ladies want 2 try a 30 day no wine *whining* challenge ?

charliefocus
charliefocus Posts: 36 Member
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HI! i am 31 years old and married my college sweetheart (cheesy) last year.. in this last year i have been going out and celebrating a litte too much with him and with friends (and skipping gym and hitting the take out foods) and boy, now does it show.

i believe the majority of my 25-30 lb weight gain in the past year is due to wine and hangover foods.

i have tried for the past month to cut out alcohol and fail (i would say i am a social drinker 2-3 x a week)

PS - my job has a bar space and often entertain clients for happy hours 1-2 x a week

i just think the liquid calories are really adding up for me and want to see what 30 days without it does, some friends call me a fun sponge.. i know they want to be supportive but they also want me to go and hang out with them at BBQs and happy hours when i want to get real about losing this weight.. i know i can go out and drink seltzer.. i know. its not the same.

anyways.. just wondering if anyone would like to try a 30 day no alcohol challenge with me! :) for the sake of weight loss and gosh, I hope i dont get an lectures for this post :)

thanks! jess
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  • charliefocus
    charliefocus Posts: 36 Member
    haha. no one!
  • gvalt123
    gvalt123 Posts: 60 Member
    I'm so in on this! I have been drinking (wine :ohwell: ) way to many of my calories
  • liz_walkerrr
    liz_walkerrr Posts: 38 Member
    I think I would go insane if I had to give up my wine. I already gave up my delicious, sugary, high-calorie coffee drinks.. I think at this point you'd have to pry the wine bottle from my fingers lol :) Best of luck to you!!
  • RUNNING_AMOK_1958
    RUNNING_AMOK_1958 Posts: 268 Member
    No. Hell no.
  • CA_Underdog
    CA_Underdog Posts: 733 Member
    Nah. In fact, you've encouraged me to open a bottle, but good luck to you if it's what you need just now. :)
  • ut0pia88
    ut0pia88 Posts: 9 Member
    Recently I got to a point where I drank wine almost every night, but for the past two weeks I haven't had any...For me it's easy because it was just another snack, I don't really go out much. I would drink a glass at dinner then continue after dinner. I love the taste of wine so it's easy for me to keep drinking it, and I guess I didn't give much thought to the fact that it's not that great for you.

    I started logging food two weeks ago and the first few days I logged my wine but cut out other food so I could fit it in. Over the first few days of logging I finished the bottle of wine I had and at that time I also decided to start working out in the evenings so I'd be too sluggish and wouldn't want to work out if I had wine with dinner, so i stopped. It has felt so great, I can't believe wine was holding me back so much!!Not just calorie wise but I feel like I have all this time now, and I am not as sleepy at night, I enjoy my evenings a lot more...

    Definitely start working out because it will help with craving it! If you are like me and you just love wine so much, if you are out with friends and everyone is drinking, maybe (without overdoing it) try to have a different drink that you don't love as much. For me if I have something other than wine, it's easy not to drink more than just one drink...it's different for everyone though.

    I am definitely in on this challenge!
  • mbbseb
    mbbseb Posts: 124 Member
    I drink too much just sitting at home. I'm a beer drinker and only on weekends. can't wait until Friday at 5. I'm willing to try a 10 day challenge. I've just been trying to drink in moderation. Did pretty good last weekend. I'm 47 and it's getting harder and harder to lose weight and I do think it's my weekend beer binges.
  • Releasethepain
    Releasethepain Posts: 4
    I've already cut out wine completely which was SO hard to do. Now when I want to drink, it's vodka with Sprite Zero with fresh lime. I am tempted to try this challenge with you, just with booze in general instead of wine!
  • charliefocus
    charliefocus Posts: 36 Member
    your responses were cracking me up!
    not sure if you guys would check back! but if you DID - i got to 15 days! then had vodka with seltzer.. ive been drinking about once a week.. the weight is creeping off.. but i think drinking stalls me. thanks for commenting :):)

    trying not to drink makes my palms sweat lol and ppl who dont drink at all think i have issues.. and friends who drink a few times a week think im too rigid. cant win!
  • Emeryeon
    Emeryeon Posts: 61
    Im too young to even drink it! This should be easy! Lol jk
  • slliwlt
    slliwlt Posts: 68 Member
    Just found your post- how is it going for you? I am 39-my husband & I own a liquor store..... today is my 3rd day of no alcohol. Ugh! All for the sake of dieting. I've been in the liquor business pretty much my whole life, so this is pretty new to me to not drink. Eeeek! feel free to add me-we can gripe about not drinking! Lol!
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  • ThinLizzie0802
    ThinLizzie0802 Posts: 863 Member
    I am an agreement that alcohol stalls my weightloss. Especially when I'm at the bar. It is just one of those things I refuse to track, plus liquor mixed drinks from a bartender are damn near impossible. Last night I went all out on the wine in honor of a friend moving away. Wine and lasagna-hell yeah! That was the last of my drinking for a while because it has completely derailed all my hard work. I don't find it difficult not to drink-I've done it for months at a time. But once I get back in the groove of going out (which has been the past two months) it quickly becomes a weight management problem. So, I'm right there with ya!
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  • haleyrutter
    haleyrutter Posts: 9 Member
    I am loving the responses. I am going to give it a go. I just started the "lean for life" so I'm in for 14 days. Ugh.
  • BIggestLoseraddict15
    BIggestLoseraddict15 Posts: 72 Member
    LIz..how do you still lose weight and keep your wine? lol help
  • BIggestLoseraddict15
    BIggestLoseraddict15 Posts: 72 Member
    I think I need to cut it out too. any suggestions will help!
  • lrobynn
    lrobynn Posts: 3 Member
    I've found cutting it out during the week to be helpful so I try to reserve my "wine time" for the weekends :smile: It has made a postive diffrence in my weight loss. I try to stick to it, but have had a slip up or two. Lol
  • slliwlt
    slliwlt Posts: 68 Member
    Anybody up for another 'no wine' or 'no alcohol' challenge? The more I'm reading-if I'm going to be serious about this whole weight loss/diet/fitness.... I think it would probably do me some good. This will be my 4th day-id like to make it til the end of the month...
  • cropaway
    cropaway Posts: 18 Member
    I too drink way to much wine and believe my weight gain is mostly related to alcohol. I eat pretty healthy- but probably to much. so right now I decided to do a cleanse- and give up alcohol and caffeine. I feel really good. Once I am done with the cleanse I plan to limit it in the house and save it for social get togethers and date nights with my hubby. I am willing to do 30 days of no wine with you :-)
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    15 days is pretty good. I just went 2 days and then remembered a half drank bottle of vinho verdi in the fridge.

    I read an article yesterday in Allure (yes, I know, intrepid scientific reporting at its finest) that was talking about wine as the last really acceptable drug. (guess they didn't hear about colorado and washington with their legalized pot). But it said that for the first time ever Americans are drinking more wine than the French and that 60% is consumed by women. Then they gave some scary research about wine not really being good for you and causing cancer.

    It still didn't keep me from have a couple glasses last night.
  • StephieHockeyGirl
    StephieHockeyGirl Posts: 7 Member
    I am in on this. I did something a little similar from April to June- What I did was allow myself one bottle of red wine total a week. I would buy a really nice bottle so that I would savor it. I would limit myself to at most half the bottle of wine on one evening. Then, if I was satisfied the next day and didn't feel like drinking it, I would ring up a friend and say, do you want half a bottle of a nice wine? and she would take it :) This worked until end of June-July! Damn summer!!!!! It definitely helped me lose pounds because I didn't just drink the wine when I wasn't controlling intake, I would eat chocolate, stay up late, skip a workout... wake up feeling sluggish. Cutting down on it made me sleep better and wake up earlier ready to take on the day. I want that feeling back!
  • IronPhyllida
    IronPhyllida Posts: 533 Member
    I did it for lent, so that's 6ish weeks right? So it's doable. Just not sure I want to do it again. The first glass you have at the end is well worth the wait though :)
  • nelliecunningham
    nelliecunningham Posts: 1
    I think a 30 day wine fast is an excellent idea. I would join you but I started my 30 days on January 1st and still haven't had any alcohol in 2014. Six months and counting. I read a book by a British author Gillian Riley called "Eating Less, Say Goodbye to Overeating". I found it extremely helpful when I wanted to give the wine a month off. It explains how to make the toddler tantrum in your head be quiet, the one that starts complaining bitterly when rational you wants to give the wine a break and emotional you wants WINE RIGHT NOW.
  • hawaiiandream
    hawaiiandream Posts: 43 Member
    I tried to do this once and just ended up drinking Vodka with Sobee water instead.. Now i just try to drink a lot less which works for me, but i still think the weight would come off faster if i didn't drink at all. Oh well, there could be worse things! Maybe I'll try the challenge. All you folks are a lot like me, friend me if I don't friend you first!
  • katematt313
    katematt313 Posts: 624 Member
    I am already alcohol free due to a recent surgery I had - and it has been a good thing for me. Good luck :)
  • robinsonbiology
    robinsonbiology Posts: 1 Member
    Don't worry about what coworkers and friends say - you can go out and have a good time without *too much* alcohol. It definitely adds a lot of unwanted calories... and once the fun starts, it's hard to limit yourself to just one glass. I'd say what you're doing is reasonable - limiting the number of days you have a drink and trying to only have one or two. If it's something you can't live without, you don't have to be miserable. Just plan a few extra workouts that week and stick to them!

    I'd also like to point out that for myself... when I drink, I tend to overeat. That could be something to watch out/plan for. :)

    Best of luck to you! :smile:
  • krennie8
    krennie8 Posts: 301 Member
    i don't drink much anyway (maybe once a month), but I sorta wish I did b/c if that's where my extra calories were coming from it'd be such an easy change! Alas I already drink diet pop & don't drink any of my calories elsewhere (besides coffee + milk and the occassional orange juice). I envy those who can just do those quick fixes. My problem is just that I like food too much.
  • primdaisy
    primdaisy Posts: 21 Member
    I would love to get on board with this as well. I am usually on again off again from either wine, beer or my beloved brandy!! I only care for dark beer, so usually have only 1 Leinenkugels Creamy Dark, but then if my hubby has brandy in the house which he usually does), I can't not have 1-4 oz straight up at room temp. He thinks I'm nuts, but that's the way I like it. But, let's say I drink 3 oz, it's 251kcals!! Alot of calories for such a small amt. And since I'm peri menopausal, it disrupts my sleep. Soo, count me in. I know this is what is keeping the weight loss slow at this time. I'll have to keep that bottle of Red wine I bought yesterday corked for at least a month. Rats! Good luck ladies!!
  • TKhamvongsa
    TKhamvongsa Posts: 287
    I win - I have not had wine since April 2014. LOL BUT I did indulge in hard liquor last weekend though.

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