Fellow modders,
Had a big challenge. Surviving the first vacation with moderating. Didn't completely meet my goals but have to say I didn't do bad.
My goal is to drink only 3 days out of the week and it was a 4 day week-end so met that goal. Was tough to say no to the beer today at the German restaurant with all of those steins looking at me but I did it!
My second goal is to have only 6 drinks per week.
Did blow it a little with 3.5 one day and and 3 on the last day so had a total of 8.5.
But, was totally in control - no moments to be ashamed of etc. so felt really good about that.
Noticed when I really thought about how much I drink and why it was really easy to say no to some of the situations I would have said yes to in the past. Went on a boat cruise and many people were drinking the cocktail beforehand so I had to think "Do I really want to have that drink now or save my 2 drinks today for a glass of wine with dinner and a nightcap at the jazz bar. REAL easy to then say no to the daytime drink.
Didn't have the strength to say no to a third drink when we were out at a comedy club and someone bought rounds not realizing I was trying to do a 2 drink day limit. So, wouldn't have ordered it on my own but wasn't able to say no when it was there staring me in the face. Also the other time I drank more than 2 was we went to a restaurant and they had a special of 1/2 price bottles of wine so it was actually less expensive to order the bottle of wine than order 2 glasses for ourselves. So, ended up finishing the bottle off with hubby and went over my limit that night.
But, it's ok. Not beating myself up. It's a daily process and I feel like I'm making progress just paying attention and being so much more aware than I've been before.
Just wanted to share this with fellow modders. Was hard to do drinktracker and get online while I was gone so thanks to the friends who were concerned about this first vacation. I didn't do perfect, but I'm doing good. Just so much more aware and paying attention.
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Had a big challenge. Surviving the first vacation with moderating. Didn't completely meet my goals but have to say I didn't do bad.
My goal is to drink only 3 days out of the week and it was a 4 day week-end so met that goal. Was tough to say no to the beer today at the German restaurant with all of those steins looking at me but I did it!
My second goal is to have only 6 drinks per week.
Did blow it a little with 3.5 one day and and 3 on the last day so had a total of 8.5.
But, was totally in control - no moments to be ashamed of etc. so felt really good about that.
Noticed when I really thought about how much I drink and why it was really easy to say no to some of the situations I would have said yes to in the past. Went on a boat cruise and many people were drinking the cocktail beforehand so I had to think "Do I really want to have that drink now or save my 2 drinks today for a glass of wine with dinner and a nightcap at the jazz bar. REAL easy to then say no to the daytime drink.
Didn't have the strength to say no to a third drink when we were out at a comedy club and someone bought rounds not realizing I was trying to do a 2 drink day limit. So, wouldn't have ordered it on my own but wasn't able to say no when it was there staring me in the face. Also the other time I drank more than 2 was we went to a restaurant and they had a special of 1/2 price bottles of wine so it was actually less expensive to order the bottle of wine than order 2 glasses for ourselves. So, ended up finishing the bottle off with hubby and went over my limit that night.
But, it's ok. Not beating myself up. It's a daily process and I feel like I'm making progress just paying attention and being so much more aware than I've been before.
Just wanted to share this with fellow modders. Was hard to do drinktracker and get online while I was gone so thanks to the friends who were concerned about this first vacation. I didn't do perfect, but I'm doing good. Just so much more aware and paying attention.
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