Hi there,

I'm similar to you liz....but just recently tried to cut back. It's hard because I love wine!
I eat healthy and workout 4 x week but find it hard to shed even a LB...SO I figured that cutting back is the only way.
I'm happy to give and take whatever support is required so feel free to add me.

hello,,
I totally understand the cravings. I am working on that right now. I need to lose the weight ( a good 15 to 20 lbs) and I know it is my wine and gin that is the problem. I am a workout fiend, I love veg, but I also love wine, esp the stress relief part of it. I am here if you need me, I am far from perfect, but I am trying
Sarah O

Hi All,

I have the same problems as some of you, wine = "me time" at the end of the day. I know that if I don't have wine in the evening I will sleep better and wake refreshed, but when 7.30pm rolls around I reach for the corkscrew.

I have just started the 5:2 fast diet and the plan is to abstain from wine on my fasting days (today and Monday). So, no wine tonight and none on the wine rack just in case! Great to have this group to help me stay strong.

Hi everyone! I have been on MFP off and on for a few years but haven't posted in a while. I began exercising and eating better in my 30's when I realized simply eating low-carb will no longer bring on the magical 20-lb weight loss in one month as it did when I was 20-something. Although my body has responded well to JM workouts and Insanity (I'm more toned, energetic and "feel" smaller), I continue to lose then re-gain the same darn 5 lbs every week since the start of this year. SOOOO depressing as I'd like to lose 30 lbs total (I'm only 5'1, busty and carry it well but trust me, I have that much to lose). It's GOT to be the alcohol that's impeding my weight loss...

I love love love alcohol in any form, especially good craft beers and fine wine. But holy crap, someone here posted that one pint of craft beer can yield up to 650 calories!!! That made me take a 2nd look at my lifestyle. I hardly ever eat junk/fast food and for the most part eat well; love salads and consume good proteins. I never eat excessively; my family and loved ones joke about what a "cheap date" I've always been my whole life...until you take me drinking!! Lolz. I don't even eat before/during/after I drink. Anyhoo, after reading many inspiring posts, I decided to do a little "experiment" and not drink AT ALL for a while. I'm a Scorpio and we just don't do moderation--everything in excess...hahaha. So today is 7 days sober (began after a month of vacationing and LOTS of boozin') and doing okay, save a few withdrawal headaches and some fits of snappish crankiness which I'm sure are attributed to not drinking. My bf and I even went to our favorite local pub/restaurant on Saturday and I was nervous heading over there. Still, I managed a pint of seltzer with lots of ice and slice of lime while watching him enjoy a couple of good pints...and I was FINE! He's been extremely supportive; I had to "force" him to order a beer. Others around me don't have to suffer just because I'm a hot mess and can't stop at two...

To be clear, I don't drink every night but may have some wine/beer during the week with my boyfriend while watching a movie...let's say maybe once/twice per week, a few (2-3) per night. But it's the weekends when I binge and there's no stopping me. I enjoy vodka with club soda when I'm doing low-carb, but again, even drinking this along with exercise seems to be stalling my weight loss, whereas 10 years ago it went well with my Atkins plan and I lost like I never drank at all...

Sorry for the long-winded bio but I've been tinkering with posting for some time, just to get it out there and hold myself accountable since it's in print! I will try to continue my newfound sobriety at least until a big weekend, June 21st-23rd, and plan on beginning again after that. It's Monday so the rest of the week will be "cake" since my bf and I are training for a run and had already vowed to not drink during the week. The toga party on Friday will be challenging, however! Please feel free to reply with any encouragement or war stories, but since this topic is "old" I may only get crickets...lol. Good luck to each and all! :flowerforyou:

Hello. I'm new to the MFP groups (but not MFP). This group encouraged me to try them, because this is exactly what I struggle with. I eat quite healthily, exercise pretty much every day, but I do love my nightly glass(es) of wine. I want to try to limit myself to only having drinks 2 or 3 eves a week and would love to get/give support from other people who understand how hard this can be - AND how hard it can be on the waistline. I'm 39 and finishing my ph.d. this summer. Just coming out of a year on a writing fellowship, which was an amazing gift, but a lot of the external things (schedules, alarm clocks) that kept me from overdoing it haven't been there. Anyway...I'm not sure how to get the most out of this sort of thing.

it can and will be done... try teas also