Sober October

CantarellaMiyani

Good morning, everyone!

It's October 1st, the year is flying by! In honor of the new month, and because I can't resist a good rhyme, I hereby dub the next 4 weeks Sober October, and invite anyone else who cares to, to join in with me in refusing to drink your calories, or to keep binging due to lowered inhibitions.

I personally will be giving up all calorie-laden drinks. Nothing but water, tea, coffee, for the whole month. I'm not asking anyone else to live by those rules, but "just" giving up a few beers a week is hundreds of calories that can be spent on something delicious, real, and nutrient-rich. Please feel free to respond here and/or add me as a friend, if you want to play. I'll also be posting my weekly weigh-in (Monday mornings), and any slips or stumbles along my way, I'd love it if people commented with their own.

To anyone who decides to join, good luck!

CantarellaMiyani

Weigh-in log:

Week 1 - October 1: 156.6
Week 2 - October 8:
Week 3 - October 15:
Week 4 - October 22:
FINAL WEIGH-IN - October 31:

betsastormborn

Hey I'll join! This is just what I was looking for. With football every weekend I have found it exceptionally hard to steer clear of the beer, lol.

Weigh-in log:

Week 1 - October 1: 160.0

Awesome!

RockinSkiBunny

Count me in. This is always where I fail. I like my wine. I really need some support with this. I certainly don't get it in my life with friends who like to drink!!!

Lizsullie

I'm in too! I could do with a month off the hooch Though, I'm a Friday weigher so my dates will be a little skewed.

Week 1 - Sept 28: 165
Week 2 - Oct 5:
Week 3 - Oct 12:
Week 4 - Oct 19:
FINAL (Goal = 160) - Oct 26

RatherBeInTheShire

I'm in! I've been sober for 4 months tomorrow but this is great motivation for me!!

Week 1 - 10/1/2012 149.2

dominikaro

I'm doing it, except for Fri and Sat

denadawn

I love the rhyme..Sober October. I am with you 100%. Liquid calories are killing me right now. Alcohol as well as Starbuck's, If I have it, it will be a soy latte nothing to fancy and sweet. I have lost 140 pounds and just this morning I decided to recommit myself to lose 20 more pounds. I have been going through some extremely stressful times and food & drink is where I go and drinking does cause you to not make good food choices or I don't eat at all and that is worse. I worked so hard and went through so much to ge here and I am not going to give up. Thank you for your post. I wish you the best of luck on day 1 of Sober October:)

CantarellaMiyani

Thank you all for your responses! The more of us are involved, the more support we have, and the better we all do!

I'm setting up a spreadsheet in Google Docs, to track our progress throughout the month. If you want to be involved, please post weigh-ins here, so I can transfer them over. If you'd prefer to keep progess private, no harm done at all, I just thought it would be fun to see.

Good luck everyone!

bethanyka

I just decided this morning to do this too! i'm in.

netsirk12

I am in- no liquid calories at all!

However I just learned my tea Kcups have 70 calories in them and I had one before I started this but from here on out no liquid calories

todays weight 198.6 ----I have a goal of 5 lbs this month.

CantarellaMiyani

Bump, in case anyone else wants to join! I've been on an adding spree, and fighting with spreadsheets, we've got a good group so far!

@netsirk12, no liquid calories at all?! That's crazy, and awesome, good luck!

DaddyJoJo

Ok Cantarella -- you caught my attention here.... this is something I have (begrudgingly) wanted to try for a while. I have 2 guy friends who reported losing 15 and 10 pounds, apparently doing nothing else different.

I'm in--

Current weight: 205.5
Goal 10/31: 190.0

Go big or go home baby... God I hate this. No pain no gain I guess.

Joe

kmuree

I'm definitely in! I absolutely love my girly drinks, beer and wine! Not to mention the obscene amount of calories I spend on caffeinated drinks. :laugh: I should add I am doing the 30 Day Shred and C25k program on top of eliminating these drinks!

Week 1 - October 1: 192.8
Week 2 - October 8:
Week 3 - October 15:
Week 4 - October 22:
FINAL WEIGH-IN - October 31:

dlpoisson

This is something that I been wanting to try too. I will need to give up 35 calorie coffee creamer (3 cups per day) and wine.

Oct 1: 142.5
Oct 8:
Oct 15:
Oct 22:
Oct 29:

Lizsullie

I'm definitely in! I absolutely love my girly drinks, beer and wine! Not to mention the obscene amount of calories I spend on caffeinated drinks. :laugh: I should add I am doing the 30 Day Shred and C25k program on top of eliminating these drinks!

Week 1 - October 1: 192.8
Week 2 - October 8:
Week 3 - October 15:
Week 4 - October 22:
FINAL WEIGH-IN - October 31:

I'm also doing the 30 Day Shred on top of Sober October Not sure about C25K though... one step at a time!

jjchairo

I would like to be added to the group!
Oct 1: 166
I have two days on the calendar w/ drinking commitments but will stick to only ONE glass of red wine. (why is happy hour so fun?)

kennacoconut

Sober October! Hell yes!

alerica1

I'm in.....been sober since August 4th.

Sneaky__B

I love the rhyme! I am taking a mini vacation with my mom for 5 days this Thursday & will NOT be able to get through that without wine, but aside from that - I'm in for the rest of the month! It will be a real challenge for me but I have been meaning to see how long I can go without wine, so if I can do it for the last 3 weeks of October, that would be a huge success.

DragonflyF15

I'm in. I notice that I tend to gain more over the summer with all those festivals, bbqs, pool parties, lake time, camping...ugh! But especially now that I am injured and sidelined, diet is really going to be very important and with my moral down, last thing I need to do is drown my sorrows either I love to cook and with that I love to pair my wines, but I think for 30 days it would do some good to be not only eating cleaner, but drinking cleaner. I did this once before a few years back and it was amazing just how much social stuff revolves around drinking...and it does add up, especially late night drive throughs on the way home! I did however lose weight and felt so much better, esp on Mondays. Great idea Feel free to add me!