The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 5

115K

Well done for going to the gym Honeybear.:cool:

Lurkio wrote: »

Indeed it is. Very well done :T :T

Thanks.:A 40% seems like quite a lot to me. When I told my DH he said "So that means you have drunk 60% of the year." He is so positive.:rolleyes:

I am feeling like I want to lose a bit (or a lot!:o) of weight and I have been exercising this past week but I think I will start a diet tomorrow as well. That should help me cut down on alcohol when I do drink.

honeybear_2

Lurkio wrote: »

I shall be charging (yeah, right) down Embankment tomorrow myself

I'll wave

And I'm mainly grumpy cos I want wine

However, this is 1AFD for me & have updated sig accordingly

115K, good luck with the exercise/diet etc. I'm just trying to workout more often so you cheer me on & I'll cheer you on :T

Lurkio

honeybear wrote: »

I'll wave

I'll be the one gasping for breath......

:rotfl:

honeybear_2

Ok, pop-pickers, the movers & the shakers in this weeks 72hr challenge are:

Honeybear (me first, natch )
Marru
Jo (had a lovely weekend, thanks )
Shaggy
Mari
Nettttie
MrsDee
Fay
[STRIKE]Twinkletoes[/STRIKE] I mean Lurks
Dreamonsu

Pippilongstocking

Hello HB - well done on the non-alcoholic treats!

Jo saved my !!! earlier as I moaned via text - remembered the hungrythingmy and so rahter than grab purse and head for the vino made some HM garlic mozerrella bread and scoffed some wierd bean/soya/tomato type casserole thingmy and made a huge pot of soup!

Now am stuffed to bursting.

Mentioned this to Jo - last year's DS's birthday was the last time I bought a whole bottle of wine myself - but its been torture cutting down - so I have been 'giving up' for a year now.

Just puts it into perspective, bit fed up giving up - I think not drinking is easier for me. Read a bit of my book today - chapter on coping with social/drinking situations. great info in that ...........I did OK when away but it was so much eaiser and better managed (by me) from reading bits in the book

I ate before our meals out (they were late and often followed several drinks) so that i wasnt hungry and therefore might 'drink' to fill the gap
Luckily any alcoholic beverages have to be paid for seperately so the drinks on the table when eating were normally water.
We ate so late that mostly we went up to bed afterwards except those who wanted to go to the bar.........so I slipped off unnoticed
Got up and managed breakfast most mornings instead of just not bothering

I need to remember the 'why its better bits....' like:

I did manage to get up and out one morning by 7am to let me go to the botanic garden with 2 others on the trip - which I wouldn't have managed to do if I was drunk the night before

No terrible 'oh god what did I do or say' things
No OMG moments when remembering being stupid
No waking up to wierd men in the bed (!!!!!) - doesnt normally happen but once with OH I woke up honestly not knowing who I was with (HIM) or where I was - NOT a nice feeling
Still skint as contributed to rounds when I needed to but happy to go with the flow of that rahter than make a scene about not drinking........

Lurkio

fayjmck wrote: »

I need to remember the 'why its better bits....' like:

I did manage to get up and out one morning by 7am to let me go to the botanic garden with 2 others on the trip - which I wouldn't have managed to do if I was drunk the night before

No terrible 'oh god what did I do or say' things
No OMG moments when remembering being stupid
No waking up to wierd men in the bed (!!!!!) - doesnt normally happen but once with OH I woke up honestly not knowing who I was with (HIM) or where I was - NOT a nice feeling

I know what you mean Fay (apart from the waking up with men in the bed thing....)

honeybear_2

Well done, Fay! :T

I think reviewing progress & seeing how good things are when AF (or with less A, if you're like me) is really important. Pleased that the book is helping too

ps.well done to Jo for coming to the rescue

*Mari*

creeping in hoping that noone notices, but wanting them to so i get a rollicking ....brothers birthday, offered glass of wine, accepted...drank:mad:

Can't believe after really plucking up the courage to decide to cut back and post on here again i've caved so easily, but couldn't lie or not post so perhaps thats a good thing??

Tomorrows another day, with a fresh start (again) hope Im not going to be doing this again and again, sorry to mess up the 72hr challenge :mad:

Mari

115K

Lurkio wrote: »

I know what you mean Fay (apart from the waking up with men in the bed thing....)

:rotfl:

I have just made a list of my bust, waist, hips and thigh measurements so I can see when I'm losing weight. I think the tape measure must be wrong surely!!!!:eek::o:D

glasgowgirl

Evening, day 2 of the November challenge and the scores on the doors are:

November scores - 2nd November
40somethingmum: Target 30 / Actual
69chick: Target 20 / Actual
115k: Target 10 / Actual 1/2
Angie: Target 30 / Actual
BHB: no target
Budgie: Target 15 / Actual
Changing Ways: Target 30 / Actual
Clarabell13: Target 30 / Actual
Different Corner: Target 30 / Actual
Dreamonsu: Target 16 /Actual
Fay: Target 30 / Actual
Honeybear: Target 11 / Actual 1/2
Icelandic Maiden: Target 30 / Actual 1/1
Jo: Target 30 / Actual 1/1
Lurkio: Target 10 / Actual 1/1
Maman: Target 10 / Actual
Mari: Target 15 / Actual 1/1
Marru: Target 30 / Actual 1/1
MollyP: Target 30 / Actual
MrsDee: Target 28 / Actual 1/1
MrsJC: no target
Nettie: Target 15 / Actual
Priceisright: Target 30 / Actual
Shaggy: Target 17 / Actual
SnowyM: Target 30 / Actual
Suweb5: Target 12 / Actual
Toby3000: Target 25 / Actual
Wanna Bee Free: Target 12 / Actual
Winebox: no target
Yellowmonkey: Target 25 / Actual

Let me know if anything's been missed.

Count me in for the AF Mon-Wed 72 hr challenge please Honeybear!

xx