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Less Alcohol ~ NOVEMBER 2022 ~ One Day At A Time
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@dawnbgethealthy I keep forgetting to tell you how awesome it is that you had your 5th anniversary here! I look up to you! ⭐️
Well, it will be 4 years on the 28th of this month, but thanks : - )
This forum has helped me SO much!3 -
Nov 1, 2 - AF
The Mocktail quest continues. Seedlip and seltzer was pretty bland. I added some lime juice to fix it up. I switched to a Fevertree light ginger beer. 38 calories and lots of zing.3 -
I am Dawn, 62, 5'2", SE BC
This November the 28th, (my late Dad's birthday) will mark my 4th year on this thread.
Not only has it kept me accountable for my alcohol consumption, it truly has become a community for me, especially while we were in various lockdowns.
Sticking with my (reachable) goal of the last few years, 16-20 AF days. I have been successful each month with this expect for most recently in September when I was having a Margarita every day in Mexico and reached only 14AF for the month.
Diary Style:
Tuesday November 1st - 2 drinks - Cold, hungry, tired, willpower nill
Wednesday November 2nd - 2 drinks - Ditto from Tuesday - Weather is turning quickly and am digging through snow to get beets and carrots out during my work breaks - it is forecast to go to minus 20 in a few days and no root vegetables will be diggable at that point - not willing to lose my crop (my food for the winter) so have been begging for a couple of more hours off each day to get this done.
Carrots under this one:
Carrots and beets under this one:
It was covered
From one of the rows in there:
Overall haul:
The bed that I need to get to today and tomorrow has the most. It is also covered and contains both beets and carrots:
I can't dig until the afternoon when it thaws. Yes, I get up at 4:30 or 5:00, but it is dark and frozen : - )
Rolling total: 0AF days out of 2 days4 -
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Hey everyone, new to the group, I'm April (34)
I'm looking for how others balance out alcohol. I am a daily drinker, when I get home I enjoy a few beers, seltzers or shots. Every time we go out to eat, we have margaritas. I've been trying to quit but find it kind of difficult because its like a treat for me. I cant tell you honestly the last AF day I had besides when I didn't feel good. I had originally posted this in Octobers thread till I scrolled and seen a new one for November. I don't even know where I want to start really. I know I want to lose weight and I have surgery coming up in 2 weeks. I also want to inspire my husband to slow down on drinking too. I feel that I would be a huge influence and inspiration for him if he sees me drinking less.7 -
@aprilb_1988 you should be honest with your dr performing the surgery. I am guessing he or she will advise against drinking right before surgery as it could mix with your anesthesia. I would also suggest you check out thealcoholexperiment.com. It is a free month long guide to giving up alcohol for a month. It is really informative. Good luck to you!5
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@aprilb_1988 - It is a good start just checking in! Welcome!
A peek into my personal less alcohol journey
It is a work in progress since Dec 28, 2018 (FIRST AF day in 2018) when I decided to be accountable and not just drink mindlessly & excessively. Concerned about the label of alcoholic that I did not want to acquire like my grandmother that died of cirrhosis of the liver. Not only was drinking not good for my health but it derailed my weight loss efforts too.
Before being accountable I couldn’t even remember the last time I had not had a drink and I would consume two to up to a dozen drinks a day with no thought that I had an issue.
I'm not perfect nor do I meet my goals all the time but I love being accountable to these wonderful supportive folks on the thread.
Good luck in finding your own path.
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@dawnbgethealthy - Tough to wait out the thaw to dig up the veggies!!! That is patience.4
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November accountability: 1 days AF
Alcohol: 2 days (6 drinks)
Goal: Limit 2 glasses per day; 12-16 AF days per month. Aim to drink no more than 2 nights in a row.
11/1 - AF; DH too
11/2 - 3 wine ; my sister joined us for dinner
11/3 - 3 drinks ; 2 wine + 1 B&B
Reading my note earlier from when I started in 2018 ... patting myself on the back for stopping at 3 drinks even though I've targeting 2! I could so easily fall back into the habit of drinking all night.
Night night folks!4 -
Hey everybody! This is my 5th month and I am so grateful to have found this group!
My goal is to not turn to alcohol this month no matter how stressful work or my physical health gets!
Best wishes to everyone to meet their goals this month!
11/1: AF
11/2: AF
11/3: AF
Saying goodbye to my dear Kitty Peanut this morning. It breaks my heart. She is 18 and it is time to let her go, it’s just never easy. I am glad I can at least give her the gift of peace.10 -
aprilb_1988 wrote: »Hey everyone, new to the group, I'm April (34)
I'm looking for how others balance out alcohol. I am a daily drinker, when I get home I enjoy a few beers, seltzers or shots. Every time we go out to eat, we have margaritas. I've been trying to quit but find it kind of difficult because its like a treat for me. I cant tell you honestly the last AF day I had besides when I didn't feel good. I had originally posted this in Octobers thread till I scrolled and seen a new one for November. I don't even know where I want to start really. I know I want to lose weight and I have surgery coming up in 2 weeks. I also want to inspire my husband to slow down on drinking too. I feel that I would be a huge influence and inspiration for him if he sees me drinking less.
I totally understand. I was drinking daily as both a habit and a treat. The best I can tell you is look at the resources at the top of the sun, and to find non alcoholic substitutes for your treat. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- the right glass matters!!!
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A bright good morning to you all. And a hello to the NEW folks joining in on our thread.
@SunnyDays930 awesome to see you back on here. You always have great informative advice.
November so far for me has been all dry . The time spent with our friends visiting for 2.5 days went well with LESS drinking on my end.
But WOW... can that couple pound the drinks to themselves (and of course my husband had to keep up with them).
Finding the spots around town that serve Heineken00 or Coors Edge proved helpful. I am thinking this area could really use a much dryer drinking platform to offer people like us here. Could be a brand new business adventure for me, you never know 😉
Right now steering towards what I called NO-vember a few years back.
Saying NO to having drinks daily, saying NO to having more than two on any given A day, saying NO to making up excuses.
Happy Friday
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@dawnbgethealthy your veggies are beautiful BUT that snow is why I moved out of New England.
The only white stuff on the ground I want to see is white sand on our beaches 🤣7 -
@joans1976 so sorry to hear you need to say goodbye to your beloved kitty cat. Hugs!
@dawnbgethealthy i can’t believe you have that much snow, and have to dig through it all to get your harvest! Egads. It’s in the 70’s here this week. Can’t get my mind around the difference in our weather.
Slept terribly last night because I had two glasses of wine instead of my usual one. Oh boy did I pay for it! Wound up sleeping in and missed my workout. At least I have a tennis match later so that’s something, but no strength for me today. Now, I could do one downstairs where the weights are, but I’m already so behind in my schedule it’s not going to happen.5 -
Hi!
AF - Nov 1, 2, 3aprilb_1988 wrote: »Hey everyone, new to the group, I'm April (34)
I'm looking for how others balance out alcohol. I am a daily drinker, when I get home I enjoy a few beers, seltzers or shots. Every time we go out to eat, we have margaritas. I've been trying to quit but find it kind of difficult because its like a treat for me. I cant tell you honestly the last AF day I had besides when I didn't feel good. I had originally posted this in Octobers thread till I scrolled and seen a new one for November. I don't even know where I want to start really. I know I want to lose weight and I have surgery coming up in 2 weeks. I also want to inspire my husband to slow down on drinking too. I feel that I would be a huge influence and inspiration for him if he sees me drinking less.
Hi! I'm on a quest for good substitutes, too. I like my after-work wind-down time and ritual. Many of the mocktail recipes have lots of sugar or require too many crazy ingredients - - so if you find a doable one, please post.
I bought a bottle of Seedlip Grove hoping it would be a kind of gin & tonic substitute, but it isn't. Adds a bit of something but not what I'm looking for. The Fever tree mixers have been a nice find (light ginger beer, light sparkling lemonade) and the Q ginger ale (will try others, too.) The one bottle of non-alchoholic wine was awful - - straight down the drain. I am going to get some non-a beer for the weekend. The quest continues!
Not drinking has been great for my weight loss journey. It's not just those calories. It's also the snacks that went along with them.
Good luck!
AF Nov - 1, 2, 3
Goal - stay AF until Thanksgiving trip to family.
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Hello friends, I missed you and I am back! Sincere apologies...I had personal issues with a very close friend pass away and I was away traveling to visit the family. Challenging few weeks but I am back home now and want (and need) to get re-calibrated along with the rest of you.
Happy that @MissMay found her new happy place and @dawnbgethealthy is magically finding vegetables in her snowy garden.
I appreciate the honesty and transparency of this group. You motivate me to becoming a better person everyday and for this I feel thankful. Tomorrow I will set a new goal, post it, and do it. The mind sets it, and the body will follow.
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Hey everybody! This is my 5th month and I am so grateful to have found this group!
My goal is to not turn to alcohol this month no matter how stressful work or my physical health gets!
Best wishes to everyone to meet their goals this month!
11/1: AF
11/2: AF
11/3: AF
Saying goodbye to my dear Kitty Peanut this morning. It breaks my heart. She is 18 and it is time to let her go, it’s just never easy. I am glad I can at least give her the gift of peace.
11/4: AF
Tough day yesterday, put myself to bed early. House feels empty.7 -
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AF - Nov 1, 2, 3, 4
A good mocktail find! I mixed 2 oz of OJ with Fever tree Light Ginger Beer and 1 tsp of Grenedine. Added a splash of lime juice, too. I'm going to keep playing round with this one.
I live on an island in Florida without many stores. I'm headed "off the rock" today for a hike and will use this as an opportunity to stop in at a Total Wine Store to stock up on mocktail supplies.
So sorry to hear about the loss of your Kitty @joans1976 May you find peace in the days to come.6 -
Nov 1- Nov 2 - AF
Nov 3- Nov 4- A4 -
@MissMay
That beach is white indeed!! Lol, it does kind of look like snow.
I am so glad that you made that move, it looks wonderful.
To those looking for low calorie mocktails there are lots of things to be done with Cran10 and Slim10, which both come in many flavours.
I use only 4 ounces of one of those in the blender with ice and a couple of drops of a McCormick flavour extract.
Alternatively, Ice (zero calories) also comes in various flavours and is very nice to have in a chilled champagne flute. Like @Womona said, a fancy glass makes everything seem like a treat.
AF beer can range from 10 calories up to a whopping 100 calories depending on the brand.
@MissMay makes amazing fancy AF cocktails (mocktails), but she doesn't need to worry about calories : - )3
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