helen_goldthorpe Member

7/7 AF

Being proud of half a glass of wine makes sense to me, as does the intuitive drinking stuff. Much of my weight gain/loss is linked to the amount I drink. I lost over 100lb in about 2004 and remember taking long AF spells as part of that. I maintained well for a few years, then started getting a bit laxer over time and…

Tonight will be 6/6. Some significant challenges this week (free wine at an event, work stress) but I've managed ok. I'm racing tomorrow morning so resisted the temptation to open Friday night wine, which always used to be my routine. I might have a drink tomorrow depending how the race goes.

Today has been challenging. My employer has been bought by another company and there are redundancies involved. I'm safe (for now) but the office wasn't a fun place to be today as various groups got called in for their meetings. I very nearly got myself some wine, but didn't and I *think* the moment has now passed and I'll…

4/4 AF for me. I had a work event yesterday evening with networking drinks at the end but decided that I would leave early to get home and eat properly before this morning's workout.

Yes, Strava does running too

Another 3/3 :smiley:

For me (and remember I'm just a sample of one!) it fills me a bit more. I have eaten porridge for breakfast for years. I started using 10g less oats and adding 10g of protein powder instead and find that I stay satisfied for longer (the calories are pretty similar). It also helps me meet my protein goals. But it's not…

When you get to the end of the workout do you have the ability to not save the Garmin version? I know that on my vivoactive I don't have to save it and can press delete instead. You'd still have the zwift version which seems to be the one you want to keep.

In keeping with a mindfulness theme I'm not going to set a target as such, and just go with ensuring that whenever I drink I do so mindfully rather than out of habit or boredom. 1 - AF 2 - AF

SW (October) - 86kg 6/1/20 - 80.4kg 13/1/20 - 80.7kg 20/1/20 - 78.6kg 25/1/20 - 78.0kg (Saturday weigh in as I was on holiday on Monday) 3/2/30 - 78.6kg (got off a 4.5 hour flight back from the canaries at 8pm last night so vaguely hopeful there's some water retention in there) 10/2/20 - 77.1kg (I was right about the water…

I also weigh daily but only put my Monday weight here which is part of the reason I'm fairly confident about saying if weight gain is bloating. Speaking of which, I'll just go and find my last post to add this week's number...

Kicking off March's tally... 1 - AF

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine 22 - AF 23 - AF 24 - AF 25 - AF 26 - AF 27 - AF 28 - 500ml (ish) red wine 29 - AF 25/29 AF Trying to decide…

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine 22 - AF 23 - AF 24 - AF 25 - AF 26 - AF 27 - AF 28 - 500ml (ish) red wine. Cycling club awards dinner. I…

My diet was never terrible - I gained about 30lb over 10 years so not actually that much above maintenance, it just compounded. So I’m mainly eating the same things with a bit more portion control, and saving the more indulgent things for days when my calorie burn merits it. Less alcohol and a bit more protein. And less…

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine 22 - AF 23 - AF 24 - AF 25 - AF 26 - AF 27 - AF

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine 22 - AF 23 - AF 24 - AF 25 - AF 26 - AF Bar and drinks with dinner swerved and I'm now back in my hotel room…

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine 22 - AF 23 - AF 24 - AF 25 - AF A slight change to my plans might lead to an extra drinking day today - I'm…

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine 22 - AF 23 - AF 24 - AF I'm only expecting one more drinking day this month (friday) which will make this my…

I was a bit disappointed on Friday night - I met up with some cycling friends I haven't seen for a while and none of them really noticed my weight loss. The closest was someone who said my dress looked nice on me. But then on Saturday and Sunday I met up with different people who I haven't seen for a similar amount of time…

I hate recipes which use cups because I don't have any measuring cups. I have always used recipes in grams from books and a scale but with the internet I come across American cup based recipes more often. I then have to search the internet to find out how much a cup of whatever ingredient it is actually weighs...

6/1/20 - 80.4kg 13/1/20 - 80.7kg 20/1/20 - 78.6kg 25/1/20 - 78.0kg (Saturday weigh in as I was on holiday on Monday) 3/2/30 - 78.6kg (got off a 4.5 hour flight back from the canaries at 8pm last night so vaguely hopeful there's some water retention in there) 10/2/20 - 77.1kg (I was right about the water retention...)…

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine 22 - AF 23 - AF

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1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine 22 - AF

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF 21 - 3 glasses of wine. I can definitely tell the difference in how I feel this morning! Not sure about today - OH's parents are…

My zwift setup for when I can't get outside. That's a corner of the kitchen.

The other thing - I'm taking one of my bottles of wine that I got for Christmas because 2 months on I haven't opened any of them yet!

1 - 330ml beer, 250ml wine 2 - AF 3 - AF 4 - AF 5 - AF 6 - AF 7 - AF 8 - 330ml Belgian beer (11%) 9 - AF 10 - AF 11 - AF 12 - AF 13 - AF 14 - AF 15 - AF 16 - AF 17 - AF 18 - AF 19 - AF 20 - AF Tonight is one of my planned drinking days for the month. It's my cycling club awards dinner next Friday (another of my planned…