The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 13

Barny1979

Finished at 18/15

Doshwaster

I'm tempted to go for the full 31 in January as I managed it last year but I will choose a safer target of 25 and hope to beat it.

I had the soberest NYE in years last night. Had a couple of beers early on but wasn't in the mood due to a seasonal cold and was in bed by 11pm.

Chardonnay

I finished December on 22/21

Sorry am on my phone as away so not sure my target came out right! I also had my soberest NYE in years last night. Had a glass of wine with lunch but didn't drink at all last night! I am on antibiotics again so decided not to bother. Had a night in with family and a takeaway. No one else had a drink and although it was different to usual it was still nice.

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a great 2015! Thanks for all of your support. This thread has really done wonders for my drinking habits

Ellsbel

Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to newcomers:)
Dry January starts today, and because I'm full of cold and feel really under the weather I'm declaring extremely early - think it'll be cups of Tea and an early night tonight!
Honeybear I've taken your advice and weighed myself - eek! - be interesting (and fantastic!) if I lose some weight as a by product of an AF month.
1/31 please, Shaggy.

grassgirl

Are there pictures to aim for ?

I'm undecided still..

Had an alcohol free day yesterday

Whatever target I'm going for I'm going to have 2 litres of water per day, skin had gotten bad with silly work hours affecting sleep

maman

Happy New Year all!:A


Very sober NYE here too. I finished of a bottle from (earlier in the week??? don't remember;)). Good to start of 2015 feeling fresh.


DH says one of his resolutions is to drink less. I've never pressured him and he's carried on nightly (couple of glasses minimum) drinking all the time I've been having AF days. We'll see how he copes. I think it's easy at the moment as we've had this Christmas bug.


Id agree with HB about weightloss. It does help not to have the empty calories but I never found it enough in itself. You need to plan healthy eating alongside so beware of sweet soft drinks or comfort eating rubbish to replace drinking n the evening.;)


I'm planning a few drinks over the weekend but will start back properly from Monday.


P.S. I'm sure there will be pictures grassgirl (generally for each 7 days and for target). Why not try a meet it or beat it target like doshwaster?

Barny1979

A total of 289 AFDs in 2014, hopefully top 300 in 2015.

grassgirl

Good idea maman

Going to set target as 21 days.

And aim for 7 days in a row

Many thanks

Honey_Bear

Ellsbel wrote: »

Honeybear I've taken your advice and weighed myself - eek! - be interesting (and fantastic!) if I lose some weight as a by product of an AF month.

Well done, Ellsbell! Guess who totally forgot to put the scales in the bathroom when I went to bed last night! Ah well, 2nd January weigh-in it will be. Having done realistic calculations for myself (grams lost over AF days x 31) I reckon on 0.77kg (ie a couple of pounds a month) being pretty painless. And they do say the more slowly you lose it, the more likely it is to stay off.

maman wrote: »

Id agree with HB about weightloss. It does help not to have the empty calories but I never found it enough in itself. You need to plan healthy eating alongside so beware of sweet soft drinks or comfort eating rubbish to replace drinking n the evening.;)

Well done on your weightloss - I have every respect for you turning your life around, Maman, and you've been so helpful to me since I joined this thread. It takes a lot of self-discipline and determination to tackle both booze and diet at the same time.

I think we're lucky here at the Honey Bear House. OH and I had spent a few years tiding up our dietary habits but I honestly didn't know how far we'd travelled down the healthy eating road before I stopped drinking. I haven't changed anything other than cutting out the booze I am eating more sugary things - Twinks Hobnobs, malte$ers$ and the occasional binge on fruit juice (half a carton of guava juice last night) and I'm still losing weight. To be brutally honest with myself, that just goes to show how many empty calories I was quaffing in the G&Ts and red wine. I find it just incredibly useful to know that and anyone who wants to monitor their weight will find it a great way to start, I think, weighing themselves at the start of a change in habits.

I was always puzzled by dieting, to be honest. I realised after a while of monitoring my weight gain that I expected to go from piling it on gradually over the seven years after I stopped smoking fairly slowly to losing it quite rapidly. If I'd just stabilized it so that I knew how much I could eat without putting it on or losing it for, say, three months, I'd have known how to lose it much more clearly. Just a thought for anyone tackling new behaviours at this time of year.

Let me know if I sound preachy. I don't mean to; it's just I wish I'd known these things before. The slimming and dieting industry isn't really that helpful when it comes to practical ways of changing behaviours for keeps, in my opinion. They need to keep their customer base coming back for more.

grassgirl

Honey_Bear wrote: »

If I'd just stabilized it so that I knew how much I could eat without putting it on or losing it for, say, three months, I'd have known how to lose it much more clearly.

Taking note of this, many thanks!

My weight loss graph looks like the pyramids