Cutting Down Alcohol Thread

AnnieG

Hello
Still on the wagon here... so 2/5 for the SNC and 8/20 for March.

I'm hoping for some job news this week, after 5 months I REALLY need to get to work now.

arsenalbarnie

Great news Shaggy. I have blood tests to do next Monday, another reason not to drink as the last ones weren't so great.

Honey bear, yes definitely wine boxes are a no no, so tempting just to keep topping the wine glass up! I remember years ago going on a booze trip to Calais with OH to get wine for my parents ruby wedding party. Well they blinking drank all the red wine before the party! We did go in June and the party was going to be in September, but still it was the wine boxes, I don't think any of us realised (I can't blame them entirely), how much we were getting through.

Posh lunch yesterday and I was thinking on the way in oh maybe I will drink. My daughter briefly called me boring, but I had a mock tail and then water and felt so much better for it. Early evening was more tempting when I was cooking the dinner though.

Calling in with 4/31 afds let's see what today brings. Am exhausted, usually I sleep so well when on an afd but was awake for ages in the night

Honey_Bear

Congrats to everyone whose health is tip top!

Pollyanna, that's brilliant progress, going from 49 in 2016 to 50 by March this year. Really well done. The section that resonated most with me was:

pollyanna24 wrote: »

I was sorely tempted to drink yesterday, but I didn’t. Had it in my head from about 3pm or 4pm that I would have a few while waiting for my girls to get back from their dad’s. But I resisted. Had tea ad biscuits instead. Time kept getting on and I hadn’t succumbed to the first drink, so by 8pm and then 9pm, I made the decision to just not bother.

Those days mean more to me than the days where I just don’t think about it as it feels like more of an achievement if that makes sense.

Those days are really hard-earned!

I've just weighed myself. I am 5'4" and for the first time ever I am over 68 kgs. I am stout, I can feel the flab, I've got rolls around my stomach and bingo wings, my thighs are chunky and I loathe feeling like this. My problem is sugar, and I know it is; cheese is a real weakness, but this sugar and chocolate thing is totally out of control. I have been floundering around over the past 13 years with sugar, unable to stop myself reaching for the second, third and fourth biscuit, slice of cake, bar of chocolate, you name it, if I can reach it, I eat it. This has to stop. I can't bear being this shape, with tight clothes.

I stopped smoking in 2006 after 30 years and I put a stone on. I lost it over one summer which was great, and then gradually put it back on until I gave up booze, and it's been slowly, slowly creeping up into new territory ever since. Losing the dog on Boxing Day was the last straw; miserable for a few weeks meant even more chocolate and that coupled with sod all exercise because I'm not walking him any more has meant that I am now heavier than I have ever been.

As much as anyone struggles on here with booze, I now struggle with cheese and chocolate and I cannot stand it.

Yesterday I wasn't totally sugar free, but I managed to stop after two particularly lovely biscuits, and then again after two particuarly lovely chocolates last thing last night.

I have got to find a way out of this because it's driving me mad; it's not that I am a couch potato, it's that I eat too much of the things I crave, and I've got to face up to that and find some self-control. I'm aware that this is an AF thread but I don't diet, I don't believe in them. I need to exercise the same self-discipline that everyone here does over booze so if you don't mind, as well as declaring my AF days, I'm also going to declare my weight. Maybe doing that daily will result in a bit more self-control. If it doesn't work, and I don't at least stop putting it on by the end of March, then I'll stop recording it. If it stays the same, in the first instance, that would be really, really helpful. I don't need anyone to keep track of it; I just need to keep track of it and not let it slip my mind when the chocolate is within reaching distance.

68.3 kgs
12/31 please, Shaggy.

sukeyboo

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Maman :bdaycake:
Hope you enjoy your day (despite the weather :eek:)

5/12 for today please Shaggy

Barny1979

12/26 AFDs today

carrielovesfanta

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Congrats to everyone whose health is tip top!

Pollyanna, that's brilliant progress, going from 49 in 2016 to 50 by March this year. Really well done. The section that resonated most with me was:



Those days are really hard-earned!

I've just weighed myself. I am 5'4" and for the first time ever I am over 68 kgs. I am stout, I can feel the flab, I've got rolls around my stomach and bingo wings, my thighs are chunky and I loathe feeling like this. My problem is sugar, and I know it is; cheese is a real weakness, but this sugar and chocolate thing is totally out of control. I have been floundering around over the past 13 years with sugar, unable to stop myself reaching for the second, third and fourth biscuit, slice of cake, bar of chocolate, you name it, if I can reach it, I eat it. This has to stop. I can't bear being this shape, with tight clothes.

I stopped smoking in 2006 after 30 years and I put a stone on. I lost it over one summer which was great, and then gradually put it back on until I gave up booze, and it's been slowly, slowly creeping up into new territory ever since. Losing the dog on Boxing Day was the last straw; miserable for a few weeks meant even more chocolate and that coupled with sod all exercise because I'm not walking him any more has meant that I am now heavier than I have ever been.

As much as anyone struggles on here with booze, I now struggle with cheese and chocolate and I cannot stand it.

Yesterday I wasn't totally sugar free, but I managed to stop after two particularly lovely biscuits, and then again after two particuarly lovely chocolates last thing last night.

I have got to find a way out of this because it's driving me mad; it's not that I am a couch potato, it's that I eat too much of the things I crave, and I've got to face up to that and find some self-control. I'm aware that this is an AF thread but I don't diet, I don't believe in them. I need to exercise the same self-discipline that everyone here does over booze so if you don't mind, as well as declaring my AF days, I'm also going to declare my weight. Maybe doing that daily will result in a bit more self-control. If it doesn't work, and I don't at least stop putting it on by the end of March, then I'll stop recording it. If it stays the same, in the first instance, that would be really, really helpful. I don't need anyone to keep track of it; I just need to keep track of it and not let it slip my mind when the chocolate is within reaching distance.

68.3 kgs
12/31 please, Shaggy.

Sorry to crash in... I've been lurking for inspiration!


Have you ever considered weight training? I lost a lot of body fat after I started lifting and it really helped with stress and over eating. I found that the more I committed to lifting and getting stronger, the healthier I wanted to be - hence why I'm cutting down on alcohol too!

loveasale

I’m up for checking / recording my weight !
I’m 5foot 4 and have always been a petite size 10 ,,,,,slowly over the last year or so my weight has risen and risen , age maybe a factor , it’s hard to tell if ,,or , where I’m in the menopause as I had coil fitted for heavy periods and I don’t really want to risk going back to them by having it removed !
I am now 63kgs ,,, I used to be 55 kgs , doubt I’d get back to that but would like to be under 60 at least.
I didnt drink for 40 days in a row in Jan and feb and I didn’t loose an ounce ! And before you all say did I swop the wine for tea and cake ,,no I didn't!!
But it is really getting me down ,, I don’t think any of my summer clothes will fit as I’ve started having to go up a size !!
Back to booze 9/20 and 2/5

AnnieG

Evening
9/20 for me today, 2/5 on the SNC
I'm massively overweight, hoping that cutting down on the booze will help.
I'm aware that I also need to break my biscuit habit.... not sure I'm ready for that!!

Poor_Single_lady

8/21

Going to pub later. But up to 8 yesterday.

GlendaSugarbean

Honey bear I'm also trying to cut down on the snacks and up the exercise - got a shock at the end of last year as my weight had crept up to 12 1/2 stone (I'm 5'8) which is over the top end for my height. I've never gone below a size 10 at my skinniest teenage years, as I have wide shoulders and a solid frame, also bring older means my 'ideal' weight is higher, but still I could do with getting some of that weight off. Now at just under 12 stone, losing about a pound every other week which is a good steady loss for me.

I do NOT do diets, Mum was always either on a diet or off one and her weight just yo-yod while steadily rising. Completely pointless and made life miserable for the rest of us (anyone else got put on the F plan diet by proxy as a kid? Bran is not tasty). I'm just trying to be sensible about snacking, while eating fairly balanced meals and upping my exercise levels.

Everyone is different, but I find if I sort the exercise first, food tends to follow (I feel better, I have more energy, therefore I make better food choices). Just changing my eating habits only makes me angry and unpleasant to live with . DH is the opposite, he hates an exercise regime but finds it easy to make (and stick to) dietary changes, then when he loses weight he starts to get more active.

Which is a long-winded way of saying I'm in .

13/25 and 3/5, now aiming for 1 BFD (biscuit free day!).