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  • I live alone, so it's really easy for me - I don't have any wine in the house and after 17 days I don't even think about it (and I was a bottle a day-er pretty much). BUT, I still don't know how I'll go with friends drinking....... We'll see. And I'm with helenoftroy - the change in energy is amazing. When I leave my house…
    in Who's with me? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Good luck! Just think how great you'll feel when you manage to get back onto the streak! I know I'm not ready to do that yet, so I'm still on no drinks at all. The great thing is not missing the wine and having so much more energy to do things. Will be waiting to see how things go for you - I'm sure you can do it :)
    in Who's with me? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Good luck! Just think how great you'll feel when you manage to get back onto the streak! I know I'm not ready to do that yet, so I'm still on no drinks at all. The great thing is not missing the wine and having so much more energy to do things. Will be waiting to see how things go for you - I'm sure you can do it :)
    in Who's with me? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Hi - I'm Christine. I live in West Auckland and work in Auckland city. I joined MFP sometime last year, but only really started to use the site a couple of weeks ago and think it's absolutely fantastic. I have around 25 - 30 kg to lose (depending on how I'm feeling at any given moment), and am happy to have any support I…
    in Check in and intros Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Hi - good to meet you! I'm in New Lynn and you're welcome to friend me if you like! :smile:
    in Any New Zealanders? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Day 15 here for me as well - but it's Diet Coke that's my saviour ..... next thing I'm going to have to do is get rid of that habit .....sigh!
    in Who's with me? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Christine here :smile:
    in WHATS UR REAL NAME? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • I'm really glad I found this group - the support is great! I'm also on day 13 and feeling pretty good about myself - we have drinks most Friday evening at work and yesterday I said 'no'. And it didn't bother me...... And today I officiated at the funeral of a friend's mother - would normally buy wine on the way home and…
    in Who's with me? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • I'm in Auckland - have a sister and niece on here, both also in Auckland ;)
    in anyone here from NZ? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • So glad to have found this group! I'm another who was drinking wine nightly and not stopping till the entire bottle had gone - complete with the potato chips that just had to go with it. I stopped on Jan 2 and have promised myself not to have any at all till I've achieved my goal weight. For me, it just has to be all or…
    in Who's with me? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Auckland New Zealand :)
    in Where in the world are you? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Auckland, New Zealand
    in Where are you from? Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • I can completely relate to what you're all saying. It's that vicious cycle of pain = no exercise = weight gain = more pain........etc, isn't it. It's interesting that most of us have loved walking in the past - I'm another one. Walking has always been my exercise of choice, even when I was a child and my ultimate was…
    in Yes....I feel your pain,,, Comment by opal24 January 2012
  • Hi - I'm Christine. I've had back problems for years, but developed really bad sciatica about 18 months ago, which pretty much stopped any form of exercise dead. I finally took the plunge this year and had a two level spinal fusion carried out. It's made a huge difference, but I still struggle with exercise, partly because…
    in Can we hear from you? Comment by opal24 December 2011
  • I'm in! Any support I can get is very welcome..... (and give, of course).
    in LETS BE FRIENDS AND "DO THE DAM THING IN 2012" Comment by opal24 December 2011
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