Like Minded Lushes - Part 1

well- my thoughts to be good this week are taking a big dip. we have good friends coming over tomorrow for the evening (& this is the gal i like to drink lots of good wine with when we get together). and we are going to have a strong reason to be sharing more than a few tomorrow.

so, when i realized this was coming, i smiled and declined the glenfiddich tonight. maybe that plus a good workout at water aerobics in the morning will allow me some wine. (i'll try to stop before i hit 4 or 5 glasses). no promises that i'll be able to stop at 2 or 3 though.

then i need to regroup for the week.

and dave i get your point, weekend drinking does not fit well for your schedule. do you think for success you have to hold to the same days all the time? i rather let what is happening dictate when i indulge (honestly some weeks i will go totally without). that way you could be flexible. on weekends you are not being dad you could have a drink; on other weeks, the tues/thurs thing works. by the way, hope you (and other dad's) had a happy father's day.

Leaving all the drinking to one part of the week has it's critics...we in the UK may suck at football (yeah yeah 'soccer') but we win at binge drinking! I have found that if I tell myself NO WINE NO BEER all week then by the time it is the weekend I want to dive head first into a vat of MGD. I am trying to do it in units, so 5 drinks a week, spread out.

Yesterday,,one beer and it tasted not so good so I helped it along with a chocolate bar and a bagel. Damn beer and its evil influence...

I just saw this thread pop up today which was very timely. Although I've been successful at having a "daily" drink or two and losing weight (50 lbs total over the past 18 months), I'm finding "the last five" to be the hardest. - SO, today I decided that I would scale back my beer intake and restrict it to one or two weekend days in moderation. As you can see by my user name, beer is a big part of my life. I am a home brewer, beer judge at the fair, and many of my vacations are centered around travelling to different breweries.

Anyway, I read through the first few pages of posts and it's good to see I'm not alone in this. I'll continue to read all (most?) of the rest over this week. Good luck everyone and cheers! :drinker:

Wow- reading these posts make me want to go have some drinks. I also very much enjoy frosty beverages in the summer and a glass or bottle of red wine in the winter. (however i don't discriminate my drinks and seaons, i do switch it up).
Just this Saturday I really wanted to go to the pool and hang out w/ a girlfriend however I knew if i did we would have a few beers and then that would lead to more and then I wouldn't run later which was what I watned to do once it cooled off. So i avoided the pool, ran some errands and ended up having a late lunch and drinks anyway.

This past winter I was drinking 3-4 glasses of wine a night and alot on weekend. I have been trying to cut back and only drink on the weekends which I have been doing well with. However my biggest thing is on the weekends I like to sit at the pool and drink beer. I could get up in the morning and work out, but i like to sleep in... There is no win win situation!

Congratulations to all of you who have given up the sauce for any length of time! My record I belive is 4 days!
I enjoy challenges and have tried to see how long i could go... however i like going out wiht my freinds and having some drinks much more.

Mama T - well, we knew this would be a tough weekend for you. I can't imagine they have many healthy choices at a mud drag! Don't beat yourself up. Life's too short.

Very true, lets see there was soda..... beer..... brats... hot dogs.... burgers.... wow there was water there?

And I agree with other posts, maybe being a little less structured with your drinking days will help!?

WOW you guys have been busy since I last posted on page 4!!

I only drank ONE beer this weekend. It was a Widmer Hefeweisen. My favorite beer...but I have to say its not nearly as good in the bottle as it is on tap.

Anyone try the Heineken lite beer yet? I'm thinking that might be the next one I try. I loves me some Heineken.

Vino, Vino, and more Vino.

I offer myself the option to: Go out with friends are drink beer/shots, OR work out friday night, and drink a bottle or two of wine still being able to get up the next AM for a work out hardly hung over.

Sad, But true.

You people are my lifesavers, haha. I'm on day two and it's pretty tempting... fortunately we have nothing in the house.

... but walking to the store would burn calories, right?

... but it's a tuesday night.

Life is difficult!

I love a nice glass of white wine at the end of a hot summer day. I drink beer once in a while, but my biggest problem with drinking beer in the heat is the fact that I retain water very quickly. I do love my beer, but I reserve it for ballgames or when out with friends. A glass or two of white wine in the summer is my drink. It never stopped my weight loss because I always try to figure it into my day or at least try to.

ALISON ENGLAND

forget the 'no alcohol today' and have one for me, reckon it will be a good night - but get real and get a beer! In fact get 2 or 3

(remember that race I am doing....... I aint gonna play fair!) lol!!!! Have a good night

I abstained from the booze last night. I had pie instead. I had cals for both from the exercise I did....but I also did a pretty massive amount (for me) of circuit/weight training and I know my body is going to retain water from that alone so adding beer or wine to the mix would only make it worse.

Friday is one day closer! Hehehehe

Ended up watching the world cup replay with a cup of tea instead of the walk. The good: no beer. The bad: no walk, but since it's only ten minutes both ways I think I'll survive.

Going for a day three. We'll see!

I've heard contrasting things, I honestly think it depends on the person. Apparently some people swear that any drink will kill your metabolism dead, but my roommate is a fitness freak and drinks all the beer in the world and is still super skinny.

In conclusion: I have no clue.