Less Alcohol - OCTOBER 2020 - One Day at a Time (Try a Sober October)
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@globalhiker I do hope your results are negative for COVID19!
Yes restaurants are tough these days. My DIL that was a waitress a few years back said that between washing your utensils to getting them to your table it is likely that 4 employees have touched them. YIKES! I guess that goes for your water glass and plate too. hmmmmm6 -
I am Dawn and live in South East British Columbia. I am 60.
My goal remains the same as it has been for quite some time, 16-20 AF days per month.
I do it kind of diary style:
Thursday October 01 - AF - I did manage 17AF days for September even though I drank every single day (moderately) of my birthday week while away. I have to wean myself off of that path.
Friday October 02 - AF - I really felt like having drinks though.
Saturday October 03 - Drinks. I did flirt with the idea of an AF October...for a minute. Not yet, and not sure if ever I will want to be joining the sober squad.
Sunday October 04 - AF - Really going to try to get back to having at least 2AF days in a row this month.
Monday October 05 - AF - Planned Mojitos Tuesday or Wednesday before the Mint is finished for the year.
Tuesday October 06 - AF - No Mojitos for me today, I was exhausted when I got in from work.
Wednesday October 07 - Various Mojitos, Strawberry Mint, Orange Mint, Chocolate Mint, and mixtures of them.
Rolling total: 5 AF days out of 7 days so far.5 -
Kitchen is closed this evening at 6:15 ... and so is the bar Another evening AF!
Oct accountability: 3/8 days AF
This week: 3 AF days
Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day10 -
I am Dawn and live in South East British Columbia. I am 60.
My goal remains the same as it has been for quite some time, 16-20 AF days per month.
I do it kind of diary style:
Thursday October 01 - AF - I did manage 17AF days for September even though I drank every single day (moderately) of my birthday week while away. I have to wean myself off of that path.
Friday October 02 - AF - I really felt like having drinks though.
Saturday October 03 - Drinks. I did flirt with the idea of an AF October...for a minute. Not yet, and not sure if ever I will want to be joining the sober squad.
Sunday October 04 - AF - Really going to try to get back to having at least 2AF days in a row this month.
Monday October 05 - AF - Planned Mojitos Tuesday or Wednesday before the Mint is finished for the year.
Tuesday October 06 - AF - No Mojitos for me today, I was exhausted when I got in from work.
Wednesday October 07 - Various Mojitos, Strawberry Mint, Orange Mint, Chocolate Mint, and mixtures of them.
Thursday October 08 - AF - Aiming for 2 in a row.
Rolling total: 6 AF days out of 8 days so far.6 -
DH made fresh salsa verde, which required a beer. Glad to open my Dogfish lo-cal and follow it with a Brooklyn AF beer. I will need to get my 6-pack if October beers though, before they disappear.
Thanks the the thoughts on “sober”. I too always thought I would not ever belong to that club. But sober-ish, a drink sometimes with a focus on moderation, that fits me.5 -
Day 2 AF done, 18 more to go. Slept great last night and even got in 10 hours of sleep. Dreamy.
Dawn, chocolate mint mojitos sounds divine right now. Being on my AF diet, I will likely plan for Chocolate Mint Halo ice cream as my Friday night treat.
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Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days
Oct 8: AF
There's something mentally challenging about NEEDING to not drink instead of CHOOSING to not drink. There was a 12-hour ban on alcohol after my procedure, so the earliest I could have had a drink was 11pm (bedtime). The procedure was diagnostic, and the hope was it would temporarily relieve my pain, but instead it triggered a lot more pain than I usually have. Bad pain makes me want to drink, and I wasn't supposed to, and I basically stewed about it the whole night even though this was a planned AF day.
On a positive note, 3 of my 4 vacation pounds have already fallen off, and I'm feeling like losing 4 more pounds by the end of October is doable. That will be 10 lbs down, and I get to buy a new kitchen knife after losing 10 lbs, so I want to get there ASAP Gotta keep that goal in mind when I consider alcohol tonight. Planned food is over calories already so I have no room for alcohol, even if my week has been really rough...
@globalhiker I hope that test comes back negative! I haven't been out to eat since March, and I miss it terribly, but it's terrifying to think that the one time you step out of your bubble a bit you might end up sick5 -
Good morning! Well, it's morning for me anyway.
@FeelinFooFoo that sounds like a day of total hell at work. I am so sorry! I'd have wine too if I were you. I hope it gets better at work soon. I like the idea of 'soberish' October. That is a bit more my speed right now.
@Samand303 I agree that homemade fresh salsa almost requires a beer, and I'm not even really much of a beer drinker.
Also, now I want mojitos too @dawnbgethealthy !
However, I did have 3 glasses of wine last night (unplanned) so I think I'm going to have to lay off the mojitos this weekend. I may take a page from @globalhiker and look into that mint chocolate ice cream. I LOVE mint chocolate, in almost any form.
My 3 glasses of wine happened because my father and his GF packed up their car yesterday and informed me they were headed home. YAY! He also said they would come over with some wine as a last hurrah last night. Given that we are on opposite ends of the political spectrum and the last month with them here has been riddled with anxiety, I pretty much can't be around them without having a glass of wine, so I happily indulged with them. I wish I didn't have THREE glasses, but what's done is done. Before that I was toying with the idea of joining the sober October people for the rest of the month at least, but that's not going to happen now. Also, a friend is coming over tomorrow for a socially distanced get together, and we'll probably have some wine.
Oct 1: 2 drinks
Oct 2: 6 drinks
Oct 3: 4 drinks
Oct 4: AF
Oct 5: AF
Oct 6: AF
Oct 7: AF
Oct 8: 3 drinks
So far in Oct: 4/8 days AF
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Thought we were having 1 bottle of wine with dinner but DH came home with 2 bottles ... a red and a white. Both beautiful Spanish wines that I love. I did not drink any of the red Ribera del Duero. Had 2 glasses of the Albariño as planned with the fish. Stuck with my plan.
Oct accountability: 3/9 days AF
This week: 3 AF days
Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day
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Oh wow!!! DH had 2 glasses of red and 1 glass of white this evening. He left the bottles recorked for another evening. It is a first! Neither bottle is empty.5
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Dawn, chocolate mint mojitos sounds divine right now. Being on my AF diet, I will likely plan for Chocolate Mint Halo ice cream as my Friday night treat.
The Orange Mint were actually the most delicious, and then the Orange Mint mixed with Chocolate Mint were really good too.
I have 2 young (mid twenties) Trades guys renting bedrooms from me for their 7-8 week yearly apprenticeship requirements. They helped me immensely around my yard one afternoon including moving my big concrete tubs of Mint. They were saying that it smelled really good even though it was stupid heavy...hundreds of pounds. I promised that I would make them some Mojitos later in the week when I was home from work and them from school.
Hence the Mojito party. They both left the next day after school for the 4 day Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.
I love that they live close enough to go home each weekend.
Mint is officially done for the year except maybe just enough to make a giant vat of Mint tea which I will drink as much as I can of and then freeze the rest into containers.6 -
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Mojito party pictures:
We each made one type to pour into 3 glasses:
The Winner, Orange Mint (Yes, the boys didn't mind the pink sugar rims at all, they liked it)
Strawberry Mint (I know that you can't tell by the colour)
Imagine that, posting photos of booze on a less drinking thread!
The boys muddled a lot more aggressively than I did, so their batches were darker with a lot more mint bits
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My Hydrangeas turned out green this year instead of white. The Maple tree is getting so big that maybe the Hydrangeas do that colour when they get a lot of shade. Or maybe something changed in the soil after 10 years? Not sure, but they still are lovely.
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I am Dawn and live in South East British Columbia. I am 60.
My goal remains the same as it has been for quite some time, 16-20 AF days per month.
I do it kind of diary style:
Thursday October 01 - AF - I did manage 17AF days for September even though I drank every single day (moderately) of my birthday week while away. I have to wean myself off of that path.
Friday October 02 - AF - I really felt like having drinks though.
Saturday October 03 - Drinks. I did flirt with the idea of an AF October...for a minute. Not yet, and not sure if ever I will want to be joining the sober squad.
Sunday October 04 - AF - Really going to try to get back to having at least 2AF days in a row this month.
Monday October 05 - AF - Planned Mojitos Tuesday or Wednesday before the Mint is finished for the year.
Tuesday October 06 - AF - No Mojitos for me today, I was exhausted when I got in from work.
Wednesday October 07 - Various Mojitos, Strawberry Mint, Orange Mint, Chocolate Mint, and mixtures of them.
Thursday October 08 - AF - Aiming for 2 in a row.
Friday October 09 - AF - Thanksgiving weekend here, so I will be eating a lot of stuffing, gravy, turkey etc. for 3 days. I have a pumpkin loaf for breakfasts even though I rarely eat stuff like that. I may have drinks this weekend, not sure.
Rolling total: 7 AF days out of 9 days so far.5 -
@shorepine
I am doing less alcohol for the weight loss too.
I think a few of our girls on here have already achieved their ultimate body weights (loveychar and MissMay??)
but many of us are on MFP to lose weight.
I don't think that it is wrong to talk about that on the less alcohol thread, since alcohol is a big contributor to weight issues for a bunch of reasons.
I did drink every day of my vacation and still lose a bunch of weight, but I also was hiking every day and stress free.
Normally though, I have to not drink if I want to see the scale move.
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@dawnbgethealthyImagine that, posting photos of booze on a less drinking thread!
Post away! Loved seeing your pics. I have oakleaf white coneshaped hydrangea which I love. This year I missed out on the blooms because when replacing the fence the guys broke all the stems at the base of the plant this spring Hoping they survived!
Those boys are getting educated ... pink sugar and how to not over muddle.
@shorepine Your place sounds really lovely!
I'm definitely cutting back on alcohol ... trying to stop @ 1 or 2 drinks instead of continuing to try to keep up with DH and at least have a few AF nights per week!
1. weight loss (down 20 lbs since Aug 5)
2. don't want to lie to my doc at my physical in November about how much I drink per week
3. trying to help DH who does have a craving and seems to have problem with alcohol ... making progress
@MissMay Checking in with you to see if everything is okay ??? Oh and I liked your description of "soberish".
@chocolate_owlmentally challenging about NEEDING to not drink instead of CHOOSING to not drink
@globalhiker How long is it suppose to take to get results? Back in July my son and his wife were tested and it took 7 days for them to get scheduled for the test because they were exposed but did not yet have symptoms (I think hopefully we are over the issue of allowing people to get tested). Then it took another 11 days instead of the 3 that the place told them to get the results. So 18 days before they got their results ... which were positive. They did have issues and did quarantine and I felt helpless not being able to help them except drop things off on their door step (they live 1 hour away and they did not want to expose me). He may be 30 years old and 6'5" but he is still my oldest baby! Good luck and I hope that you don't have any symptoms!6 -
@dawnbgethealthy those mojito party pics are beautiful and very welcome on our less alcohol thread. Lovey sugar rims btw!
I have got to a point where my weight is finally where I would like it (over 90 pounds shed away). BUT that is still daily maintenance like everything else that is balanced in my life. I have to remind myself that just because the cookie bag is open that I do not need to eat the entire bag until it is empty. And for exercise, right now I am beginning to slow down with my heavy work load which is daily exercise and calorie burning in it's self. I will need to start hitting my workouts again to remain within my healthy/good feeling weight range.
Absolutely everything in moderation.
October don't FALL off the pumpkin wagon 🎃🤪6 -
@Lilylady3k I am here and doing great. Another busy time of year for my business just before Winter sets in.
Sorry I have been absent. I am reading everyday.
You all so keep me grounded. Much ❣3 -
Day 3 AF done....and Covid test came back negative. Yay!!!
Got results within 48 hours. Testing very quick and easy. Just made an appt. and pre-registered online with CVS pharmacy, went to the pharmacy drive thru window, they gave me the swab and vial and I did the swabbing myself, then just placed it in an outside bin. All of it took like less than 3 minutes. And it was free.
I'll probably have to do this each time I get sick this winter with any typical cold.
On the weight topic, I still have about 11 lbs to goal. Gained 1.5 lbs on vacation. I thought I would lose since each day we put in at least 5-6 hours of hiking and I ate hardly anything during the day. But, I drank at least half those days and that wine with chips at night did the damage. Had I not drank, I would bet I would've come back with some weight loss. Damn alcohol is such a super-fattener for me.
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