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[planetjanet]

Anyone Up For 30 Day AF

Hello Everyone,

Congrats on your AF Days! I would like to write more but it's bed time for me. I did register for a half marathon and out of all days it's on my birthday (July 8th). I am really looking forward to this birthday and have started to make plans for it.

Anywho, have a great Monday and will be checking back tomorrow.

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 52

[planetjanet]

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Hello Everyone,

Wow, it's getting "quiet" on this thread and I have faith that we are all enjoying our morning, afternoons and nights since being AF. This is Day 54 for me and wow again the longest I have been since being a member in 2007. I honestly didn't believe that it was possible and through all my hard prayers, I am ever so grateful to be not drinking today (ODAT). I have to say that it's been difficult experiencing ALOT of growing pains, my moods and emotions are just all over the place. However, I am aware that this is a process and to just work on being grateful for not drinking, everything else will come it's way. In my last post, I had mentioned that I had registered for a half marathon and wow it happens to fall on my birthday. Now, that's going to be a birthday to remember......

Anywho, it' time for bed, hope you are all doing well. Janice, hope you are hanging in there during your family visit. I will be doing a four mile run, so if I am not too pooped, I will send out a quick post.....Thanks everyone for being on this thread, your support really helped....

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 54

[SAUSAGE]

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Hi Janet

Hope your run went well - just curious, with all this running and not drinking , have you lost any weight in the last 54 days?!

How about you, Janice? Has your weight changed. Of course as I've never met either of you in real life, you may not need to loose any weight, you may both be very slim / thin ??

I lost a lot of weight the first time I quit but I was a good 25 lbs or so overweight which I hadn't managed to lose since my pregnancies, however I had other health issues going on ( I wasn't absorbing food properly and was still consuming gluten) so I think some of this was down to poor health.

I'm disappointed that this time my weight hasn't changed ( well I've lost about 2lbs that's all) but I'm only a few lbs off my ideal body weight anyway and as everyone knows the last few lbs are the hardest to loose. I'm actually amazed I haven't put on weight as I know since quitting al I have increased my intake of crisps / chocolate !! I must stop this.

Anyway I hope to be resuming running again soon. As I think I've mentioned I've been recovering for over 6 months from plantar fasciitis which has been horrible. It's just about gone now and on Fri I'm getting some custom made inner soles ( due to collect them from the podiatrist) to put in my shoes, so then I'm going to steadily go back to running again.

Janice, I hope you trip is going OK - look forward to hearing from you when you have Internet access again.

Sausage x
Day 125 AF

[Nelz]

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SAUSAGE;1341633 wrote: Hi Janet

Hope your run went well - just curious, with all this running and not drinking , have you lost any weight in the last 54 days?!

How about you, Janice? Has your weight changed. Of course as I've never met either of you in real life, you may not need to loose any weight, you may both be very slim / thin ??

I lost a lot of weight the first time I quit but I was a good 25 lbs or so overweight which I hadn't managed to lose since my pregnancies, however I had other health issues going on ( I wasn't absorbing food properly and was still consuming gluten) so I think some of this was down to poor health.

I'm disappointed that this time my weight hasn't changed ( well I've lost about 2lbs that's all) but I'm only a few lbs off my ideal body weight anyway and as everyone knows the last few lbs are the hardest to loose. I'm actually amazed I haven't put on weight as I know since quitting al I have increased my intake of crisps / chocolate !! I must stop this.

Anyway I hope to be resuming running again soon. As I think I've mentioned I've been recovering for over 6 months from plantar fasciitis which has been horrible. It's just about gone now and on Fri I'm getting some custom made inner soles ( due to collect them from the podiatrist) to put in my shoes, so then I'm going to steadily go back to running again.

Janice, I hope you trip is going OK - look forward to hearing from you when you have Internet access again.

Sausage x
Day 125 AF

LOL, same thing happened to me, good luck quitting. MWO needs a "sister" board for chocolate addiction.

[MWOLady]

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Hey Nelz, what's with this "sister" stuff? I've see some guys who could scarf down chocolate with the best sistah in the land!!

Truth be told, though, giving up alcohol really does leave a "sugar" hole in the diet. But the liver processes booze first, then the rest of what we eat/drink, so once that's gone the liver gets healthier and most of us can drop a few lbs UNLESS we fill that sugar hole. I've been able to lose 8 lbs this spring and summer for two reasons: got thyroid fixed, and dropped all grains and sugar (and was on/off the booze which must have helped!).

[planetjanet]

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Hello Everyone,

Well, I am having a really tough time but not with alcohol and I am grateful for that. However, this new job has been really taking it's toll on me and then I had this horrible text message fight with my brother, who in conclusion said some awful things to me. He was supposed to come down (he lives in north of SF, Saulsalito I have been crying and well it's just best I go to bed and pray for a better day.......I am happy that in 3 days, it will be 60 days and that makes me feel great and strong willed to keep going.......

Anywho, I hope everyone is doing well and I will check in tomorrow.......

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 57

P.S. My brother just emailed me an apology, feel a little bit better but still taken back by his harsh words.

[Ishybit]

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Hello everyone,
It's been a little while sine I've posted. I'm happy to see everyone's racking up the AF time.
Janet, family can be so rough sometimes. You can be so close to a family member and yet often times you don't understand each others perspective.... Ever. Does that make sense? Anyway, I'm glad he was able to apologize before you went to bed. Hopefully things will smooth over. (FYI, I grew up in Mill Valley, I luv Sausalito). Great job on your running!
Hi sausage, those last few pounds are forever stuck on my arse! I can't stop eating dark chocolate peanut butter cups. Yum! As long as I am working out, I don't freak out too much.
So I too am approaching 60 days. Yay. I must admit, this past week has been a little rough....my kids are out for summer, we've had some amazing beach days, friends have come and visited, concerts in the park are going on, it's beautiful and I wonder why I'm not drinking? I've kind of lost my focus and my intention which makes me a little bitter and edgy. Ugh. Please feel free to remind me why I'm not drinking. I seem to have forgotten.
Thanks and happy Saturday!
Ishy

[Janice]

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Hi...just got back home. Havent caught up with the boards yet but do hope everyone is doing well. (Ishy just quickly read your post above...rewind your memory to how you felt at the beginning...go back & read your earlier posts).

Day 53 here and still AF although its been a hard week & there have been some tough evenings. As well as being the 5yr anniversary of losing my Dad on Wednesday it's been so upsetting seeing my mam...she is really not well and I cld see a big difference just since May, the dementia seems to have progressed and she seems to be sleeping most of the time. I look at her & wonder if she wld have ended up like this without the drink, who knows.

My brother had got me a bottle of white wine and although I felt totally stressed out by the evenings, I bought some diet coke and the wine stayed in the fridge unopened. I knew if I drank, my problems would still be there in the morning...and I would feel pretty crap about it. Instead, I took a bath and had some early nights.

Will post some more tomorrow but just wanted to check in, say hi and let you know my sobriety is still intact.

[SAUSAGE]

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Hi everyone

MWO lady - think you are absolutely right about the sugar hole! I haven't really lost any weight but I haven't gained any either. I feel constantly starving , if only I could cut out all the junk I know weight would just drop off me!

Ishy wow almost 60 days! My kids have finished for summer too. I've never had a summer without drink as when I abstained before I started drinking again jjust at the start of the school summer holidays.

Janet, sorry to hear about the argument with your brother, glad it didn't cause you to drink.

And Janice I was wondering how you were getting on. Sorry to hear about your mum, glad you didn't drink the wine despite being stressed in the evenings. Does your brother know now that you have quit alcohol?

Well I've had a busy few days, it's just been my daughters 8th birthday and we had a few of her friends round for a party at home. Mr Sausage immediately opened a bottle of wine as soon as they had all left, and I was really tempted, but I managed to stay strong. It wasn't easy though. We're off on holiday for just under 2 weeks tomorrow. I'm going to take my iPad with me as I hope there'll be some Wi Fi so hope to check in from time to time.

Sausage x
Day 128 AF

[planetjanet]

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Hey all-

Hope everyone had a nice AF weekend. Sorry to cut this post short but I am just exhausted from a a 4 mile run on Saturday and a 9 mile run today, so I am about to head to bed. Tomorrow will be 60 days and wow never did I think I would get here but I was determined to beat this and will continue to. Everything about being AF has done nothing but improved my life and finally I am able to deal with my "issues" of why I drank.

Anywho, nite nite for me...Have a great Monday and again congrats on your AF days!


Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 59

[Nelz]

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Janice;1343711 wrote: Hi...just got back home. Havent caught up with the boards yet but do hope everyone is doing well. (Ishy just quickly read your post above...rewind your memory to how you felt at the beginning...go back & read your earlier posts).

Day 53 here and still AF although its been a hard week & there have been some tough evenings. As well as being the 5yr anniversary of losing my Dad on Wednesday it's been so upsetting seeing my mam...she is really not well and I cld see a big difference just since May, the dementia seems to have progressed and she seems to be sleeping most of the time. I look at her & wonder if she wld have ended up like this without the drink, who knows.

My brother had got me a bottle of white wine and although I felt totally stressed out by the evenings, I bought some diet coke and the wine stayed in the fridge unopened. I knew if I drank, my problems would still be there in the morning...and I would feel pretty crap about it. Instead, I took a bath and had some early nights.

Will post some more tomorrow but just wanted to check in, say hi and let you know my sobriety is still intact.

WOW, what a GREAT statement. I ve heard countless others say the same thing, and every single time, it strikes a chord with me. Its so absolutely true, AL is never gonna magically "solve" our problems, its just gonna make the next morining a real shyter!


Well done for being strong, keep it up

[planetjanet]

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Hello Everyone,

Yipppppeee AF Day 60.....sorry I am too pooped to write more, will check back tomorrow. Hope everyone had a great Monday and congrats on your AF Day count!!!!

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 60 - Wahooooooooo!!!! Yipppppeee!!!

[SAUSAGE]

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Hi Janet

Huge congratulations on your 60 days, that's fantastic! I am so pleased, now keep going!!

Am away on holiday, have only just got a Wi Fi connection! I am so relieved, last night was a bit of a struggle!

Sausage x
Day 131 AF

[planetjanet]

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Hello Everyone,

Thanks Sausage and yes I will keep going. Glad to hear you got wifi and hope you are enjoying your trip? You mentioned a "struggle". What's happen? Ishybit, congrats on you 60 days and Janice you are almost there.....wahooooo!!!

I am going to head to bed, thank god tomorrow there is a holiday and I am off work. I have decided to stay at this job until I find something else, this job by far way is too stressful and I just can't have that in my life right now. However, I need to keep it to pay my bills and it will DEFINITELY be a challenge but the strange thing is I am not scared. I am ready to find what is good for me and if I "visualize it" and work hard at getting there, it will happen. It happened with this job, it will happen with the next....

Okay, hope everyone is doing well. Will back in tomorrow....

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 61

[SAUSAGE]

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Hi Janet and everyone

The first couple of nights away I really felt like drinking ( and it didn't help that I was having Internet trouble and couldn't log on here) however I stayed strong and last night was a lot easier - so glad I didn't cave.

It is always easier to find another job if you are already in employment so hang on in there and look for something that would be better for you in the long term - at least as you say, it pays the bills!

Janice, Ishy, - you OK? - still got unreliable Wi Fi so not totally up to date with MWO. Hi to Nelz and anyone else following this thread. Have a great 4th July those of you in USA.

Hope to be back later

Sausage x
Day 132 AF