Who's with me?

Change_Agent

I recently made a decision to keep wine out of the house unless it is a very special occasion (birthday, Thanksgiving, graduation, etc.). I will drink 1-2 glasses when eating out or at friends' houses but I won't keep it around my house any more. My husband is with me on this. I figure in an average week I am adding about 1500 extra calories in wine and lots of $$ at the store. Who else wants to change their relationship to the beloved grape - or hops, or fermented potato or whatever your pleasure is?

helenoftroy1

I'm in!
I really struggle with my love of wine. I'm cutting back big time, only drinking on special occasions.
love the idea of this group
:drinker:
ha ha irony!

ldickie

I started my 'no wine' challenge a week ago tomorrow and it has been difficult. Red wine is my drink of choice but I too was adding way too many calories of the grape. I'm so happy to find I'm not alone!!! My goal right now is to not have wine until a special dinner on January 21st. I did have beer with pizza (sinner!) last night, and it tasted good, I'm feeling irritated with myself now for slipping though =(

sauci

I did two months no drink until December. I had a few nights out and didn't enjoy drinking as much as I used to. Didn't drink at all Christmas and had just 1 glass at midnight on NY. I used to really love drinking, a glass with dinner and/or even lunch. Every time I'd go out socially I would drink so this is a big change for me. I really noticed the difference in how I felt generally and lost weight (around my belly mainly) without dieting. I drank on Thursday and ruined my following days meals because of it. I'd love to be part of this group! My intention is not to drink again at least to the end of Jan and take it from there. I am with you!


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dunkrobertson

i'm in! I realized i am completely sabotaging my weight loss efforts with the extra calories. I replaced my usual glass or two of wine with tea last week and that seemed to be ok. I took a wine class at our local community house and realized what "good" wine tasted like and that curbed my intake as well, as I am appreciating it with a good meal now as opposed to slurping down a bottle of "rot-gut" nightly. Curse you knowledge!! My focus is going to be deleting it from the menu during the week and rewarding myself on the weekends if I did good! Thanks for the idea

ldickie

Dunkrobertson - I love the 'reward myself on the weekends' idea - that is a great idea...! Glad you shared :drinker:

yankeedownsouth

Definitely count me in! I woke up with a hangover on Jan 1 and decided I'd cut out beer (my fav) and wine for the entire month of January. I've slipped up once, but am back on track. Happy to join this group!!

Dawn

Change_Agent

Hey there,

Great to see you all here. I love that knowing good wine from bad ruined some of the fun - have been there myself but then was able to rally and like the rot gut again. Woke up Saturday with what was at least in part a hangover - and in part a nasty sinus headache brought on by the red wine? or was it all just hang over? - and yes, vowed to just cut it out for awhile. Second night in a row now without it and while was missing it badly around dinnertime I am now feeling good.

Looking forward to sleeping well!
Martha

angelrn1224

I love spiced rum and diet wild cherry pepsi. It's my drink of choice and I usually have 1-2 large glasses a night... I count my calories but know I need to cut down. I know my body will like me better too. I am ready to set a goal of 1 regular glass per night. THANK YOU for starting this group! Gotta go and fill up my water cup!:drinker:

dunkrobertson

I usually miss it the most during my son's homework time :grumble: But I have found that a nice cup of hot tea does the trick! This looks like a good place for me to be ! can't wait to fit in my jeans again!

Crazynurseblack

I too appreciate a glass of wine, and on a good night, the whole bottle. After starting my diet 6 days ago, I have cut way back. Im not going to lie. It sucks. I hope I can keep it up though because I know that yummy cab sav will sabotage my weight loss in a heartbeat. Whoa is me...

mommybird1

I and giving it a try too. Haven't had any wine since Dec. 30!!! (had to drive 13 hours home on the 1st so didn't have any on new years). I am just not going to buy any for a while. So far I have been doing pretty good. I would have 1-3 glasses of red wine a night and then start munching snacks. I feel better already. I have a bottle I got for Christmas and have thought about opening it and just having one glass.... but I am afraid that will turn into 3 or 4!! so there it sits!!!
great idea!!!

helenoftroy1

this is my 9th day without wine.
I craved it last night and I mean CRAVED!!!!
I came on here and told everyone I wasn't having a glass and all the comments wishing me luck and then congratulating me gave me a little bit of the glow that red wine gives me!!!
This feeling will go away won't it? I'm not sure what to do with my nights anymore! Tonight is traditional TV night with wine. Back to the camomile I suppose!
When will I see the massive benefits?
Help

grrrlface

I'm in!
I drink a glass of wine (or two, or three..) most nights and I really want to stop to be healthier. I quit smoking and eating so much so I think it's time I cut out the wine.
My personal challenge is, starting today, to not drink until my boyfriend's birthday in April. It's going to be tough, especially on the weekends but I'm sure I can do it!
Going to miss having a drink but it's better for me if I can stop.

Change_Agent

Hey HelenofTroy - Good for you! I'm glad you made it through the Big craving. It is really hard sometimes! I think for me it's KNOWING that a glass would help me relax. Last night, though, I had said out loud (on this forum and to my husband) that I wasn't going to have any and so couldn't very well back out and so had to just put up with the craving - which was pretty bad. I decided I would let myself do anything else I wanted to relax for 20 minutes (like look at really, really mindless stuff on the web) and that seemed to help.

Change_Agent

Grrlface - sounds ambitious! Good for you. I am sure you will see big results. My birthday is in April too. I am considering joining you for this one... Lemme visualize saying No at a dinner party for a bit.

yankeedownsouth

I am SO glad I'm not the only one that gets that craving!

helenoftroy1

you have no idea how helpful this group is! It's nice to know other people out there are going through the same thing!

Here's to Night 9!
:drinker: :noway:

AlisonL14

I was lurking on this site for the umpteenth time and came across this group...this is just what I was looking for! I like beer AND wine. I have tried to cut it out entirely but it doesn't work for me. Did I mention I also work part time in a large liquor store? I also have tried the "wait until the weekend" trick which works sometimes but I think the deprivation kinda makes me drink a bit more in the 1-2 days I allow myself. Maybe the trick is set a limit per week? They (I don't know who, just "they") always say that denying yourself leads to binging. Ugh. I'm going to keep reading everyone's post and feel a teeny bit better cause I'm not the only one struggling!

lilreney719

I am definitely in!! I wanted so much to start the year without having 2-4 glasses a night. I love my red wine, however; I know it is full of empty calories and I really feel puffy the next day! I do thoroughly enjoy cooking and have a glass or two while doing so. My last glass was saturday night. Here's to a healthier us! Fingers crossed! :drinker:

lilreney719

this is my 9th day without wine.
I craved it last night and I mean CRAVED!!!!
I came on here and told everyone I wasn't having a glass and all the comments wishing me luck and then congratulating me gave me a little bit of the glow that red wine gives me!!!
This feeling will go away won't it? I'm not sure what to do with my nights anymore! Tonight is traditional TV night with wine. Back to the camomile I suppose!
When will I see the massive benefits?
Help

Helenoftroy! Congratulations on your 9 days.... I know those cravings (expecially when making dinner)..... I tend to give in though..I'm glad I came across this group... will definitely help!! !! Good luck too us all!!

helenoftroy1

there is a bottle of champagne in the fridge looking at me. It's got a naughty glint in it's cork. I'm going to save it for a special occasion.
There is also a rather nice bottle of shiraz peeking out of a cupboard. Had to pop him back fully in the cupboard, right to the back.
Is it wrong I'm giving alcohol personalities??

lilreney719

I don't believe it's wrong.... I know the feeling.... it's like you know it's there and they are beckoning you to open them!! LOL!! I'm thankful that the holidays have left me broke and I have absolutely NONE in the house right now so there is no taunting!!

kerry0521

Ok, this is really bad...but I am sitting here reading this while drinking a glass of wine!!!! This group is CLEARLY just what I need. I too love my nightly wine....it's often more than just a glass and it often entails food that I don't need to be eating. I've changed my lifestyle so much over the last 5 years, lost and kept off over 40#'s. But I really want to lose a little more and there is really no worse diet habit than my wine (and associated snacks). Now that I'm logging my food again it sticks out like a sore thumb when I am looking at my day.

When I was really focused on weight loss, the only way it happened was very little wine. Weekends only at the most. I have known I need to get back to that kind of focus if I am going to kick this last 5-7#s. Can use all the help of this group!!!!!

Change_Agent

Good to have all of you on board! This makes night 3 for me with no wine and it feels good actually. Monday nights are busy for us anyway and so don't miss it as much. Which is not to say that I didn't crave it a little driving home. I think part of the problem for me is that it is just so hard to RELAX! Plus I love love love the taste.

Change_Agent

When I was really focused on weight loss, the only way it happened was very little wine. Weekends only at the most. I have known I need to get back to that kind of focus if I am going to kick this last 5-7#s. Can use all the help of this group!!!!!

Good to know it helped with your weight loss - it'll inspire me to keep at it if I think there's a definite pay off. And happy to help however I can! Good for you for having only 5-7 to go. I have more like 30. I need to weigh in but just haven't lately. Fingers crossed that I have lost something in last few weeks. Have been working hard at it - tho only gave up the wine three nights ago.

Change_Agent

I usually miss it the most during my son's homework time :grumble: But I have found that a nice cup of hot tea does the trick! This looks like a good place for me to be ! can't wait to fit in my jeans again!

Hi - ha! yes, during homework. It makes it tolerable sometimes. I swear that they make the directions as vague as possible on some of those assignments.

Change_Agent

I love spiced rum and diet wild cherry pepsi. It's my drink of choice and I usually have 1-2 large glasses a night... I count my calories but know I need to cut down. I know my body will like me better too. I am ready to set a goal of 1 regular glass per night. THANK YOU for starting this group! Gotta go and fill up my water cup!:drinker:

I think that sounds like a good way to start. I didn't have the discipline to stop at one glass but more power to you if you can. I want to get to that level.

dunkrobertson

Honestly ! And my eldest is only in 6th grade, he is going to surpass my knowledge base in the next year! But the good thing is fractions FINALLY make sense :happy:

dunkrobertson

When I was really focused on weight loss, the only way it happened was very little wine. Weekends only at the most. I have known I need to get back to that kind of focus if I am going to kick this last 5-7#s. Can use all the help of this group!!!!!

Good to know it helped with your weight loss - it'll inspire me to keep at it if I think there's a definite pay off. And happy to help however I can! Good for you for having only 5-7 to go. I have more like 30. I need to weigh in but just haven't lately. Fingers crossed that I have lost something in last few weeks. Have been working hard at it - tho only gave up the wine three nights ago.

Last summer I trained for two half marathons which I finished happy to say! I gained weight leading up to each race because I never changed my eating/drinking habits. I am sure that the amount of extra calories that I consumed were a big factor in that weight gain. I am looking forward to seeing the changes when I stay within my daily calorie allowance!

helenoftroy1

Here's to day 10!

And since the new year I have dropped three pounds according to my Wii.

C'mon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:happy: