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Well...sounds good...BUT I will have a drink (or two) on Halloween. We always make a mean Halloween punch, that's a tradition in our crazy house. So I am going to join you until then :-)

wow you are doing great. It's day 24 for me...wineless and I feel great. I will join you on the 60 day challenge. I like the feeling that I don't need alcohol in the evening. It was just a habit...not needed at all :-)

I started this group, because I realized that my drinking habits were a little bit out of control. I enjoyed it way too much and a glass of wine was not longer enjoyment, it was a MUST have at the end of the day. After after cutting down and monitoring my drinking since a while I got some help. I have been put on…

I am in :-)

Happy Friday to you as well :-) How are you?

I wish so much I could join you guys, I have another 2 weeks on meds. I am getting better, but it's a slow process...slower than I wanted it to be. I haven't had a drink since 3 weeks and don't miss it. I think I am tired of feeling sick and drinking is not important at the moment. I can stay on the side line and cheer for…

When I realized I didn't have anything to wear anymore and even my only "fat" jeans didn't fit. Left spandex pants and t-shirts looking like tents I decided "this is it" screw you Menopause :-) This was 81 days ago.

Good job phillyb :-) My husband (who doesn't have a weight problem) bought a scratch off yesterday and won $100. He went to the store and bought a nice bottle of wine for me, special treats for our dogs and beer for himself. He was so happy when he came home as "the big winner". And there is was my bottle of wine…

It is a pleasure to meet you and you are right, we do sound alike. The evening "me time" or time for us was the reason that I started drinking every night as well. It's great to have you here. We said from beginning on that we are going to "give it a try" rather than feeling we will be punished if we have a drink during…

I am just over the moon...the scale showed another 1.5 lbs gone today. I am very excited and I feel great. A heartfelt "Thank you " to all of you for your kind replies. But some of you got it wrong, I am not an inspiration....you all are :-) Low fat chocolate milk sounds heavenly...thanks for the tip!

True, not having wine in the house helps :-) I don't have cake in the house either (both would be a temptation). I don't need it, if I don't have it around. It's not as much on my mind as I thought it would be. I don't drink during the week and it's not really that hard anymore. Although -and that surprises me - I don't…

I start to enjoy the weekdays without alcohol...if that makes any sense or maybe it just becomes a little bit more normal and doesn't feel like a punishment anymore. So yesterday was Sparkling Ice night :-)

I am so sorry to hear about your husbands job. I would have been stressed out as well and would have fallen in the bottle :-) One door closes another one opens...I am a firm believer of it!

Yippie...its Friday. It was a long and crazy week. I am going to kick up my feet tonight, will watch a good movie and enjoy a good glass of wine.

Thursday is hard on me too, especially today it was a odd day.

Happy Tuesday everybody. I did good with food, but had a glass of Champagne in the evening. My quit buddy came over and reminded me that we forgot our 8 months smoke free anniversary. What is stunning, I never thought cigarettes could be so unimportant. We celebrated our win over the tobacco industry. Sorry guys, didn't…

Bye, bye Wine until next Friday :-)

Hello Doco2279~! Welcome, good to have you :-) No, I didn't gasp, I know what you mean. I got PM's from friends telling me I can't just eat 1200 calories, or I HAVE TO do this or that too. I think they all mean well, BUT...they don't know me as well as I know myself. I have been active in sports when I was younger, up to…

made me laugh...thanks for that. However I am a cheerful blabbermouth, always in a good mood...trying to cope with all this weight that somebody must have thrown on me. Going through Menopause H*E*L*L with a smile and wine (weekends only)

I screwed up yesterday...big time. We ordered special print pictures of our dogs and finally yesterday I had to pick them up. We had to put one of our dogs asleep a few weeks ago and looking at the pictures...well it hit me hard. I had a pity part all by myself and had 2 glasses of wine with it. Sorry guys, I feel like I…

Weekend where are you :-) No wine last night either. I have to be honest, i am looking forward to Friday / Saturday, I need a break from water :-)

Oh my Gosh this just made me happy! I posted a blog yesterday "Menopause ...screw you" and even though I knew some of my friends are 50 years + young...I didn't know there are that many :-) How wonderful is that....amazing! I am 52 years young and hitting menopause put me in a roller coaster. I gained weight, just by…

First of all...thank you for being my friend here! You look amazing and I enjoyed reading your post. I don't read many topics anymore just because I felt that there are some "mean" people out there and I guess you are right. Tough love might be a good idea. Thank you for posting!

We are tying to stay of our drinks during the week, but occasionally we all give in...after all we are just human :-) So now big deal, hope you will feel better soon!

We watched the soccer game and it was thrilling. I had 2 glasses of wine...so my week begins on Monday and I will cancel my "Friday wine" instead.

Happy belated Birthday!

I am eating healthy and blew it in the evenings with a glass of wine and then another one. It became a habit to unwind after a stressful day and I hated to see it almost every day in my food diary. I wondered if I was the only one and posted here. Good news...I am not alone :-) I founded the group "weekends only" and so…

Mykizmoms wrote this when we started this group >>>Check in the morning to record your success from the night before and don't feel bad if you slip just know that you loss the glass that weekend.<<<. It gives me a better feeling. It's not like I CAN NOT have that at all, this way it's a choice and no big deal. If something…

I will make some enemies here with being honest, but please don't worry too much when you gain a few pounds. Smoking is an addiction and deadly for many. young or old. It is not a habit, it is an addiction and that makes you an addict. And I can say that because I am one myself and didn't like to hear it either. So, stop…

I am so happy that you report here as well. I am not lying, I am not feeling too good and it was a tough day, I thought about a glass of wine. But then I know I have to answer to you and hopefully many others in the future, so I am going to be a good girl and enjoy my sparkling ice "coconut/pineapple (that stuff is so…