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I'm so funny--I thought I was home free for a week without wine because on my last night (last night) I went to hear my husband play a gig (it was awesome--Charlie Brown goes to the Nutcracker :). The gig was at a coffee house and lasted until 9:30. Perfect I told myself. Coffee it is! Wrong. We went out after to celebrate…

Another win for me. Sat for 4 hours listening to my husband's band and drank water vs wine. It helped that I had a 'never-ending' salad that took me forever to consume but after the first request for a glass of water, I found that the waitress didn't continue to ask--one 'no' is enough. Of course this is true since there…

Agree--much written on the topic. The information I recently read contradicts the conventional wisdom that 'starving' will decrease muscle mass. Not that prolonged starvation won't but skipping meals is unlikely to. Before I began my current program I spent a couple of weeks with intermittent fasting. The benefit was that…

Now I'm thinking that it (losing weight more quickly when not drinking) doesn't have so much to do with any unique characteristics of wine or alcohol but that at a 1200 calorie limit I simply don't have enough calories left to satisfy me if I have two 5-6 oz glasses of wine. It's simple logic that I didn't want to see but…

For this tool, you don't need to determine that as you add your exercise on top of your non-exercise activity. If you have a sedentary job for example, even if you worked out 20 hours/week, you would still classify yourself as sedentary--then add your exercise. The tool automatically adds the appropriate number of calories…

My husband asked me 3 times if I wanted a glass of wine last night. I haven't 'declared' that I'm not having wine yet so he is doing this innocently. I want to see if I can get through a week. I see what I've written and think I sound like an alcoholic - I love the taste of wines, trying new wines, relaxing with wine, and…

I'm 'still' with it--but it's only my second day. I'm watching my husband make dinner and I know he will ask me if I want a glass of Chardonnay with my chicken. I will say no thank you and he won't push but oh my, I would enjoy a glass of wine with dinner. That said, someone brought chocolate cake to class today and I was…

Wouldn't you know, my husband asked me to go out to dinner just after I had committed to avoid wine. I wanted to order my usual just after my husband ordered his beer---but I didn't. Iced Tea please came out of my mouth. I ate more of my dinner than I would have to reward myself for my newfound self control. I think it's a…

Since these posts are more than a year old I wonder how many have stuck with it. I am going to abstain until I reach my goal weight, which should ensure that I never drink again :) I have 23 pounds to lose but it might as well be 123--I know I should be grateful that it's not and that my goal is attainable but that's not…