Like Minded Lushes March 2011
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I have not gone any length of time without alcohol, but it might be worth trying. Maybe two weeks would be manageable.
Last night I went to Earl's and it was Margarita Monday and they were really good margs, I had two, and they came in a pint glass.
Later at dinner at home we opened a bomber of barley wine, it was interesting, but I didn't love it.
Maybe just wine with dinner tonight, we'll see.0 -
Friday = 2 Bud Selects
Saturday = 3 Bud Selects; 1/2 shot Rumplemintz; 2 rootbeer barrells
Sunday = 0
Monday = 0
Hopefully no more drinks til Friday night, then we celebrate the boyfriend's birthday in Deadwood, Woo Hoo!! Then I'd LOVE to try an alcohol fast. Not sure if I can make it a month. Perhaps baby steps, 1 week, 2 weeks...and so on and so forth
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Happy Tuesday all !!0 -
How much wine I have just depends on the week. Some weeks I won't have any until the weekend. Some weeks I'll have a few or more glasses during the week. Last night I had a few glasses because I needed calories haha and I just felt like it. I always make room for the wine on the weekend. I'm getting closer and closer to my body's happy weight range, even with all the wine =] haha0
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Hello fellow lushes! This week is going well so far. Only 1 or 2 drinks each evening, even over the weekend. I usually budget for 3 or 4, so I'm proud of myself for not consuming all I can. Let's hope I can keep doing so well this week!0
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I having a glass of wine tonight to celebrate having the rest of the week off work ;-)0
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Whatsup Lushes?
Managed to stay alcohol free and away from my taco night. Only 2 more nights until my lushiness rears it's ugly head. We're not Irish, but married on SPD kind of by accident. We actually wanted the 16th.
Robin, good job on day 1 on the sober train
Yvonne, ahhh *drink*, a good way to celebrate being off
Faith, keep us posted on the job front
hmmmm, who else did I miss? Oh, I have only been sober for long periods while pregnant. They are the reason I drink now.
Take care peeps....0 -
Monday = 0
Tuesday = 0
I am motivated. I really want to lose the 16 pounds that I gained back before my birthday trip to St. Thomas. I want to seriously rock the bikinis. Every time I think about giving in I pull out one of the 6 new bathing suits I bought when I was at my lowest last summer. I picture myself in them now and then I walk away from the alcohol. I have also done really good with adding DVD's after my dreadmill workout. I know I can do this.0 -
Robin, you sound like a woman on a mission! I like the bikini idea... I found some on the Land's End website that I would wear...
Sunday=1
Monday=0
Tuesday=1 (s.f. red bull and cherry vodka)
^That^ was a reward for a hectic evening...It was waiting on the kitchen counter when I got home...my hubby knows me so well!0 -
I HAD to finish off a bottle of red I started on Sunday on Monday. It was bloody awful too, but not so bad I could face chucking it down the sink! Trying to have a dry week as the weekend will be distinctly wet. It's the Rugby Six Nations finals, and my chef boyfriend (Welsh, ex Rugby player) has a rare weekend off work. Could get messy!
Monday = 1
Tuesday=00 -
Everybody's had a good week so far....well, according to my standards anyway, which are very high anyway:frown:
Sunday thru Tuesday, 0 drinks...the scale hasn't moved and is kind of frustrating, grrrrr....although, I do have to admit my puffiness has gone down; so, there's a sign.
Spring is in the air and can't wait for the blankets of snow to melt in MN. I am dying to get my bike out and ride it everywhere.
Anyway off to the Mall of America, taking the kids to the mirror maze and the amusement park...meanwhile, I might get a little shopping time in. :bigsmile:
Wednesday, 0 drinks0 -
Managed to stay drink free last night! (mainly due to the boyfriend and baby being asleep on the couch all evening so all pre-bed chores fell to me)
Tonight should be no problem either but tomorrow we are going out for a St. Patty's dinner. Not sure if I can not order a beer. :ohwell:0 -
Monday = 0
Tuesday = 0
I am motivated. I really want to lose the 16 pounds that I gained back before my birthday trip to St. Thomas. I want to seriously rock the bikinis. Every time I think about giving in I pull out one of the 6 new bathing suits I bought when I was at my lowest last summer. I picture myself in them now and then I walk away from the alcohol. I have also done really good with adding DVD's after my dreadmill workout. I know I can do this.
:laugh: Dreadmill...I like it!
That is an awesome idea with the bathing suits!0 -
Tonight should be no problem either but tomorrow we are going out for a St. Patty's dinner. Not sure if I can not order a beer. :ohwell:
Not lushly possible....:noway:0 -
I have a volleyball tourney tomorrow night...we're seeded #1, so if we win, we might go out...that and the St. Patty's combo could be bad!0
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so far, I have had a drink everyday since March 10. Last night I had two glasses of pinot and a coors light.0
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I have a volleyball tourney tomorrow night...we're seeded #1, so if we win, we might go out...that and the St. Patty's combo could be bad!
*drum roll*0 -
Tonight should be no problem either but tomorrow we are going out for a St. Patty's dinner. Not sure if I can not order a beer. :ohwell:
Not lushly possible....:noway:
Especially if everyone is ordering (which I am sure they will)0 -
Ok so I never really gave thought to the fact that liquor has a lot of calories. I like my cocktails (Jack-n-Coke) a couple times a week when I come home from work or on the weekends I had more than a few. I always figured that hey alcoholics are usually thin (like my father) so .... having a few drinks wont effect my weight. Apparently Im wrong and was kidding myself.
Im still going to enjoy my cocktails, but now Ill just have to work a little harder at the gym.
GREAT POST BY THE WAY.0 -
Hi all Lushes! I read through here, but rarely post...I'd really like to get better at that. LOL
I haven't been dry much at all. However, for Lent I gave up vodka and wine (and also the scale), leaving me with only beer as a choice. Get's me full before I can have too much! LOL
St Pat's day, my birthday, and Opening day of baseball all inside of the Lenten season? NOT FAIR! LMAO.0 -
I was going to try to be dry until the weekend. That was before my brother came through town last night, so:
Sunday = 0
Monday = 0
Tuesday = 1 glass champaign, 1 dos equis, 3 glasses red wine.
Goal = no more drinks until Friday night!!0 -
Go Robin GO!!!! You can do it.
Faith, hope all is well with the second interview!!
Terri, thanks for checking up on me.
Congrats to all that are doing well! And to those who think they aren't, just know you ARE TRYING!!!
I didn't log a damn thing Fri, Sat, Sun. Needless to say, I had beer, lots of beer. But somehow didn't gain but the same 2 lbs I lost. Monday had beer. Tuesday, NO beer. I think I had to get real tired of it to get away from it (like Robin). I plan on no beer tonight. Eat my calories instead of drink them. You know, I might just add that wild card and start exercising!! On my total gym that is gathering dust....
Good luck, lushes, on St. Patty's day. I don't plan on celebrating. That sure is different from years past! :drinker:0 -
I really like this tread. It nice to see people enjoying their drinking habits (god knows I have mine) and still lose weight.0
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I really like this tread. It nice to see people enjoying their drinking habits (god knows I have mine) and still lose weight.
Right?! I did not have any wine last night because I chose food over liquid calories haha. However, I see a couple glasses being had tonight =] I always make room for the calories though. Also, once I'm at my goal of calories for the day, I stop the drinking. Weight is still going down at a nice pace =]0 -
Its wednesday and haven't had a drink yet this week....unless sunday counts and the fact that its 345 in the afternoon has prevented me from having one so far today
I am tempted to have a 4oz glass of wine tonight but had such a set back from drinking sooooooooooo much over the weekend I'm torn. Maybe I'll hold off until tomorrow maybe the scale will go down another lb or two.
My problem is I overdrink and overeat on the weekends, it takes me all week just to get back to where I was the friday before. I tend to go completely off my diet during the weekends....any tips?
I should also mention that we are rarely home on the weekends, its hard to manage what I eat/drink like I do during the week.0 -
Its wednesday and haven't had a drink yet this week....unless sunday counts and the fact that its 345 in the afternoon has prevented me from having one so far today I am tempted to have a 4oz glass of wine tonight but had such a set back from drinking sooooooooooo much over the weekend I'm torn. Maybe I'll hold off until tomorrow maybe the scale will go down another lb or two.
My problem is I overdrink and overeat on the weekends, it takes me all week just to get back to where I was the friday before. I tend to go completely off my diet during the weekends....any tips?
Honestly, just self control. My boyfriend is eating much healthier which helps me but he doesn't track his calories. HE doesn't get anywhere near what he needs in the day. I track everything, even on the weekends. When we go out for date night we usually have a bottle of wine and then have wine when we get home. I log every glass and since I know I need to log the calories for food, I pick things on the menu that I know I'll be able to find the calories for. For me I think it's a little easier as I grew up eating really fresh, fruit, veggies and just overall healthy foods. I do however, love a good lava cake every now and again. I always make sure I leave a significant amount of calories for dinner as I know it'll be food and wine.0 -
Ughhh all of my references have been called, I have had next to no sleep, add red rooster yesterday lol. I am so stresssseddd. Hopefully find out today on the job front.
Monday - 1 glass of wine
Tuesday - 2 bottles of wine
Wed - 0 but I had red rooster booo.
Robin you are doing AMAZING! Everyone else seems to be doing pretty well too. I hope you are all having a good week. :flowerforyou:0 -
I feel as though I've finally come home! Thank you for this amazing thread! I am very Irish and a HUGE fan of beer and wine. I love to try micro-brews and all sorts of different wines. My problem is that once I have one, I want another, and then another, and then another, and... oh, you get the point! I started this week dry and my goal is to stay dry for a month (EEEEEK :noway: ) I figure if I can make it through a whole month, St. Pattys Day included, then maybe I'll have lost some tolerance and gained a TON of willpower and will then be able to stick to just one or two when I drink. It's nice to see that I'm not the only one struggling to cut back; sometimes I feel like such a weakling for not being able to stop like I should. Keep up the good work everyone! Enjoy a couple for me tomorrow (but not too many, of course
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Cheers! (in, like a month... until then, I'm chugging the hot tea & water :ohwell: )0 -
I'm singing.........and I'm saying....... I Want a beer tonight.........whoop whoop whoop. :drinker: and I'm singing........
But not going to have one. I want a nice body by summer. I can drink on Friday and Saturday......yea.
*just trying to convince myself. now back to your regular scheduled programing.
peace and lots of xoxo0 -
I got the job!! woohooooo!0
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My problem is I overdrink and overeat on the weekends, it takes me all week just to get back to where I was the friday before. I tend to go completely off my diet during the weekends....any tips?
This is SO me! I do quite well during the week then indulge on the weekends. and honestly..i don't even indulge all *that* much. But it seems like waivering off at all from my alloted calories sets me back SOOO quickly. Why is losing the lbs take me all week but gaining them takes 2 days? :sad:
So i've come to the conclusion that there really isn't much room for cheating. I just need to stick to the damn calories.
Oh, and congrats on the new job faith!!0
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