Like Minded Lushes - December

Thursday and Friday were :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: ...I got the day off work today, I'm on-call but that's OK...gonna lay off the sauce tonight and tomorrow and try to recover from the damage...weigh in on Monday and see what happens...

Happy weekend, lushes

It's certainly true about the tolerance thing, it started to go to my head after half a glass :blushing:

I'm really going to have to try that...

Am I wrong for thinking and calculating calories so I can drink? I found myself today thinking about how much food I could eat, my approximate "lushing after dark" and what I needed to do before lushing if at all to gain more calories. Whoa, this is like premeditated lushing, lol Happy Weekend Lushes:drinker: :drinker: :smokin:

You're not the only one. I worked out what I could eat for dinner in order to allow for a beer!

Got my 10 glasses of water in already to help counter dehydration, lol. It seems not only are weekends difficult but the holidays make it feel like it is the weekend for a month. Gesh, everybody wants cocktails and food. I look at it this way, at least we are the ones who care about what we have done and what we need to do about it. Thanks to MFP and u guys. Ok, now I don't feel so bad.. Drinks on me!! Until tomorrow my Fellow Lushes, Cheers:drinker: :drinker:

Hi all. Am pleased to say that the temperature started to rise around 9.00 pm last night and so by this morning most of the snow had gone. That meant I could drive to the next village to have the manicure that I had booked for today.

I don't mind snow for a short period; it looks pretty and I can stay nice and cosy looking at it through the window!! However, I soon get fed up with it when it gets packed down and then freezes so that I can't get the car out and I don't feel safe walking. No, today is so much better with no snow!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

One of my grand-daughters, Ruby, is six just before Christmas - not a good time for a birthday!! So, she is having a birthday party tomorrow. She is sharing it with another little friend, also six, and their mothers have hired an entertainer to keep them all amused, so there shouldn't be too much for the rest of us to do except feed them at the appropriate time!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

On Wednesday evening the Christmas lights are being switched on in the village so my friend and I are hoping for a dry evening so that we can walk up to the High Street and join in the festivities.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, Lushes, :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Pam

So happy to see a thread like this! I just joined mfp yesterday.

Glad to find Like minded folks here :-) I save calories just for my "adult beverage". Last night with my Veggie Delite Subway Sandwich I kicked back with a Sam Adams Holiday Porter and one for after dinner , cause its just that good.... Sunday's are for Mad Elf :-)

Moosehead, Kaluah and Brandy, oh my. Don't worry not all at once But did exceed calzones even with skipping dinner (agreed not a healthy idea, but...) have a great Sunday night my fellow lushes! Dare I utter that nasty Monday morning around the corner. Son and daughter-in-law drama aside, am comitting myself to an alcohol free Monday thru Friday!

Lol, of course I meant calories not calzones, I log in on my phone and it likes to "correct" my spelling, ha! Have a great week everyone, I was up at 5 and done with my workout, ready for a drink-free week! Wish me luck, might be a tough one!

Good luck! And I'm right there with you! I indulged entirely too much Friday and Saturday, both food and adult beverages, and didn't work out a bit! I way overate last night, too. So I've got some serious, serious making up to do. It's so hard to stay focused this time of year...on anything!

I also blend a bag and use it on my toast, on muffins, add it to oatmeal and lots of recipes. I do love cranberries!

I made some cranberry upside down cake to DIE for...would go nice with your champagne

Hi Lushes, really felt like I was suffering down the gym yesterday morning after my wine on Friday night and a bottle of beer on Saturday, boy have I turned into a light weight!
Tomorrow night is my last trip down the gym for a while, I'm having some treatment on my back again this Wednesday and next Wednesday. I've booked some time off work and am not going back until the 20th December as I know from experience it will be really sore So I'm stressing about the actual procedure and the pain after and not being able to exercise properly for a while, took me 2 weeks to get over it last time. At least the treatment this time should give me up to a year relatively pain free even if it is supposed to be more painful at the time.

Hi Lushes, really felt like I was suffering down the gym yesterday morning after my wine on Friday night and a bottle of beer on Saturday, boy have I turned into a light weight!
Tomorrow night is my last trip down the gym for a while, I'm having some treatment on my back again this Wednesday and next Wednesday. I've booked some time off work and am not going back until the 20th December as I know from experience it will be really sore So I'm stressing about the actual procedure and the pain after and not being able to exercise properly for a while, took me 2 weeks to get over it last time. At least the treatment this time should give me up to a year relatively pain free even if it is supposed to be more painful at the time.

Hi Yvonne; will be thinking of you on the next two Wednesday and sincerely hope that the expectation is worse than the actual treatment. It sounds as if you are being very wise taking time off to give you time to recover. Don't stress about the absence of exercise for the time being. Just think how much more you will be able to do once you have gotten over the treatment to your back.

Best wishes
Pam

Hi Yvonne; will be thinking of you on the next two Wednesday and sincerely hope that the expectation is worse than the actual treatment. It sounds as if you are being very wise taking time off to give you time to recover. Don't stress about the absence of exercise for the time being. Just think how much more you will be able to do once you have gotten over the treatment to your back.

Best wishes
Pam

This is soooo true. I had to take 3 years off due to an ankle injury (and 4 subsequent surgeries) and I'm so glad that I didn't push it. I'm getting back into "fighting shape" and my ankle is relatively pain free. Good luck with the treatments.

Agreed! I was out of the gym for 5 weeks for my surgery and was very pleasantly surprised at how much muscle tone and stamina I retained. I was under doctor's orders to keep it really light for another month after that, but I'm back at 100%. Definitely don't worry about that. Just focus on recovery and the gym will be there when you're ready for it!