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    #31
    Ladies on a Mission!

    Oh, J-vo, that is too funny. I was just inspecting my under upper arms. What happened here? Good grief. I don't know if exercise will help this mess!

    Glad you are comfortable on this thread. I think a lot of us are. We're serious and focused, but supportive and wry. Very very wry!

    Ann

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      #32
      Ladies on a Mission!

      Got through witching hour with the glamorous box of red wine on the kitchen counter calling me. Big snow storm heading this way. Hopefully I can stay home tomorrow. Maybe I will bake cookies for the holidays and try not to eat many. Have a great evening all. Going for a ten minute meditation session tonight before bed. I have been learning Christmas songs on the keyboard. Having fun with that.
      "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
      Lao-Tzu

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        #33
        Ladies on a Mission!

        Good for you Sobersoul! I've had "left-over" wine and beer from my son's 16th birthday. Usually, that would not have lasted, but I've kept my hands off. And I assume we may be close by as the storm is also heading this way. So cool! Learning x-mas songs on keyboard! That's the spirit!

        Ok, so I got on the treadmill for the first time in months! 20 min. only but good start! I tried to work out the triceps as I walked and jammed to my 80's tunes (one of my favs came on "Shout" by Tears for Fears).

        Have a wonderful, sober night, and we're all gonna wake up looking like the beautiful Lady on a Mission in NoSugar's pic!
        Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.

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          #34
          Ladies on a Mission!

          Great job on getting on the treadmill j Vo. Start small and build from there. Have a wonderful night.
          "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
          Lao-Tzu

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            #35
            Ladies on a Mission!

            Hey J-vo, do share re the good bras - I am struggling - got a couple Victoria Secrets ones when I turned 50 to try to put a new lease of life into the old girls, but just not doing it for me!!!
            And as to the wine in the house, both you and SS - no way I could do that, it would be down the hatch before I could even stop to consider whether I wanted to or not! That shows restraint and control!
            Yes, I am happy here and have had similar struggles finding a "home" - however, I will carry on jiggling for a while (and eating chocolates) - maybe next year I can look at the exercise thingy, though I did look at weighted hula hoops on Amazon....hmmm, maybe Not gonna look like NoSugars lady for a long while that's for sure!
            Home from work, and a few hankerings - especially when I find the laundry still in the washer, and breakfast dishes on the table - and I even left a note! Glass of wine sounds good - now where did I leave that box, oops it's at SS's house, so sober night for me then!
            Off to cook supper, hope everyone is having a peaceful whatever time of day it is with you - from a happy, wry lady
            “The only courage you will ever need is the courage to live the life you want"

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              #36
              Ladies on a Mission!

              Hi Scottish Lass,
              Well, here's an embarrassing revelation...I get my bras at Kohls! Shhh. And I don't even know what brand, just something that fits well. I feel that when I buy the VS bras, I have to be very careful with them, hand wash them, and I'm soooooo not into hand washing. I'm more into throwing everything in washing machine on cold! Done!

              And I'll jiggle right along with you, as this isn't going anywhere anytime soon! But it did feel good to get on my 18 year old treadmill. You'd laugh if you'd see it. It's actually leaning quite nicely to the left. My husband insists that we don't need a new one...oh, he never uses it.

              Time for bed. This is the time I absolutely love sober! I actually take my eye makeup off, wash my face, jump into a nice warm bed with a clear head, and say a sober prayer. Nice!!!! Now I just have to wake up real pretty like NS's chick! I don't see that happening. I'm a bit of a grouch before I get my first cup of joe in me!

              Have a good night.
              Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.

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                #37
                Ladies on a Mission!

                Don't y'all know that is a picture of ME? :H:H:H

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                  #38
                  Ladies on a Mission!

                  Just saw this now! Yes, I'm in!

                  Definitely on a mission. The lady part may be debatable
                  Okay, WHO put a stop payment on my reality check?

                  Winning since October 24th, 2013

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                    #39
                    Ladies on a Mission!

                    Kohls huh? ok, off I go - and yes, the VS were way too much trouble, and uncomfy!
                    NS - ok, we stand back in admiration :H:H We can aspire to be you then! Lead the way!!
                    Hi SGG - hoping you guide us to 30 days seeing you have done it the most recently!!!
                    Tummy full, cravings gone away - happy girl (lady) again....
                    “The only courage you will ever need is the courage to live the life you want"

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                      #40
                      Ladies on a Mission!

                      I just erased my whole post!
                      So I will post tomorrow.
                      Goodnight.
                      Love this thread!
                      Narilly

                      "Nothing in this World Can take the place of Persistence"
                      "You can have the life you want OR you can Drink"

                      AF April 12, 2014

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                        #41
                        Ladies on a Mission!

                        Good Morning, Ladies on a Mission!

                        So glad for all the support here. I really need it! I want so badly to get back to where I was last year at this time. It just has not happened. I admire all of you for your abstinence and determination.

                        I am 54 years old and have 4 daughters (ages 26, 23, 22 and 17). I am married to a sweet man (for 28 years- who has put up with a lot from me!)

                        I had a three year period of abstinence (from July 2005- June 2008) and another 7 month period of abstinence (October, 2012- May, 2013). Why did I slip back into this hell? I don't have a clue. Besides some major life changes (which I guess threw me off balance), it just sounded good at the time. Poor excuse and poor choices!

                        I am very happy to share my thoughts and struggles, in the hopes of helping others, as well as myself.

                        No Sugar....I am so happy to know what I will look (and feel) like after about one year of clean living! Well, once I get this darn shoulder fixed!
                        To all of the rest of us...I am with you...jiggle bells, jiggle bells, jiggle all the way :H:H:H
                        :h Star
                        Keep up the great work!
                        :heartbeat:

                        Star:star:

                        08-13-15

                        I am only one drink away from never being sober again.

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                          #42
                          Ladies on a Mission!

                          Yeah, Star, it is just a miracle what several months of clean livin' will do! :H

                          I read something yesterday that made me think: body weight is just a number reflecting your relationship with gravity.
                          That doesn't sound like a big deal, does it?

                          I'm trying to focus on how I feel rather than look (as much as possible ). All the dieting and exercising in the world isn't going to undo some of the gravity-driven changes that have occurred in a more than half century of living! (Putting it that way makes me glad I can still get out of bed!). Once you're comfortably AF, I think adding the eating and exercising right is a powerful reinforcer --- it is kind of a snowball effect on both the body and mind of feeling good from not drinking, eating in the way that makes you feel best, and then getting out and moving that healthier body around.

                          I couldn't sleep well last night for some reason and started picturing what will happen tomorrow. In my mind I looked at the glasses of wine that will be ever-present in the rooms we'll be in. There will be a wine glass at each place setting and people will have their glasses sitting on every countertop and table all day long and into the evening. I pictured all those glasses and thought about what was in them and felt.... NOTHING. It would be nice to feel REVULSION but I'm ok with just being desensitized... to having no feelings of desire.

                          I thought about saying 'no thanks' when the hostess moves to fill my glass at the table and to dealing with it when she (again) comments how rigid and over-the-top I am about everything. I'm not going to get defensive or offer explanations. I'm just going to smile and say yep, once I'm into something, that's it, isn't it? And then the conversation will move on...

                          Happy Thanksgiving Eve to all of you in the US. And remember, you can cook (probably better) without a glass of wine in hand!

                          :h NS

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                            #43
                            Ladies on a Mission!

                            I went to counselling yesterday and the counsellor gave me a really good strategy to use when I think I want to have a glass of wine.

                            As soon as I think of having a glass I should picture something terrible. Like I picture having the glass and falling down the stairs, or pukeing or that wine mouth taste or staggering around and my kids see me.
                            Im going to use this strategy, I have been imbedding it in my mind since my meeting yesterday. Last week my mother in law said "go relax and have a glass of wine" and it totally threw me off, I really wanted a glass so bad, she made it sound so safe and good. So now I have been thinking of her saying that and me associating something terrible with that comment instead of something good.

                            Sugar- I woke up this morning and I was that girl in bed, felt great. Its been 26 days AF. I'm going for 30!
                            I'm with you girls on the bras. I went for a bra fitting last year and the lady gave me this bra that made me look like a big sasuage and said that was the right size for me! I don't think so, I really want to breathe. Seriously, what happened to those perky girls?
                            lol

                            Talk soon!
                            Narilly

                            "Nothing in this World Can take the place of Persistence"
                            "You can have the life you want OR you can Drink"

                            AF April 12, 2014

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                              #44
                              Ladies on a Mission!

                              Hi all,
                              I'd like to join this thread, too, if I can. I have read so much here that I resonate with. I'm 58, on my 24th AF day, and love all the support and advice here. Narilly, the visualization technique is another tool to go into my toolbox!
                              Every AF day is a milestone.

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                                #45
                                Ladies on a Mission!

                                Welcome, HumbleRider!

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