LESS Alcohol ~ FEBRUARY 2023 ~ One Day at A Time
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"Hmmm maybe it is the ritual of creating the drink."
I truly enjoyed the post about mocktails and the recipe. I agree I believe it is more the ritual and habit of having my evening drink. Currently I find Wylers peach tea and the new diet cranberry juice combined with diet squirt to be my go to. Oh and the fancy swanky glass is a must!
Day 7 AF! Shirley pats herself on the back.
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"@Sherbog Im not sure you want or have time to do this but in the January 2023 Less Alcohol thread I think there was a lot of mocktail sharing. You could look there but its a long thread. @lmlmrn has a mocktail book and she shares recipes. Here is the link to the January 2023 thread:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10880222/less-alcohol-january-2023-one-day-at-a-time/p1"
Thank you so much...off to find that January thread.
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@Womona - thanks so much for sharing your experience here! Yes I understand all too well the one turned to two etc. I like the approach you took and will check out those great references you mention. I agree it would be helpful for me to lean on them for greater mindfulness. I hope check in daily here as well!4
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@Michieb125 Welcome! The great things about this thread IMHO is that it just so inclusive and none judgemental.
There are people who are super strict with their plans and planning and others who are much more laissez-faire.
There are posters aiming for 1 night a week AF and people who are 99% T-total.
Everyone is welcomed, everyone is supported. Even people like me who constantly do AWOL
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Seeing as we are sharing pet pictures. Here is my fearless companion out protecting me in the forest.
AF 7 A 8 We're getting back on track at least. We'll be at 50:50 by the end of today.
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Hey everyone, I’m Amanda. I live in Michigan and it is freezing and gray here but at least it’s staying light out past 5 pm now. ☀️
I joined this lovely thread in the summer of 2022 and it has made a huge difference in my life! I’ve gone from being 25% AF to 98% AF.
The people here are kind and real and smart and fun! Welcome to all newcomers!
2/1-2/7: 6 out of 7 AF
2/8-2/14: 7 out of 7 AF
2/14: AF
My weight is up 2 pounds from lack of logging but I’m really enjoying the mental break of not logging. Like many of you said, I know what I need to eat, I was eating the same few foods just in a rotation while losing. I’m still eating those foods and getting my 5 a day in but…chocolate.
Hugs all around, everyone is doing great things!
2/15: AF
Geez oh man, work is a real albatross this week! I’m trying to just plow through and get it done. And to remain AF while I do it. Yes. Must remain AF. While working and otherwise.7 -
@Stockholm_Andy Ohmigoodness! What breed of spaniel is that? So. Cute. I love that his ears look like the lead singer of ABBA.7
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2/1- 2/2- 2/3 -2/4 - A
2/5 - AF
2/6 - AF
2/7 - AF
2/8 - AF
2/9 - A - 2/10 - 2/11 -A
2/12 - AF
2/13 - A
2/14 - AF
2/15 - A6 -
@Michieb125 Welcome! I did kind of a gradual cutting back. But it took years. For me. Joining this forum helped the most. I’ve done my best cutting back since I joined here in June and now I’m 98% AF. The mental and physical effects were getting to be too much for me!
@Lilylady3k You are KILLING it this month! Good luck with this weekend. Do not drink the 22 year old cheap white wine. No. Yuck.5 -
2/15
5 days AF
10 Days A
Positive: I went for a walk. I kept it to two glasses of wine. I logged my food.7 -
@Stockholm_Andy Ohmigoodness! What breed of spaniel is that? So. Cute. I love that his ears look like the lead singer of ABBA.
Thank you she is an English Cocker Spaniel. We just call them *kitten* Spaniels in the UK but here in Sweden we have both the American and English Cockers. The two breeds actually look quite different.
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February accountability: 6 days AF
Alcohol: 9 days (14 drinks)
Goal: Limit 2 glasses per day; 12-16 AF days this month.
2/15 - AF @ 📚
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@Stockholm_Andy your dog is super cute!!!!!! I love how you captured him (her?) forging your path in the woods for you.
@Lilylady3k when we cleaned out my parents house when Dad went into assisted living, we found all the half opened liquor that he took when HIS mom died in the 80’s. Never to be touched again. Right into the dumpster. Gak! So definitely don’t touch old cheap wine!
@joans1976 hang in there, girlie. Did you have your first radiation yet, or is that today?
AF last night. Tonight is wine night at work, so I’ll only have one glass. The challenge for me is weekends, because if I stick to one I’m fine, but I invariably have two each weekend night, even if we don’t go out. As long as it doesn’t become three, I’ll take the win. I really like how my weight is coming down though, hard to give that up!7 -
Hi - Robyn here in SE Virginia. My goal is 16+ AF days per month. I had 18 AF days last month. I'm drinking less for health and weight loss. I post the next morning.
2/15: AF - Packing tonight, heading out tomorrow morning for the long weekend with our son and his new girlfriend. I probably won't be tracking food but I will be mindful. My plan is only Saturday as an A day. It will be hard, but I'm taking a stash of NA beers with me. I could only find Heineken 0.0. The other good NAs must have been wiped out for super bowl weekend. Wow! So I'm not the only person in this town drinking NA beer?!?
Rolling Total: 8 AF Days out of 15
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@Stockholm_Andy What a gorgeous pup! @Joans1976 LOL at the ABBA reference, but so true!3
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I am in.
I am Dawn, I live in SE BC Canada
My ongoing goal remains, 16-20 AF days per month.
I had 17AF days for January (a long month)
I do this diary style to keep track, and I post the next morning
Monday Feb 13 - AF - I will be working an extra shift for Valentine's Day at the restaurant, may or may not have drinks when I get home.
Tuesday Feb 14 - 2 drinks when I got home from a late shift. It was very nice for me after a very long day.
Wednesday Feb 15 - AF - Going out to a comedy show at a pub on Saturday night, so my plan is to stay AF Friday night so that I am not "puffy".
Rolling total: 9AF days out of 15 days. 50% AF won't cut it to reach my goal in 28 days (reminder to self)5 -
@Stockholm_Andy We have English and American here in the US too-I grew up with an English but maybe the tail docking criteria are different-her tail looks longer than the ones in the US. The one we had growing up was named Cybil lol
@Womona Radiation starts tomorrow bright and early at 7:45am and goes every weekday until March 13! I can do anything for 20 days, right?6 -
Hey all........I am back home.
If anyone would have told me in advance of our trip that there was a chance of snow in Vegas, I would have changed our destination. And yet, it did snow at our Vegas resort on Valentines Day. 35-50 mph wind gusts, the pool water looked like Lake Erie during a Nor' Easter.
We did not take any form of warm attire. So Valentines Day we hunkered down in our resort room, heat cranked to 76° because the wind was whipping onto our balcony and sneaking through the cracks.
We took a taxi to a nearby place for a late Valentine dinner. I know I originally posted I would have something A that day. But as it turned out I drank (2)Heineken00 out of a fluted champagne glass at our dinner. And it was beautiful and no questions asked by anyone.
Only being Floridians for 4 months since we moved and we could not wait to get back to 70° weather.
So long story short. 6 days away and only THREE standard drinks!!! Can I get a Woo Hoo for that! Of all my Las Vegas trips, this was the longest with the LEAST alcohol days.
Loved all the readings
Andy, your cocker is beautiful. I had a parti mahogany-black-tan growing up as a teenager. I groomed her myself and would always leave her ears curly and long.
FOO FOO MOCKTAILS You crack me up!!!
Ok gang, lets slay the rest of Febuary.
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I am having a difficult time getting back on the AF train. It does seem that the AF days have brought more awareness to the A days as I'm still drinking less, so that's still a win.
The weekend is near so I'll have some time to plan my meals. I think I do better when I'm eating a healthy meal as the empty calories come to mind.2/1 AF
2/2 AF
2/3 A
2/4 A
2/5 A
2/6 A
2/7 A
2/8 AF
2/9 A
2/10 A
2/11 A
2/12 A
2/13 A
2/14 A
2/15 A
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February
AF = 20%
A = 80%
30 day experiment
Day 27
AF = 16 days or 62%
A = 10 days or 38%
@joans1976 ~ I hope your position at work is secure. I know it's not the best environment for you but you don't need that worry on your hands. Hang in there.... Good Luck with your radiation! Stay Strong!
I've got to check out those dance videos, they look like fun!
I continue to track/log my foods and drink. It makes me mindful when the scale is or is not going the direction that I wish.
@michieb125 ~ Welcome. I just started participating in this group at the beginning of February. Read some of the January blogs and found a lot of helpful information and also to know that I'm not alone. I too am a wine drinker and trying to cut back for health reason. Don't want to wait until there really is an issue and try to cut then, so sooner rather than later is my goal.
I am aiming (and not doing so well right now) for Sunday - Thursday as AF and then A on the weekend but mindful so that I don't over do it. Some sort of balancing act....but at the same time, life does happen and I'm not going to beat myself up about it. Life's too short!
@Stockholm_andy ~ what a beautiful companion and protector!!
@missmay ~ I love your attitude!! Ok gang, lets slay the rest of February. Let's do it!!!7
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