Like Minded Lushes - December

Happy Saturday, lushes.

I didn't work out once this week, and I ended up drinking some wine last night with the neighbors. Hubs and I might cancel our Melting Pot reservations because I'm still feeling crappy, which would definitely cut down my wine consumption!

ooh Robin that sounds so tasty.

I'm still alcohol free this weekend

Well I've hit the red wine tonight. It's one of those days that gives me a wake up call as to how many calories I would have consumed if I hadn't been keeping track of them :blushing:

ouch!

Two days drink free last week, a record for us. Of course they weren't two days in a row, that would be a little much. :laugh: Getting there though.

Have all you lushes got your Christmas shopping done? Appears people either did it all on Black Friday or are waiting until next weekend because the mall and even Target was rather calm this weekend here. I have two more small items which DH will pick up and then his stuff (what to get what to get??) and a few stocking stuffers and I am done. Then on to the wrapping!

Have a great lushy or not week!

Wow, you did have an adventure!

A couple of drinks last night to go with the Chinese take-out we ordered. (No, I didn't log those.)
0 drinks today. I think this week is going to be my sober week for December, so I figure I might as well start tonight.

I've been baking and icing gingerbread cookies with the kids this afternoon :happy: Somehow though 2 of them seem to have jumped into my mouth and begged to be eaten, closely followed by a couple of glasses of red wine to wash them down. Now how did that happen? :blushing:

I hear ya yvonne....I baked all weekend making goodie boxes for our 65 or so customers and a few goodies ended up in my mouth. Washed down with a couple Captain n Egg Nog's. (my fave xmas drink! ummm...not so low cal!):blushing: Then followed by a couple Mic Ultra's. But I didn't get "tea totalled" either night this weekend and for me that's a banner weekend this close to xmas. :bigsmile:

Have all you lushes got your Christmas shopping done? Appears people either did it all on Black Friday or are waiting until next weekend.

Have a great lushy or not week!

Haven't shopped at all, just got the tree up tonight, taking a vacation day tomorrow and meeting my sister, depending on the crowds it'll be tomorrow or next Saturday!

I'm not sure I have too much of a plan. Obviously I will try to limit alcohol, mainly by sticking to only drinking some days and not others. I have to work for 2 days between Christmas and new year so that is the ideal opportunity for a spot of abstinence but over the Christmas weekend I plan on drinking a fair amount of wine. Not getting drunk, just enjoying a glass or 2 with meals. I'm also planning to offset calories by getting back to the gym. I'm planning on going Christmas eve which is likely to be my first visit since getting my back done. I am also going to take advantage of my kids love of swimming and take them a couple of times as my gym time is always limited because of childcare and this way they can join in. I'm lucky that my gym is only closed on the 3 main days over Christmas and new year and that my kids can get in to swim for free because of my membership.

Overall though my plan is to relax, have a great time with family, eat some nice food, drink some nice wine, work out a bit to try and keep the damage under control and then get right back at it in January :bigsmile:

Oh and I'm not going to drink from now until 23rd December

Monday=0 drinks
I think all the partying I did is coming back to haunt me, I woke up with a sore throat and feel feverish. I should be able to without drinking tonight. There's a retirement party at Buca di beppo and my $25 did not include an alcoholic beverage so I will refrain, I think. If I feel better I can have a marg tomorrow!

Monday=0 drinks

Tonight I'm headed to Canvas and Cocktails with my dinner club--obviously, I'll have a glass of pinot grigio or 2, then we're headed to Houston's for a late dinner. I'm driving, so I'll stick with iced tea.

Wow! These are the buddies I need! This is my biggest issue in my weight loss challenge. We go out often and spend lots of time with friends and it really seems to put a damper on the weight loss. I try sometimes to include the calorie content of wine or a coctail but it still seems I don't lose unless I take time off from it. :drinker:

Kim and Robin, sorry to hear you've been having a stressful time, hope things are looking up for you soon.

Monday, tuesday=0 drinks
but that run will come to an end tonight, having a marg and mexican food. They have really good tortilla soup though, so I should be able to afford a marg, can't wait.
To cashw-it's good if you can take a few days break from drinking then you don't drink as much when you do drink, lowers your tolerance, so that is nice for your waistline and your pocketbook! if only I could follow my advice;)

Attended three holiday parties in a row! Avoiding the food and dessert tables is no problem, but can I help it if the guy walking around with the champagne wants to refill my glass????

Ooh no, it would be down right rude to refuse, enjoy the bubbles