Less Alcohol - May 2019 - One Day at a Time

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  • AbandondedKSCharger
    AbandondedKSCharger Posts: 562 Member
    AbandondedKSCharger wrote: »
    mckinlau wrote: »
    AbandondedKSCharger wrote: »
    mckinlau wrote: »
    I’m back for May :) April was only 6 AF days, so far January is the month to beat at 17. I’ve ordered the alcohol experiment and the goal is to complete the 30-day challenge

    Hey, let me know when you get yours. I've just started reading mine. But I haven't started any actions yet.

    It came! I read Day 1 and did the actions but business trips have me all messed up this week so I plan to restart on Monday when I am prepped with groceries etc to commit to a healthy week of food/AF in general.

    I'm also on the road until Tuesday. I did bring my book with me though.
    I had some negative thinking this morning that has my caution flag up.
    I'm already making excuses and preparing myself to fail. " more details later.

    Ha!!!! Look what I just read on page 17...Be positive!!
  • AbandondedKSCharger
    AbandondedKSCharger Posts: 562 Member
    dawnbgethealthy wrote: »
    @AbandondedKSCharger
    I see that you had an AF day on the 5th of May!! Congrats. How did you feel the next day??

    Great!! Thanks;)
  • AbandondedKSCharger
    AbandondedKSCharger Posts: 562 Member
    globalhiker wrote: »
    Wanted to say I also joined the Ultimate Accountability Challenge group here on MFP (rules loose, but I really like it and it's working!), and I am finding it helpful. It's really making me stick to a daily exercise and when I do that (as I have been), I tend to be more mindful of serving myself and sticking to my "game plan", whether it's food calories or alcohol calories. Bottom line, it's indirectly motivating me to reduce my alcohol calories.

    Thanks for mentioning your in that group also. May be the damaged brain cells from the alcohol, but I have a hard time remembering who in this thread is also a part of UAC.
  • AbandondedKSCharger
    AbandondedKSCharger Posts: 562 Member

    May 1: Goal 3/Actual 5
    May 2: Goal 3/Acutal <2 (didn't finish it all) I focused on postponing that first drink. Kept myself busier. Tried to stay off the phone and couch. Success!
    May 3: Goal open/Actual, 2 wines and aunt & uncles, 3 beers when returned home.
    May 4: Goal open/Actual, 2 wines at lunch with girl friends...…..wayyy over Saturday when returning home (8).
    May 5: Goal 3/Actual 0
    May 6: Goal 3/Actual 5
    May 7: Goal 3 / Actual 4
    May 8: Goal 3 / actual 7
    I did feel a lilly bit sluggish in the am but completely enjoyed surprising my friend.

    Almost to my daughter's...out for dinner. I think I can feel good and take it easy. One glass of wine at dinner, then tea, then maybe one at her house. Habit says automatic pick up a 12 pack before going to the hotel. Hubby will definitely stop. I can see in the future loosing that desire for myself. But for now, I will keep it to only 2 before bed. Big day tomorrow.
  • beebva4
    beebva4 Posts: 130 Member
    May 1 - one generous size glass of whiskey in celebration of going into contract with selling our house!
    May 2 - 1.5 truly hard waters (150 cals)
    Oh and I took a sip of my husbands
    whiskey
    May 3 - AF
    May 4 - 2 drinks. Not too bad for a party and better than I normally would have done. One mint jelup and one truly 100 calorie hard sparkling water.
    May 5 - 2 lime-a-ritas :( disappointed myself on this one.
    May 6 - AF
    May 7 - AF
    May 8 - AF

    Well, I planned on AF today. Had done good all day withing my calorie range then the inspection came and got some bad news. Needless to say, we went and got rum and had pizza for dinner. Ugh. Well tomorrow is a new day and I will make up for it by going AF on a Friday and by working out. One day will not break me! Not anymore!
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,892 Member
    My plan for May will be 5AF days per week.

    May 01 - AF
    May 02 - AF - planned night out for dinner, drinks, a concert Friday night the 3rd. I am okay with that, I do it seldom.
    May 03 - 1/2 litre of wine + 2 drinks! Off the rails with food too - this happens when we consume alcohol. I had a good time, but it is bad for the waistline.
    May 04 - AF
    May 05 - AF
    May 06 - AF
    May 07 - AF - really felt like having a drink just now, but came on here to record an AF day, which really helped me to abstain.
    May 08 - 3 drinks
    May 09 - AF - I have a deficit of 1900 left for today (very active day), so a couple of drinks would be within range - but - no drinking 2 days in a row, and I am going out tomorrow night and don't want a puffy face and puffy belly.

    Running total: 7AF day out of 9 days so far
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,892 Member
    My plan for May will be 5AF days per week.

    May 01 - AF
    May 02 - AF - planned night out for dinner, drinks, a concert Friday night the 3rd. I am okay with that, I do it seldom.
    May 03 - 1/2 litre of wine + 2 drinks! Off the rails with food too - this happens when we consume alcohol. I had a good time, but it is bad for the waistline.
    May 04 - AF
    May 05 - AF
    May 06 - AF
    May 07 - AF - really felt like having a drink just now, but came on here to record an AF day, which really helped me to abstain.
    May 08 - 3 drinks
    May 09 - AF - I have a deficit of 1900 left for today (very active day), so a couple of drinks would be within range - but - no drinking 2 days in a row, and I am going out tomorrow night and don't want a puffy face and puffy belly.
    May 10 - 3 drinks. The show was sold out that the plan was to go to. Instead, worked my butt off getting the garden going, then fell to what most people are feeling like this time of year, a few drinks on the porch after working hard in the sun. All good.

    Running total: 7AF day out of 10 days so far
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,005 Member
    edited May 2019
    May accountability ~10 days so far
    No Alcohol: 5 days
    Alcohol: 5 days (10 drinks)
    Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month

    You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
    What a big change in my life … 2016-2018 I could not count my AF days … it was 2-5 glasses per night or other drink usually 6-7 nights per week. Loving the change I’ve made in 2019 and it is helping the numbers on the scale go down.

    May 1 - 1 beer @ camp
    May 2 - 2 wine small glasses; 1 at home + 1 at bunco.
    May 3 - AF
    May 4 - 2 glasses wine @ Sam’s
    May 5 - AF
    May 6 - AF
    May 7 - AF
    May 8 - 1 gin tonic; stressful with flooding and trapped … not tonic expired 5 years ago but it was the only thing in the house
    May 9 - 4 glasses wine; over indulged with company 3 bottles w/ 4 of us drinking wine
    May 10 - AF
  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,775 Member
    Well, I had two glasses instead of one last night. Need a few AF days under my belt again!
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,005 Member
    May accountability ~11 days so far
    No Alcohol: 5 days
    Alcohol: 6 days (11 drinks)
    Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month

    You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
    What a big change in my life … 2016-2018 I could not count my AF days … it was 2-5 glasses per night or other drink usually 6-7 nights per week. Loving the change I’ve made in 2019 and it is helping the numbers on the scale go down.

    May 1 - 1 beer @ camp
    May 2 - 2 wine small glasses; 1 at home + 1 at bunco.
    May 3 - AF
    May 4 - 2 glasses wine @ Sam’s
    May 5 - AF
    May 6 - AF
    May 7 - AF
    May 8 - 1 gin tonic; stressful with flooding and trapped … not tonic expired 5 years ago but it was the only thing in the house
    May 9 - 4 glasses wine; over indulged with company 3 bottles w/ 4 of us drinking wine
    May 10 - AF
    May 11 - 1 beer at lunch, did not join DH for drinks at dinner/HH/evening which is a win
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,892 Member
    My plan for May will be 5AF days per week.

    May 01 - AF
    May 02 - AF - planned night out for dinner, drinks, a concert Friday night the 3rd. I am okay with that, I do it seldom.
    May 03 - 1/2 litre of wine + 2 drinks! Off the rails with food too - this happens when we consume alcohol. I had a good time, but it is bad for the waistline.
    May 04 - AF
    May 05 - AF
    May 06 - AF
    May 07 - AF - really felt like having a drink just now, but came on here to record an AF day, which really helped me to abstain.
    May 08 - 3 drinks
    May 09 - AF - I have a deficit of 1900 left for today (very active day), so a couple of drinks would be within range - but - no drinking 2 days in a row, and I am going out tomorrow night and don't want a puffy face and puffy belly.
    May 10 - 3 drinks. The show was sold out that the plan was to go to. Instead, worked my butt off getting the garden going, then fell to what most people are feeling like this time of year, a few drinks on the porch after working hard in the sun. All good.
    May 11 - 3 drinks. Oop, 2 days in a row! Won't be having any over the next few days.

    Running total: 7AF day out of 11 days so far
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,749 Member
    Had my monthly drinks last night. 2 glasses of prosecco. This time last May I had already consumed 8 drinks. ☺ 🙂 🙂
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,005 Member
    May accountability ~12 days so far
    No Alcohol: 5 days
    Alcohol: 7 days (12 drinks)
    Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month

    You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
    What a big change in my life … 2016-2018 I could not count my AF days … it was 2-5 glasses per night or other drink usually 6-7 nights per week. Loving the change I’ve made in 2019 and it is helping the numbers on the scale go down.

    May 1 - 1 beer @ camp
    May 2 - 2 wine small glasses; 1 at home + 1 at bunco.
    May 3 - AF
    May 4 - 2 glasses wine @ Sam’s
    May 5 - AF
    May 6 - AF
    May 7 - AF
    May 8 - 1 gin tonic; stressful with flooding and trapped … not tonic expired 5 years ago but it was the only thing in the house
    May 9 - 4 glasses wine; over indulged with company 3 bottles w/ 4 of us drinking wine
    May 10 - AF
    May 11 - 1 beer at lunch, did not join DH for drinks at dinner/HH/evening which is a win
    May 12 - 1 glass wine after everyone left our home after mother’s day dinner. Yep the rest of the bottle is in the fridge for another night.
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,892 Member
    My plan for May will be 5AF days per week.

    May 01 - AF
    May 02 - AF - planned night out for dinner, drinks, a concert Friday night the 3rd. I am okay with that, I do it seldom.
    May 03 - 1/2 litre of wine + 2 drinks! Off the rails with food too - this happens when we consume alcohol. I had a good time, but it is bad for the waistline.
    May 04 - AF
    May 05 - AF
    May 06 - AF
    May 07 - AF - really felt like having a drink just now, but came on here to record an AF day, which really helped me to abstain.
    May 08 - 3 drinks
    May 09 - AF - I have a deficit of 1900 left for today (very active day), so a couple of drinks would be within range - but - no drinking 2 days in a row, and I am going out tomorrow night and don't want a puffy face and puffy belly.
    May 10 - 3 drinks. The show was sold out that the plan was to go to. Instead, worked my butt off getting the garden going, then fell to what most people are feeling like this time of year, a few drinks on the porch after working hard in the sun. All good.
    May 11 - 3 drinks. Oop, 2 days in a row! Won't be having any over the next few days.
    May 12 - AF - barely going to squeak out my new goal of 5AF days per week.

    Running total: 8AF day out of 12 days so far
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,005 Member
    May accountability ~13 days so far
    No Alcohol: 5 days
    Alcohol: 8 days (15 drinks)
    Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month

    You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
    What a big change in my life … 2016-2018 I could not count my AF days … it was 2-5 glasses per night or other drink usually 6-7 nights per week. Loving the change I’ve made in 2019 and it is helping the numbers on the scale go down.

    May 1 - 1 beer @ camp
    May 2 - 2 wine small glasses; 1 at home + 1 at bunco.
    May 3 - AF
    May 4 - 2 glasses wine @ Sam’s
    May 5 - AF
    May 6 - AF
    May 7 - AF
    May 8 - 1 gin tonic; stressful with flooding and trapped … not tonic expired 5 years ago but it was the only thing in the house
    May 9 - 4 glasses wine; over indulged with company 3 bottles w/ 4 of us drinking wine
    May 10 - AF
    May 11 - 1 beer at lunch, did not join DH for drinks at dinner/HH/evening which is a win
    May 12 - 1 glass wine after everyone left our home after mother’s day dinner. Yep the rest of the bottle is in the fridge for another night.
    May 13 - 3 glasses of wine
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,892 Member
    My plan for May will be 5AF days per week.

    May 01 - AF
    May 02 - AF - planned night out for dinner, drinks, a concert Friday night the 3rd. I am okay with that, I do it seldom.
    May 03 - 1/2 litre of wine + 2 drinks! Off the rails with food too - this happens when we consume alcohol. I had a good time, but it is bad for the waistline.
    May 04 - AF
    May 05 - AF
    May 06 - AF
    May 07 - AF - really felt like having a drink just now, but came on here to record an AF day, which really helped me to abstain.
    May 08 - 3 drinks
    May 09 - AF - I have a deficit of 1900 left for today (very active day), so a couple of drinks would be within range - but - no drinking 2 days in a row, and I am going out tomorrow night and don't want a puffy face and puffy belly.
    May 10 - 3 drinks. The show was sold out that the plan was to go to. Instead, worked my butt off getting the garden going, then fell to what most people are feeling like this time of year, a few drinks on the porch after working hard in the sun. All good.
    May 11 - 3 drinks. Oop, 2 days in a row! Won't be having any over the next few days.
    May 12 - AF - barely going to squeak out my new goal of 5AF days per week.
    May 13 - AF

    Running total: 9AF day out of 13 days so far
  • globalhiker
    globalhiker Posts: 1,685 Member
    I am so happy to hear several of us are doing this! This is good stuff!! And congrats to you guys who are already in AF mode. You inspire me and help me - I need that...
  • annengineer
    annengineer Posts: 16 Member
    annengineer wrote: »
    5/1- 0
    5/2- 2, goal of 2
    5/3- 4, no goal
    5/4- 0
    5/5- 3, goal of 2- not thrilled I had the third glass, but glad I didn’t use the fact that I’d missed the goal turn into a 4th or more.
    5/6- 0
    5/7- 0, heading to bed soon

    ETA: My goals for the month are 50% days AF, and keeping it to 2 glasses the majority of drinking days.
    5/8-AF
    5/9- 1, picked up my friends from the airport and had one with them at their hotel
    5/10- lots, like 7-8- I joined the bachelorette party after work and we saw a show, hit a bar, then a club where the club gave us free drinks. It was a great time but heavier than I intended. Good news activity wise was that was lots of walking and dancing!
    5/11- 5, another bachelorette day and night, better paced than the day before.
    5/12- 2, final bachelorette day for me and went home for Mother’s Day dinner.
    5/13- AF
    5/14- not over yet, but probably AF.
  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,775 Member
    What is the app everyone uses to track their alcohol?
  • mckinlau
    mckinlau Posts: 29 Member
    Womona wrote: »
    What is the app everyone uses to track their alcohol?

    I have glan its pretty basic and really only counts AF streaks and money saved not drinking. It’s ok but probably more for giving up alcohol altogether than drinking less. I’m curious what others use
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,892 Member
    My plan for May will be 5AF days per week.

    May 01 - AF
    May 02 - AF - planned night out for dinner, drinks, a concert Friday night the 3rd. I am okay with that, I do it seldom.
    May 03 - 1/2 litre of wine + 2 drinks! Off the rails with food too - this happens when we consume alcohol. I had a good time, but it is bad for the waistline.
    May 04 - AF
    May 05 - AF
    May 06 - AF
    May 07 - AF - really felt like having a drink just now, but came on here to record an AF day, which really helped me to abstain.
    May 08 - 3 drinks
    May 09 - AF - I have a deficit of 1900 left for today (very active day), so a couple of drinks would be within range - but - no drinking 2 days in a row, and I am going out tomorrow night and don't want a puffy face and puffy belly.
    May 10 - 3 drinks. The show was sold out that the plan was to go to. Instead, worked my butt off getting the garden going, then fell to what most people are feeling like this time of year, a few drinks on the porch after working hard in the sun. All good.
    May 11 - 3 drinks. Oop, 2 days in a row! Won't be having any over the next few days.
    May 12 - AF - barely going to squeak out my new goal of 5AF days per week.
    May 13 - AF
    May 14 - AF - Almost didn't reach my 5AF per week. Really felt like having drinks but I knew that I needed to be AF to make the goal.

    Running total: 10AF day out of 14 days so far
  • globalhiker
    globalhiker Posts: 1,685 Member
    Womona wrote: »
    What is the app everyone uses to track their alcohol?

    I just use a basic Excel spreadsheet on my desktop. Find it easier to plug in info by the day - exercise, total cal, total alcohol cals. My iphone is so loaded with Apps I can't even find Apps very easily :)

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