Like minded lushes -Februay 2011

nisijam5

Monday, 3 margaritas, 2 Sam Adams
Tuesday, 0 drinks
Wednesday, 0 drinks

Total: 5
Goal < 12

Yvonne, hope you didn't spill that wine with the jiggly arms....LOL
Berry and Mom, welcome to the thread
Faith, nice job on the weight loss...It's a great feeling to watch that scale move in the right direction
Blondie, oh man, the morning after hurt

I decided that I am going to maintain sobriety until next Wednesday when we celebrate my son's big 2-0 birthday...that will be 8 days in a row...it shouldn't be too bad since I work the weekend

an ah, ha moment...I'm thinking I like the feeling of losing weight better than drinking at this time

rjadams

sorry bout the hangover Blondie but the hot pepper thing sounds good and remeber hot spicy foods (and drinks) burn more calories.

Yvonne I have had those arms before, thats what staws are for
Faith glad someone is losing weight well. I am slowly inching down.
Kim what a great goal. I know you can do 8 days.

I caved last night and had a few vodkas. I was getting real late ngith munchy and I decided if I had a drink or two I wouldn't keep munching. I think I did better with vodka calories than I would have with the bag of chips that was calling my name.

barberella

Hello All!! Lush here reporting after a night of puking..Tally so far this week:

Monday: 2 Canadian Clubs and Diet cokes
Tuesday: 2 CCs and Diets
Wednesday: 2 CC and Diets, 2 whiskey and diets at Bingo=Barfing!!

Cannot drink cheap booze..That damn rail ****..On the upside, it made me barf everything I ate for the day. Okay, that's maybe not good but..

EgyptianMushroom

I've never really drank much or all the time but there is seriously something satisfying about a beer after a long day or week.
This being said...I just realized I can't have my weekly booze fix because I picked up 16 hours of over time...****.

nisijam5

Cannot drink cheap booze..That damn rail ****..On the upside, it made me barf everything I ate for the day. Okay, that's maybe not good but..

I can understand the rationalization:ohwell: ....the other benefit is, you don't have a hangover in the morning:happy:

EgyptianMushroom

Cannot drink cheap booze..That damn rail ****..On the upside, it made me barf everything I ate for the day. Okay, that's maybe not good but..

I can understand the rationalization:ohwell: ....the other benefit is, you don't have a hangover in the morning:happy:

My biggest pet peeve is actually being able to taste how cheap it is.

barberella

Where are you doing the one in WI?

Just_Dot

I ended up having a glass of wine last night...it was that or ice cream.

Sunday=0
Monday=1 vodka soda
Tuesday=1 riesling
Wednesday=1 riesling

I have parent conferences tonight and then volleyball so methinks I'll head straight to bed.

nisijam5

Cannot drink cheap booze..That damn rail ****..On the upside, it made me barf everything I ate for the day. Okay, that's maybe not good but..

:sick:
I can understand the rationalization:ohwell: ....the other benefit is, you don't have a hangover in the morning:happy:

My biggest pet peeve is actually being able to taste how cheap it is.

EEEEWWWWWW

nisijam5

Where are you doing the one in WI?

Twin Lakes, WI....near Galena

amysj303

Back from DR where I had a lushy fab time, it was super warm and the beach and ocean are beautiful. I had mimosas or bloody marys, followed by beer, rum punch, coco locos and all manner of crazy drinks. The margs were good too.
My goals now, I think, drink less. Maybe three days per week.
Restaurant week is coming up and I have reservations at several places so the eating and the drinking for the next two weeks might be a challenge, I need to keep up with my exercise schedule if I want to eliminate my vacation pounds...

jfgstrack1

Hi! I love reading this post because it helps me acknowledge that I love to drink and don't want to stop cause I'm trying to lose weight. Reading that others are just like me helps me feel less guilty! There's so much I do to maintain a healthy life style and I'm working hard to lose my weight. I just don't want to deny every pleasure. I enjoy wine and occasional mixed drinks. It's important to me to know that I can manage this pleasure with all the other stuff I do to reach my goal.

008Lizzy

Cannot drink cheap booze..That damn rail ****..On the upside, it made me barf everything I ate for the day. Okay, that's maybe not good but..

I can understand the rationalization:ohwell: ....the other benefit is, you don't have a hangover in the morning:happy:

Now why didnt I think to hit the bucket before I went to bed:huh:
The biggest laugh is - MY DH DID!!!!!! He was really sick, not that I laughed or anything:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Glad to hear I was not alone in my lushness last night, was it a full moon? Few of us caved for sure hah!!! :bigsmile:

008Lizzy

Back from DR where I had a lushy fab time, it was super warm and the beach and ocean are beautiful. I had mimosas or bloody marys, followed by beer, rum punch, coco locos and all manner of crazy drinks. The margs were good too.
My goals now, I think, drink less. Maybe three days per week.
Restaurant week is coming up and I have reservations at several places so the eating and the drinking for the next two weeks might be a challenge, I need to keep up with my exercise schedule if I want to eliminate my vacation pounds...

YAAYYY Glad you had a great vacation, got a sun tan?? :glasses:

008Lizzy

I ended up having a glass of wine last night...it was that or ice cream.

Sunday=0
Monday=1 vodka soda
Tuesday=1 riesling
Wednesday=1 riesling

I have parent conferences tonight and then volleyball so methinks I'll head straight to bed.

Good choice, Im proud of you!

008Lizzy

:laugh: :drinker:

Love your new profile pic..HOT HOT HOT!!!

PamDW

I have not given up my red wine... but I have cut way back this week.... .

amysj303

Back from DR where I had a lushy fab time, it was super warm and the beach and ocean are beautiful. I had mimosas or bloody marys, followed by beer, rum punch, coco locos and all manner of crazy drinks. The margs were good too.
My goals now, I think, drink less. Maybe three days per week.
Restaurant week is coming up and I have reservations at several places so the eating and the drinking for the next two weeks might be a challenge, I need to keep up with my exercise schedule if I want to eliminate my vacation pounds...

YAAYYY Glad you had a great vacation, got a sun tan?? :glasses:

Well, I had one sprayed on before I left, it looked pretty good. But I am vigilant with the sunscreen so I don't think I got much color. It sure looks nice but now all I see is wrinkles and cancer and, getting a sunburn on vacation is the worst, you're uncomfortable, you stay out of the sun and it hurts.

008Lizzy

Back from DR where I had a lushy fab time, it was super warm and the beach and ocean are beautiful. I had mimosas or bloody marys, followed by beer, rum punch, coco locos and all manner of crazy drinks. The margs were good too.
My goals now, I think, drink less. Maybe three days per week.
Restaurant week is coming up and I have reservations at several places so the eating and the drinking for the next two weeks might be a challenge, I need to keep up with my exercise schedule if I want to eliminate my vacation pounds...

YAAYYY Glad you had a great vacation, got a sun tan?? :glasses:

Well, I had one sprayed on before I left, it looked pretty good. But I am vigilant with the sunscreen so I don't think I got much color. It sure looks nice but now all I see is wrinkles and cancer and, getting a sunburn on vacation is the worst, you're uncomfortable, you stay out of the sun and it hurts.

Yup, quite right Amy.. I used to lounge in the sun for hours on end. Now, I get a spray tan before I go, and then use a german product called "P20" which is incredible....never ever ever burn, and its a "once a day". I tend to wear hats now too, and go in the shade...well done you!!

charityateet

I want a drink. The problem is that I don't just want ONE.

Booooo.

nisijam5

Monday, 3 margaritas, 2 Sam Adams
Tuesday, 0 drinks
Wednesday, 0 drinks
Thursday, 0 drinks...have a 12 hour shift tomorrow...def don't want a hangover

Total: 5
Goal < 12


Amy, welcome back to reality
cat77, I know that feeling all too well

The weekend is looming....

yvonnej1

It's been busy in here, so I'm just going to say hi and welcome to the newcomers, well done to those of you succeeding in staying away from the alcohol and sympathy for those feeling rough from indulging!

I've managed my second day this week of no alcohol and that's with an open bottle of white wine in the fridge. My will power has a mind of it's own, I can never predict when it is going to put in an appearance or equally go into hiding.

abihaila

Drinking right now! Vodka and cranberry so good and so is the buzz. I've had a few beers and a margarita between valintines day and now so I think I'm doing well. I worked really hard at the gym tonight but I've eaten all my calories for today so I'm going over tonight. Oh well.

faithikins

Glad you had an awesome time Amy!

Worst thing about indulgence - the hangovers :noway: then wanting fatty foods the next day. I am terrible whilst drinking also. I was so annoyed I only had muesli bars to munch on last week whilst drinking. My cupboards do not contain cheeses, dips and chips anymore :sad:

Monday - 1.5 bottles
Tuesday - 0
Wednesday - 0
Thursday - 0
Friday - 0

Tomorrow night will be a challenge, as I have had awful awful customers today and could have really used a drink tonight even. Oh how I hate rude people :explode:

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend! Friday here and thankfully (I guess) I am working all weekend so will make it to Monday :happy:

rjadams

caved again last night. I know I will drink the wine tonight. At least the rest of the time I am eating healthy and working out hard.

BerryH

First night out tonight after a dry week. That first beer is going to taste so good! Then the second. Then the curry. Then the bottle of wine back at home...

kent4j

Love this group. I love alcohol too and feel it really hinders my weight loss. My son is going to Johnson & wales University for beverage management and depending on what class he is taking wants to try new drinks on us. So before christmas he was in a mixology class and was trying to perfect his skills and create new drinks. Yikes I gained 10 pounds over that period. That class is done and now he's taking a brewing class. Needless to say there's a lot of sampling and drinking in our household. Trying to be good for the month of February.

crazycat59

I caved last night too, RJ. Oh, well. But, somehow I lost 1.5 lbs. I don't know why!?! I was over in calories the amount of beer I drank. And, someone brought home some Girl Scout cookies! I normally don't eat sweets, but after the beers 4 of those cookies looked good! Ah, well, got it outta my system. Now the weekend.....will I drink tonight and leave Sat. and Sun. alone??? Or, not tonight, drink Sat., and not Sun.?? We'll see how it works out. I like to remind myself when in doubt "I want to eat my calories tonight, not drink them."
Welcome new comers!! This is a great site for us lushes! :drinker: Congrats on those who made it this week, and to those who tried. It is a challenge at times!! And, for those that didn't, well, there is always today or maybe tomorrow :bigsmile: .
Pam

Just_Dot

Oh hellz...I didn't even try to be good last night.

After conferences, hubs and I played volleyball. We had a great game and I (finally) played well (I'm a soccer player, NOT volleyball) so when we got home at 9, I was all pumped up and couldn't sleep. Our neighbor came over and we started watching Jersey Shore--which is what we normally do on Fridays. Then, hubs got out the vodka. Shots of clementine, vanilla, raspberry, and pineapple ensued and I didn't get to bed until midnight.

Oy.

I feel fine, and we've been having a chill day in class--dance party time whilst working on memoirs.

So the count thus far is...
Sunday=0
Monday=1 vodka soda
Tuesday=1 glass riesling
Wednesday=2 glasses riesling (I forgot I had 2 when I was recording the other day)
Thursday=4 shots vodka

My goal is 0 tonight. We're going to see my BIL's production of Throughly Modern Millie at his high school so that should stop me from drinking.

amysj303

Thursday=0 drinks
little detoxing last night. Nothing planned tonight so I don't know if I can keep it up.