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Post by cindy on Mar 19, 2024 12:27:26 GMT
Welcome to Alcohol Free is What We Want To Be! We are glad you are here with us! If you have been struggling with your weight and have found this board you undoubtedly have your own unique, complicated relationship with alcohol and food. Laying out the problem honestly can give you the extra push you need to succeed in getting it under control. A few questions for you to think about...do you wake up at 3 AM wondering what did you do? Do you sometimes have no recall of the evening before or do you try to recover your memory of the evening before you even get out of bed? Is your spouse angry with you...or do you simply think that A is taking over too much of your life, affecting your weight loss? These are hard questions but know that you will find understanding, love, encouragement and support on this thread. We are each in a different stage of this journey but you will find others have shared your experiences. There is no judgment, just an acknowledgement that we have been there, done that. This board of great people will support you in your journey.
Some of us have been here for several years, others are new, but all are welcome and if you have visited before but didn't stay, there is still and always a place for you. Don't get overwhelmed, take your time, if something strikes you, respond. We are great at giving advice, whether you want it or not....you will get tough love, if necessary, but you will also find help. We practice positive self-talk and support, we encourage and gently hold each other accountable. We each have stories to tell, share and suggestions to help. We post different challenges during the year. Please join us if you think this is the group for you. You will be glad you did.
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Post by cindy on Mar 19, 2024 12:27:54 GMT
SHAPING UP FOR SPRING!
February 11 - March 31
Spring is coming!
Supportive Friends
Progress not Perfection
Renewal of Being
Inspiration
New Habits
Great Success!
This can be your Spring! This can be your success! No more rationalizing and making excuses.
This challenge isn't just about being alcohol free though it is the focus of the board. It is about finding and giving encouragement, getting healthy, loving ourselves, and finding what works and what doesn't. This is NOT about making ourselves feel badly about the unhealthy choices, it is about celebrating the healthy ones. So let's go for it!
As always, the rules aren't complicated. Simply no alcohol and staying on your food plan. If you get off track, don't give up....don't throw away the day, the night, the week. We are working on progress not perfection.
You may have alcohol issues that you cannot manage on your own and our group is here to support you and encourage you to get the help you might need. You may have alcohol issues that you can control but have to exert the motivation and our group is here to support you.
Spring clean your cupboard early! If you have junk food, tempting alcohol, or trigger foods in your kitchen, you are setting yourself up for failure. Give it away, dump it, GET RID OF IT! Temptation is always going to happen. Don't make it easier for yourself to give in to it. Assess your kitchen, ask if this helps or hinders me. DO NOT have sentimental attachment to food or alcohol. The stuff will always be there, it does not magically disappeared but your health can be compromised! This is your life! Make it the best!
REMEMBER….
1. Work the Plan and the Plan works! Think of your new eating plan as a lifestyle change -- one that will have ups and downs, with good days and (very few) bad.
2. Don't deprive yourself. A food plan should be about SATISFACTION. Find foods you LOVE that will help you meet your goal.
3. Drink lots of water. Water is good for you.
4. Listen to your body. It knows things. Pay close attention to your body cues.
5. Live one day (or even one MEAL) at a time. Don't be discouraged and beat yourself up if you fall off the wagon. Just get back on with lots of helping hands.
6. Get exercise with activities you enjoy. If you don't like what you are doing, then you won't stick with it.
7. Keep track of what you eat. Write it down. You WILL 100% without a doubt make better choices if you hold yourself accountable for them.
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Post by cindy on Mar 19, 2024 12:28:58 GMT
THE EIGHT GOOD HEALTH GUIDELINES
1. Eat at least five servings of vegetables and fruits each day.
2. Choose whole-grain foods, such as brown rice and oats, whenever possible.
3. Include two servings of milk precuts – low fat (1%) or fat-free – each day.
4. Have some healthy oil (olive oil, canola, sunflower, safflower or flaxseed each day.
5. Ensure that you are getting enough protein by choosing at least a serving or two of meat, poultry, fish, eggs or dried beans
each day. Many dairy products are also good sources of protein.
6. Limit added sugar and alcohol.
7. Drink at least 6 8-ounce glasses of water a day.
8. Take a multiple vitamin-mineral supplement each day.
NUTRITION ACCOUNTABILITY
Drink more water:
One or more fruit daily:
One or more vegetable daily:
Dairy:
Healthy Oils:
AF:
AIM:
ANIM:
Exercise goal:
HABIT ACCOUNTABILITY
Journal:
Move Accountability:
Sleep Accountability:
Nutrition Accountability:
Happiness Accountability:
Habit Accountability:
Check in Daily Accountability:
Time Management Accountability:
What did you do for yourself today?
Please post a NSV (non-scale victory), LSP (little sign of progress), PA (positive affirmation) or motivational quote
CHALLENGE START WEIGHT 2/11:
February 18 weigh in:
February 25 weigh in:
March 3 weigh in:
March 10 weigh in:
March 17 weigh in:
March 24 weigh in:
Final Weigh March 31:
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Post by tatermom on Mar 19, 2024 12:42:17 GMT
This can be your Spring! This can be your success! No more rationalizing and making excuses.
"I look to 2024 with a renewed commitment to Progress”
“Out the Door in 2024”
SHAPING UP FOR SPRING EQUINOX!
February 11 - March 31
Spring is coming!
Supportive Friends
Progress not Perfection
Renewal of Being
Inspiration
New Habits
Great Success!
NUTRITION ACCOUNTABILITY
Drink more water: daily goal 70: 70oz
One or more fruit daily: 3
One or more vegetable daily: 3
Dryuary AF: 79
Dampuary AIM:
Sauced ANIM:
Fitbit Goal/burned: 2,000/2,513
JUST JOURNAL!
HABIT ACCOUNTABILITY
Move Accountability: Step goal 7500: 7,986 steps, 10/11 hours, 75 PU, 2 floors, stretches, toe touches
Sleep Accountability: 5+ hours, ?? sleep, 78 stress, tossing and turning
Nutrition Accountability: 33/23 points New week! Protein pancakes, berries, salad, tuna, popcorn with caramel corn mixed, 2 gs cookies, chicken fajita, HB egg, peanut cookie,
Fitbit Macros: 1,787 calories, 5o% Carbs, 30% fat, 20% protein. 226 cal left.
Happiness Accountability: 5 feeling happy
Habit Accountability: Exercise bar. 1/4. did tiny habits, morning journal, quiet time, tracking it all
Check in Daily Accountability: 5 I'm here!!
Time Management Accountability: 4 work, AP bar, TV time, read the paper, empty dishwasher, read
What did you do for yourself today? 4 TV time, journaled, read,
Please post a NSV (non-scale victory), LSP (little sign of progress), PA (positive affirmation) or motivational quote. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out"
CHALLENGE START WEIGHT 2/11: 201 official at WW: 201.8
February 18 weigh in: 200.6 WW
February 25 weigh in: 200. At home
March 3 weigh in: 199.5 at home this morning
March 10 weigh in: 200.6 at WW 198.8 at home this morning!
March 17 weigh in: 198.6
March 24 weigh in:
Final Weigh March 31:
Good morning all. Just a quick check in. Going to get ready and head to my meeting. Need to pack lunch and think about a breakfast to take with me too. Hoping the new season and a good meeting will jump start me again. I know exactly what to do, stop eating 10 pts or more a day on junk. Seems simple enough! Starting today, garbage goes out tonight and any lingering cookies, coffee cake and treats that DH is not eating are going. I also need to get to a store at some point in the next few days and get some fruit. The watermelon I got last week was really good, I was surprised, and that really helped with the sweet cravings. Watched the Oprah special last night, some good info, and will be interesting to see how WW moves forward, if it can, with all this competition. I know people still really believe in the program but if it's all about making money, not sure how they can continue as they keep cutting services and products. Time to go face the scale, I know what it was here this morning and I would be happy with that. Now to see how it compares. Head game. Have a great first day of Spring, I will check in after work. Jan
Cindy Thanks for starting us.
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Post by cindy on Mar 19, 2024 12:52:58 GMT
Good Morning!
Guess I have gotten enough sleep. It is 33 degrees outside! It might get up to mid sixties.
DS saw his doctor yesterday. He has lost 32 pounds since his visit a year ago. Blood pressure was great and now the wait for other results. His doctor saw that cancer has been added to family history and said that cancer has increased exponentially since COVID/COVID shots.
Off to make coffee, will be back later.
Hugs, Cindy
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Post by amyj on Mar 19, 2024 14:09:13 GMT
SHAPING UP FOR SPRING EQUINOX!
February 11 - March 31
THE EIGHT GOOD HEALTH GUIDELINES
1. Eat at least five servings of vegetables and fruits each day.
2. Choose whole-grain foods, such as brown rice and oats, whenever possible.
3. Include two servings of milk precuts – low fat (1%) or fat-free – each day.
4. Have some healthy oil (olive oil, canola, sunflower, safflower or flaxseed each day.
5. Ensure that you are getting enough protein by choosing at least a serving or two of meat, poultry, fish, eggs or dried beans each day. Many dairy products are also good sources of protein.
6. Limit added sugar and alcohol.
7. Drink at least 6 8-ounce glasses of water a day.
8. Take a multiple vitamin-mineral supplement each day.
NUTRITION ACCOUNTABILITY
Drink more water: 40 oz
One or more fruit daily: Y
One or more vegetable daily: Y
AF: (mostly alcohol free since August 16, 2006): 6433; ANIM: 1 (021221)
AIM: N
ANIM: N
Fitbit Goal/burned: 2170/2244
JUST JOURNAL!
HABIT ACCOUNTABILITY
Move Accountability: 4, 14,000+ steps, 250 steps 7/8 hours, walked the Silver Comet trail, Home Depot, yoga, laps in the basement, counter pushups and stretches
Sleep Accountability: 3, slept well, <8 hours, Fitbit score 88, stress management 83
Nutrition Accountability: 3, 32/23, 21 weeklies left, blue dot, cheeseburger, saltine toffee, ice cream
Happiness Accountability: 3, enjoyed the day, watched Oprah special, UpTV movie, stitched, read before bed
Habit Accountability: 3, drinking more water than diet Coke
Check in Daily Accountability: 3, I'm here!
Time Management Accountability: 3, walked, shopped at Home Depot, laundry, couch time, stitched on Patriots on tissue box cover
What did you do for yourself today? Reading, couch time, time outside
Please post a NSV (non-scale victory), LSP (little sign of progress), PA (positive affirmation) or motivational quote: “The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.” ―William James
CHALLENGE START WEIGHT 2/11: 173.0
February 18 weigh in: 173.2
February 25 weigh in: 172.6
March 3 weigh in: 171.6
March 10 weigh in: 169.8
March 17 weigh in: 169.4
March 24 weigh in:
Final Weigh March 31:
2024 Goals:
11,000 steps each day: 77/78
At least 7 hours sleep: 39/78
Lift weights twice/week: Wk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Blue dots: 69/78
Starting weight: 179.8
Get to the 160's: March 10, 2024
150's:
DH & I drove to Dallas yesterday morning to look for pavers at a landscape place. They did not have them, so we went to the nearby Rambo trailhead of the Silver Comet Trail. The trail was both secluded and ran along a busy highway so a fair amount of road noise. Lots of bike riders, some runners, no other walkers besides DH & I. We walked 4000 steps, then turned around and headed back to the parking lot. Then we went to Home Depot to buy soil, a hose reel, and a pocket hose. No plants jumped in my cart, but several temptations. When we got home I had lunch and some couch time. We had 8 people for yoga and took a group photo for our neighborhood FB page to try to entice more people to come. DH went to Skinny's food truck for dinner, he got me a cheeseburger and himself a Philly cheesesteak. Definitely going for the cheesesteak next time. After dinner I watched the Oprah special and part of an UpTV movie. I'm not sure I buy Oprah's reason for leaving WW as wanting to avoid a conflict of interest, since WW also supports the use of semaglutide. The woman representing WW seemed confident enough in their future. I plan to continue tracking my food, whether it's with WW or some other tracking program. I wish they had talked a little more about more minor side effects of the medications and I thought the drug company women were disingenuous blaming the costs of the drugs on insurance companies not covering them. If compounding pharmacies can sell the same medication for around $250/month, why are the brand name injectors over $1000 per month? Had any of you heard the term "food noise" before? I see it all the time on the FB GLP-1 page and was not familiar with it. It is a good description of the effect of the medication. I am not as obsessed with the thought of food now.
I got to bed a little earlier last night and slept well. It was close to 30 this morning when I got up and it doesn't look like the pansies froze. It's sunny, less windy, and heading to the 50's.
Jan- WTG steps 10/11, PU, stretches, blue dot, AF, going to WW meeting. Sorry the Aldi's didn't have what you were searching for. Hope you figure out the fix for your sweater. Yay for sleeping well. Hope DS's trip to Aruba goes well and you get daffodil and tulip blooms soon. We have a fair number of potholes around here too, even on the walking trails, although those are probably from tree roots. I don't think the part that broke on the hose reel had anything to do with freezing temps, just a piece of plastic that broke off where the hose attaches. The sprayer wand probably was from leaving it out all winter, lesson learned. We had turned off the water to the outdoor spigots, covered them with styrofoam covers and disconnected all the hoses, but probably should have dragged the hose reels into the basement.
Cathy- Sorry about the issues with your internet and phone. I would be frustrated too. Hope your sweet potato salad turned out yummy. I'm not sure I understand about no driver's license after it expires in 2025?
Cindy- Thanks for getting us started. Sounds like our weather is similar, it was so windy yesterday. Glad you are sleeping, sorry about the stress dreams. Is DS's 32# weight loss too much for him? Is the doctor linking increased cancer cases to Covid vaccines?
Vicki- WTG doing chair yoga and attended WW Zoom meeting. Convicted in church??? Yay for fun with Rylee and good news with Jack's MRI.
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Post by amyj on Mar 19, 2024 14:13:08 GMT
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Post by amyj on Mar 19, 2024 14:13:49 GMT
M-W Word of the Day
allege
verb | uh-LEJ
What It Means
To allege something is to assert it without proof or before proving it.
// Consumer advocates allege that the company knew about the faulty switches but sold the product anyway.
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Post by tatermom on Mar 19, 2024 21:37:03 GMT
Hi all. Just wanted to check in. I was happy with my WI this morning and added it to my stats. Was more in line with what my scale at home says. Now to get back in the better habits and stay out of the Easter candy and all the other temptations appearing everywhere. Work went pretty fast as we were busy all day. Of course now at home, tired and unmotivated to make any kind of dinner. We'll see what develops, I'd like to go out somewhere but not sure how DH would feel about that. I know it's still easier for him to not go to restaurants and bars to be tempted by a drink. We could easily do some soup or salad if need be. I made a cup of tea right when I got home to ward of the grazing while thinking about what we could eat. Hope you have all had a nice first day of spring. The sun is finally coming out even tho it is still cold out. Will see you all in the morning. Jan
Amy I had heard of food noise, makes sense to me as it's just like having wine noise. Hope you get some more people for yoga, how many before the space would not work? Glad you found replacements for your hoses and sorry you didn't find the paver. Pretty sure Oprah leaving is a money thing, especially when she said when donated her stock, which is currently in the penny stock category as it's lost so much. It served it's purpose when she was there I guess. Still not sure what the show was for, people still mostly can't afford it and not sure that's going to change anytime soon.
Cindy Is it ok for DS to have lost that much? I'm curious about the cancer/Covid comment too.
Waving hi
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Post by cindy on Mar 19, 2024 21:49:17 GMT
Hi all,
Finished decorating for Easter except for replacing the LED St. Patrick's candle with LED Easter candles. I feel like a slug but at least something was accomplished. Made a beef stroganoff tonight, cheating with Healthy Choice cream of mushroom soup. Didn't want to go to the store to get any ingredients so just used what I had.
Amy and Jan, the doctor does think it is from the Covid vaccines. FDA has dragged their feet with releasing info about Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and what the makeup was. He told DS that the oncologists in the greater Dallas area are having trouble keeping up with patients, and the patients are younger. His doctor is part of a group who have filed FOIA requests. There is no history of cancer in our family, and many have lived into their nineties, and now three males have had cancer since COVID, all having been vaccinated. Statistics show males seem to be more affected. I'm very interested/concern to see how this plays out.
DS is 6"4" and ideal weight is between 184 and 222. He's at 198. So technically he was overweight at 230. He use to eat out a lot and he has simply stopped so he figures that is why the loss has happened. If he is hungry he grabs fruit....who is this child? His doctor's office called this afternoon and wants to rerun a couple of blood tests. His liver/kidney/cholesterol, etc are fine but two enzymes were oddities. So Mama worry starts. At least they are quick in getting the results.
Not sure I'll be back tonight, but will be back tomorrow.
Hugs, Cindy
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