Like minded Lushes - September

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  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    Mom216 - Internal dialogue - love it! haha, yes I have "dialogues" with myself on a regular basis :wink: Whether it helps is to be seen though! I do like the 90/10, but since I'm not a numbers person, I need to visualize it by rewards - $5 in jar for every "dry day", $2 for every day I workout... $70 in 10 days, toward a new pair of fall booties!
  • Oldbat61
    Oldbat61 Posts: 141
    Hi everyone. Today is my fourth day alcohol free. Have been doing a lot of walking and have decided to go to a Pilates class on Friday morning to up my exercise rate. I go swimming once a week with my daughter and granddaughter and yesterday I bought Wii Fitness Plus, so that I can do some exercising in the privacy of my own home and at a time that suits me. Good luck everyone; reading all your messages is a great help, knowing I am not on my own.:drinker:
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    Internal dialogue - love it! haha, yes I have "dialogues" with myself on a regular basis

    I do it all the time...thought I was bipolar...problem is, I don't listen
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    Yay - reset! I can do this, I can do this! Oh wow, my buzz will be intense when I start drinking again on the 17th!

    Tuesday = 0 drinks!!
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    Monday, 0 drinks
    Tuesday, 0 drinks

    Pam, I'm gonna do it with you...I will not crack until the 17th:bigsmile:
  • mom216
    mom216 Posts: 287 Member
    5 whole days - alcohol free!!!!!! Last night I had a tough time thought about it for a long long time - finally just fell asleep. Woke up this morning feeling yucky. I probably would have been better off to just have a couple of shots & gotten a good nights sleep.

    Mojogurl - I too have a difficult time listening to my "reasonable" side - I think the 2 year old inside of me has a better time. :laugh:

    nisijams5 - My kids are older, and I DO NOT miss all the back to school meet & greet the teachers stuff. I do miss the routine, just the pattern that school provides.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Tuesday = 0 drinks!!

    I am fighting off a cold and if I want to go to Vancouver this weekend I have to be healthy so no drinks, lots of water and really clean eating.
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    Monday, 0 drinks
    Tuesday, 0 drinks

    Pam, I'm gonna do it with you...I will not crack until the 17th:bigsmile:
    Are you gonna meet me in Deerfield?
  • Shirley61
    Shirley61 Posts: 7,758 Member
    Wow!! a thread on drinking. :drinker: I try to not drink during the week unless i
    have a day where I think I need to unwind. The weekends have been
    tough but lately I have scaled down on the weekend drinking. We are
    boaters and all summer drinking was part of what we did with our
    friends at the sailing club. :laugh: Since Fall is coming I will try to respect
    the drinking and the calories will follow. Make sure you track your
    drinks because all of it counts. cheers!!:drinker:
  • KarenBorter
    KarenBorter Posts: 1,157 Member
    going on Day 7 no drinking. I even went to a party on Sunday night and didn't drink! This is good for me. Like I said, drinking copious amounts of vodka and wine got me to this point ... and I am with all the drinkers who like to eat. It is just something that triggers.

    09/02 = 0
    09/03 = 1 shot of unfiltered sake
    09/04 = 0
    09/05 = 0
    09/06= 0
    09/07 = 0
    09/08 = ? (the day hasn't ended yet LOL)
  • yvonnej1
    yvonnej1 Posts: 904 Member
    Opened a big bottle of cider on Sunday but only drank half of it, gave in and drank the rest last night as it just wouldn't have kept nicely any longer! Today for the first time in ages I have had some chocolate, so I'm swapping alcohol for chocolate now :grumble:

    I did lose my goal of 0.5lb last week though. Still not entirely decided if I should lose a bit more. People keep telling me I look skinny now , 3 work colleagues today said to me that I look like I've lost loads of weight but I haven't lost any more than when they saw me 2 weeks ago before my holiday. I am a lot more happy with my shape than I was but still feel like I'm carrying a bit too much fat in places :ohwell:

    Gotta stay on track as I know if I start drinking most nights and regularly eating junk like chocolate again I'll put all the weight back on. Just going through a stage where I'm feeling a bit low, it's hard to resist comfort eating at the moment.
  • Oldbat61
    Oldbat61 Posts: 141
    Hi all; 5th day of 14 day kick start and still no alcohol. Am keeping within the calorie allocation and have increased the amount of exercise I take, so am hoping for a nice surprise when I get on the scales on Saturday.

    Yvonnej1; sounds as if you have made fantastic progress, don't weaken now. But, do be careful about your self image; listen to what others are saying and you might find that you are really very, very, very happy with how you look!

    rjadams - hope your cold gets better soon. Drink lots of water and take Vitamin C and Echinacea. Good luck. Pam
  • samdempsey38
    samdempsey38 Posts: 33
    This month started so well but today it's run into a brick wall. A very big reality check today and several pints seem to be in order, I know that this is no answer especially as the last few weeks have not been great on the wieght loss front but there we go. Anyway the month is young and I will get back on target sooer or later.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Hang in there Sam. reality sucks I hope the pint or two make it look a little less sucky. You can always try to exercise extra (that helps reality suck a little less too)
  • Oldbat61
    Oldbat61 Posts: 141
    Don't give up Sam. Tomorrow is a new day when you can start over. Pam:smile:
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    Looks like we are having so success stories on the lush board

    Yvonne, IDK why people would be commenting now about how skinny you look; but, smile and run with it...Hmmm, chocolate...why is everything good so sinfully delicious?

    Monday, 0
    Tuesday, 0
    Wednesday, 0 (jumping ahead...but, determined I will not have any)
  • LJK100
    LJK100 Posts: 39 Member
    YAY! 10 days - no alcohol. I am pretty proud of myself. I did eat 5 chocolate cookies tho, after tearing myself AWAY from the wine section of the grocery store...I WANTED a glass sooooo bad...I am glad I didn't, don't care about the cookies, was under my calories anyway.

    Life lookin better for me!!!
  • smwert
    smwert Posts: 300
    Good for you. I only lasted 3 days and caved in last night. One glass became a whole bottle. Starting fresh again today
    susan
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    well, I suck.
    I caved and fell into two glasses of Australian red...
    Lordy lordy - it'll be looooooong 10 days.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    I just don't seem to have any will power lately. I caved last night and had a big ol vodka rocks. it was sooo tasty. but I got an nasty look from DH. He said "I thought you weren't doing that during the week anymore" geezh I know what I said but please don't rub my nose in it. I am so weak. I will try not to drink today but I know I will tomorrow because I plan on cooking with wine and that means drinking it too.
  • yvonnej1
    yvonnej1 Posts: 904 Member
    No alcohol for me tonight but decided to finish up the bar of chocolate. Still under calories though, even if some of the ones I've eaten are bad.

    Just typed out a great big long whinge about how rubbish I'm feeling at the moment because of my back pain then deleted it as I didn't want to bore you all and be self indulgent by rambling on!

    Grrrr, I just want to feel a bit better and snap out of this negative mood.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    I hope you feel better soon Yvonne. pain sucks.
  • KarenBorter
    KarenBorter Posts: 1,157 Member
    I have made it to 7 days no booze. For me I need to just not drink in order to help get this weight off. That includes the weekends for the time being.

    Don't beat yourselves up ... just know that every day is a new day!
  • mvlaurel
    mvlaurel Posts: 22
    Okay, I was going to say that I wasn't going to have any wine tonight, then I remembered that I have a bottle on the counter with only about 2 glasses left in it. I'm going back and forth between having that tonight, but nothing more (I would have to go get more, so that shouldn't be a problem), or just pouring it down the sink and saving the calories. GRRRRRRRR.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    or just pouring it down the sink and saving the calories. GRRRRRRRR.

    I guess that would be good for the calories but I would consider that alcohol abuse. :tongue: and we don't really condone that here.
  • Shirley61
    Shirley61 Posts: 7,758 Member
    So far so good, No alcohol this week at all. The weekend looms
    and I will probably have a glass of wine. My hubby is dieting with a
    dietician for surgery and he is allowed a shot once a day. Let us not
    get carried away though, he really isn't drinking except ocassionally.
    He is a beer drinker at heart. I love this thread I could have used it this
    summer with all the margaritas I consummed.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    or just pouring it down the sink and saving the calories. GRRRRRRRR.

    I guess that would be good for the calories but I would consider that alcohol abuse. :tongue: and we don't really condone that here.

    Ditto, cook with it, give it away....BUT, DON'T THROW IT DOWN THE DRAIN...There are a lot of lushes would appreciate it.
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    Yvonne, hope you feel better:flowerforyou: have you done some stretching exercises or yoga??? Might help
    Robin, how much wine do you actually use as an ingrediant?:huh:
    Pam, just start over...the seventeen will be lush weekend with no kids...hello, does it get any better?
    Karen...tell us all if you drop weight because of the lack of booze...you can be our insipation:bigsmile:


    To all that have posted and abstained...you are now my hero:drinker: :drinker:
  • Oldbat61
    Oldbat61 Posts: 141
    OK. Have now reached day 6 of 14 days alcohol free. Brilliant day today; cleaned my daughter's house this morning from top to bottom; vacuumed, swept floors, mopped floors; moved furniture. Took me 3 hours and should have burnt off a lot of calories! Tonight went swimming with my granddaughter and managed 24 lengths in 35 minutes. Going to pilates tomorrow; am hoping it will improve my posture and ease the stiffness caused by arthritis.

    Yvonne, hope you're feeling better knowing that you have friends here on the MB.

    Good luck everyone. :wink: :wink:
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    YAY! 10 days - no alcohol. I am pretty proud of myself. I did eat 5 chocolate cookies tho, after tearing myself AWAY from the wine section of the grocery store...I WANTED a glass sooooo bad...I am glad I didn't, don't care about the cookies, was under my calories anyway.

    Yvonne and I both hit up the chocolate...there seems to be a common thread to it all

    Oldbat...good job...your a fan-tab-u-lous mom to entirely clean a house...keep up the soberism
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