Less Alcohol - March 2018- One day at a Time

AF today. Maybe I can do a better job of building on that. Set me up a string of a few days.

Hey.. Ive stuffed up tonight..

DharmaGirl5 wrote: »

Not much to say at this point, I just know that drinking too much is making me fat and I also don't feel like exercising when I'm hungover. I need a lifestyle change

That was the endless cycle I was caught up in. Drink too much, eat terrible. Then the next day i’m hungover so I didn’t go to the gym and used to eat terrible again because I didn’t care when I was hungover.
Lifestyle change is a great term. I always got bothered when people asked me if I was on a diet. I feel like being “on a diet” is a fad that people fall out of after a few weeks. This has to be a lifestyle change that we take with us on the rest of life's journey.
Like @WinoGelato talked about how she lost the weight and is now in maintenance. Made this a part of her life for the last 5 years. That is a lifestyle change. I hope i can say I have been doing it for 5 when she is up to 10.

I'm in. I reduced my consumption to one glass for the whole month of February. I like to drink my wine and whisky and will typically have a glass or two every night. March started out okay with one glass on the first but I got to the end of the first week and had three on one day. Really trying to reduce my consumption. It seems to help me with my weight loss but is a real challenge.

Thanks everyone for the kind words I’m glad my thougts were helpful. I was also thinking about it a little more on a long drive yesterday, why have I (so far) been able to successfully maintain my weight loss when so many people do struggle to keep it off? As I said before I think a big part is I’m a creature of habit and so once logging and monitoring my intake became a habit for me it’s fairly easy to keep doing... but the other thing is that I’m a very active member of this community, as my post count suggests. I also think that helps me quite a bit, not only having the support of others but just participating in threads, answering questions, trying to help others dispel some of the myths about weight loss and all the pseudoscience out there. It keeps me focused and thinking about weight loss, maintenance, nutrition, fitness, etc.

Anyway, that’s why I also think having these threads about cutting back alcohol will help ensure my success on that front - it’s a combination of habit, accountability, support from others and support for others. It’s knowing that you don’t have to be perfect but you do need to learn from mistakes. It’s just showing up and checking in, even if you don’t post it’s a reminder that the individual goals we are all striving for are important and we shouldn’t abandon them, even if we run into challenges along the way.

Thanks to all of you for continuing to post - the good, the bad and sometimes the ugly. All of those things help this group at large, so even if it’s an individual set back for one of us - it may serve as a reminder or a lesson for others so I hope people continue to share successes and challenges (I won’t call them failures!) and I truly hope Julie that you’re willing to keep these threads going in future months! They’ve been so helpful for so many of us!

I am three days without alcohol, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it is for me! You see, I work in a winery (I may want to rethink that), so I am around it all the time. I want to reduce my alcohol consumption, because it has become a 'crutch' - a way to spend the evening even when I am alone. I don't like waking up in the morning feeling less than 100%, which is how I often feel even after one glass of wine.

Now I am know I am not giving up wine completely. But I do want to keep it to only very occasionally and in social situations only. Never alone. I am looking forward to the support of this group!

Good Morning guys, back on the dry wagon again, I feel so much better on this wagon than the booze wagon....I crave this feeling...I hope ya'll have a great weekend and just hold onto this feeling of goodness