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You guys are amazing. Honestly, I was so elated to hear the good news and determination from @LittleSurferGirl7 and @chicbuc this week. We should all feel proud, a step in the right direction, an extra AF day, a commitment to check in with ourselves and getting better at lifting ourselves. June will conclude 10 months AF…

998/2025 miles. Added 14 from Sat RPM class, 7 mi today at the gym. Monday is the last day of June and luckily I have RPM class where I should be able to exceed the needed 12 mi. to goal.

Last weekend of the month is here. I remember intentionally saving up drinking days for month end. Well, still AF but I occasionally still have wine dreams. Speaking of the mini-bottles, I drank those daily when I was in my cutting down mode. I never bought more than 2 or 3 because they were always located in front of…

968 /2025 miles done. Added 13 +10+5 miles from today and past 2 days. 3 days left to get to my personal goal of hitting 1000 mark. Yesterday I ran 5 miles, today none but tomorrow back to gym classes. @Mari33a I am in a similar boat - now at 138.1 lbs but it takes me 2-3 weeks to see a "drop". Some weeks it's nothing,…

940/2025 miles. 8 miles cycling today after a 4 mi run.

@BurnMode05 congrats on your weekend accomplishments - both an AF weekend plus cleaning your house - I forgot to clean mine :)! I used to have fear of the weekend because I always found getting in AF day on the weekend was so mentally hard. I thought people were supposed to drink on weekends, that's what everyone does and…

932/2025 miles. 15 mi from RPM class yesterday and 10 mi. Sunday on my home cycle. I will continue - it's helping me lose weight. @Mari33a hey I will keep going. You're doing spectacular. And your method of breaking down the miles by month is smart. I will do that moving forward so I hit my monthly goals. Contemplating…

@LittleSurferGirl7 I think you are right -we need a reward or get something really good in return for giving up something. That reward (maybe the future 120 lb. me), is absolutely worth giving up toxic liquid. The second and even more important reward is entering my older age as fit and healthy as I can be to ward off…

@itladyee wow my heart sank to hear your news. There have been advances in how breast cancer is treated, so there is hope. I am a big fan of surgery - saved my life twice. Getting appointments moved up is important because the waiting and the anxiety is the worst part. Hopefully it will be outpatient, she'll be on…

907/2025 miles - 2 more days of cycling 13 mi ea- one was RPM. 9 days left in June. I have to pretty much cycle daily at least 10 mi and one of those days make it 13 mi. @Mari33a where did the rest of gang go? Did everyone take off on vacation?

@BurnMode05 you're right, you're not in this alone. Hopefully you find a calm place to escape or re-set from the family tension and conflict and things will get better. @LittleSurferGirl7 I wish I could lose even 2 lbs. by July 31st. Mine is coming off, but ever so s-l-o-w-l-y. I tell myself at least I am moving in the…

881/2025 miles done. 7 mi on Monday and 6 yesterday. Add on miles post-run.

Happy Father's Day. Party at my house and my cleaning frenzy begins. I love it, the pre-party scramble. BBQ Ribs and corn and homemade BBQ sauce. Who needs alcohol anyway, when you have insanely good ribs? Pool party after. I am curious to see if my kids will drink. They often surprise me and prefer overpriced Poppi sodas…

868/2025 miles done. Added 13 junk miles today. I am sore from class yesterday from going to zone 5.

Welcome newcomers! You're in good company. @Michieb125 good job on the blood work. We control those numbers more than we know. @LittleSurferGirl7 that's pretty awesome, and 2.4 lbs in 4 days!! You're headed in the right direction. Today, another day of drinking something better. Just came back from a party at a restaurant…

855/2015 miles done. Friday 7 mi, Sat am 5 mi then cycling class 13 mi. The month is half over. I want to hit 1000 mile mark by July 1.

@LittleSurferGirl7 looks like you did follow through with a habit change by delaying drinking in the morning and not having it in the house then, hey that is a win - even if it's a mini-goal it is a habit change. Similar to the popular intermittent fasting where people shrink their eating window, shrinking the drinking…

@Womona I love how you refer to the booze as "fat juice". Strangely, it wasn't fat juice in my 20s and 30s, but OH MY soon as perimenopause and menopause hit did it ever exacerbate the midsection bloat and halting of digestion and you name it. Well, here I am at month 10 AF and yesterday I could have chugged a bottle of…

@Mari33a I am very sorry to hear this news, my sincere condolences and strength for your family. 830/2025 miles. On a daily streak here, Monday 16, Tues 7, Wed 7 miles. Made possible since I cut back on my morning outdoor cardio time. Cycling helps me relax.

@LittleSurferGirl7 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you had a nice time and celebrate thru the weekend (I do that, why not). Or win some $$ at the casino. Your story was quite interesting, and I believe it. Last night I tried something new - I added a pinch of ground turmeric and powdered ginger (good quality one) to my lemon juice…

800mi/2025. Snuck in 8 miles yesterday plus 17 mi today to get me to the 800 mile mark. Now I need to do the math and figure out how to get 200 mi "catch up miles" in by month end. I can do this.

@mgdavis63 welcome! Today I start off the morning thinking about what is my mini-goal for the next 14 hours before I go to bed. What can I accomplish in 14 hours, such a short time? Am I able to accomplish all my goals today? Yes, I can. How many calories burned? Did I drink non-alcoholic healthy beverages instead of…

@LittleSurferGirl7 when is your birthday? I dream of living in a "large town" where I am not car dependent and can walk to get most of things I need. But I am totally car-dependent where I live. I can't imagine my life not driving, I do drive at least 30 miles a day, out and back to get to stuff - gym, orthodontist and all…

Still going AF. Went outside for an early run/walk and caught myself thinking it's too hot to run this morning. I challenged that blocking thought and decided to run in a different direction with my back to the sun and did it. 75 minutes. Got home, and my thoughts blocked me again when I contemplated jumping on my exercise…

775/2025. Added 13mi after my 75 min. run/walk. Thanks and yes I have a lot of catching up to do. Will try to "add on" those miles bit by bit.

Yes, I can. 3 very powerful little words. YES, I CAN. What if we told ourselves this often throughout the day? The reason why goals are so hard is that we don't challenge erroneous cognitive thinking. The reason why we fail is we listen to the voice that says you can't today, you won't, too hard, tomorrow is…

762/2025 miles done. RPM plus home cycling on 2 days. Lots of catch up miles to do this month since we're approaching mid-year!

@itladyee big thanks for leading us into June! My goal is to not drink this month and that will make it month 10 AF. SO WAY easier to not drink than fight the daily wine devil. The freedom is real. Plus my size 8 petite jeans are LOOSE and I have no pants to wear since I no longer drink the "fat juice". Yet I eat chocolate…

Still going AF over here. My husband quit drinking now for 2.5 weeks and there were days he could drink ten bottles of beer on his Saturday beer marathons. He just decided he didn't feel like drinking and just stopped and bought himself an iced tea machine and now he just makes a pitcher in the morning and drinks tea all…

731/2025 miles. Well I have been out sick with a flu or something like it. It's like 9 day of this and I am better better. At least good enough to go walking. Gym not yet. Got in 15 mi slow riding on the home stationary bike. @Mari33a your trip sounds amazing. I used to live in Spain a short driving distance to the…