Like Minded Lushes - November

Karin, that is all so beautiful - a really great time to say Happy Thanksgiving. Live in the moment and enjoy all these wonderful blessings.

Pam

All the talk of turkey on here is making me feel hungry. Proud to say I'm still keeping with my goal of no chocolate or alcohol this week. Just been checking and deciding what day I'm going to let myself start drinking again, think I'll go for Saturday 4th December and it'll be a glass or 2 of white wine. It's actually got easier to resist the urge to drink the longer I've gone, it's a bit weird to think about starting again.

Thank you Pam and lilrhody!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I made myself designated driver so I had pellegrino with pomegranate juice all evening. But now I get a nice glass of red wine as a reward. I'm over 700 calories for the day but I'll go for another big walk in the morning - so all in all, not so bad.

Check this out http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/healthy_snacks/Alcohol.php I stumbled across it whilst checking out some workout ideas. See, drinking a couple of drinks most days of the week is better than drinking more drinks but only once a week or fortnight. Doesn't compare it to not drinking at all though but hey ho :drinker:

I am so struggling this week.. The one thing that make it so difficult not to drink, Friends and Family. Holidays mean friends and friends mean drinks... aaargh. The weekend is here and I am back from visiting the family. Now here's to the other Thanksgiving for Thanksgiving being over!! Cheers my Fellow Lushes:drinker:

I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread. I too have an issue relating to wine. Somehow it went from a social special occasion thing to an almost every day craving. It has to be affecting my health and damaging my weight control progress. All those extra calories and losing track of time and the foods I'm putting in my mouth can't be good. It seems like if I don't get started, I'm fine, but all it takes is one little sip and I'm down for the count. I'd like to return to the social special occasion only drinking, not the every evening's a blur thing. Ugh....

Congratulations to all of you who are setting and keeping your goals. Let's see if I have any luck with this - all the open bottles left over from Thanksgiving are empty, and there are only 2 unopened ones left, and I'd like to keep it that way for a while - one day at a time. And not bring home any more, either.

With all of you to help keep me accountable, I can probably do it. I'll keep you posted, and thanks so much for being there!

--MK

Welcome Clive. So sorry for your health scare - it must have alarmed your wife too. Anyway, it is certainly a motivator to give up for the time being.

I don't think I had a particular problem but rather that it was turning into a habit to have one drink every night. My weight was creeping up and I realised that along with the comfort eating it might be a good idea to cut back on the alcohol. So, most weeks I stay dry on week nights and allow myself a treat of one drink with dinner on Saturdays and Sundays. Tonight I am slowly drinking a glass of merlot which went very well with my plate of chilli. Apart from red wine my usual poison is gin and tonic which does mean that if I am out during the week, and I want to abstain, I can stick to a diet tonic and nobody needs know that there is no gin in it. Hopefully in a few weeks you will be able to allow yourself the occasional treat. If, like most of us on this thread, you set yourself goals it is a lot easier to stick to them when you have the support of the other Lushes:drinker: Anyway, the very best of luck with the weight loss and a much improved and healthier life.

MK, good luck to you too. MFP has been a revelation for me in terms of finding these threads and also having somewhere to log what I am eating and drinking. I have certainly found that the daily log has helped me to control what I am eating and, like Robin, I have found that the amount I am putting on my plate at meal times has reduced considerably.

Anyway, I am looking forward to Christmas in a month. I fully intend to enjoy my food and drink, although I will watch the portion sizes and I hope to be going out for a nice long walk with my daughter and her sister and mother-in-law to try and counteract some of the additional calories.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, Lushes. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Welcome Clive and MK,

Clive, you sound like you are determined to stick to your changes and I am sure you will see some improvements in your health soon.

MK,

Like you, once I have a had one drink it is hard to resist another. I generally find it easier not to have any than stop at one. I also try not to keep wine in the house as it is my weakness, I have quite easily managed to resist the half empty bottle of vodka that 's been lurking in my fridge this month whilst I've been abstaining but if that had been a chilled bottle of white wine I suspect it may have been a different story. I love having a couple of glasses of wine with dinner at the end of the day.

Robin, love the new profile picture!

Yvonne, you know you don't HAVE to start drinking again. Sounds like you are a little nervous about it. Or reluctant? I am interested in hearing your results once you do drink again. The reduced tolerance is something I am looking forward to (once I ever stop drinking for more than a day,)

Welcome Clive, glad you got to the doctor and got the blood pressure meds. I had to try a few before we found one that would work. Good wishes with the new dry life.

Welcome MK also, we have the same problem, one drink turns into 6 7 8. Obviously we are still finding our way so no advice but wanted to let you know you are not alone.

I'm a strange one when it comes to vodka... All the top shelf vodkas don't appeal to me at all. I prefer absolute over everything else lol.

starting the morning with Kaluha in the coffee. I promise I will get back on track tomorrow. :blushing:

That sounds delicious, Robin. I think you needed to let yourself go this holiday. I am sure you will be back on trick with the new week.

I had a great day today. Spent the day with my youngest daughter and her family. Ollie, my 18 year old grandson, was home for the weekend and it was great to spend some time with him. He started a new job at the beginning of October as a trainee instructor at a Christian based activity centre. It is a residential set up and he is based about three hours away; he has been busy settling into his routine and although Mum, Dad and his sisters visited at the end of October, this is the first chance I have had to see him. He is doing great; he has so grown in confidence and is loving the job and the wonderful group of people he is starting to know and love as friends. But, he still loves his granny and is the same loving and caring boy who went away. The change is that he is developing into a great, caring young man who is a fantastic support to his family and friends.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, Lushes - keep strong, tomorrow is a new day. :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Pam

Hey lushes....I think my grand total for the week was:

4 margaritas
9 beers
3 martinis with 2 pours each (6, rough estimate)
3 bottles of wine (15 glasses)
1.5 bottles of champagne (7.5 glasses)

41.5 total:noway: ...I haven't been this bad since the summer...well, I am turning over a new leaf tomorrow...just went grocery shopping to the tune of $225 with tons of meats, veggies and fruits....time to DETOX

This weeks' goal is less than 10...hope I don't withdrawl

WOW, but if you are going to do something you have to do it properly and I think achieved it :laugh: I'm sure you will be fine getting back on track, enjoy those veggies