August Mods - who's with me?

[Mary Anne]

August Mods - who's with me?

I am in!!!

Ok, here goes my rules for the month of August:

At least 4 AF days /week (like tonight!)
Only 3-4 when I do drink (that is the hard part, but I'll try! )
Exercise 5 days/week...weights 3, aerobics 3, pilates 1..that is aiming high!
Drink at least 8 8 oz glasses of water/day
lose 5 lbs
Be kind to myself(the HARDEST part)
be kind to my family members (the other hard part)

It is good to have time to touch base, I hope you all are doing well, :l

Don't have capabilities to check in during the days any more til I get a new computer, so I miss that, but maybe soon!!welcome the new names(don't remember , please forgive!)

Good night!

Mary Anne

[Bookish]

August Mods - who's with me?

GRRRRR - REMEMBER THE PIRATE CODE "the rules are really what you would call a guideline" :k

[cpn1004]

August Mods - who's with me?

I'm in too

Hi, I will give it another try this month too.
No rules, will have some restrictions, will post them later.
Good luck to all.
Love and Peace,
Phil

[C]

August Mods - who's with me?

Yes -- Was that from Captain Jack in Pirates of the Carribean??? So many great quotes by him..cool...thanks

[InnerStrength]

August Mods - who's with me?

Yes

Chrysa
I love your post. You are so close to my heart, you have no idea. I support your approach 100%. Lets stay close okay? I mean it.
Hugs
Jen.

[InnerStrength]

August Mods - who's with me?

Also

FYI - I love all of you and support all of your approaches - we will all do great. We can do this - none of us are restricted and will do it all in our own way. What matters is that we feel better physically and emotionally. Its not about rules, its about US. So let's embrace US for once okay?
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH
Hugs
Jen

[soccermom]

August Mods - who's with me?

Trish---I'm not willing/wanting/able/ to commit yet to any any AF nights yet, but hey--my 2 glasses are a heck of a lot better than my 2 bottles!! Maybe a few more weeks?? we'll get there! you and me...
we can all do this.. you're right Jen--we're here for each other!!
Phil---Peace and Love is RIGHT
and Gabby--you! as always, what a huge inspiration!
Mary Anne, Frmca, and maires, GOOD night...hugs and sleep tight.
sm..mary

[elfie]

August Mods - who's with me?

Hey...I would also like to join and check in every day...but like Chrysa...I am NOT good with lots of structure...but her schedule sounds pretty doable to me...I am just now collecting my stuff...and waiting for the All One to get here with my cd's and then I will be off to the races...Thanks to everyone who has helped me get from the "lurking" stage to the "I am IN" stage...it's really amazing what you can do for others and never really realize it. I only hope I will be able to pay it all forward some day ....

Elfie

[alexc]

August Mods - who's with me?

Hey guys,

I am a newbie. Am going to try a month without anything (yer.. sure) and then moderation. Any tips for how I am going to make this work?

[Ellen]

August Mods - who's with me?

What's an AF day?
Also, anyone find kudzu helpful?
Thanks,
Ellen

[Quiescent]

August Mods - who's with me?

Hello Ellen,

Welcome to MWO! :welcome:

An AF day is an alcohol free day

I take Kudzu and L-glutemine and I find them both very helpful with taming cravings. Unfortunately for me, they are not enough. I am taking baclofen right now...and if that doesn't work, I will be ordering the Topamax.

Hope that helps!

[Ivygoodluck]

August Mods - who's with me?

Well Ladies,

I'm way late to be officially in August mods but I am starting (again) today. Hope Sept will be a good month for me. I'm thinking about my rules now.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: IF I BUY IT, I WILL DRINK IT. White wine that is. I can have bottles of red aroundn all the time and I don't drink more than a glass or two tops. But that chardonnay (or a good savignon or whatever) slides down like nothing. So my first rule has to be:don't buy the white stuff!

Hope you all are having a good wrap-up the summer!

Ivy

[Ivygoodluck]

August Mods - who's with me?

Ellen,

I will be interested to hear about your experience with baclofen. I have lots of muscle spasms due to athritis and I think my doc will give me that. I took it for two years about ten years ago before I had neck surgery. And I did drink a lot less. Didn't think of the Baclofen as doing that, but I thought that drinking with that med might be dangerous, like drinking with valium.

Looking foward to hearing from you.

Ivy