have gotten serious about this or anything. Just wish I could find some motivation to get off my behind and away from the bottle. Good for all of you that have stuck to the Sober November pledge or are at least trying.

Just_Dot

I ended up going to McDonald's because I was starving before I ran to the store. I just got a hamburger and small fries...and didn't eat all the fries. I don't know how I managed that, but I did.

sunlover67

Good Monday morning ladies (are we all ladies?? I think so?) I had a great weekend drinking wise. Didnt' overdo it so much that I ruined the next day. There are lots of Monday mornings that I have a "food hangover", meaning I feel like crap b/c I ate so much crap Sunday b/c I was hungover. Not the case today. I'm getting ready to wrap up W1D3 of the c25k program. I feel like it's going to be a good week! Hope everyone had a good weekend. Happy Monday!:flowerforyou:

fsuxo2003

Hello everyone!

Sounds like you all had fun weekends....

Pam - good job on the weight loss!!!!

Yvonne - I can't believe YOU got up and your trainer didn't!!! Usually it's the other way around??

I totally splurged this weekend - I didn't do my 30D shred fri or yesterday but made myself do it Sat. b/c I went to a wonderful home cooked Italian place and had chicken parm/eggplant rotini and wine AND almond joy pieces at the movie!! It was wonderful but I was so stuffed and felt bloated - eck! I can't believe I used to eat like that ALL the time.

Yesterday I literally napped, read, and watched movies all day. I didn't do one thing of cardio and it was wonderful!

Of course, I didn't have any weight loss (but no gain) when I weighed in this morning - but every day is a new day right??

nisijam5

Lushes,

Sunday, 0 drinks...I'm in for the long haul now

fsuxo...I had a day like that on Saturday, heavenly....

rjadams

good morning lushes. male and female alike. I am going to start off hoping and thinking that I may make it until Friday but I don't know. this week will be interesting because I don't get any solid food on Wednesday to prep for the 50 year old colonoscopy adventure. I am not looking forward to it. So I know I won't drink Wednesday because I am not allowed. I am in a funky state of mind. I don't want to log my food or care about any of this right now. I am so stressed about money since my unemployement ends the first week of december and I am really freaked out about that. I am sure I will drink more even though I don't really want to. I am not even enjoying exercising like I was. Oh well, this too shall pass.

Oldbat61

Christy - it is so good to have an occasional day like you did. You will feel so much better and will tackle the normal regime with renewed vigour having had a bit of R & R.

Robin, so sorry to read your post; will be thinking of you on Wednesday and hope all goes well. As you say, this too shall pass and I am sure something will turn up for you on the work front. Someone with a 'can do' attitude like yours will have employers begging for you to join their organisations. Keep the faith,

Pam

lefrance12

Afternoon lushes, Having a hard time thinking about working out. Today is one of my harder days and I am not feeling it. Would be easier just to relax and have an early afternoon cocktail whilst the sun is shining on this beautiful day in dallas. Oh well maybe I will have to muster up the discipline to workout and reward myself with a cocktail.... Sounds like a plan. Until later lushes, I will let you know how it turned out..:drinker:

amysj303

I had wine on Friday night, bloody mary Saturday lunch, beers saturday night, one glass of wine with dinner Sunday night.
I was sick last week so no Gateway to 8k, but I tried a run Saturday and managed 20 mins, walked for 2 mins, then jogged for 10 more so hopefully I can pick up with week 8 this week but will have to be on the treadmill-too cold and dark now:(