Like Minded Lushes - Part 1
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Yesterday was a good day! :happy: Finished the day under my calorie goal, got some excercise working on building a GINORMOUS pergola over my deck, and I didn't drink anything other than my morning Starbuck's coffee and at least 10 glasses of water. If day two of no alcohol goes as well, I'm on my way! :drinker:
Pergola BK??0 -
Into day two this week here. It is so hot out that a nice cold draft would be nice. However, I will refrain. :grumble:0
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No alcohol for me so far this week and have worked out both days
I am 400 calories under my count today and it would be so easy to have a vodka and chilled fruit juice. Mmmmmmm. However I won't. 0 -
Hello barstool my old friend
I'm here to drink on you again
A full cocktail I see before me
but soon in my glass nothing will be
But the sound.... Of ice cubes0 -
This subject is just too good to pass up. I myself am a lush but have been abstaining mostly due to the fact that it is expensive. I am a single mom of two who also inherited grandpa into the house so there are times when alcohol is just needed for the sake of sanity. :drinker:0
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Yeah, well, I had a beer last night. Thinking seriously about having one tonight. Sigh. This is too hard in the summer. I can do it when it's cold and rainy. Hard to do when it's nice, warm and sunny. Justification for drinking? None, really. Stressful day at work, but that is over, so really, can't blame that. I just want to. :grumble:
My husband has mentioned in the past that i drink too much. I really don't think that one or two drinks a day is too much. It isn't so much that I couldn't legally drive. In a lot of other cultures they have wine with every meal, or stop in at a pub for a drink on the way home from work to wind down. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :drinker:
As for the weight loss, I find that if I am well hydrated, and don't drink so much I make bad food choices, it doesn't seem to change anything. At least with this thread I am more aware and keeping within my calories. And yes, I do exercise for beer..... :bigsmile:0 -
Hello barstool my old friend
I'm here to drink on you again
A full cocktail I see before me
but soon in my glass nothing will be
But the sound.... Of ice cubes
Woa Dave.... that's deep. (I feel like I'm in a 1960's coffee shop)
So, I cooked beer brats tonight. Really, what are the chances that I wouldn't drink while my brats were simmering? Yes, I indulged in a cold one while the sausages were on the grill. But I only ate about a quarter of a brat, so I saved a lot of calories. (Which earned me my second beer! :blushing: )
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. And yes, I do exercise for beer..... :bigsmile:
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I always say the same thing.... I run and work out so I CAN eat and DRINK what I want.
(however i can't seem to get rid of the belly flab and i am told cut the drinks and bad foods!!)
And for me.. drinks and bad foods always seem to go hand and hand.0 -
. And yes, I do exercise for beer..... :bigsmile:
I always say the same thing.... I run and work out so I CAN eat and DRINK what I want.
(however i can't seem to get rid of the belly flab and i am told cut the drinks and bad foods!!)
And for me.. drinks and bad foods always seem to go hand and hand.
i totally do too!!! and i can totally relate i've cut back on my wine habit big time since i've started working out/counting calories (as in attempting to have 1 glass every week or so) but you'd better believe that when i know i want to let loose and have a good time i spend a little bit of extra time at the gym...i can't give it up completely because then i will be destined to binge and not stick to it
i have a bachelorette party saturday so i am going to try to be good all week and get in a good workout in the AM...the one perk to cutting back is that my tolerance is much lower than 10+lbs ago 0 -
Okay so I just found this thread ~~ my name is caroline and I am a wino~~~beero~~boozeo~~:huh: I also have a dead metabolisim and wonder why my weight loss progress stalls weekly..This group is just what i've been hoping for..I have already cut back in comparison to my "norm" I would like drink on occasion not stop on occasion. I love ~ love the honesty going on amongst us!0
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well- my wine buddy & i did it up right on monday.
we had a reason too though. my dh found out that he has a new job and we will be leaving boise. we are relocating to lincoln, nebraska in august.
the job is a great step up for him, he's earned and deserves it. but i am sure going to miss friends here (and the mountains & low humidity).
oh well, on to new things and new experiences.
so, the rest of the week i am aiming to stay dry (we'll see).0 -
Hello barstool my old friend
I'm here to drink on you again
A full cocktail I see before me
but soon in my glass nothing will be
But the sound.... Of ice cubes
Woa Dave.... that's deep. (I feel like I'm in a 1960's coffee shop)
So, I cooked beer brats tonight. Really, what are the chances that I wouldn't drink while my brats were simmering? Yes, I indulged in a cold one while the sausages were on the grill. But I only ate about a quarter of a brat, so I saved a lot of calories. (Which earned me my second beer! :blushing: )
Jen
Like it? I was substituting words to the song The Sound of Silence (for you "kids" out there it's the song playing in Old School when Wil Farrell takes the tranqulizer dart in the butt and falls in the pool). And yes, I did write that FROM the bar, but had only had one at that point. Yeah, way off the wagon.
And I'm no lawyer (oh, wait....) but I am pretty sure there is a statute that says you MUST have a beer while grilling most foods, especially brats.
Tonight I'll try to squeeze in a work out just so I can earn some alcohol calories.0 -
...the one perk to cutting back is that my tolerance is much lower than 10+lbs ago
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ahh now that may be a valid reason to cut back!!!0 -
After reading through these posts I have come to the conclusion that there are SO many valid reasons to drink that no-one can castigate us..
Grandpa moving in= drink needed to compensate
Giant pergola on the porch= drink needed to commemorate
End of exams= drink needed to celebrate
Good band = drink needed to inebriate!
Just run a 5k= drink needed to rehydrate!
World Cup= drink needed to commiserate
Annoying partner= drink needed to CALM DOWN!
None of these really would work with a cup of green tea...:ohwell:
And thanks to Surlydave my vacation now includes a trip to Fort Wayne Indiana so i will definitely need a ton of beer!
Yesterday I only drank one beer and as today I am watching the game with four small girls (by that I mean kids not short women) I guess I will abstain.0 -
And I'm no lawyer (oh, wait....) but I am pretty sure there is a statute that says you MUST have a beer while grilling most foods, especially brats.
It is a MUST... actually it's the unwritten law of the grill.0 -
After reading through these posts I have come to the conclusion that there are SO many valid reasons to drink that no-one can castigate us..
Grandpa moving in= drink needed to compensate
Giant pergola on the porch= drink needed to commemorate
End of exams= drink needed to celebrate
Good band = drink needed to inebriate!
Just run a 5k= drink needed to rehydrate!
World Cup= drink needed to commiserate
Annoying partner= drink needed to CALM DOWN!
None of these really would work with a cup of green tea...:ohwell:
And thanks to Surlydave my vacation now includes a trip to Fort Wayne Indiana so i will definitely need a ton of beer!
Yesterday I only drank one beer and as today I am watching the game with four small girls (by that I mean kids not short women) I guess I will abstain.
Hilarious! looooove it, and very very true. I think the problem is some people see drinking as just that... where as the rest of us see it as part of the day.... and I remember someone talking about Euro views compared to American... gee wonder what happened there
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Tabby, I completely agree. Having one or two a day is by no means drinking too much. Hell, isn't the American Heart Association, the AMA, or whoever still saying that a glass of red wine a day is good for you?!! You and Jessica both hit the nail on the head - we live in one of the unhealthiest countries there is, yet alcohol is demonized while fast food is the mainstay.
Alison - that a promise or a warning?! :laugh:
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Alison if you are vacationing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the only thing to do is drink beer! Believe me, I know.
Reading all these posts is exactly what I was looking for. I know that alchohol is wasted calories. I know that I am undoing all the good choices I made throughout the day when I have a drink with dinner, or after dinner, etc. But you know what, I want that drink! My husband and I like to drink. We jump on the motorcycle, head to our favorite pub and have a drink or two a couple times a week.
We also like to go to the lake on the weekends. Lake = bathing suits = sheer terror. The lake is also sitting on the pontoon boat parked at the sand bar with a cooler full of beer. What is a girl to do?
I am just venting here. It's reassuring to read that I am not the only one struggling with this. So thankj you!0 -
That's so true as far as Europe goes, in the Czech Republic it's literally cheaper to buy beer than water. And the thing is, you're allowed to walk in the street with an open beer, but as soon as they catch you actually drunk there's a huge fine. Funny how it's the other way around here...0
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Alison if you are vacationing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the only thing to do is drink beer! Believe me, I know.
So, apparently the message board for drinkers on here draws heavily from Wisconsin AND Fort Wayne, Indiana. Scary. :drinker:0 -
Well, I have decided that after this weekend I am not going to drink anymore. When I drink, I drink to get drunk. At one point I had gone over 2 months without drinking and I actually felt better and had more energy. Although I have cut my drinking back to 2 or 3 times a week, I need to cut it out completely.
When I drink, I get the munchies and eat unhealthy things more than I really should. Since I'm drunk I really don't care what I eat. This has also contributed to me packing on the pounds in such a short period of time. My own mother told me today that I am getting big, this is the biggest I have been in my entire life.
I do plan on doing some partying this weekend since it is mine & hubbie's first anniversary - but after Sunday no more drinking at all. If I get the urge to drink, I am hopping on my treadmill instead.
I am not liking the way I look and am starting to get embarrassed when I run into people I haven't seen in a long time.0 -
Well, I have decided that after this weekend I am not going to drink anymore. When I drink, I drink to get drunk. At one point I had gone over 2 months without drinking and I actually felt better and had more energy. Although I have cut my drinking back to 2 or 3 times a week, I need to cut it out completely.
When I drink, I get the munchies and eat unhealthy things more than I really should. Since I'm drunk I really don't care what I eat. This has also contributed to me packing on the pounds in such a short period of time. My own mother told me today that I am getting big, this is the biggest I have been in my entire life.
I do plan on doing some partying this weekend since it is mine & hubbie's first anniversary - but after Sunday no more drinking at all. If I get the urge to drink, I am hopping on my treadmill instead.
I am not liking the way I look and am starting to get embarrassed when I run into people I haven't seen in a long time.
I admire your candor, as well your efforts! Keep coming back here and I will ride your *kitten* like Seattle Slew if you need tough love 0 -
(stands up) Hi, everyone...My name is Kim...I like to drink (a lot):drinker:
I saw this post before I went on vacation...I am on my last day in Chicago...I came here to visit family and do the Warrior Dash...there is no way that I would be able to come here and not drink:blushing:
As an example, we camped at a site from Friday night, did Warrior Dash on Saturday morning and left Sunday afternoon...we averaged 26 alcoholic beverages per person for that weekend...There was a pretty good group of us there and we had the best time
I will be home tomorrow and ready to give my poor liver a much needed break from this week. I drink a lot with the summer sitting outside, festivals, and happy hours with friends
So, my question is: does this group have any goals or is it individually set. I would guess that I drink on average 4 drinks a day (28 per week). My starting date will be June 23...shoot, I have a grad party on the 26th (he, he)
Anyone with the same average as me? Maybe, we could commiserate together...I guess I will try to limit to one to two days a week and stay out of the double digits.
Have a good day!!! Kim0 -
Hi Kim and welcome! Please tell me more about your time in Chicago so I can live vicariously through you and get nostalgic about my home town. :sad:
Everyone on here is individual in terms of goals. As you can see from a few posts prior to yours, some people are going cold turkey. Mostly I would say people here are shooting to cut back to drinking only on weekends or they are already doing that and want to maintain it. I can assure you that there are plenty of people on here who drink often and a lot (and in the ballpark of number of drinks you are talking). I was definitely drinking that much before I cut back (all of LAST WEEK lol) and still am not down to 2 days a week.0 -
Dave, I am still in Chicago and will drive home tomorrow to Minnesota...thank God...I really cannot eat or drink anymorenoway
Thanks for the warm welcome. Doesn't feel like I drink a lot...but, then you add up the numbers and I'm WOW. We go to a restaurant with 32oz beers and you think it's only 1...but, actually...it's 3.
I have eaten and am sure that you can appreciate beef sandwiches, good pizza, gyros, Italian restaurants and hot Italian sausages...I have learned to use my middle fingers and drive aggressively again...I appreciate that although the city is huge that people are still pretty friendly probably because of the midwestern culture...I can see the diversity of this huge city and understand that is what freedom is about...it's still humid as hell and sticky...blackhawk pride is high with t-shirts everywhere.
Warrior Dash was the BEST...All the cousins had so much fun...there were 9 of us competingbigsmile
I finished in 54 minutes with a slight hangover...the hardest obstacles was walking the plank over the gorge (it was so slippery) and jumping, not one, but two fires. The fire consisted of coals and timber and that flame was a good three feet. It was hotdevil My whole family loved it and want to make it an annual event. We had custom made t-shirts with our warrior names on the back and wore leopard print skirts. Some of the costumes that people wore were totally outlandish. You could sit all day and watch them. noway
If you can ever make it, you would have a blast...hope this helps you in some way0 -
I admire your candor, as well your efforts! Keep coming back here and I will ride your *kitten* like Seattle Slew if you need tough love
Yes, please give me tough love!!!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Yesterday was day two of not drinking during the week. It really seems to have jump-started my metabolism again as I feel great and I've lost 1.7 lbs since my last weigh-in. It's also a LOT easier to be under my calorie goal - and I get to eat more.
Day three might be a bit harder since I'm supposed to play a quick round of golf with co-workers after work tonight . . . at a course with their own brewery . . . with beer shacks scattered around the course.
Cheers! :happy: :drinker:0 -
I believe I definitely fall into this catagory,I am a professional drinker,and I have through numerous experiments figured out what works for me.I totally agree that it is much slower loosing the weight because of our life style,but as everyone says this is not a diet,it is a life style change.I did have to change my lifestyle,I probably drink at least 3 times a week,sometimes more and sometimes less,more in the summer,lot's of BBQ's and beach outings.My wife likes to drink just as much as I do so we're a couple of functioning compatible alchy's lol.I have been consistently loosing 2 to 3 lbs .a week,and am on month 3,probably would have been more if I didn't have my beer and drink it to,but had I changed that part of my lifestyle I would have quit by now.I drink lite beer from miller,and I know a few of you out there hate lite,but it's what you get use to.Anyway,I work out usually 5 days a week,and I burn 600 to a thousand calories per session,if I know I'm drinking tonight for example,I add in my 8 to 12 beers before I input my food,and as long as I don't go over my alotment,I'm good.I never (anymore) eat anything after drinking,might be why I drink so many to,cuz when I lay it down I'm out,but also important to not drink so many that I won't get up and hit the gym in the morning.0
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Yesterday was day two of not drinking during the week. It really seems to have jump-started my metabolism again as I feel great and I've lost 1.7 lbs since my last weigh-in. It's also a LOT easier to be under my calorie goal - and I get to eat more.
Day three might be a bit harder since I'm supposed to play a quick round of golf with co-workers after work tonight . . . at a course with their own brewery . . . with beer shacks scattered around the course.
Cheers! :happy: :drinker:
I had the exact same experience. It almost defies logic that so little of a change can make such a difference so quickly.
And my god I want to play that course! I retract everything bad I ever said about your city (it's a hockey thing)!0 -
So, my question is: does this group have any goals or is it individually set. I would guess that I drink on average 4 drinks a day (28 per week). My starting date will be June 23...shoot, I have a grad party on the 26th (he, he)
Anyone with the same average as me? Maybe, we could commiserate together...I guess I will try to limit to one to two days a week and stay out of the double digits.
Have a good day!!! Kim
Hi Kim ~ I will be doing to opposite of you next week. Leaving Chicagoland (home) and leaving for vacation in the Northwoods of Minnesota where I plan on indulging a little. :drinker:
I am right there with ya and definitely was drinking 4 + drinks a day. Last week I went Monday through Thursday without anything and I am doing the same this week. So you are not alone and found a great board. Welcome!0
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