Less Alcohol - SEPTEMBER 2019 - One Day at a Time

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  • anglilacs
    anglilacs Posts: 165 Member
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    MissMay wrote: »
    @anglilacs I see lots and lots and lots of AF days on your list. 👏


    @MissMay, thank you!










  • anglilacs
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    Sleeping well but still feeling so tired. I’m not as bad as yesterday though. I have my spin class tonight - hoping that will give me some energy this week. I have two presentations at work to do so want to be on the top of my game.

    I am going out with a friend on Weds. I do not want to drink while I’m out with her. She is planning to drink but she has opted out many times when we are drinking so I know she will understand. It will just be hard for me to say no. Reasons: I have be driving home a little further than usual and I have a presentation on Thursday.

    Hope you’re all having a great week!

    9/3- AF
    9/4- AF
    9/5- AF
    9/6- AF
    9/7- AF
    9/8-AF
    9/9- 3 drinks (rounding up)
    9/10 - AF
    9/11 - AF
    9/12 - AF
    9/13 - AF
    9/14 - 3 drinks
    9/15 - AF
    9/16 - AF
  • Womona
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    @dawnbgethealthy I totally hear you about needing to bring your own skates. Rentals are the worst! Like skating on ball bearings. Have fun! Wish I could guide you, don’t know Dallas at all.

    @htimpaired glad you are here! Consistency is a challenge for a lot of us- myself included. We are all on a journey to build better habits. You have great “why’s”, which lead to solid “how’s “.
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,553 Member
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    ItsAJourny wrote: »
    I have been mostly alcohol free for several months now. It's always hardest around my family because this is my family "culture". I just visited them for 4 days including one big family party with lots of good wine and alcohol events every day (including margaritas at the beach- my old favorite) and I did not drink! Hooray! Especially happy since I did have one drink at the airport when my airplane was delayed indefinitely and I was in a grumpy mood (my first drink in months). I wondered if that one drink would make me just cave for the whole weekend and drink a lot but I was able to not do so. I am proud but mostly happy cause I slept great, had good times with them, and feel healthy.

    Good to see you back in here. You have done very well since...I think it was July, right? When you stuck it out for 12 long days? So many great benefits to drinking "less". Sleep as well for me is a huge one. Nice job!
  • fitand50inSD
    fitand50inSD Posts: 166 Member
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    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
    9/9 - AF
    9/10 - AF
    9/11 - 2 bottles Michelob Ultra
    9/12 - AF
    9/13 - 2 vodka/soda
    9/14 - 1 Mich Ultra, 2/3 bottle of red wine, and an after dinner bourbon. We had dinner with some friends and they like bourbon or scotch after dinner. I decided to join in. Never again. I got up early and had a productive day, but had a headache the whole day. Been drinking lots of water and am planning to rack up lots of AF days this week.
    9/15 - AF
    9/16 -AF
    9/17 - AF (went to happy hour with a vendor and the sales/design team at our company and just had club soda and lime - enjoyed myself just the same)

    Tally AF (Starting 9/7/19) - 8 of 11 days

    Thank you all for keeping me accountable!
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,570 Member
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    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
    September 09 - AF
    September 10 - 3 drinks Tuesday. I didn't have enough to eat I guess and really felt it, thought that I was going to puke but didn't. I drank a lot of water after the drinks, so actually feel okay now. Time to rack up some more AF days.
    September 11 - AF - Skated today, but with having drinks last night I didn't really feel that steady.
    September 12 - 2 drinks, just couldn't have the 3rd which is unusual for me. Too tired to even make a 3rd drink. Long workday today, I must say that it was nice to have a couple of cocktails. Off to bed early.
    September 13 - 2 drinks + an AF beer. Really, I never drink beer, but am glad that I bought that 6-pack of Labbatt AF to put in the fridge. I think that I have had 2 of them now. I wanted one more drink but didn't really feel like having more alcohol, and definitely did not want water. Broke the "never have drinks 2 days in a row" thing. But also didn't have my 3rd drink 2 days in a row. Faulty thinking, but whatever. 2 weeks of barely any sleep, have a hard time shutting off my brain even though my body is super tired. Maybe my discipline goes out the window, although I have been low on calories. Perhaps I will make the 4 AF days per week this week, maintained the 5 AF days for the week last week. Weekend, no big pressing events to look good or feel sharp. Just need to continue to work on harvesting and processing my garden tomorrow.
    September 14 - AF - Felt like having drinks, but didn't.
    September 15 - 3 drinks. no reason to have drinks really, just did. I have had 2 glasses of water since. I have had a couple of weeks of sleep deprivation, not that it is an excuse, but the few days that I was able to actually fall asleep were days where I had alcohol. I hope to do well when I am in Dallas for 2 weeks. I had tentatively booked an all-inclusive (much cheaper than Dallas) but I struggle so much with my weight loss and putting in some AF days every week that I knew that the all-inclusive option was only going to be setting me up for failure. Not that I will never do an all-inclusive again, but maybe after another 20 pounds down on the scale. Anyone here live in Dallas btw? Or have been to Dallas and know some great places to visit? There are 8 arenas with public skating 2-3 times per day 7 days a week, so y'all know that I will be ice skating every day (packing my skates in my suitcase since rental skates don't make me skate my best, and people hear that you are from Canada and expect you to be steady on your blades). I would be tickled pink if someone is from the area and wants to skate with me : - )
    September 16 - AF
    September 17 - Tuesday. 3 drinks over quite a space of time. I was one and a half drinks in when a friend that lives far away called me, so I put that drink in the freezer lol. Talked for 2 hours, then made something to eat and had the rest of that one and another one. My Tuesdays really are too much. I worked 14 hours, and it was stressful. Still using booze as a sedative from time to time. So far not every Tuesday, but I have sort of designated Tuesdays as the days that I will have a few drinks.

    Running total: 9 AF days out of 17 days so far
  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,605 Member
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    Another practice, another AF drink afterwards! One more race this Saturday, so I’ll nurse my one glass of wine at the race site, and one at the after party (assuming I’m not too tired this time!). Gotta rack up some AF days going into the weekend.
  • anglilacs
    anglilacs Posts: 165 Member
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    Had a great time out with my friend and stuck to my plan of being the DD. I drank seltzer water and was able to have fun and drive her home.

    9/3- AF
    9/4- AF
    9/5- AF
    9/6- AF
    9/7- AF
    9/8-AF
    9/9- 3 drinks (rounding up)
    9/10 - AF
    9/11 - AF
    9/12 - AF
    9/13 - AF
    9/14 - 3 drinks
    9/15 - AF
    9/16 - AF
    9/17 - AF
    9/18 - AF
  • fitand50inSD
    fitand50inSD Posts: 166 Member
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    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
    9/9 - AF
    9/10 - AF
    9/11 - 2 bottles Michelob Ultra
    9/12 - AF
    9/13 - 2 vodka/soda
    9/14 - 1 Mich Ultra, 2/3 bottle of red wine, and an after dinner bourbon.
    9/15 - AF
    9/16 -AF
    9/17 - AF
    9/18 - AF

    Tally AF (Starting 9/7/19) - 9 of 12 days. So happy with how well this is going!

    Thank you all for keeping me accountable!
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,570 Member
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    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
    September 09 - AF
    September 10 - 3 drinks Tuesday. I didn't have enough to eat I guess and really felt it, thought that I was going to puke but didn't. I drank a lot of water after the drinks, so actually feel okay now. Time to rack up some more AF days.
    September 11 - AF - Skated today, but with having drinks last night I didn't really feel that steady.
    September 12 - 2 drinks, just couldn't have the 3rd which is unusual for me. Too tired to even make a 3rd drink. Long workday today, I must say that it was nice to have a couple of cocktails. Off to bed early.
    September 13 - 2 drinks + an AF beer. Really, I never drink beer, but am glad that I bought that 6-pack of Labbatt AF to put in the fridge. I think that I have had 2 of them now. I wanted one more drink but didn't really feel like having more alcohol, and definitely did not want water. Broke the "never have drinks 2 days in a row" thing. But also didn't have my 3rd drink 2 days in a row. Faulty thinking, but whatever. 2 weeks of barely any sleep, have a hard time shutting off my brain even though my body is super tired. Maybe my discipline goes out the window, although I have been low on calories. Perhaps I will make the 4 AF days per week this week, maintained the 5 AF days for the week last week. Weekend, no big pressing events to look good or feel sharp. Just need to continue to work on harvesting and processing my garden tomorrow.
    September 14 - AF - Felt like having drinks, but didn't.
    September 15 - 3 drinks. no reason to have drinks really, just did. I have had 2 glasses of water since. I have had a couple of weeks of sleep deprivation, not that it is an excuse, but the few days that I was able to actually fall asleep were days where I had alcohol. I hope to do well when I am in Dallas for 2 weeks. I had tentatively booked an all-inclusive (much cheaper than Dallas) but I struggle so much with my weight loss and putting in some AF days every week that I knew that the all-inclusive option was only going to be setting me up for failure. Not that I will never do an all-inclusive again, but maybe after another 20 pounds down on the scale. Anyone here live in Dallas btw? Or have been to Dallas and know some great places to visit? There are 8 arenas with public skating 2-3 times per day 7 days a week, so y'all know that I will be ice skating every day (packing my skates in my suitcase since rental skates don't make me skate my best, and people hear that you are from Canada and expect you to be steady on your blades). I would be tickled pink if someone is from the area and wants to skate with me : - )
    September 16 - AF
    September 17 - Tuesday. 3 drinks over quite a space of time. I was one and a half drinks in when a friend that lives far away called me, so I put that drink in the freezer lol. Talked for 2 hours, then made something to eat and had the rest of that one and another one. My Tuesdays really are too much. I worked 14 hours, and it was stressful. Still using booze as a sedative from time to time. So far not every Tuesday, but I have sort of designated Tuesdays as the days that I will have a few drinks.
    September 18 - AF

    Running total: 10 AF days out of 18 days so far
  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,605 Member
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    anglilacs wrote: »
    Had a great time out with my friend and stuck to my plan of being the DD. I drank seltzer water and was able to have fun and drive her home.

    9/3- AF
    9/4- AF
    9/5- AF
    9/6- AF
    9/7- AF
    9/8-AF
    9/9- 3 drinks (rounding up)
    9/10 - AF
    9/11 - AF
    9/12 - AF
    9/13 - AF
    9/14 - 3 drinks
    9/15 - AF
    9/16 - AF
    9/17 - AF
    9/18 - AF

    That’s a lot of AF days!
  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,605 Member
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    fitand50inSD wrote: »
    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
    9/9 - AF
    9/10 - AF
    9/11 - 2 bottles Michelob Ultra
    9/12 - AF
    9/13 - 2 vodka/soda
    9/14 - 1 Mich Ultra, 2/3 bottle of red wine, and an after dinner bourbon.
    9/15 - AF
    9/16 -AF
    9/17 - AF
    9/18 - AF

    Tally AF (Starting 9/7/19) - 9 of 12 days. So happy with how well this is going!

    Thank you all for keeping me accountable!

    You too! Wow!

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