Less Alcohol - MARCH 2021

managed 2 AF nights in a row because boy did we go to town for my birthday. Mindless drinking is bad. Plan had been to split 1 bottle of champagne with DH. We managed to polish off 4 additional bottles of wine. Not good. When the world was open I was religious about at least drinking a pint of water between glasses of wine. Somehow I don't do that at home.

Hoping I can stay AF 'til Friday. Maybe if I can keep it to weekends only. At this point it's not even about the alcohol, although it probably should be. Summer's coming & I need to drop 15 pounds!

Well grilled cheese sounds good at any hour of the day @mainelylisa. Good job resisting. I resisted topping off my martini last night, first time in a bit, so feeling much more clear today.

Well all I did try the hot toddy last night, actually 2 of them. It helped me get about 4 hours of rest/sleep but then it was back at lots of mucus to get out and then over dry on the inside. I put some petroleum jelly and eucalyptus oil on my chest so I could breath in the vapors.

After talking with DH last night we are trying to pinpoint just what has been causing this reaction these past almost 4 weeks since it came on pretty sudden and this is really not the time of year for pollen yet. I think it may be something in my home or something I am eating/drinking. The only new thing I have introduced to my diet is the bitters in diet tonic water. I am going to stop using the bitters for a few days, continue with the allergy meds and see what happens.

@MissMay thanks for checking in see you at the end of the month.
@mainelylisa the insomnia has to be the worst, being so tired and sleep will not come. Hang in there I feel your pain
@globalhiker I have been standing in the shower with hot hot water, and using a defuser with eucalyptus in my home office. I think I have tried all home remedies LOL. But if I don't get relief in the next week I will see my Dr. again

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So get this, woke up at 2am and after an hour just got up, only to read about everyone's insomnia issues! What is going on?

Switching topics, I watched a Netflix program about the dangers of sitting too many hours and that is a major factor in weight gain and a contributor to major healthy problems. They said even if you're restricting calories, when sitting for long periods the body switches to a conservation mode and fat burning declines 90%. EEK.

I will confess other than my 1 hour or 1.5 hrs of exercise, I sit...and sit...and sit....well I've been sitting an average of 12 hrs a day for like 20 years or more. Ugh. Maybe I need to set sit less goals and see if that fixes my insomnia...

@dawnbgethealthy I wish to drink moderately on Easter in order to test myself and my reaction to it. I really don't need it to have a good time (nobody does) . And the family members coming over don't care if I drink or not so no pressure there. Second reason, it is a pleasure enhancer. I would love to drink only on rare and select occasions and just be AF the rest of the time. And I have accepted the fact that if I go down the wrong track again, I am ok with just saying, well I'm done and I will just be AF for good. It's really fine because other things in life become the main source of pleasure.

Oh and for Easter dessert, family voted on gelato ice cream instead of bunnies, but strangely my almost 30 year old kids mentioned an Easter egg hunt in the backyard. I told them I'd play if they hide the eggs and stuff them with their dollar bills

Nice boat ride then 2 skinny margaritas watching the sunset and making eggplant parmesan my mom's favorite for our dinner.

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Love love love having my skates on



Also 70 lunges each minute X 60 minutes, so really blows off stress.