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Anyway, I had another wee glitch at the weekend when I went to a party hosted by the local triathlon club I've joined - it was their end-of-season bash, and although it was a great way to get to know some of the people there better, I think the following day could have been more constructive if I hadn't have been nursing a hangover.
So the counter goes back to zero and I'm starting again... but now I've got into the swing of my course it's not so bad cos I'm just so busy all the time.
Right, that's my confession over with!
Avalaf - it's great to have you join us. It sounds like you've scared yourself by really admitting to yourself how much you're drinking. When it's down in black and white it becomes so much harder to hide from. I do hope that your friends and family are supportive of your decision... and if not, then we'll certainly be here for you!
Sometimes I find that I wake up in the morning with the best of intentions - eat healthily and drink lots of water etc throughout the day... but then on my way home I'd feel tired, or stressed, or depressed, and then somehow manage to drown out my sensible side and veer into an off-license on the way home.
It's helped me to have things planned for the evening - running club, swimming session or whatever, which means that by the time I get home for good I'm either too knackered or feeling so good from the exercise that usually the urge to drink has passed.
It's tough though - we all have our little triggers or situations where we find it all to easy to cave in. It's a matter of finding out what these are, and then either steeling ourselves against them, or avoiding them altogether.
For instance, it's taken me a long time to recognise, but whenever I'm out socially and my sister-in-law is there, I've got totally plastered. Now I've identified this I go out of my way to drive when I know she'll be there.
Phew! That was all a bit epic. I'll try and post more frequently in future instead of bottling everything up for a week or so.
Sorry to here about your little glitch but at least your back:) I will try to stay in the pool until 10 so I can't buy any I think. Or If I'm stuck at home with my daughter just make sure i don't buy any before shes in bed, tht way I can't leave the house.
So heres to day 2 tomorrow:)
Is not as hard as we think - we can change anything we want - if we want to.
I have an admission to make - here's my worst habbit and I thought I'd started getting it in control this week!!
Egg - arrives home, a bit hungry but not mega, coldy sneezy, tierd, moody grumpy and cos I'd planned to do lot's of stuff like dye hair, start xmas card designs, make soup, have a big long bath etc I thought I needed to eat and get that out of the way.......
Binged... I hate it when I do that. Started with a handful of nuts and a bannana. Then ate a pack of low fat chicken, then some more nuts then rice cakes low fat mayo and baked beans, then more nuts, then went next door and brought toffo's (bloody love them!), french fries and maltesers.. ate it all then ate the remaining nuts - was stuffed. Sat and thouht "you t**t" - was really fed up with myself. The only saving grace was that most wasnt too bad - the nuts and sweets wernt good.
Anyhow today I get on the scales and kel soup prize who's chucked on 2lb in a week... gutted
So - the point of this is that while I waffle on about how easy it is to give up drinking my food abuse goes on! I have decided to practice what I preach today - in that I have jumped back on the waggon. Normally I'd have joined the boys in a bacon sandwich this morning and also have sacked bringing lunch so I could binge through friday cos I might as well now I spoiled it last night... instead when I got up I forced myself to pull together lunch - rice cakes, tin of tuna and some veg's.
I feel fat and fed up today - BUT I'm just going to have to blank last night out and start again - again...
How's everyone else feeling about the weekend coming up?
I'm ok with drink but wondering how I am going to deal with the food this week - flippin eck... lol - what a life!
I sypathise completely. I've found myself putting on weight and eating much more since I cut right down on drinking but I think it's my bodies way of replacing the calories I was drinking. It is annoying though. I'm trying to stick to a very healthy diet but eating much more. Believe me you're not alone on this one as I'm feeling quite down about it too!
I think mine stems from my childhood eating habbits.
If we were sick we'd get food treats - cream cakes etc to make us feel better
Thursday (shopping night) we used to get a treat... milky ways etc
Also we used to eat alot - proper home cooked stodge, but we never had weight problems because we used to bike everywhere (lived by the sea in the country), run around and swim loads in the summer.
I still see weekend and vizualize "food frenzie" - used to be "Food and Booze till I cannot take anymore please"...
I'm letting myself off a bit cos giving up drink is a big thing, but I do want to start dealing with the food.
Have made some decisions today though:-
1. Buy loads of snack stuff that I can eat and eat and eat. Last night wasnt a mega distaster cos normally I'd have been eating cheese sandwhiches crisps sweets and guzzling wine...
2. Get back into running training. Been a bit dodgy the past few weeks - illness/injury etc. Am going to aim to run 1 mile in the morning and then follow my half marathon training plan.
That's enough for a start!
So cookie - do you follow any specific diet - when you do diet that is?
Breakfast - slice of toast,marmite, juice
Lunch - Tuna/cheese salad
Tea - Whatever I fancied but a small portion
And did an hour in the gym every other day. Obviously with doing the marathon plan off here I need to eat more than that but I was drinking at least a bottle of wine a day, 2 at weekends.
You have made a major achievement giving up drinking!!!!! I would follow a low fat diet, 3 meals a day, and fruit snacks if you need them
I do think running gives your fat no where else to go but your belly!!
That's where mine all is - I'm proper egg shaped now! Skinny legs and rest of me but mid section means I am truley egg on legs!
Ref tonight - I am planning a run (to meet my new training schedule) then relax.... feel quite tierd today so might have an early night watching TV in bed. I never used to do that cos I used to go "friday" - great "get pissed"... usually polish off wine want more and then stumble to bed thinking where did that night go?
Dont do it - resist!!
I'm 5 9 by the way - currently a portley 13stone.. driving me barmy - been 13 stone for the past two-three years... cant shift a bean.
Eating's not got worse since not drinking - if anything it's better cos I must be intaking fewer cals just by avoiding beer and wine.. and then the mid week munching... but nope - not a bean has dropped... is very, very frustrating!
I long to be 11stone - or 10stone 7... I will dream, of this over the weekend
I bet it's frustrating but I think I read earlier that you've been injured so that won't help!
I've set up the England thing with my brother so I will definitely be drinking. But once a week for me is a big improvement. Would normally have 2 bottles of wine on a Friday so if I make it I will be chuffed! Sad or what!
Have you worked out how many calories you are eating or kept a food diary? I've just started one
When I thought about eating healthier I bought some healthy food recipe books and chose all my meals from them including snacks.
Toted up the shopping list and made sure that was all that went in the trolley. No rubbish because I'd chosen healthy recipies, I hope:)
Because I'd chosen the recipies I was really looking forward to trying them and making up the menu I found pretty good fun too, plus buying all the ingredients.
And it saves you money too, after the first few weeks of getting all the staples and spices in.
Couldn't possibly eat the amount of food I planned for either:)How you eat 2 bits of fruit 3litres of water all that meat Veg Carbs/ Protien I have no idea:)
Not sure if it would help but it might, I know virtually nothing about losing weightor dieting but I'm sure someone who knows the basics would do better.
I have always suffered with colds - knock me out quite alot, having a bad spell of that at the minute. And I seem to injure myself a fair bit!! Used to be quite a lot booze inflicted, for example:-
1. First AT injury caused by - pogo dancing when drunk in huge heavy trainers... not sensible beahviour
2. Complete bottom of right leg bruised and mashed (very nasty) cos of falling down flight of stairs when completly trollied. Took months to get rid of bruises.... totally stupid behaviour!
3. Last AT injury caused by nearly falling whilst on last mile of first and only to date ten miler - followed by - guess what.... drunken pogo dancing in flip flops... STUPID GIRL!
You'd have thought they'd have put me off!
I think any cutting down's a good thing where drink's concerned, so enjoy the match
Two bottle of wine - I used to be there... glad I've stopped that!
Have been doing food diary's for so many years that I dont find they help me personally so am trying to go without for a bit.... I tend to eat around 1800 cals a day. I think that's about right for weight loss for my build/height/weight... but never seem to loose anything!
I think I do need to learn to prepare more - like you say. Is good policy
I do need to think about having "ready to grabs" at home...
I think I also get fed up of healthy food... I do eat healthy 80% of the time - but when I dont boy do I eat bad!! Chips, Butter and bread, cheese, maltesers - those are what you'd find me munching!
What I need to do is approach it like the not drinking. Dont like being chubby - need to change what I eat when I want to pig out....
How are you feeling by the way near end of day2?
I think you've conquered your main problem. Could you cut back to 1400 on the days you don't train? (when you resume full training?) I eat less than 1800 cals (perhaps I should eat more, you're worrying me)
Have got to go. WIll catch the thread later!
Have a good evening all!
Size is weird... I feel fat cos body is egg shaped (fat belly!) and obviously concious of the bumps at the top.. plus HATE double chin. But like i said earlier when you run lots there's no where else for it to go.
My friends moan at me cos I havent got an arse... but I say god put mine on the wrong way round (at the front!) LOL!
Cant have it all eh
I used to get in abour 8ish and by the time I'd had a shower and started tea it didnt seem so bad not drinking.
SOrry I just went but my signal went down on my computer. My bum has just started return but I have an awful tummy too!
Hope you have a booze free weekend. Have offered to drive to the pub tomorrow. I must be mad or being extra good but I feel a lot better tonight. No where near as tired as I normally would on a Friday. I guess eating more and not drinking as much is having a beneficial effect, even if I looks 4 months pregnant!!
I'm new to all this, formums, jogging (well trying), no alchohol!!!!
I bought a treadmill 9 weeks ago, and jog/walk 30 mins, 6 days a week. I'm afraid I'm not brave enough to pound the streets just yet, I think the whole neighbourhood would beable to hear me gasping for breath after the first minute jogging.
I gave up booze 6 weeks ago, going from a 5 bottles of wine a week girl to nothing, wasn't as hard as I thought it'd be, but it is different. When I gave up, my plan was to give up for 7 weeks, now with a week to go I'm thinking, do I really want to drink again? However a holiday in Ibiza in 10 days, I can't see me not having a tipple then!!!!
I think you've all done fantastically well on your no drinking quests and long may you all continue.
Have a good weekend
Regards your running I'd just say keep at it. It's great if you can run outside, you cant beat it - but you do need to feel comftable. I still wear big baggy stuff.. I love it now the colds here again!
I had another booze free one - not very good on the food front!! Still today I am trying to start anew. Got up at 6.15am this morning and achived my first goal of the week - I am trying to instigate a mile run every morning. This will be extra to my normal runs. A mile is enough to kick start you and was ok - very very quiet though.. a bit scary! A stray dog ran out and looked me up and down - that was scary too!
30 mins is good going - doesnt matter if it's run/walk - keep at it - you'll be suprised how quick to stop panting so much!!
How's everyone else?
Cookie - did you do footy and a pint in the end?
i called in on friday and got 2 running tops and a jacket for £24.
did a race time of 1:55 on the Liverpool half yesterday,just waiting for my chip time(which hopefully will be 10 mins less)
did you manage to get out running yhis weekend? and are you still T total.
Aldi sounds worth a visit - which one? Farnworth?
I am pleased to report that although I didnt go to the Bronte race (boooo) I did achive my first weeks half marathon training to plan (6 miler yesterday) and in doing so have got rid of the dreaded cold!! Yipeeeee.... I also managed to haul my bod out of bed for a one mile jog this morning.
Am going to try and do a mile every morning before work. I think it will help me with running in general and mabey kick my metabolism into action!
Yep - booze free lady still. Is funny - I was sat in a pub at the weekend looking at all the drinks behind the bar asking myself which do you want..... none! I have even realised that diet coke is boring to dirnk. My fav still is sparkly water - specially with ice and a slice!
Seven weeks today
Am happy about that
Still can't run more than 2 miles though, hoping to up my mileage to 2and 1/4 for this weeks runs. Will see how the knees like it.
Nice one on the morning runs Egg, not sure I'm that dedicated yet.
At the moment I'm just sticking to 30 mins but trying to increase the distance I do, do you think thats better than increasing the time and not bothering about how far you run.
As for food, have u tried weightwatchers points diet, I swear by it, have lost 1.5 stone in 3 months, with a combination of diet, starting jogging and most importantly giving up the booze.