Less Alcohol ~ APRIL 2022 ~ One Day At A Time
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My usual goal, 16-20AF days for the month. Diary style.
I had 21AF days for March, but it was a longer month.
My reason for drinking less is for weight loss.
Friday April 22 - 2 drinks - HR to the rescue, my work issues solved : - ) Planned AF for Saturday, split shift on my usual day off, Sunday, so I need all of my energy. 1 day off is not enough for me, but this will be the last time for that.
Saturday April 23 - AF - In preparation for a split shift
Sunday April 24 - AF - Kind of felt like having a couple of drinks when finally getting home from work, just used some willpower not to.
Monday April 25 - AF - Planned drinks Tuesday (after my pedicure : )) and Friday.
Tuesday April 26 - 2 drinks. 3 was always my norm, but over this past year it has changed to 2. Less frequent days of drinks must equal less tolerance. I am always happy to see my 16, I expect to exceed that a bit for this month. Planned AF Wednesday and Thursday.
Rolling total: 16AF day out of 25 days4 -
@Lilylady3k
I was surprised to see so much jerk chicken on the menus from that link that you posted for the New Orleans April festival. My fave : - )
Interesting that they posted an EatFit app at the bottom to download and show healthier options at the Festival.
It has been a long time since I was in New Orleans, it was prior to Hurricane Katrina. I recognize some names of restaurants that are still there though that are posted on the link.
Free Zydeco dance lessons!!
There is a virtual page of performances! I could spend days on the link that you provided! Thanks : - )
How long does it take you to drive there from Houston?3 -
AF today and yesterday- That makes 4 days this week7
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I missed book club last night because work went super long. So, I was planning to have wine at book club. However, last night I went right for a glass of wine because I was stressed. I actually drank less than I would have had I attended book club, but I feel worse about it.
This 21 day sugar detox is not coming as easily as it did last time. I really need to shore this up because it worked so well for me before. Pasta sings it’s siren song!5 -
My usual goal, 16-20AF days for the month. Diary style.
I had 21AF days for March, but it was a longer month.
My reason for drinking less is for weight loss.
Tuesday April 26 - 2 drinks. 3 was always my norm, but over this past year it has changed to 2. Less frequent days of drinks must equal less tolerance. I am always happy to see my 16, I expect to exceed that a bit for this month. Planned AF Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday April 27 - AF - Planned drinks Friday before, during, and or after the theatre. Going to see "Tuesdays with Morrie".
Rolling total: 17AF day out of 27 days5 -
Yesterday didn’t go quite to plan. Wednesdays are usually pub nights for us and we normally go to the same place.
Intention: 2 pints of beer (4.4-5.2 units depending on strength) across the evening.
Reality: the pub had a really nice 3.9% beer on. Great I think. A low ABV and one of my favourites to boot.
We got most of the way through pint 2 when friends arrived unexpectedly and bought another round - a half for me. Then we all went for an impromptu Thai dinner (which was yummy) and I ordered a small bottle of lager to go with it on reflex.
Actual intake 7.2 units!
Oh well. As I’ve learnt with food: log it and move on. Be more mindful the rest of the week.7 -
Well unplanned beer night. We have been talking about going Friday then last night DH comes in and I look at the meal prep set out and just said to myself....nah. and out the door we went. So it was sorta planned but just a different day!
So for laughs and giggles. I bought yesterday a wine making kit. I know this is a less alcohol thread. But I am and will always be fascinated by making my 'own stuff' so this is one more thing to try. I already make my own soap, makeup (all but mascara), wax clothes(food storage), laundry detergent, dish soap, and well the list is long. Some things I try and have kept up for year/decades others have gone by the wayside.
So long story short DH's drink of choice while home is whiskey and coffee. Well as I was browsing the wine equipment the man helping me showed me the 'cookbook' that comes with the kit. They had a whiskey wine! So yep that is what sold me. Today I buy the organic corn, white grape juice and a few more grocery items. I am confident it will taste like crap about August and I will chuck it out LOL Thats how I roll4 -
@lmlmrn Sounds like a fun project!
Long ago I read that people who are hands on with food prep- the planning, shopping, chopping, cooking, presentation- tend to feel satisfied with less actual eating vs. those who eat only. The hypothesis is the prep people get a lot of their satisfaction from all the handling in addition to the eating, whereas the eaters only have eating. This made sense to me (and probably why I remembered it). I am results oriented. There are lots of things I don't really like doing but do anyway because I like the result. And I am a results oriented cook, too. I like cooking but I think it's because I love eating. But I do enjoy all the creative aspects, and I think all that enjoyment allows me to stop when I tell myself I've had enough and feel satisfied with that.
Maybe this idea -- enjoyment from the creative aspects giving rise to more satisfaction with less intake-- would apply to wine making also?3 -
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I had 2.5 glasses of wine last night. One was a big pour from wine night at work, and the other was the glass of wine my husband had waiting for me when I got home.
I slept terribly last night and have a big headache, but I honestly think it’s from my 2nd shingles shot yesterday. Its a different type of headache than a hangover headache. I was up all night feeling feverish so as you can imagine I am moving slowly today. Coffee definitely helps! But I’m going to take it easy.6 -
@Womona Good on you for getting the Shingrix series. I felt the 2nd shot more than the first. Hope it's over fast!
@lmlmrn I'm impressed with your homesteading, too! One summer I became aware of shrubs. Intellectually, it sounds like the sort of thing I would LOVE. I saved all the scraps of all the fruits and experimented with different proportions. The refrigerator looked like a science experiment. Alas, in the end, I reluctantly had to conclude that I do not love shrubs. I think my breaking point is they require a lot of sugar for the chemical process and sweeteners don't achieve the same effect. In the end they just weren't worth the calories to me.
I have been enjoying my Lyres "vermouth" and "Compari," though. I think they have been in my refrigerator longer than the 6 week after opening "best by," so I am making more of an effort and find them really pleasant just with soda and a big piece of orange or grapefruit zest. The Monday gin was expensive and nice but too subtle. The zero proof tequila was super inventive but also expensive at $25 per bottle. I would be tempted to get that one again.
Happy Friday, all!4 -
Hi All, I read your board all the time though I don’t drink at all anymore. I stopped for health reasons (interactions with medicines I was on, then to lose the weight I had gained from those medicines, and now why start again) but I really enjoy your tips on NA drink options (and also gardening and cooking!)
The shrubs comment made me want to share that I found this company called acid league - they make “living vinegars” which are amazing for cooking and also for 1 or 2 drops AT MOST in a cocktail to give it an adult sort of flavor, but they also make beverages that are marketed as wine alternatives that are based on shrubs and teas etc. with all sorts of flavors you would expect in a wine. I hate NA wines for the most part, but these don’t try to pretend to really be wines, but they work with food if that makes any senses. Anyway …. Thought I’d share. You all seem to have a great community going, and I hope you don’t mind passive readers like me enjoying your tips and learning from your experiences.
EtA: The NA drink options are expensive, but I find the wine ones match up with the price of wine somehow and have fewer calories and are more of a direct replacement if I find one I like (which is a big if, but there are a few)6 -
Thank you do much for throwing that in the mix, @Sinisterbarbie1! Gonna check that out. Totally understand (and agree) about being interesting on it's own without trying to be what it's not.3
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dawnbgethealthy wrote: »
How long does it take you to drive there from Houston?
Houston to New Orleans is about 5-6 hrs but we took an alternative route closer to the coast and bayous going over to view areas we've not been to in a very long time so the drive over was 7 hrs and then the return trip was 5 hrs. It was a fun weekend and we hope to go to French Quarter Fest again in the future.
My favorite food we ate was a cajun seafood eggroll at Cafe Dauphine that was delicious. We bought it on Friday. Saturday we went back to the booth but the line had about 80 people in it ... obviously popular. So we skipped and found other yummy things to eat Jack Dempsey's soft shell crab poboy, Koz's smoked redfish wonton and roast beef debris cheese fries, Jacques-Imo's shrimp & alligator sausage cheesecake (savory not sweet), Paella Nola's paella. Things I did not finish because they were just so so ... Patton's crawfish beignets and The Bower's crawfish bread pudding w/ ettoufee sauce.
Festival ends around 7pm each evening. We made reservations at one of our favorite restaurants Friday night Peche Seafood Grill and then slipped into Cochon Butcher Saturday night which are both in the Warehouse District. So tons of yummy food ... which did show up on the scale Monday morning. But the scale went back down whew!
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I had 2.5 glasses of wine last night. One was a big pour from wine night at work, and the other was the glass of wine my husband had waiting for me when I got home.
I slept terribly last night and have a big headache, but I honestly think it’s from my 2nd shingles shot yesterday. Its a different type of headache than a hangover headache. I was up all night feeling feverish so as you can imagine I am moving slowly today. Coffee definitely helps! But I’m going to take it easy.
The 2nd shingles shot was rough on me last year as well. But so glad to have it behind me! Congrats on taking care of yourself and getting the vaccine.3 -
My usual goal, 16-20AF days for the month. Diary style.
I had 21AF days for March, but it was a longer month.
My reason for drinking less is for weight loss.
Tuesday April 26 - 2 drinks. 3 was always my norm, but over this past year it has changed to 2. Less frequent days of drinks must equal less tolerance. I am always happy to see my 16, I expect to exceed that a bit for this month. Planned AF Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday April 27 - AF - Planned drinks Friday before, during, and or after the theatre. Going to see "Tuesdays with Morrie".
Thursday April 28 - AF - That was a tough one! I worked for hours and hours on getting my sugar snap pea garden going, and totally felt like drinks after. I had to do the 6 minute wait many many times. As usual, I post the next morning when I put my weight into the other forums. This morning, Kimberley BC (1/2 hour up the mountain from me) won BC's best small town : - ) @globalhiker will be there in 6 weeks : - )
Planned drinks Friday, planned AF Saturday.
Rolling total: 18AF day out of 28 days3 -
Good on you for hanging tough, Dawn. Your tenacity is encouraging.4
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HELLO!!!! (waving to everyone) remember me?
Returned home Wednesday afternoon. Unpacked, watered plants then crashed and burned for a along nap(sleep).
No rest on plane from Vegas to Boston with the young 30 something female thrashing and flopping in her window seat like a fish out of water (I was in center seat).
When she asked to get out to use the bathroom I told her to find an empty seat some place else because "YOU ARE THE FLIGHT PASSENGER FROM H3LL". She did not return.
Quick run down of trip -> EXCELLENT
Experiences -> SUPREB
Food -> Kept healthly 80% of time. One huge dinner Saturday night on our 9th wedding anniversary
Sun/pool -> Got a light tan, no burning of skin. Mama can still rock two piece swimwear.
Drinks ( I know ya'll been waiting for this one ) -> 4/four alcohol drinks during a 6 day Vegas vacation 👍
Regrets -> 00
Last day of the month tomorrow, keep an eye open for when I post the link for our upcoming MAY 2022 LESS ALCOHOL THREAD.
Missed you all
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