Sober November

Far too many of my calories come from alcohol: a few wee drams with my Scottish husband, some delicious glasses of wonderful red wine as I live on France. I want to cut down, as I'm 20 kilos overweight, but it's hard to cut these liquid calories! Need support!

I want to cut down. This will be tough with thanksgiving approaching! I'm up for the challenge!!

Well I was in for sober September and sober October, so might as well stay in the dry pool. I'm in

Just trying to limit it to weekends for November and forever - having surgery on the 13th, so November won't be too difficult!

I'm in! I decided to do this on my own actually and was happy to see your post. There will be a lot of difficulty for me this month doing it, but I'm really looking to evoke positive change and draw definitive yes/no lines for myself on my weight loss journey.
A bit about me - I'm 27 female, 5'7 and currently 240lbs. I've always been heavy, but others told me and I told myself that because I'm proportionate and stylish, it's ok. And it is! I really admire body positive people and plus sized women who embrace their bodies, and I consider myself to be among this group. I was born with my genetics, and I accept them, but when it all boils down to it - I can't say I've ever given losing weight my all. I eat healthier than most of my "skinny" friends, and live an active lifestyle. I do indulge in "bad foods" when I have cravings, but for the most part I eat healthy. I live a moderately active lifestyle, and can do most activities I set my mind to. For years I've looked outside myself and thought "I just can't lose weight, no matter what I do." The truth is that in recent years indulgences can be more accurately describes as binges, and active lifestyle means powering through a long walk on a drunk night out in heels.
I'm obviously going way to far into detail and should keep this more on topic, but I hope to vent my sober frustrations for the month on here and talk to people trying to kick-start their weight loss by doing the same.
Thanks for reading and good luck. Day 3 tomorrow!

lhermo wrote: »

Hey all!

Hope day 3 is treating you well! It's a frustrating Wednesday at work so to motivate myself to stay on task, I did a bit of finance calculation at lunch. I'm terrible at math, so bear with me.

Usually, a bottle of wine costs about 10-12 dollars. I buy one about twice a week.
Every once in a while, I'll bring a bottle of liquor to a party (like last weekend's Halloween party): 20 dollars.
My drink of choice runs me from 7-9 dollars, depending on the bar. When I go out, (generally a few times a week), I'll always get two and, if I don't have to drive later, will get more.

Which means that, sticking with this, I can occasionally save about 100 dollars a week! It's really interesting to see this all laid out. Sometimes on weekends, if I'm out for a bunch of hours, I can spend 50 dollars on one day on drinks alone.

I'm planning on using all this extra $$$$ to save up for amazing travel experiences: I'm planning a cabin trip in December with friends, and tickets to Panama are looking super cheap. So when I think about faltering, I'll just picture myself on a surfboard and know that I'm one step closer to that goal!

What are you all doing to motivate?

Isn't today Tuesday ? Lol

I am in. Last alcoholic beverage 10/24/15.

Lol I can't

For me easier to eat to my macros when I don't drink alcohol -- and for me easier not to drink at all that worry about how much to drink. The benefit -- I feel so much better physically!

I'm coming in late but better late than never! I stopped drinking for about a year and a half and dropped some weight without even trying. Now that I've started drinking again, I can see my body isn't as nice as it was when I didn't drink So I've stopped drinking and getting back on the wagon! We can do this! Only two more weeks to go!