Less Alcohol - SEPTEMBER 2019 - One Day at a Time

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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    dawnbgethealthy wrote: »
    Haha on the Woo button. I thought that it meant "woo-hoo" so was using it until corrected.
    We do need a "woo-hoo" button on MFP.

    Those buttons are a bit of a hot topic for those of us who have been around MFP for several years and are active in various parts of the forums. When they first introduced them, we used only have “positive” reactions. But in some parts of the boards, debate in particular, things would get heated. Or someone would make claims like ACV helps with weight loss or you can’t eat carbs after 8 pm if you want to lose weight or silly nonsense like that. So people repeatedly asked for a way to flag the bad information accordingly and Woo was voted on. It was supposed to mean “this is rubbish, pseudoscience” but a lot of people misunderstood it as Woo Hoo. So then the desired “easy way to flag something as bad info without piling on the person who posted it” was doomed.

    Recently they finally decided to implement the clear “disagree” button and even that is causing some people to think that’s too negative for a support site. Apparently civil disagreement hurts peoples feelings? Ugh. Don’t get me started.

    Anyway what I was going to say is we also used to have an “Awesome” button which was, well, awesome. It would have been great in threads like this when people are excited about their AF days or some weight loss, better sleep, being moderate, etc. but they took that away and replaced it with “hug”. And the funny thing is that all of our awesome voted that we had previously gotten rolled into “hugs” so now it looks like a lot of people like to hug me. It’s icky.

    So we are left with insightful, inspiring, like, hug and disagree. Sigh. Maybe one of these days MFP will get it right.
  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,783 Member
    annshandle wrote: »
    Went a little overboard last night and feeling it this morning. Will take it easy tonight.

    Me too! Late dinners out mean my weight is up in the morning! Two drinks with dinner last night, but only one tonight- plus half of a golf cart Transfusion. I have all these delicious muffins and bagels left over from my back to school party, and they are not helping my weight any!
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,898 Member
    @WinoGelato
    I so mischievously wanted to hit a "hug" on your post : - )
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,898 Member
    As usual, I am going to work on 4-5 AF days per week.
    I managed 18AF days out of 31 for August somehow.
    I am going away the last week of September and first week of October, and I will be in a bathing suit every day, so am wanting to rack up lots of AF days before that.

    September 01 - Sunday 5 drinks! (Saturday between 1pm and 1am at the music festival I had 7 drinks and didn't even throw up strangely). Drinks 2 days in a row is such a no-no, it makes it become normal to have drinks on the 3rd day 4th day etc. But I won't.
    September 02 - AF
    September 03 - AF - my "scheduled" day to have drinks, but there is ice skating at one of the arenas tomorrow and I haven't skated since April, so, well, I don't want to have a hangover or anything and fall and break my head : - P
    September 04 - AF - I was invited over to a friend's house for some wine, but declined. Skating was exhilarating today, even though it took me a few times around to get comfortable. Definitely didn't want to wreck the added calorie burn by having drinks.
    September 05 - 3 drinks. Feeling so much different than yesterday. My second sleepless night this week and a stressful workday coupled with Anxiety that I just couldn't seem to meditate away even though I ran (drove) to the lake after work for a float under a cloudless clear blue sky with sparkling glass-like water and some deep breaths. Sleep deprivation is crappy. I realize that booze probably doesn't help Anxiety, but it has somehow tonight numbed me and relaxed me. Still using booze as a crutch I guess, although I tried other things first. Not going to beat myself up. Us humans can be so fragile! If only I could skate every day... : - )
    September 06 - AF
    September 07 - AF - I didn't intend to be, but I burned over 1100 calories through exercise and didn't want that to be wasted, so stayed AF

    Running total: 5 AF days out of 7 days so far
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,755 Member
    First Sunday football game just started. Should I ....or shouldn't I? Lol
  • looneycatblue
    looneycatblue Posts: 1,485 Member
    MissMay wrote: »
    First Sunday football game just started. Should I ....or shouldn't I? Lol

    I was asking myself the same. But knowing that I have been overindulging this week, I am now asking myself- How much of the game do you want to remember? How do you want to sleep and feel in the morning?
    I need to stop the damage and get back to less drinking days, more AF. I haven't gotten any of my usual early morning walks this week, and know this is why. Time to take better care of me.
    GO RAMS!
    I hope you all enjoy your day, however you choose to. 🤗
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,755 Member
    edited September 2019
    Welcome @fitand50inSD we love lurkers who come out of the woodwork to be recognized. Lol. Love all your listed goals. Your off to a good start. YAY.

    Also welcome to @seanmohr752. Hope we can be of help for whatever reason you want to drink LESS.

    Nice AF streak @anglilacs!

    Thank goodness for short and sweet happy hours @annshandle.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    MissMay wrote: »
    First Sunday football game just started. Should I ....or shouldn't I? Lol

    Started the game with a Diet Coke and then nursed one beer during first half. Not sure I will get a second. I’m more about the food during football unless my team is stressing me out but things are looking good right now. Go Chiefs!
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,755 Member
    edited September 2019
    Hahaha @looneycatblue those are all excellent reasons to skip the cocktails. Wishing you more success with getting your walks in. Hope your Ram's team wins!

    I chose not to have booze today since I have a ton of outside work to cat h up on.

    Good job @WinoGelato. Geeze "old heavy drinker me'" would have needed to get totally plowed before the game even started. Good luck Chiefs!
  • fitand50inSD
    fitand50inSD Posts: 166 Member
    edited September 2019
    My plan is to have more AF days than drinking days each month. I will need to build up several in a row for September since I am starting my tracking on the 7th.

    9/7 - AF
    9/8 - AF (the Packer's played Thursday night so no need to drink today!)
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,898 Member
    Warm apple cider sounds so appealing @anglilacs
    I may have to try that out in October when I get back from my hot weather holiday - back to chilly weather when a warm drink is soothing. Very nice alternative to warm alcohol drinks.
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,898 Member
    As usual, I am going to work on 4-5 AF days per week.
    I managed 18AF days out of 31 for August somehow.
    I am going away the last week of September and first week of October, and I will be in a bathing suit every day, so am wanting to rack up lots of AF days before that.

    September 01 - Sunday 5 drinks! (Saturday between 1pm and 1am at the music festival I had 7 drinks and didn't even throw up strangely). Drinks 2 days in a row is such a no-no, it makes it become normal to have drinks on the 3rd day 4th day etc. But I won't.
    September 02 - AF
    September 03 - AF - my "scheduled" day to have drinks, but there is ice skating at one of the arenas tomorrow and I haven't skated since April, so, well, I don't want to have a hangover or anything and fall and break my head : - P
    September 04 - AF - I was invited over to a friend's house for some wine, but declined. Skating was exhilarating today, even though it took me a few times around to get comfortable. Definitely didn't want to wreck the added calorie burn by having drinks.
    September 05 - 3 drinks. Feeling so much different than yesterday. My second sleepless night this week and a stressful workday coupled with Anxiety that I just couldn't seem to meditate away even though I ran (drove) to the lake after work for a float under a cloudless clear blue sky with sparkling glass-like water and some deep breaths. Sleep deprivation is crappy. I realize that booze probably doesn't help Anxiety, but it has somehow tonight numbed me and relaxed me. Still using booze as a crutch I guess, although I tried other things first. Not going to beat myself up. Us humans can be so fragile! If only I could skate every day... : - )
    September 06 - AF
    September 07 - AF - I didn't intend to be, but I burned over 1100 calories through exercise and didn't want that to be wasted, so stayed AF
    September 08 - 3 drinks - next planned drinks, Tuesday

    Running total: 5 AF days out of 8 days so far
  • globalhiker
    globalhiker Posts: 1,697 Member
    anglilacs wrote: »
    @MissMay, I hadn’t noticed the disagree button yet! Maybe it’s a good thing since the woo seemed to be misunderstood?

    AF last night but went over my calories - about 50 over my maintenance calories. I’m ok with that because I feel that I need to tackle this drinking almost every night thing first before I move to focusing on my weight loss.

    9/3 - AF
    9/4 - AF
    9/5 - AF
    9/6 - AF

    This strategy makes a lot of sense. I was repeatedly failing all year because I tried to diet at the same time as reducing drinking and it didn't work. It just added more stress. So I let myself focus on 1 goal at a time, and found it a lot easier to replace alcohol with some extra carbs and treats. I just increased my cardio exercise time by 15 min a day. I actually lost a few pounds, didn't have the added stress of cutting calories, and the carbs help to keep my neurotransmitters on a more even keel. For me it was the chocolate ice cream/gelato/yogurt, whatever was in there was a helpful substitute. Now that I am going on week 3 of hard core alcohol elimination and that anxiety feeling is gone, I will start to cut calories and replace the sweets with healthier fruits.
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,755 Member
    globalhiker wrote: »
    With the money I saved the past 2 weeks not drinking, I bought myself a tea infuser and also a water infuser so I can make my own flavored waters. Also bought 2 pairs of Nike running shoes. If I am going to be addicted to something, may as well be running :)

    That is a nice gift to yourself @globalhiker . I did the same last night, treated myself to something that makes me happy. Fall bulbs to enjoy next Spring. I guesstimate I have saved well over $3,000.00 just since Jan 2019 began. Wow...it is frightening to see it written out in black and white. But then again sometimes the truth hurts enough to make a change. CAN NOT WAIT TO PLANT MY BULBS 😎

    Everyone is doing so well, even with tiny slips or unexpected drinking days. Keep up the positive vibes.
  • lesstjm
    lesstjm Posts: 15 Member
    I just seen this thread. I was trying to cut down on my 2 beer a day habit. I will do this. I will check in tomorrow
  • annshandle
    annshandle Posts: 68 Member
    I had wine at home this weekend. Not sure how I feel about it. My plan this week is to AF through Saturday (I have a school event that will keep me AF on Friday).

    9/3 - AF
    9/4 - AF
    9/5 - AF
    9/6 - Happy hour, then wine at home
    9/7 - drinks at home
    9/8 - drinks at home
  • whitpauly
    whitpauly Posts: 1,483 Member
    globalhiker wrote: »
    With the money I saved the past 2 weeks not drinking, I bought myself a tea infuser and also a water infuser so I can make my own flavored waters. Also bought 2 pairs of Nike running shoes. If I am going to be addicted to something, may as well be running :)

    Why would someone hit the disagree button with this great post?
  • forestdweller1
    forestdweller1 Posts: 415 Member
    ooopppsss...it was @WinoGelato that I meant to send "not a hug"....sorry ladies. Victim of multi-tasking.

    Yeah...if you don't care for infused water, or saving money, or running....that's really a personal opinion or three...no need to even comment. I'm thinking someone's finger just slipped off the "hug" button, right ?

    Back to lurking.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Because of the brand new button I’m watching how many disagrees I get and then looking back to see what threads/comments. I got one in a different thread for saying that I often save calories and eat a burger and fries or a couple slices of pizza each week. I guess people disagree that I eat those things? 🤷‍♀️

    Once the novelty wears off it will just be another weird thing that I don’t even notice anymore unless someone starts hug stalking me!!!!
  • fitand50inSD
    fitand50inSD Posts: 166 Member
    edited September 2019
    My plan is to have more AF days than drinking days each month. I will need to build up several in a row for September since I am starting my tracking on the 7th.

    9/7 - AF
    9/8 - AF (the Packer's played Thursday night so no need to drink today!)
    9/9 - AF

    Does anyone have any suggestions on how to cut the 40 year Diet Coke habit? I think this is contributing to my acid reflux as well :( !

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