Less Alcohol - FEBRUARY 2021 - One Day At A Time
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Thank you for posting this! The links, the kind words, the support. It makes me realize that I'm not the only one who is struggling with this. It's been 3 weeks and today my goal is to continue AF. It's wrecked my family life, my work life, and taken precious moments away from my kids. I'm just starting back up on MFP and it's completely ruined my physical abilities. I've never been this unhealthy, ever. The pandemic has been a detriment to my health and staying at home ALL THE TIME isn't helping me to stay mentally fit or AF. Thank you for this reminder and support!8
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So much catching up to do!. I'll just say that February in Maine during a Pandemic has gotten the best of me. I would never have spent a whole month, much less winter, in a freezing tundra, but Covid had other plans.
I discovered a powerful trigger for me. In addition to having trouble transitioning to Monday from wknd (and believe it or not even to wknd from workweek, I get very blue when packing up the cabin and returning to "civilization." I think a lot of it is my brain thinking....oh back to city and social life. But not so much. Just city with empty streets and restaurants and gross black snow and ice. So I medicated somewhat, which of course only makes me bluer in the long run. Finally exercised yesterday, so coming back from the dark.
15-ish out of 15 allotted alcohol days. I better be good the rest of the month--thank God it's a short one. Except my mortgage payment really needs one more payday in this month.
Hang in there and wishing speedy warmth and power to my Texas friends.
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thompsjared3 wrote: »Thank you for posting this! The links, the kind words, the support. It makes me realize that I'm not the only one who is struggling with this. It's been 3 weeks and today my goal is to continue AF. It's wrecked my family life, my work life, and taken precious moments away from my kids. I'm just starting back up on MFP and it's completely ruined my physical abilities. I've never been this unhealthy, ever. The pandemic has been a detriment to my health and staying at home ALL THE TIME isn't helping me to stay mentally fit or AF. Thank you for this reminder and support!
Great job on the 3 weeks. There are so many great tools/groups/blogs/podcasts, etc out there to support your journey. We all have our point of "i've had enough" and "release" to be open to the changes we want to make. For me, it hasnt always been easy, but by focusing on today, it always seems achievable. Keep it up and be sure to explore the other opportunities to find AF support locally for yourself as well.6 -
I meant to say 15 out of 15 allotted drinks this month. Would have easily downed 15 drinks in one week(end?) a year ago.5
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@dsnapp3 Thanks for the kind words man! Started therapy 2 weeks ago, seeing a specialist, and LOTS of reading. Appreciate the words of encouragement...feels good to get back on the right track.6
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Crazy busy on here trying to catch up with posts.
Doing much better since my weekend booze crash. I am back to only drinking 2 beers on my drink days. Squeezed in two AF days already this week. I hated that feeling of let down to myself after my head switched off my brain and let my mouth keep sucking down those way to many drinks.
Thanks for the kind words. No @dawnbgethealthy, my girlfriend was a saint over the weekend. Maybe because I am giving some days up to being alcohol free? Small steps for this guy.
Sorry for those who have already lost their Mother or Father.the stories were touching.8 -
Dropping in to just let you know I'm alive and well. Texas has been crazy with all the infrastructure failures on electricity and water during this winter storm. Never seen anything like it before. But house hoping we were able to find a warm place each night and also DH has fixed a few busted pipes for folks (he can be handy when he wants and we have a copper pipe cutter from my dad's old tools). I'll not bore you with all the details of kids, mom, brothers, sisters, etc and how we were able to live through all this. Just glad I'm starting to see an end ... expecting 2 more nights of hard freeze.
Might have lost all my plants
Praying my azaleas live through it all.
No more than 2 glasses of wine each night.
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@Lilylady3k
So glad to hear from you and that you and your fam are all fine.
It has been all over the news here about what is going on down there.4 -
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My newest solution, I threaded the shoelace through the crampons. I will have to replicate that on the other shoe (picked bigger shoes) because it fell off several times while traipsing today. My newest idea stayed on tight.
We were 15 degrees warmer yet again today, even up at this higher place, it is ice with a skiff of snow. it is going to get very messy over the next few days with a big melt.
But today it was absolutely my joy.
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Hi
I originally decided to drink less in order to lose weight.
I have been on this thread since Nov 28.18
Thank you to @MissMay for keeping us going.
I am going to post with my usual diary style to keep track of my AF days.
I will be keeping to my usual goal of 16-20 AF days per month. It is manageable for me and doesn't put too much pressure on me. So far I have been able to keep with it. One month I raised the goal and failed miserably, so I learned from that. I think this is my sweet spot.
My rule for myself: No drinking 2 days in a row, strive for 2AF days in a row in between at minimum.
Friday Feb 12 - AF - I stayed in the house almost all day, it is cold here for another day or two. I have a half of a can of Spicy Caesar wrapped up in the fridge from the other day that was staring at me, I resisted.
Saturday Feb 13 - AF - Had to get 2 in a row. Not sure about tomorrow.
Sunday Feb 14 - Drinks
Monday Feb 15 - AF - Going to try my best to be AF tomorrow too although Tuesdays are my trigger days.
Tuesday Feb 16 - AF - Felt like having a couple of drinks, but wanted my 2 AF days in a row more. Not to mention I like the way that my belly and face look in the mornings when I haven't had drinks the night before! I take motivation wherever I can find it.
Wednesday Feb 17 - AF - Had a fabulous trail walk today. The weather here is in the process of a 30 degree jump over the next couple of days, so it was a happy medium. We even got a tiny sprinkle of snow. I often want drinks after these walks, or skating, or X-country skiing. I will some other day, just not today.
Thursday Feb 18 - AF - Planning drinks with a "bubble" friend either tomorrow or the next day, so used willpower today not to have a couple of drinks.
Rolling total 13AF days out of 18 days5 -
Doing much better since my weekend booze crash. I am back to only drinking 2 beers on my drink days. Squeezed in two AF days already this week. I hated that feeling of let down to myself after my head switched off my brain and let my mouth keep sucking down those way to many drinks.
Way to go nephew : - )
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I would like to send out welcomes to some new faces on here.
@1975greig I had to look up the date for boxing day since I live in the U.S. nice AF streak.
@thompsjared3 You are NOT alone with your struggles, that is why we have this support forum. Those were my exact written words the first time I posted in here. I thought I was the only person who wanted to cease drinking so much.
@dsnapp3 What an accomplishment 444 days AF. Any information you would like to share for those that are trying to cut back or go AF for a time, I know we would love to hear it.6 -
How great a group of you are getting together for extra support to do a no alcohol for Lent.7
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@globalhiker I appreciated reading the tips from your personal trainer. Did he say why it was important to have that much protien every day?3
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@Lilylady3k take care down there with the horrible weather. That is great your husband is giving a hand to those that had water breaks from the freeze up.5
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Welcome back @mainelylisa. Hang in there girl, our Spring is right around the corner. Then we can complain about the blackflies and tourists. I agree, thank goodness February is short.
@CMB44512 happy to hear your back on track. You have loving support at home which is important.
@AR10at50 I'm sorry to read February has been rough on you. How can we help?
@dawnbgethealthy as always very beautiful pics. Thank goodness for those ice crampons they definitely are made for wearing with hiking shoes, it is that slick around here to this week. I want it to warm up to at least 40.
AF again for me last night.
Happy Friday
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Welcome newcomers!
@Lilylady3k hope you guys thaw out soon. I can only imagine what everyone is going through down in Texas. Good news is your azaleas should be fine. They survive harsh winters up here and come back each spring with their beautiful flowers!
@globalhiker great idea keeping your yak tracks on! I need to pick up a pair.
Had only one glass of wine with dinner, very proud of myself! Did it enhance dinner as I had hoped? No! So kind of a waste.
Skiing tomorrow, can’t wait! Love nice fresh snow. We got about 6 inches yesterday.6 -
Day 19AF is here. Day 11AF for hubs. It's getting easier.
APPLAUSE to the fellow hitting 444 days!
@MissMay
Trainer said protein useful for satiety, craving elimination, replacing lost muscle, filling in those areas of loose skin, and hormone production. For me, consuming it within an hour of exercise, not more than about 20g. at a time. There's a calculation somewhere that factors in lean body mass weight and activity level to calculate one's target protein ranges.
Warning- my dietitian said the protein source matters. Protein is inflammatory and animal protein usually brings with it cholesterol and saturated fat. She wants me on stuff like: 5 egg whites with salsa, fish, peas, lentil soup, all types of beans, lean chicken and turkey, grass fed lean beef, real soy (not isolate or manufactured), shellfish and cheese in limited amounts. Nuts max tiny handful daily as this is mostly fat. She added to pair the protein with a healthy fat like omega-3 or with olive oil and healthy veg.
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So very appropriate in Texas right now. My new found skills around alcohol were definitely tested. While I did stick to no more than 2 glasses of wine each night ... I had no AF evenings during this winter storm this week. And the stress eating, house hopping, unplanned everything has taken a toll. The scale is up when I checked this morning ... now that I'm back home better habits need to prevail.
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