LESS Alcohol ~ APRIL 2025 ~ One Day at A Time

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  • SurferGirl1982
    SurferGirl1982 Posts: 821 Member
    edited April 6

    @MissMay You must be moving up in the world…you now have your own appointed I.T. person 😀

    You've been doing really well with your goals. I'm impressed! I'm still working on my Day 1. I seriously believe it will be tomorrow. With drinking daily, it's really hard to accomplish the things that I want to do.

    I recently bought a raised bed on Amazon that's really nice. This one is made of metal and is very high quality. Up to now we've used whiskey and wine barrels with the bottoms removed (you have to be really careful removing the bottoms or you will end up with a bunch of slats and three metal rings *LOL). I also made one with cement blocks and we've bought wooden kits. We have clay soil here, so plants do better with raised beds.

    The new one is really nice, but some assembly is required 🤔 I hope to put that together today. Assembling things on the floor is a bit difficult for me because I've had total knee replacement on one leg and it's uncomfortable to kneel. But I bought volleyball pads that are very comfortable. So I will just put one on my right leg.

    I also ordered two trees from Fast Growing Trees. One is a Knock-Out Rose tree which blooms from spring until frost and the flowers are bright red. That will be going in the new raised bed in the front (I bought one last year for the backyard). And, my husband is designing some sort of Zen garden out back. So I ordered a Bloodgood Japanese Maple Tree for his project.

    It's hard for me to reply to everyone right now. But, have a great Sunday everyone!

  • SurferGirl1982
    SurferGirl1982 Posts: 821 Member

    @itladyee I will guess the mocktail is the one on the left 🤔

  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,965 Member
    edited April 7

    Starting week 9 of aquatic workouts.

    Because it takes 12 long weeks to get back into the shape where I left off (which wasn't that great either).

    MUSCLE MUSCLE MUSCLE

    Kind of a milestone is yesterday marked half of a year on this diligent LESS Alcohol life change. Awareness has been my most helpful friend.

    accountability April-

    1 A- 1 standard drink

    5AF

    🙂🙂🙂

  • SurferGirl1982
    SurferGirl1982 Posts: 821 Member
    edited April 7

    @itladyee I don't like to talk politics either. Back when I was in my 20's and started going to bars…that was kind of the rule…no talking about politics or religion. But this current situation is self-inflicted.

    And, I understand your stress. I personally was an idiot. When I did have a job with a 401K (many years ago), when I left, I cashed it out. I should have rolled it over.

    I'm not a very good financial planner and I really didn't plan well for my retirement. I was always a dreamer. But, somehow, everything has worked out. The Rolling Stones once said, "You can't always get what you want, but you get what you need". That has held true for my life. Although, I've always felt like I have a guardian angel. I know it sounds weird. But, I've been through quite a bit and I've always felt protected somehow.

    Anyways, I think you should try not to stress out too much about it. I'm an eternal optimist. I believe things will straighten out. I believe in the power of good and karma.

    I still don't have even one day AF this month. The car getting flooded and going through all the car buying process (dealer, finance, insurance) was a bit stressful. We love the car and it was time to get a new one. But now, we have payments (within our budget) which I wasn't planning on. Oh well! We have a home, each other and a wonderful (but old…17 yo) cat. So I can't complain.

    Take care of yourself and I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

  • mfowler883
    mfowler883 Posts: 257 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48557018#Comment_48557018

    Don't let the media or social media drive the fear agenda. If you pull up graphs that span years and not weeks, you'll find that, while this is a dip, it's not even a big one as market dips go. If you overlay inflation graphs, it gets even more interesting. Data in a bubble is meaningless.

    The night is young, I'll throw my numbers later.

    -m

  • SurferGirl1982
    SurferGirl1982 Posts: 821 Member
    edited April 8

    @SparkSpringtime69 Thanks! I'm just having problems getting going. I wake up in the morning, not feeling well, so I have a drink. Once I start drinking, it's all day long. It's best for me not to have alcohol in the house in the morning. But, since our liquor store doesn't open until 9am (11 on Sundays), I always regret not having anything left in the morning. Hopefully I can quit before next Sunday comes around again. Sundays and holidays always mess me up. I know if I could take just a few days off from drinking that I would feel so much better and be able to get back on board.

    I may wait to post until I can report several days AF. I feel like a loser not being able to post a positive number. Plus, I'm not much inspiration for anyone else right now…well, maybe, what not to do!

  • mfowler883
    mfowler883 Posts: 257 Member

    Son is nearing the end of his phlebotomy course, homework was to find "volunteers" to stick. So wife and I and daughter-in-law all got stuck. All three were failed draws, but for what it's worth, he got everything else right and his technique seemed good - it didn't hurt as much as a lot of times I've had labs done. I think he was just more nervous because it was US and not some stranger or classmate.

    @SurferGirl1982, don't sweat being an inspiration - the fact that you're here is huge.

    2 LA
    4 AF
    1 A

    -m

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