LESS Alcohol ~ APRIL 2024 ~ One Day at A Time

AF = 6
A = 1

Went to the casino. Blah. Today's a new day

Hope everyone starts feeling better for the upcoming week!

6 - AF
1 - LA
Feeling great but I'm still eating too many sweets - hats off to those of you cutting back on sugar also!!

SparkSpringtime69 wrote: »

@NonnieDoiron I always feel nervous the night before a weigh-in. I just remind myself that, if the weight didn't move or went up, and I did good work staying in my calorie range, there are a number of other things that could have caused it. Try to get a good night's sleep, and see what happens in the AM.

Thanks. I apparently blew it last week. I am up 2.6 lbs from the last weigh-in. 🙁 We ate at a few locally owned restaurants that don’t have nutritional menus, so I must not have logged those calories correctly. I didn’t even drink though.

I’ll just have to work twice as hard this week to lose weight. No exceptions this week… no eating out and stick to the calorie count.

@NonnieDoiron that's a bummer that you went up, but it sounds like you're planning a successful follow-up week. Good job on avoiding the drinks when you were out.
I did really good yesterday - we spent the last three days power washing the driveway (a big driveway, and a pain to power wash), and normally I would celebrate something like that with a drink. But I went to the store and bought NA beer instead. Had three bottles last night and three left for tonight. And like last night, will switch out to herbal tea before sleeptime.

Morning all,

Now that the frost and rain are gone, I planted my garden beds this week. I started seeds in my greenhouse for the first time ever in Feb. and they came up great. Blue lake green beans, tomato varietals, zucchini squash, sunflowers and herbs 🪴. Now let’s hope they continue doing well in the beds. Gardening is therapeutic for me and we love to pick and cook fresh veggies all summer.

Ready to take off for our camp trip soon! Packed lots of AF sparkling flavored waters and grapefruit and lime Fever Tree. As well as two bottles of wine - one low calorie and one regular. In my past, I would have packed a lot more. But, my goal this week is to stay within or close to calorie limits, get extra exercise outside and also have 2-3 AF nights on this getaway.
I had two unplanned glasses of Chardonnay last night while packing!

Accountability post:
AF - 4
A - 4

Goals:
AF days - 18-20
A days 10-12

AF - 8
A - 0

Well… my AF streak may come to an end tonight.

My mother-in-law passed out in a puddle of her own vomit yesterday morning and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance where she underwent emergency surgery for acute aortic dissection which was so bad it completely closed up the carotid to the left side of her brain resulting in no blood flow. The surgery was a success, but she’s in very poor health as it is and the cardiac surgeon is pessimistic at best about a full recovery.

My husband does not deal well with things like this, so I have to be on full alert for him. And, my brother-in-law came into town, and he’s just a pain in my butt and thinks he knows everything and is so funny. He’s also someone who thinks the worst of people and assumes the doctors aren’t telling us everything even though they straight up told us that my MIL may not make it.

Past 24 hours have been incredibly trying for me. Husband, BIL, and hubby’s BFF are going out tonight with a couple other of hubby’s friends for a boys’ night that was planned last week before everything happened. So, it’s just me and the kids at home tonight. I’m tired and stressed… frozen pizza and wine could very well be my best friends tonight. 🥴