Less Alcohol - March 2018- One day at a Time
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JulieAL1969 wrote: »@colmarie96 To make a regular post, scroll down to bottom of this page, and you'll see a big rectangle. Type and then click "post reply".
I think I did it! Thanks, Julie!
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OK, since I prolly buried it under someone else's post, let me repeat. I just went 10 days Af and am proud AF. I cannot tell you the last time I went 10 days but I'm guessing it was a few years. You guys are inspirational!8
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@snoo61 Bravo! Making great progress!2
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I've always drunk, moderately. However, due to stress from multiple directions, last 6 months of 2017 my regular weekday included coming home and cracking a beer, then another one, sometimes a third. Beer was a reward of making it through the day. Weekends were beer and / or wine. I also smoke so it irritated my throat and it was sore all the time.
In January, I started a very low carb diet. I don't drink beer anymore, if I want something comforting when I come back from work I just make myself dinner and eat it earlier. And my plan is to fit wine in just over the weekends. So far it worked, more or less. I drink wine 3-4 days per week, and moderately. I love wine and I enjoy it so much more when I just have a couple of glasses, with a homemade cheese platter or dark chocolate.
I'm flying on Friday evening and I plan to skip the standard glass of wine!
Sounds like you are doing well! Your diet is under control and your beer intake is nil. Happy to hear about your journey!1 -
JulieAL1969 wrote: »xtrasmallone wrote: »I've just found this board. I'm so impressed with the resolve and all the great support and suggestions. I've been fighting to reduce my alcohol intake for years. It has been slow and there has been backsliding, but I am getting it under control.
I am making a point to measure how much I drink because it has been too easy just to "pour a little more" in the glass. I also started putting stickers in my calendar for completely drink-free days. I'm very visual and loved to see each month have more and more happy faces. Sounds childish when I write it, but it really worked for me.
Oh, and I love the "damp" idea rather than dry. For people who can keep it under control, damp sounds so much less final.
Happy March!
Happy you found us! I love the stickers idea. Some of us use the Dry January app as well. I like how aware you are about your limitations. We are all on the right track!
I love the Dry January app- I use it daily. It motivates me and it keeps me accountable. It allows you to put in your drinks and calculates units for you which is helpful because so many of us don’t realize how much we’re actually drinking.2 -
Pretty miserable today. But tomorrow is my bi-weekly weigh-in and I am only 0.4 lbs away from my goal. So at least that will motivate me to go to the gym and stay on my diet10
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Today, while resting between sets, I looked in mirror and saw a change. My lower legs have been retaining water for a long time. I sleep with them elevated, watch sodium intake, etc. Today, no pudgy water calves! I believe it's because I'm not drinking wine every night. Yah! My liver and legs love this. No drinks so far this week, no desire for them. Maybe going out for happy hour later this week. We'll see.10
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TheDusticle wrote: »Sundays are a killer for me. I mean, I am pretty good throughout the week, and moderate at best on Friday and Saturday (but all fit in my daily calorie goal), but when the Sunday blues kick in, it's devastating. Not only the caloric intake, it's the Monday feeling like trash, starting my week off out on a bad foot because of my low energy, half assed workout. Any thoughts?
I'm going to try to start incorporating fun exercise on Sunday's now that the weather is getting better. Followed up with a moderate treat whatever that maybe. Example; hike/lunch or bike ride/breakfast with or without a drink. Something physical... But out of my normal workout. It doesn't have to be a all day thing, but just a nice outing to get out of the house for a little bit. Good luck
Great idea. Change the channel.
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I'm so glad I found this group!!5
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darcy08008 wrote: »I'm so glad I found this group!!
Welcome!!1 -
Pretty miserable today. But tomorrow is my bi-weekly weigh-in and I am only 0.4 lbs away from my goal. So at least that will motivate me to go to the gym and stay on my diet
Well done on your weight loss!! I can imagine how excited you'd be so close. That awesome!!
I'm looking forward to the day when I am that close. I'm a third (was going to say "only" but that's negative) the way since last weigh in.
The gym sound great especally for mind occupation.
Have a great day..
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Pretty miserable today. But tomorrow is my bi-weekly weigh-in and I am only 0.4 lbs away from my goal. So at least that will motivate me to go to the gym and stay on my diet
Well done on your weight loss!! I can imagine how excited you'd be so close. That awesome!!
I'm looking forward to the day when I am that close. I'm a third (was going to say "only" but that's negative) the way since last weigh in.
The gym sound great especally for mind occupation.
Have a great day..
Thank you!
But I may have worded that wrong, lol. I meant I am only that far off from my bi-weekly goal. Still got a long way to go for my overall goal3 -
Hey, how's everyone doing??
I fell guilty bcoz I haven't seen much action today as some days. I hope with my earlier posts i haven't turned off people or made anyone loose focus.
Im sorry, i felt bad after i did it and couldnt change it.
It's important i know, to feed on and to share positives..
Im sorry
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Went down to a pub last night to wait for take out dinner I had ordered. The pub was packed. I felt like a spy, observing each and every person sitting at the bar area and high top tables. Of course it was happy hour and alcohol was flowing freely. I had purchased an iced tea from the food area and took it into the pub area.
As I was sitting there I thought how many people would have still been chugging down beers, shots and mixed drinks if there were a chart or poster on the wall showing the number of units they should be consuming and not exceding?
I was moved yesterday watching that video from the UK that I believe Jen had posted. We as normal people do not realize what an alcohol unit of measure is.
I watched as the bartender asked people if they "wanted another drink "(exact words). In reality when she served them it was a pint glass with 2.5 alcohol units in it. Yet we will swear we only had ONE OR TWO drinks if questioned. When it is truly 2.5 or 5 drinks.
Just an observation as I sipped my pint glass of iced tea.
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Hey, how's everyone doing??
I fell guilty bcoz I haven't seen much action today as some days. I hope with my earlier posts i haven't turned off people or made anyone loose focus.
Im sorry, i felt bad after i did it and couldnt change it.
It's important i know, to feed on and to share positives..
Im sorry
Oh my don't feel guilty. We're human. I think just being aware is a step up from before. Hang in there!4 -
Went down to a pub last night to wait for take out dinner I had ordered. The pub was packed. I felt like a spy, observing each and every person sitting at the bar area and high top tables. Of course it was happy hour and alcohol was flowing freely. I had purchased an iced tea from the food area and took it into the pub area.
As I was sitting there I thought how many people would have still been chugging down beers, shots and mixed drinks if there were a chart or poster on the wall showing the number of units they should be consuming and not exceding?
I was moved yesterday watching that video from the UK that I believe Jen had posted. We as normal people do not realize what an alcohol unit of measure is.
I watched as the bartender asked people if they "wanted another drink "(exact words). In reality when she served them it was a pint glass with 2.5 alcohol units in it. Yet we will swear we only had ONE OR TWO drinks if questioned. When it is truly 2.5 or 5 drinks.
Just an observation as I sipped my pint glass of iced tea.
I do find it funny as bars are so conscious of the booze amount it shares as $$. Hmm...1 -
Hey, how's everyone doing??
I fell guilty bcoz I haven't seen much action today as some days. I hope with my earlier posts i haven't turned off people or made anyone loose focus.
Im sorry, i felt bad after i did it and couldnt change it.
It's important i know, to feed on and to share positives..
Im sorry
You are being to hard on yourself and I’m not even sure why. We all share everything here, highs and lows.
I feel like March in general has had much less activity. For one not everyone is capable of sticking to changes in their health long term. So a lot of people that were excited in Jan probably fell off and aren’t even on their diets or cutting out booze anymore. And even us “regulars” have been pretty open and honest about March being tough for us, so we may not be posting as frequently. But at least those of us that are still here have been there for each other.5 -
I’m finding a lot of peace this month in seeing myself able to cut down my wine intake. I think a lot of it was pure denial and frankly habit. The education part of learning about the effects of alcohol have been really good. After Dry January I was nervous about whether my drinking would be a daily thing again, but I’m glad it’s not. Taking the month off helped me realize how much I enjoy wine free stretches of time and how to see AF days as joyful vs. a sacrifice.
I wish I could go back and talk to myself 5 years ago
The accountability of this group really helps. Next few weeks will be tough - I go to Chicago this weekend - then my birthday in Wine country and then a week later Mexico for a week. Vacations have always been a daily drinking thing for me.5 -
missanne11 wrote: »
I do find it funny as bars are so conscious of the booze amount it shares as $$. Hmm...
Yes and the more the persons bar tab comes to the more $$$ tip $$$ the bartender makes. Vicious cycle indeed.
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