Like Minded Lushes - November

This is sooooo tough! I'm a serious wino!!! I'll go without eating if I can have a glass of wine!!! I know it's bad. . .

Awww Robin - Feel better soon!

The plan is 40 days without imbibing
40 days without dairy
40 days without (ADDED) sugar.

I think that after this weekend I need to run a marathon from all the beer I drank.....Had a bad weekend overall and decided just to let loose on friday and saturday....

I'm still drinking about a case of beer each week. Even with doing that I've lost close to thirty pounds in two months. I limit my drinking to 2 days a week...a 12 pack each day so that is only 2400 cal each week. I just workout harder during the week. cheers

Wow...kindred spirits (pun intended). So here's my story...

Grew up in a hard-drinking Scots-Irish family (Definition of "Scots-Irish:" Half of you wants to get drunk and the other half doesn't want to pay for it.)...followed that up with 30 years in the Navy. Physical fitness requirements kept things under control until I retired from the Navy in '99, but advancing age, changing metabolism, private industry stress, lack of exercise, self-medication with wine and single malt, etc. etc. all combined to produce a 55 lb. weight gain over the past 11 years.

This past summer, a close family friend passed away suddenly. A long story...short version is that she didn't take care of herself. Ate poorly, smoked, never exercised and never went to the doctor. When she got sick, her body couldn't cope. My Spousal Unit took it pretty hard; I got the steely wifely glare and "that voice"...said, "That's not going to happen to you, Sparky."

So, since August, on a medically-supervised weight loss, behavior modificaiton, exercise and lifestyle change regimen. It's working. A little slower than I'd like, but it took me 11 years to get to this point, so probably shouldn't expect overnight success. Down close to twenty pounds so far, and hope to be at target weight by spring. Diet not a problem. Exercise not really THAT big of a problem. Throttling back on the alcohol intake...well.... Was doing fairly well at nothing Sunday through Thursday and a modest intake Friday and Saturday--a couple of glasses of wine each night. Transatlantic voyage on QM2 earlier this month for 25th wedding anniversary kind of blew that up, and having a bit of trouble getting back in the saddle. Determined to do it this week, though. Too much angst getting this far to give up now. But after a tough day at work, the martini shaker does call to me. It's helpful to see others with the same issues, so good to see mutual encouragement. Hang in there, y'all.

Hi All!

I completely missed October due to major surgery the first week of the month. That, of course, meant no drinking. In fact, I was so paranoid about bleeding and anesthesia that I quit drinking and taking any over the counter stuff way back in mid-September. So this past weekend was my first adventure in alcohol. Wow, but did I turn into a lightweight fast! Hit me like a rock. So I'll be very much limiting my intake.

My goal is to keep it to no more than once a week, and given how rotten I felt after just a couple of drinks on Saturday I don't think it will be that hard!

I don't know if it's a side effect of the anesthesia or simply the result of breaking my pattern, but by the beginning of October, I didn't even miss it. Hopefully this new mindset sticks around because even without the ability to work out (slow shuffling walks around my subdivision don't really count as a work out :happy:) I've lost 12 pounds since surgery. And that's without any diet restrictions or stomach problems.

We shall see! It's good to be back -- I missed you guys! This is the only thread I post in anymore!

Liz

Big Lushie weekend for me. Margs on Friday but not too much and I finished drinking early so I didn't feel too bad on Saturday where I had a bloody mary at brunch, then went to a halloween party and lost track of how many beers I had, which led to late-night taco bell run :embarassed:
Sunday I didn't feel too bad, no drinking on Sunday. Not sure about this week. Maybe I will just try not to drink beer.
sillygoose, for an all-inclusive you have to drink your money's worth! have fun!

Definition of "Scots-Irish:" Half of you wants to get drunk and the other half doesn't want to pay for it.

:laugh: Oh how I love that definition :laugh:

Robin - I thought I was the only one who managed to put on weight whilst not eating for 2 days with a tummy upset, in fact you're just as 'talented' as me!

Nice to see a busy thread already this month with some new faces.

Day 1 of no alcohol for me, 29 more days to go!

Hi everyone. Good to see the new thread for this month.

Robin, hope you are feeling a lot better now.

fsuxo - I have definitely decided to go much more on how I feel and how my clothes feel rather than getting too hung up on the scales. They seem to yoyo so much in defiance of whether I have been good with my calories and exercise or not. I am still watching the calories (and recording them) but, as I have said on earlier postings, I like to confuse my metabolism by occasionally doing thinks out of sequence.

Have a good week, everyone. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Pam

Ay yi yi....I'm exhausted! :ohwell: Wedding Friday night, Halloween party Saturday night....I think I've been either intoxicated or hungover for the past 3 days! Didn't exercise a bit last week, but I am dragging my tired *kitten* to the gym every night-I have another wedding this Friday night, so I really need to push myself all week!

OK, so I like to binge drink now and then and I'm well aware of the calorie intake in doing so. The worst part is probably the feast that usually follows, but the 12+beers don't help either.
I've been trying the low calorie beers such as Sleeman Clear which I love and is only 90 cals and 2.5g's carbs. It's pretty good compared to regular beers. This one is 4%alc. which is fine for me...I like to drink a lot of them but don't need the strong stuff.
There is also the Molson Canadian 67, which has only 67 cals and 4g's of carb, but this one is very light at 3.5%alc., 4 g. It still does the job, but I think I tend to drink more and it defeats the purpose.
It's a huge self-control issue in the end. It's important to reduce the quantity taken, regardless of what you're taking and that's easier said than done, but it's the only way. I'm going to avoid it as much as possible because I really need to lose weight, but I know I'll drink again and I hope to be able to have that self-control. In my case, it would be limiting my intake to 3 to 6 beers. That's a normal amount. Not 12 to 20 like I usually end up taking.

There's also a general misconception that liquor and wine have less calories than beer...that's not true

Aaahhh...I don't think I'll ever learn! I always tell myself I won't drink too much when I go out but end up drinking too much which always leads to eating more. No wonder I was up almost 1.5 lbs this morning. I am running a 10K this weekend, so I hopefully I won't drink too much this weekend.

This past summer, a close family friend passed away suddenly. A long story...short version is that she didn't take care of herself. Ate poorly, smoked, never exercised and never went to the doctor. When she got sick, her body couldn't cope. My Spousal Unit took it pretty hard; I got the steely wifely glare and "that voice"...said, "That's not going to happen to you, Sparky."

Good for the wise wife, thanks goodness she's a nag

Sunday, 0 drinks
Monday, 0 drinks

it's a start...

DH is Scotish and Irish so now I know where he gets it. :laugh: I'm part Native American so that;'s my excuse. We did actually take the night off last night so that's a start.

Robin, hope you are feeling better today.