30 days moderation in June

[Waves 2]

30 days moderation in June

Hi all,
Pebbles, you have to have some MWO time and he has to have some tv time so works out great all round.

Horrendous thunder and lightning here. Dog is scared stiff! Like me last night after that programme!

[julie001]

30 days moderation in June

Ducky,

I know it's a day late, but congrats on abstaining. I do okay a few days a week. I rarely string more than three days AF together, BUT I am drinking less and am aware that I cannot allow myself to go back to the seriously drunked state that I was in constantly (in the evenings after work). I don't intend to stop drinking entirely, but I do want to have control. I don't want my life to revolve around alcohol and the constant guilt and remorse, Thankfully, in the last four months since I have been actively involved in this program, I have definitely seen improvement. Your AF night and the proud feelings that you expressed gave me motivation to keep striving to lead a healthier, normal life. Again, congrats. Good luck!!!

Julie

[Waves 2]

30 days moderation in June

Hi Julie,
You sound to be doing great. I know exactly what you mean by motivation. I had tried to cut down for 2 years before I found this site and not managed at all. Every morning I would want to stop . Every evening I would drink.

Now I am still not really where I want to be but I have had a far better (almost) year this year than any other drinking year. I love counting and my score at the end of June will be
200 successful days out of 303 ( started properly in September )

66.6%

A bit of an improvement on 0%

This site keeps me going. People accept our failures but encourage us to keep on. Focus. Love it.

[Waves 2]

30 days moderation in June

Hi Cjam,

That's great that you are stopping at 3 so often rather than 9. Are you combining some exercise with the program?

I find I eat more when not drinking too but when I started to exercise the weight did start to come off slowly. (Remember we do call ourselves Muffins on here because of the muffin effect above our trousers!)

have a look at the weight board on here, perhaps, and join in.

:goodjob: on moderating so far.

[Pebbles]

30 days moderation in June

Hi Waves,

good point, at least if I'm on MWO I'm not drinking ! One of my Border Collie's and the Jack Russell are scared of thunder too, hope we don't get it here.

Cjam, some other threads talk about it being a sugar thing, when you cut down on alcohol you replace it with carbs/sugar ANYTHING !!!!! to replace the sugar you've been drinking.

Must admit though, topa really helps with the appetite - I don't have one now!

Was set up for an AF night last night, indoor climbing, then my friend cancelled. Tonight I'm going to my son's school AGM, so definately AF as don't need to be stupid for that !

have a good day everyone
xxx

[ducky]

30 days moderation in June

Hi all,

Julie thanks for the compliment. I went a bit over last night though. I seem to go back and forth a bit and after an AF night over do it. Well tonight will be mods, and I'd like another AF soon. Also, my DH snores if we have cocktails (like last night) as opposed to a glass or two of wine or beer. So at 3 am I told him either AF or wine/beer Sunday - Thursday. That will help me in two ways...first, he won't keep me awake snoring, second, I won't be tempted to overindulge. I am embarrassed to say that when we have a cocktail I tend to secretly pour myself a bit more, and that leads to trouble for me. I guess it's because they are so strong compared to wine and hit me too fast. So back to wine till the weekend.

Waves, you are doing great! I hope to follow your lead and have more and more AF days.

Pebbles, sorry your friend cancelled. I need to schedule some nighttime activities myself.

Off to the gym where the trainer will kill me.

BBL

[redrobin]

30 days moderation in June

How's this one then?????

Doesn't look much like a PRIZE guinea pig though does she? It's pretty late and I'm really tired after taking my daughter to a Overseas Student Exchange seminar tonight (she wants to go and I'm already having apoplexy at the thought- good for her though...) So I'll write fully tomorrow and tell you about my topa experiments and every thing else.

Everyone seems to be doing great....


Red 'The Pig' Robin

[Quiescent]

30 days moderation in June

I was in I was out and now I'm back in.

I know there isn't much left of this month but it's never too late to jump on the mods wagon!

I did 12 days af and I am hoping that gave me what I needed to try this again.

So far so good.

Hugs,
Rachele

[ducky]

30 days moderation in June

Welcome back Rachele,

As much as I admired you for going AF, I missed you on our 30 day mods thread. And my performance has suffered. It must be because you were gone!

Glad you are doing well.

[ducky]

30 days moderation in June

And you are right, never too late to jump in! Let's make the rest of June really mod.

If anyone else has hesitated to jump in because they didn't start on the first day of the month, you are welcome at any time!

[Waves 2]

30 days moderation in June

Hi all,
welcome rachele and anyone new.

I am seriously thinking of changing my avatar. I just look around and:

Ducky isnt a duck.
Pebbles - I can't see a single stone- unless the dog ate it.
Red Robin is a guinea-pig

need i say more?

[Quiescent]

30 days moderation in June

Awwwwww Ducky:huggy thanks.


Waves, good luck with your new avatar......I look forward to seeing it!

[ducky]

30 days moderation in June

Waves, maybe we should all change ours, so they match! Nah...

Off to the gym for an hour of cardio.

I have to stop eating so much. We eat healthy here (lots of fruits and veggies) but then I eat too much, and top it off with wine and desserts. I think I need a few days of limiting my intake of calories to get back on the weight loss wagon. It's summer and I feel like my avatar should be whale...

[Waves 2]

30 days moderation in June

:H

Sorry Ducky, I hope I was meant to laugh at that!

I'm sure it can't be that bad. After all you do go to the gym.

Chrysa, will get right to work now! Trouble is no one will know me!!!!!!

[ducky]

30 days moderation in June

It's all relative I suppose but I need to lose at least 20 pounds (30 would be ideal) and it is so hard with thyroid disease. However, it is what it is and I should learn to shut my mouth!!!