How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

[havefaith]

Hi Everybody,

I don't know if anybody is watching their weight,(I know we have enough on our plate by watching our Alcohol)But I thought it would be interesting to see if people lost or gained weight by giving up The Drink!

I have 6 days AF and lost one pound, Yeah!

[red67]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

I have lost over 20lbs since I quit drinking. I could have lost more by now but I did overindulge in sugary stuff for awhile. I have stopped that now and I am losing weight again.

[MrsB]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

As of this morning 33lbs!

[Georgie]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

Weight

I have been AF over 2 weeks and feel like I have gained weight. I haven't actually weighed myself since. That my send me over the edge, but I have never craved sweets as I do now that I stopped drinking! I see from responses that this does happen so I won't worry about it yet. I can tell you I am disappointed however. But don't get discouraged it is just how I am, I always want instant results. Best of luck to you, regardless of weight, you will still be a lot healthier without it!
:hGeorgie

[Doggygirl]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

I go up and down fighting "the last 10 pounds" lately. But in my first year of sobriety I gained a life and lost 50 pounds.

DG

[Rocks]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

I have never eaten so much chocolate in the evenings, I am the right weight for my height but probably not for long at the rate!! LOL I thought maybe my body needs to re place the calories lots by not drinking alcohol!!

So for me I gaining weight!!

Rocksxx

[havefaith]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

Wow, it's amazing how many calories we consume while drinking. And how much more Energy we feel!
For those of you who crave sweets, I did to, thats why I started shoveling in the Glut(it really Helps!)

[nicelife]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

I lost 47 kilos and went on to have a surgical procedure to remove all the left over dangly bits so I look very different. Struggling a bit at the moment but will NEVER EVER go back to where I was.

[Lavande]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

I lost no weight when I quit drinking!
I think I consumed an equal amount of chocolate :H

Unfortunately I gained 13 lbs when I quit smoking ~ still working them off

[Nelz]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

Lost about 10 pounds sixty days

[nicelife]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

Hey Nelz - I've been watching your awesomeness! Anyway, I was admiring your 30 day win, then your 60 day win and it always seems that those amounts were/are a long way off for me. And, I haven't made 30 yet......here's hoping this time though. Here you are staring 100 days in the face and I have no sense of you faltering or you taking your eyes off that goal!!!! August 9th is just around the corner and you WILL get there - well done you already. :goodjob:

[Nelz]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

nicelife;1141251 wrote: Hey Nelz - I've been watching your awesomeness! Anyway, I was admiring your 30 day win, then your 60 day win and it always seems that those amounts were/are a long way off for me. And, I haven't made 30 yet......here's hoping this time though. Here you are staring 100 days in the face and I have no sense of you faltering or you taking your eyes off that goal!!!! August 9th is just around the corner and you WILL get there - well done you already. :goodjob:

Uhmmmm, wow is all I can say to this post, you have no idea what it means to me....thank you thank you thank you!

Ive been struggling a bit the last few days, being a holiday that typically means cracking open a few cold ones.

I even was trying to justify to myself, that it would be ok to just have "one" at the restaurant we went to after a long, hard, hot day at work. It just looked so daym deeeelishous!

I even said to my wife....ok, but I cant tell anyone.......but then this board came to mind. I told myself, I could not lie to the people on here.

I ordered a N/A beer and downed it in what seemed like a nanosecond, ordered another and the craving went away.

To know that people are watching/paying attention, and possibly drawing some sort of strength off of my journey is very cool to me.

I wish you all the luck you need to make your first 30 days, then you can jot it down in your siggy as well!

I am soooo glad I didnt drink that night

[morrey]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

Damn, there goes another muffin & yesterday I visited the chocolate cafe with a friend, yum!

So yep, I'm also feasting on sweets, & only at 16 days AF. Have a feeling that my weight may be a little more than before

[bleep]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

I've also been following your progress Nelz. Cool to watch the red "DONE" appear, keep up the good work!

[MrsB]

How much weight Gained or Lost by giving up Alcohol?

Well done to all of you being AF.

Just to let you know for those that were hoping for immediate weight loss. I didn't lose a single lb in the first six weeks as I just ate my own body weight in sweet things. After the first six weeks I stopped craving sweet stuff and the weight started to some off. Since the middle of January I have lost 33lbs and am now an american size 6 - for the first time since I was about 13 years old!

I hope that helps and keep up the good work :-)