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Less Alcohol ~ JANUARY 2022 ~ One Day At A Time
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omg that is just so cute!5
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Jan 1-6 AF
Jan 7-9 Had wine
Jan 10- 12 AF
Jan 13-16 had wine
Jan 17 - 19 AF - 12 out of 19 AF7 -
GiveHerGrace wrote: »@LilyLady3k I have a new grandson to set up with your beautiful granddaughter 18 years down the road 😃
@GiveHerGrace - He is adorable!!! It's a date LOL5 -
Lots of damage to the scale this morning. Partially due to King Cake for breakfast then dessert after both lunch & dinner. But the bourbon & diet cokes in the evening probably didn't help either.
Glad the king cake is gone!4 -
Cuteness over load with the baby girl and baby boy @LILYLADY3K and @GiveHerGrace, love the photos.5
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Nothing earth shattering here to report other than I have been keeping to my 2022 workout commitment of doing Chalene Extreme.
3 different workouts each week using free weights. Have to keep muscle in our bodies. Chalene says muscle is the fountain of youth.
I am all for that!
AF 18/18
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Thinking of y'all over on the North East Coast of North America and the huge snowstorms.
We have been in a melt here for over a week, all of our beautiful snow turned to water which freezes up each night. Yucky brown stuff around instead of the beautiful clean snow. Glad that I got out cross country skiing when I could.
Heck, it is only January. We can't predict the typical weather anymore.
Send a bit of snow this way, and stay safe on those roads that I am seeing on the TV in Maine and Eastern Canada.5 -
My usual goal, 16-20 AF days per month.
My schedule pretty much dictates my AF days.
I will be AF on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays for the next few months.
Diary style is how I keep track
Saturday Jan 15th - 2 drinks. Time to rack up some more AF days.
Sunday Jan 16th - AF - Too achy and sore to even skate after my Booster.
Monday Jan 17th - AF - Skated in the morning, very busy day at the restaurant and a busy week with my other job, Foster Grant. Best to be AF
Tuesday Jan 18th - AF - No planned drinks until the weekend this week.
Rolling total: 11AF days out of 18 days.6 -
15 days AF/18 days.
LOVE the precious baby pictures....!
Agree 100% with @MissMay - muscles are the fountain of youth. Hard exercise does give me a hormone energy boost and I could use all hormones I can get.
Day 7 of my mystery illness and I woke up feeling better! I do have a PCR test booked for tomorrow (earliest avail appt.). 2 people at work who had Covid recently said they too got a negative on the Rapid test and then re-tested positive on a PCR test a day or two after. I'm doing the test so if it's negative, I can actually go out this coming weekend.
The chills and fatigue over the 3 day weekend were extreme. I could only be up for a four hour window before having to go nap all afternoon. My appetite is not there at all, but neither is my appetite for wine, so at least this helped me log more AF's.
Gotta stay positive and push ahead.
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I have an exciting alcohol-related victory! I got on the scale this morning and found myself to be 199lbs! This is the first time in a while that I have been under 200! My goal is to loose another 30ish lbs by June. Not drinking 400-1000 calories a day is super helpful on my weightloss/get healthy journey.
Victory is mine!!!
AF 15/18 days and on a 13 day dry streak!14 -
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Way to go @cowgirlslikeus86! A beautiful milestone. Go you!5
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Checking in again...
Well, yesterday was a planned drink day but I admit I overdid it. No idea how much, but it was too much.
On the upside, today was a planned drink day too, but I decided to go AF to atone for yesterday's indulgence. The old me would have drowned my sorrows tonight. Instead I had a nice AF beer and a glass of water.
Running total
9 drink days
1 "just one" day
9 AF days
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Hey Karen your welcome, great to see you here again. How is your January 2022 going so far?4 -
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Posting for accountability. 26th consecutive day AF.
12/25 - 12/31 AF
1/1 - 1/19 AF
Only 3 cans of Diet Coke again today. I ran to the store and got Diet5 Cranberry juice and did not buy any Diet Coke. Only a few cans left in the house. We'll see if I can hold out. Last winter there was a Diet Coke supply chain issue here and I once went to 4 stores in search of it. The struggle is real!
@CowGirlsLikeUs86...awesome job! I gave up 250 calories of alcohol a day and added it back in chocolate so no scale benefit here!7 -
Good morning All!
Besides the chocolates, snacks or goodies that are screaming to replace those drinking calories you are giving up. If indeed you want to eat to fill in the alcohol loss TRY to do it with healthy food. Good food calories vs empty drink calories are a win win. Even if you do go over your daily calorie intake.
Food for thought 😁
@GiveHerGrace down to three cans is getting there no matter how you look at it. Less is less in the Diet Coke struggle as well.
AF DEC 25 - JAN 19
26 day streak
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@GiveHerGrace Nice work on consuming less Coke! Less is less!
@MissMay I agree with replacing drinks with healthy snacks. Once when I went off alcohol for three months I found myself making chocolate pudding with graham crackers and whipped cream or homemade peanut cutter cups as a replacements every evening. Sugar is definitely my comfort default when I don't drink. This time around I have a serving of 70 calorie AF brew, orange juice, 90% dark chocolate, Kalamata olives, or pickles. One of those usually des the trick!7 -
Hello! 19 days AF, right now I’m not saying I’m never going to drink again, but right now it’s strictly for my weight loss journey. I’ve been hovering around the same 10-15 lbs for years and I’m tired of it, so I “blame it on the alcohol” lol, although before I have gotten close to my goal weight having it within my calorie goals. But I didn’t look how I wanted, I still had the “pooch” and I wanna get rid of that. So hopefully this helps.7
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Hi @MissMay -
My January 2022 was going pretty good until I had a week long bout of sciatic nerve problems. I drank every night and even though I was not slurring my words, or stumbling around, it was still a lot of alcohol, just to to “cope”. Finally, last Sunday, DH caught me making another drink and asked me what I was thinking. I told him to pour it out, and that was the last day I had alcohol. He does not know how much I was drinking and I feel really bad for hiding it from him, but I knew my physical and mental health could not take it much longer and it was not good for our marriage. DH has maybe 2 beers a month and is a lightweight. Anyway, I know I can’t just quit, if I tell myself I can’t ever have another drink, I won’t be able to do it. But for now, I want to take a break, do a reset, and come back to one drink only at social occasions, none by myself, and if I can’t do that, I need to stop drinking altogether. I realize it is a daily deal I have to make with myself. And that is it. I really appreciate you keeping this thread going, I don’t feel so all alone. If I told my husband my plan, he would not believe me; his way of supporting me, is hounding me, which makes me want to drink more. Lame.
Karen
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My usual goal, 16-20 AF days per month.
My schedule pretty much dictates my AF days.
I will be AF on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays for the next few months.
Diary style is how I keep track
Saturday Jan 15th - 2 drinks. Time to rack up some more AF days.
Sunday Jan 16th - AF - Too achy and sore to even skate after my Booster.
Monday Jan 17th - AF - Skated in the morning, very busy day at the restaurant and a busy week with my other job, Foster Grant. Best to be AF
Tuesday Jan 18th - AF - No planned drinks until the weekend this week.
Wednesday Jan 19th - 2 drinks. Not planned, but I enjoyed them after crawling home from a very long day.
Rolling total: 11AF days out of 19 days.7 -
I love the adorable baby photos! I hope be a grandma one of these days and post some!
Jan: 14 AF / 5 A
Jan 1- 7: 6 AF / 1 A
Jan 8 - 14: 3 AF / 4 A (ugg)
Jan 15 - 17... so far 5 AF / 0 A
Yesterday I "thought" about have a nip of my DH stash, which is mostly all Whiskey based... and I HATE the taste of Whiskey! It was just a long, stressful day, and wanted something to calm down my brain. I resisted, and made a nice cup of chamomile tea with some spenda, it did the trick... almost. After a quick dinner, I treated myself a cup of Hot Cocoa with mini marshmallows on top... I felt totally satisfied with my choices... and woke up feeling refreshed this morning.
So happy that I haven't re-stocked my go-to.
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Drink day today since we went to a nice restaurant for lunch for DH birthday, then came home and had more this evening. It's fine, will do AF or "just one" tomorrow.
9 days AF
1 day "just one"
10 drink days5 -
Posting for accountability. 27th consecutive day AF.
12/25 - 12/31 AF
1/1 - 1/20 AF
Only 2 Diet Cokes today. Half of my normal consumption. Progress!
@MissMay I just realized we are both on the same day of our current AF streak. 🙃5 -
Quick question from a first time poster, will you guys be starting again Feb 1(or continuing)?4
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sfharvey07 wrote: »Quick question from a first time poster, will you guys be starting again Feb 1(or continuing)?
@MissMay kindly starts a new thread for us each month. It is usually available a few days before the end of the month and has the same title with the new month name. Please join in anytime!4 -
My usual goal, 16-20 AF days per month.
My schedule pretty much dictates my AF days.
I will be AF on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays for the next few months.
Diary style is how I keep track
Wednesday Jan 19th - 2 drinks. Not planned, but I enjoyed them after crawling home from a very long day.
Thursday Jan 20th - AF - Skating in the morning before work, so AF tonight : - )
Planned drinks Friday and Saturday.
Rolling total: 12AF days out of 20 days.3 -
Getting in a bit of accountability here!!
1-5th. AF
6th. 2 bottle wine (lite!)
7-12th. AF
13th. 2 bottle wine (lite!)
14th. AF
15th. 2 bottle wine (lite!)
16-18th. AF
19th. 2 bottle wine (lite!)
20th. AF
21st. 1 can lite beer
My goal is to get to the end of the month without wine!! That is my Achilles heel!!!
Glad to see how well everyone is doing 💪💪4
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