Need to stop BOOZING and start LOSING!!!!

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  • jacques57
    jacques57 Posts: 2,129 Member
    I encourage you to check out the MFP group "you booze, you snooze"
    We chat a lot about our drinking and desire to reduce it.

    And AA is a good suggestion - you don't have to be an alcoholic to pick up some wise lessons from people who have beaten the devil.
  • trish07tx
    trish07tx Posts: 39 Member
    Switch to dry wine...it's a start! I went from Pino Grigio to Petite Sirah and now I'm only drinking a glass/night when I do drink. Before with white wine, it was like half bottle per night, yikez!

    Definitly a good plan. When I drink a Malbec.. a glass lasts me an hour. When I drink sweet wine a bottle doesn't even last an hour!
  • AlliSteff
    AlliSteff Posts: 211 Member
    I have knocked out the booze during the week, and leave myself mostly wine in the house for the weekends (vs margaritas or calorie dense craft beers). I am not a hard liquor fan in general, so if we go out I get wine (usually red) or craft beers and try to cut it at 2!
  • trish07tx
    trish07tx Posts: 39 Member
    Ok so I signed back up after two years because I need to start holding myself accountable and step away from the WINE! And the BEER! And the Margaritas! And all the wonderful booze that is doing me abosolutely no good! I'm carb aholic and I need friends on here on the regular that will remind me to push towards being a better me (and to step away from the Carbs!) Promise I will help ya back!

    Join AA

    constructive, supportive, and displaying a keen wit! or a-hole? yeah, the second one.

    Yeah.. maybe he was trying to be helpful... but it didn't come off so much that way. I don't think I need AA (though another poster did suggest it can be helpful even it you're not an alcohohic!) I just need to have folks in my life that encourage me to be heathlier which is what the post was about and which most of the posters have encouraged (and I thank you!). I am well aware that anything I put out here could be taken the wrong way and in turn some people are going to chastise me but I'm all about being honest and seeking out folks to help lift me up and whom I can help to support! And helpful tips on lower calorie options were great too. I'm going to do this folks! I am going to lose this weight! Horray for all of us that are on here trying!
  • martinel2099
    martinel2099 Posts: 899 Member
    Any diet that requires you to eliminate _____ from your diet is un-realistic and doomed to failure. Like most posters here, moderation is key and smarter choices can allow you to still have a drink while still being a healthy individual while enjoying a drink.

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