Anyone want to join me with having a 'dry' May?

dawnrpurvis
dawnrpurvis Posts: 27 Member
edited November 17 in Motivation and Support
Looking back through my diary since January, there is one major thing holding me back and causing me problems, Alcohol! Even being fairly careful and only having a few beers and then moving onto spirits with no sugar mixers can cause me to add a full meals worth of calories to the day and if I'm hungover the next day I end up overeating as well (I lose the will to cook and an almost medical need for greasy food). I have tried cutting down during the week to make up for the weekend (my diaries open if you want to see what I mean) but I'm not feeling it's quite worth it.

So starting from the 4th May, I'm not going to let one drop of alcohol pass my lips and see how that affects my weightloss.

Anyone with me?

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  • rhoadscd652
    rhoadscd652 Posts: 20 Member
    I'm down!
  • seantheking87
    seantheking87 Posts: 52 Member
    Sounds like a plan. I'm a student with male flatmates so beer is pretty much a daily thing and accounts for a decent portion of my calories. Will be interesting to see if cutting out for a month improves my losses.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    I don't drink anymore although I did this past weekend.
  • denstan1977
    denstan1977 Posts: 2 Member
    I will!!
  • dagost17
    dagost17 Posts: 53 Member
    I'm in! I stopped drinking for a long time and with that (and being too depressed to eat much last year) I dropped a whole pant size. Once I felt better and started eating (and some weekends way too much crap!!) It's been easy to keep the weight off. I started again a few weeks ago and logging it sure makes it real how many calories your drinking and wasting! Let's do this!
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    OP look at it this way. Use your calories for food and not for whatever affect you get with alcohol.
  • dawnrpurvis
    dawnrpurvis Posts: 27 Member
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    OP look at it this way. Use your calories for food and not for whatever affect you get with alcohol.

    Thats exactly what I'm doing, and that is the reason I'm trialling this for a month. Everyone has their vices, socialising with friends and alcohol is one of my only ones.

    Once I've seen how I can still enjoy myself without alcohol I'm aiming to reintroduce it at a more sustainable level.
  • fall_away
    fall_away Posts: 7 Member
    Love the comment about the medical need for greasy food.. totally with you on that one! Dominos anyone?! SO with you for this one! Good luck xo
  • serenity1097
    serenity1097 Posts: 135 Member
    I'm in!!! I've been bingeing on the weekends without slowing down during the week...major calorie overload from alcohol. My weight loss has stalled, I think the calories saved from the booze just might get it going again :-)
  • dawnrpurvis
    dawnrpurvis Posts: 27 Member
    Great, I'll check back when May begins and we can all cheer each other on :-)
  • nikkerbob
    nikkerbob Posts: 78 Member
    I"m in.. You honestly just feel so much better all around.. =)
  • BettyDares
    BettyDares Posts: 1,498 Member
    Count me in!
  • MzShelleRenea
    MzShelleRenea Posts: 64 Member
    I'm in :) I already started but what's some more support
  • Cupcake1015
    Cupcake1015 Posts: 109 Member
    I'm in too!
  • poppatha
    poppatha Posts: 2 Member
    I am so up for this! Also because I am "that" drunk girl...so much alcohol rage >.<
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    madebs666 wrote: »
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    OP look at it this way. Use your calories for food and not for whatever affect you get with alcohol.

    Thats exactly what I'm doing, and that is the reason I'm trialling this for a month. Everyone has their vices, socialising with friends and alcohol is one of my only ones.

    Once I've seen how I can still enjoy myself without alcohol I'm aiming to reintroduce it at a more sustainable level.

    Yup that was difficult for me at first too. It takes a while to get used to being in the alcohol scene with no alcohol. Also it got in the way of my weight loss so I had to rid it.

  • MeganPaigeHausner
    MeganPaigeHausner Posts: 8 Member
    I have stopped drinking for over a week now and feel great. I started gaining weight with the loss of my father and used alcohol to cope. So needless to say I gained a lot
    Of weight because of it. I want to change my lifestyle and be the me I can be. So I stopped drinking. I don't know for how long or if forever but for now it's working. To answer your question, yes, I will have a dry May with you. Add me for support.
  • linnzzerr
    linnzzerr Posts: 1 Member
    I just decided today that I'm going to do 60 dry days. For the calories, the hangover and for my mental well being. I'm into a dry May!!
  • MissusSpags
    MissusSpags Posts: 109 Member
    I've given up white wine since taking this journey (April 11th was my first day) and I find myself sleeping better and feeling better too. I'm in! Now I need to have a dry May from cheese. I love cheese but cheese loves my butt.
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    I want to try this, and I absolutely will so long as I don't get chastised after my inevitable failure on the first weekend.


    To be fair I used to drink every single night, one beer or one glass of wine, sure, not a lot. It adds up, though. These last two weeks I've kept my drinking to the weekends, and this last weekend I only had one beer.


    Okay, it was a 40oz, but still just one.
  • MissusSpags
    MissusSpags Posts: 109 Member
    shrinkingletters wrote: »
    I want to try this, and I absolutely will so long as I don't get chastised after my inevitable failure on the first weekend.


    To be fair I used to drink every single night, one beer or one glass of wine, sure, not a lot. It adds up, though. These last two weeks I've kept my drinking to the weekends, and this last weekend I only had one beer.


    Okay, it was a 40oz, but still just one.

    Baby steps! :smiley:
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    MissusSpags wrote: »
    shrinkingletters wrote: »
    I want to try this, and I absolutely will so long as I don't get chastised after my inevitable failure on the first weekend.


    To be fair I used to drink every single night, one beer or one glass of wine, sure, not a lot. It adds up, though. These last two weeks I've kept my drinking to the weekends, and this last weekend I only had one beer.


    Okay, it was a 40oz, but still just one.

    Baby steps! :smiley:

    I didn't even finish it!

    Probably because I was already wearing a dress that only zipped up with my sibling's assistance, and only after pressing all the air out of my body, and THEN I had an enormous bowl of the most heavenly Tonkotso Shoyu Ramen...

    It was my cheat night, and by the end of it I swear I could feel every thread and seam on that outfit.
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  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    asflatasapancake wrote: »
    Clicking on this thread I thought "dry" was going to mean something else. Good luck with your quest! I will not be joining.

    I bet you thought we were talking about eating our sandwiches with no spread, right?
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Cinco de Mayo?? Nope nope nope. :drinker:
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  • mombie2six
    mombie2six Posts: 157 Member
    I'm in, too! I've been putting off quitting drinking for a while now and I know it's contributing to keeping me from obtaining my goal weight. Let's do this. :)
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    asflatasapancake wrote: »
    Clicking on this thread I thought "dry" was going to mean something else. Good luck with your quest! I will not be joining.

    If it was the other thing you thought it was, would you have joined?!
  • kellienw335
    kellienw335 Posts: 1,745 Member
    I'm in!
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    I rarely drink anymore, but just wanted to toss a "good luck" to you all! :)
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