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Post by amyj on Apr 12, 2024 12:33:10 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 amyj on Apr 12, 2024 12:33:35 GMT
New Challenge: CARING April 1 - May 31
“Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care" - Buddha
This challenge is about caring about and for yourself. So often we get caught up in taking care of everyone else that we don’t give ourselves the care we need. Or we give up caring about ourselves. A variety of reasons and for no reason, it just happens. The hard part is to recognize it and once you do, it is hard to explain because very few want to acknowledge it. You get kudos for taking care of others, not so much for taking of yourself. Not caring about yourself can leave an emptiness that you may try to fill with food and alcohol. The emptiness remains, just stuffed down. We want and need more for ourselves. So let’s begin!
Treat yourself the way you’d treat someone you love.
Love yourself first and the rest will follow.
Focus on health and well being
So how do you begin to care about yourself?
Eating fruits and vegetables sounds like a plan. So does drinking water!!
Walking up a flight of stairs without gasping for breath. Your heart will thank you.
If you don’t want to be AF then restrict the amount and limit the days you will allow yourself a drink. But remember if 10 is not enough, one is too many.
Start with baby steps. Making too many changes at once can be discouraging so start small. Have you been slacking on flossing
daily? Then start making it a ritual. Do you drink soda for energy? Start cutting back by one.
Treat yourself to something you enjoy. Buying the store brand face cream will sit on the counter. If you have a favorite, budget it in as a necessity….better than buying alcohol! Maybe getting a manicure or pedicure is important to you yet you deny it for yourself. Ask yourself why.
Make a list of indulgences that aren’t food or alcohol and start sprinkling them into your life.
Ask for what you need. Too many times we get into a funk and we don’t ask for help. You are loved and we want to help each other.
Curb all the justification. Sometimes you just have to do something because you want to do it. You don’t have to explain yourself!
Think of your successes….add three things that went well today to your daily journal. What?? you aren’t journaling? Journaling is caring!
LET THE CARING BEGIN!!
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Post by amyj on Apr 12, 2024 12:33:59 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
Start weight, April 1:
April 8:
April 15:
April 22:
April 29:
May 6:
May 13:
May 20:
May 27:
End of Challenge, May 31:
Great Success!
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Post by tatermom on Apr 12, 2024 12:49:10 GMT
Hi all, just checking in. We'll be heading out the door soon for our adventure. One smart thing was I reserved a parking space in a garage close to where we're going so not so stressed about wasting so much time trying to find a place to park. Going to try my best to stay reasonably OP, not sure what dinner may be at the cousins, but I brought some snacks, having an egg sandwich for breakfast and hoping for a fun day. Will check in when I can. Have a great day all. Of course, I keep thinking it's Saturday  ha ha Jan |
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Post by amyj on Apr 12, 2024 12:58:01 GMT
Out the door in 2024!
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: 56 oz
One or more fruit daily: Y
One or more vegetable daily: Y
AF: (mostly alcohol free since August 16, 2006): 6458; ANIM: 1 (021221)
AIM: N
ANIM: N
Fitbit Goal/burned: 2170/2058
JUST JOURNAL!
HABIT ACCOUNTABILITY
Move Accountability: 3, 11,400+ steps, 250 steps 8/8 hours, walking video, counter pushups, stretches
Sleep Accountability: 3, slept well, <7.5+ hours, Fitbit score 87, stress management 74
Nutrition Accountability: 3, 31/23, 21 weeklies left, blue dot, grilled cheese, chips
Happiness Accountability: 3, enjoyed the day, 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, laundry, trip details, stitched on American flag
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 same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.” —Unknown
Start weight, April 1: 168.8
April 8: 168
April 15:
April 22:
April 29:
May 6:
May 13:
May 20:
May 27:
End of Challenge, May 31:
2024 Goals:
11,000 steps each day: 99/102
At least 7 hours sleep: 51/102
Lift weights twice/week: Wk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13:only once, 14
Blue dots: 92/102
Starting weight: 179.8
Get to the 160's: March 10, 2024
150s:
So DH was indeed at a Dr.'s appointment and did not return until after 1pm. I spent the morning moving the laundry along, taking care of trip details online, shopping for DD's birthday. I had couch time in the afternoon. We had plans to get a sandwich from a food truck, but DH decided he wasn't hungry, so it was every man for himself. I had 1/2 a leftover grilled cheese and some tortilla chips. I was contacted by a previous ornament customer who wants a stitched American flag, so I worked on that after dinner.
It's sunny today and we're done with rain for a while. Today and tomorrow are the community garage sales so I know what I'll be doing.
Cathy- Enjoy the brunch trip today, yay for a haircut.
Vicki- GL with the colonoscopy today.
Jan- WTG steps 11/11, PU, stretches, tracking, AF. Glad you could go to knitting. Hope it goes well with Peggy's radiation and chemo. Yay for quiet time with DH out of the house. It spit rain until past mid-afternoon so I didn't get outside to garden. I have tomato & pepper seedlings to plant and will sew green bean, zinnia, cosmos, and sunflower seeds, maybe on Sunday.
Carole- Glad you had a nice couple of days. Sorry about Gina's mom passing. Hallmark has both Christmas and regular movies. Most are reruns, but they do usually have a new movie every Saturday.
Cindy- Glad the water is receding. Sure sounds like vertigo, glad you fell back on the couch.
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Post by amyj on Apr 12, 2024 12:58:39 GMT
Jan- Have a great time in Chicago!
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Post by amyj on Apr 12, 2024 13:03:37 GMT
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Post by amyj on Apr 12, 2024 13:04:36 GMT
M-W Word of the Day
discomfit
verb | diss-KUM-fit
What It Means
To discomfit someone is to make them confused or upset. Discomfit is a formal synonym of the also formal (but slightly less so) disconcert.
// Jacob was discomfited by the new employee’s forward, probing questions.
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Post by WWVicki on Apr 13, 2024 0:05:47 GMT
All clear! No polyps! Dr said another 10 years and by then maybe it will be done with a blood test!
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Post by cindy on Apr 13, 2024 4:18:20 GMT
Hi All!
Been to the doctor and the diagnosis is Migraine Associated Vertigo...what??? Will share more tomorrow.
Hugs, Cindy
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Post by cathygeha on Apr 13, 2024 6:04:27 GMT
Start weight, April 1: 165.2
April 8: 165
April 15:
April 22:
April 29:
May 6:
May 13:
May 20:
May 27:
End of Challenge, May 31:
April 13: 167.2 (scale is up...not surprised)
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ha ha Jan
