Less alcohol-December 2017-one day at a time
RubyRed427
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For the last month, many of us were on the November thread for this topic. The goal for me is to decrease alcohol consumption; your goal may be different. Thread is for sharing thoughts and ideas.
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Thanks for posting a December thread. It helped me knowing I was going to have to be accountable to keep myself in check in November.
For me, my goal** is going to be to average 1 drink or less a day, with no more than 2 drinks in any given day.
(**Well, maybe except for when I go to my mom's at CHRISTmas, when all bets are off during those days of survival...I need lots of grace (and sometimes alcohol) when I go to her place, but it will all settle out as I typically do a dry January.)8 -
In again this month. Goal will be the same as last month. Similar to @b3achy, my goal is to average one or less drinks per day with no day being over 3 drinks.
Funny you say that about your mom's house. That is where I lost it in November. LOL8 -
Hi all! This is intriguing to me, so I am going to follow the thread...maybe join next month!3
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This sounds like exactly what I need!6
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I'm in. Formerly daily drinker but was totally dry yesterday. I look forward to being more active with my health and interacting with others who have similar goals.10
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Keep on keep'n on!
3 glasses of pinot noir last night but not out of control. Would have been better to stop at 2, but a big improvement over the same social event in October. Feeling more positive about having reasonable control and still enjoying good wine.
I may have a tougher problem with Scotch and Cognac when imbibing with old friends! But just moving forward with wine will be a huge improvement.10 -
I would like to join. I find my alcohol use increases dramatically during the holidays with all the family, work, etc parties. I can only take so much family togetherness. LOL
My goal is to eliminate weekday after-work drinks and limit myself to two or three glasses of wine on the weekend. Starting today.6 -
B-day party last night. I did pretty well. 2 vodka drinks at the party and a Manhattan at the cocktail lounge we went to afterwards. My goal was to be able to keep track of my food and beverage consumption, which I did so I guess that's a success.6
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Well, day 1 of December and I really screwed up. Went out with friends. Drank way too much. Regretting it today. But life is all about second chances and forgiving yourself. Today , I"ll start fresh. Xoxo5
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Went over my 3 last night just relaxing on a Friday night. I did well for me, I guess, because a normal Friday evening after-the-work-week-is-over celebration usually involves more drinks than that.
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Count me in. I found the November challenge very helpful.....4
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Did good last night, but was at a church group gathering (pot luck holiday party). Today, needed the carbs after all the exercise I did, and since I have a paddle tomorrow...(so 1 light beer, and a skinny cosmo (with only 1.5 oz of alcohol and stretching it with seltzer water)).
1 Dec: None
2 Dec: 2 drinks3 -
I’d like to join as well please. Wine can be my downfall. I know December is crazy socially so realistically it won’t be as dry as it could be. I’m keen to cut down, not drink in the week & be much more careful at weekends. Come January I think I’ll have a few weeks off completely & reintroduce as a treat.3
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No alcohol yesterday - felt so awful from Friday night's festivities. Will plan on no alcohol til next Friday. Will also try to stay under my calories count all week.7
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Believe it or not, this is really good for me for a weekend but I’m working towards lowering these numbers.3 -
Driving hubby to a Thai meal tomorrow and will not be drinking. Yesterday was a bit naughty as champagne was involved but I had been quite good during the week.2
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Back in line, no alcohol today.6
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I'm in! I am generally under my calories for the day when I add my food but, once I add alcohol I blow it. My goal is no weekday alcohol and moderation on the weekends. Good luck everyone!5
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already started this yesterday....I love my wine and having way too much daily for quite awhile. So I am in to this challenge...and so so needed. I mixed my white wine yesterday with diet gingerale and a lime twist....able to cut down quite a bit. Have a way to go...I have been drinking about 4-6 glasses a day, starting at noon at times, so this is all day long, sipping. I also have diet soda mixed with water in a big water bottle that I sip on throughout the day. I switched to mostly white wine with added ice to start and now I am working on the added diet soda. I know that my weigh gain has been from drinking wine and really need to cut down for health reasons....I am committed...Thank you anyone for support.10
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eclaire608 wrote: »I'm in! I am generally under my calories for the day when I add my food but, once I add alcohol I blow it. My goal is no weekday alcohol and moderation on the weekends. Good luck everyone!
I do the SAME thing!2 -
After doing so well on Friday night, I didn't fare so well on Saturday. My husband was outside putting up Christmas lights and we had a brisket in the smoker, which pretty much serves as an open invitation for anyone in the neighborhood to stop by. So it ended up being one of those days where I poured a glass of wine around 3PM and ended up going to bed after midnight having completely lost track of whatever I ate or drank. Those are the days that I am trying to avoid! I did manage out make it out yesterday for an 8 mile run, so it couldn't have been that bad, but it still leaves me feeling disappointed with myself. No alcohol yesterday, but today we are going to the Steelers/Bengals game. Heading down early to tailgate. Will try my best to keep it in control.4
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Blew it yesterday - weekends are tough! Going for none today so I can eat all of my calories.3
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That is so easy to do! I sympathiseeclaire608 wrote: »I'm in! I am generally under my calories for the day when I add my food but, once I add alcohol I blow it. My goal is no weekday alcohol and moderation on the weekends. Good luck everyone!
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I'm in! I went to Universal this past weekend and drank allloooottttt.. My goal for this month is to cut down drastically. I plan on going out of town again next weekend so I'm gonna try to let that be one of the few times I drink this month. Even then I want to set a limit for myself. I need to put a cap on it around drink 4.4
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Gonna follow this thread and maybe join in after the holidays.
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I'm in too! tonight I will also start the 30 day shred and see how it goes. Anyone else doing it, I would like to have a "buddy" but I might need to be on a new thread for that? I looked but found this one and I need to cut out my daily wine too.2
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67 days alcohol free and I've lost around 18 lbs! Once I got through the first month it was easy to keep it out of my routine
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Just started today. Time to get thin again5
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I'm going to cut out alcohol during the work week, including Friday
A maximum of 5 beers on Saturday and Sunday. Which is an awful lot, but a huge improvement for me. I started this last Monday, the 27th. I bought some growlers on Sunday, and I totally overdid it Sunday night, and I then ordered a bunch of food. 
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