The Giving up/ Cutting down Alcohol support thread- number 10

maman

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

On a good note....took a claw hammer to our holiday savings pot earlier (one of those sealed tinned thingummys.....very satisfying smashing that open!!:D) and inside was.......£436!!!:eek::eek::T:T:):):D I am soooooooo chuffed with that, you wouldn't believe. Entertaining the five of us for a week won't be cheap so thats a massive boost. Me and mum have cashed in our tesco vouchers for theme park tickets and eden project tickets so a large proportion of days out are already paid for. Roll on the holiday....only a week to go!!:T

Miss P
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That's brilliant MissP, and I expect a fair bit of that is wine money:T Are you planning to go to Flambards? It's well worth a visit. They have great 'educational' parts and it would be perfectly safe to let the step-children off around the rides on their own while you're looking at the Victorian village etc.

Well done on ignoring bells!

I'm out for dinner tonight so planning a drink but have a good evening everyone.

Miss_Piggy_2

maman wrote: »

That's brilliant MissP, and I expect a fair bit of that is wine money:T Are you planning to go to Flambards? It's well worth a visit. They have great 'educational' parts and it would be perfectly safe to let the step-children off around the rides on their own while you're looking at the Victorian village etc.

Well done on ignoring bells!

I'm out for dinner tonight so planning a drink but have a good evening everyone.

Hi Maman!

Yes, Flambards is one of our planned trips!:) Sounds good fun and, like you say, the older ones can always !!!!!! off and do thier own thing!:D

Yes, part of that is wine money. A few times I've resisted the urge and then popped £4-£5 in the pot. Gratifying to know its all added up!:T

Miss P
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penelopedee_2

AF for me tonight please Shaggy.

yoemma

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

Yoemma - just wanted to say I love your Avvie!:T:T

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D x

mackeroo

maman wrote: »

How many points a day can you have on WW, mackeroo? And you are talking about real wine, not that WW stuff?

Oh jeez no im not talking about the WW stuff, its not very nice and the ironic thing is its only 2 points less that the non WW wine, so its a no brainer really :rotfl:Points are worked out on your height and current weight, when i started in Jan i got 38 points a day and as ive lost over 3 stones now im down to 32 points a day (the least you can have is 29) but on top of this everyone gets an extra 49 points to use up every week. I like this as it means i can enjoy special occasions eg meals out, drinkies without worrying about not having the points for it. WW works for me, i like its flexibility and once you get your head round the points system its pretty easy to follow. You've done brillantly so far maman. Ive got a stone to go to goal. Aiming to get there for Xmas

yoemma

so this is confirmation that i'm on day 4 AF and 4th day of SNC please!

no wine, no ciggies but a couple of mini snowballs jumped into my mouth. it is my dad's birthday today so they had to be eaten

MissP - that's great news about your holiday cash!

enjoy your dins out maman and hope everyone else has a good night, almost the weekend! "TGIF...TGIF...TGIF!" x

mackeroo

Whoops got slightly sidetracked there talking about my fav subject ~ dieting!!
Despite still having this rubbish cold im well chuffed that for the first time in ages ive successfully managed the a full monty for the SNC challenge. :j
4 AF please Shaggy and full house for SNC please Bearacus

Heading up north tomorrow to spend time with family so probs wont be on again til sun eve, dont think this weekend wil be AF but will see what happens. Have a good weekend everyone

yoemma

mackeroo wrote: »

Oh jeez no im not talking about the WW stuff, its not very nice and the ironic thing is its only 2 points less that the non WW wine, so its a no brainer really :rotfl:Points are worked out on your height and current weight, when i started in Jan i got 38 points a day and as ive lost over 3 stones now im down to 32 points a day (the least you can have is 29) but on top of this everyone gets an extra 49 points to use up every week. I like this as it means i can enjoy special occasions eg meals out, drinkies without worrying about not having the points for it. WW works for me, i like its flexibility and once you get your head round the points system its pretty easy to follow. You've done brillantly so far maman. Ive got a stone to go to goal. Aiming to get there for Xmas

good luck with your slimming journey mackeroo. would love to hear how you're getting on - i'm looking to lose my last stone before crimbo too. x

AnnieG

Good evening.
Before I forget, Miss Piggy, this website https://www.seelivedo.co.uk has got half price tickets for Flambards.

I've been a stress monster all day, I got upa t 6 to take DS to the skateboard park, he's not very good at it and won't go when there are other people there because he says he gets in their way and they shout at him, so I said we'd go early so he could have the place to himself for a while. First skate down a ramp and he fell over quite dramatically and wanted to come home, so I'd had a rubbish night's sleep, a stupidly early morning for what's meant to be a holiday, and no happy boy which was the treat I'd been looking forward to after the early start.

Long story short I took him and his friend swimming and agreed that the friend could sleep over. However after being pestered all day for 'stuff' I exploded in Sainsburys and shouted very loudly that I wasn't a bl**dy cash machine.

Could have easily demolished a bottle of wine but am making do with diet lemonade and Andre Agassi's autobiography.

However, I am pleased that I've made it through the day without drinking, and will make it through tomorrow too.

*sigh*

beckseven

no more af days to report for me as I went out for a friend's 40th last night and had a glass of wine and am going to have two glasses tonight but everyone is doing really well on here. Having a really busy night at work 4-11pm today and have had a full day with the kids before that-we went to the beach pool, then to a friend's for lunch and then the library so haven't stopped! however I havent put my daily exercise session in and feel like I'm getting withdrawel symptoms! Mrs R-don't try and make yourself do anything when the baby's asleep-go and have a kip yourself-you need to make up the hours. Take care of yourself.