Wine Drinkers

I sometimes have a hard time moderating my wine as well. What has helped me is to wait until it's the end of the day. Before, I would get home from work and instantly pour a glass to have while I made dinner...then a glass with dinner...and a glass (or two) after dinner while my husband and I watched TV. Now I wait until I'm done with all the duties of the day (for me that's when I'm either watching TV, reading a book, or working on some sort of craft). That way it really is a "ahhh, I can finally unwind" situation and I can actually enjoy the wine. If I'm drinking while doing all sorts of other things, it's like I'm drinking just for the sake of it, and I'm not enjoying it, which totally defeats the purpose! So now I've been trying to slow down and see the drinking wine as a relaxing activity. Meaning, the act of sitting down with a good book and tasting the yumminess of the wine is what I try to focus on and enjoy...rather than depending on the intoxicating effects of alcohol and continuing to drink more and more in order to reach that relaxed state. Sometimes there's not much time so my "me time" ends up being late at night when I'm going to bed...or if I take a bath instead of a shower...it might not be much time but it's better than none and it's much better than never taking a break yet drinking twice the amount I normally would. I also try to stick to 2 glasses, at least on weekdays, which is much more easily attained if I don't have my first glass until after dinner, dishes, etc.- by that time, for me, it's already 9pm and I only have an hour or two left before bad.

I am so thankful for your post. I have been wondering the same thing myself. I don't drink every night any more, some nights I can fit in a glass or two stay under calories and it's no big thing. Other days I want the whole bottle and a snack and I'm over and feel guilty and skip logging and..... Well even on those nights, I know that I am still doing better then I was before logging. I am not eating thousands of calories a day and multiple mixed drinks with regular pop. Even when I have a bottle of wine and feel guilty, I am not as guilty as I was before. I know that if I cut the wine/alcohol out completely I would be losing weight faster. But I am losing weight, I'm happier with myself. Reading through all the comments makes me feel more normal. I can drink, and log, and lose weight and deal with it.