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Post by amyj on Jul 23, 2024 12:34:03 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 Jul 23, 2024 12:34:24 GMT
Labor of Love NEW CHALLENGE July 5 through September 2
The word labor implies a specific task or effort, many times painful or arduous. A labor of love is doing something because you really want to, not because of any monetary reward you might get for it even though it involves hard work.
This challenge is all about a labor of love, reminding yourself to love yourself so it becomes your norm.
How often do we do something for someone else because it makes them happy and in turn makes us happy. But as the saying goes “how can you love someone else if you can’t love yourself”.
There are many ways we don’t show ourselves love. We are harder on ourselves than on anyone else. We go over and over “why did I drink too much” and the ever popular "if I lost weight I would be so much happier”. We are not showing ourselves love by overeating and over drinking, we are doing the opposite. To start, give yourself grace and tell yourself yesterday is done, tomorrow isn’t here, so let’s deal with the present.
We worry about so many things, things we have no control over. Resilience, happiness and freedom comes from knowing what to care about and what to not let us get bogged down. Let go of things that do not work for you, help you, or encourage you. It is hard! You want to be a good person but be good to yourself first. Send out positivity but give yourself positivity.
We all have bad days, nothing goes right, nasty people out and about, stress levels are over the top and you have no control. This can be true in many ways but your control is to step away, love yourself.
Journal it, put it down on paper, and then let it go.
So each morning give yourself an affirmation. Here are some suggestions:
#1. I am worthy. #2. I am enough. #3. I am beautiful inside and out. #4. Even my “flaws” have good and helpful aspects. #5. I love and approve of myself. #6. I am delighted with who I am. #7. I fully approve of who I am, even as I better myself. #8. I approve of myself and love myself completely. #9. I am happy in my own skin and in my own circumstances. #10. I am surrounded by love. #11. I am treasured for who I really am. #12. I am worthy of happiness and love. #13. I enjoy my own company as I get in touch with my true self. #14. I am at peace and happy when I’m alone.
It may sound like Stuart Smiley but go with it!
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Post by amyj on Jul 23, 2024 12:34:41 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 products – 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 July 5: July 12: July 19: July 26: August 2: August 9: August 16: August 23: August 30: Yay we have done great! September 2
Celebrate! Final weigh in:
Great success!
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Post by amyj on Jul 23, 2024 13:20:25 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 products – 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: 48/75 oz goal One or more fruit daily: Y One or more vegetable daily: Y Dairy: Y Healthy Oils: Y
AF: (mostly alcohol free since August 16, 2006): 6550 AIM: 0 ANIM: 1 (021221) Fitbit Goal/burned: 2170/2054
HABIT ACCOUNTABILITY
Journal: Y Move Accountability: 4, 15,200+ steps, 250 steps 8/8 hours, water aerobics, walked at the lake, shopping, counter PU, wall stretches Sleep Accountability: 3, slept well, 7+ hours, Fitbit score 89, stress management 88 Nutrition Accountability: 3, protein shake, protein bar, Mexican lunch, cake MacrosFirst: Protein: 75/137 (22%), Carbs: 140/100 (41%), Fiber: 18gm, Net Carbs: 122, Fat: 55/45 (36%), Calories: 1339/1353, 14 under, gold star Happiness Accountability: 3, enjoyed the day, watched Hallmark Christmas movie, stitched, read before bed Habit Accountability: 3, more water than Diet Coke Check in Daily Accountability: 3, I'm here! Time Management Accountability: 3, water aerobics, walked, shopping, couch time, stitched What did you do for yourself today? reading, stitching, time outside
Please post a NSV (non-scale victory), LSP (little sign of progress), PA (positive affirmation) or motivational quote: “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” ―H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Start weight July 5: 160.4? Mom's scale July 12: 158.6 July 19: 158 July 26: August 2: August 9: August 16: August 23: August 30: Yay we have done great! September 2 Celebrate! Final weigh in:
Great success!
2024 Goals: 11,000 steps each day: 189/210 At least 7 hours sleep: 98/210 Lift weights twice/week: Wk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13:only once, 14, 15, 16, 17:only once, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Starting weight: 179.8 Get to the 160's: March 10, 2024 150s: June 24, 2024 140s:
The pool was cold at water aerobics yesterday morning, but didn't feel too bad after I got moving. Afterwards DH & I drove to Cauble Park to walk by the lake, then had lunch at a Mexican restaurant to celebrate his birthday. I had too many chips with salsa, but redeemed myself a bit by ordering shrimp fajitas. There was a Staples a few doors down from the restaurant, so we walked down to return DD's Amazon order. They gave us a 15% off coupon to use in the store so we looked around and ended up buying me a new desk chair. Then we stopped at a liquor store and Publix. The Nature Valley protein bars were BOGO and they had a new flavor, coconut almond, which are quite yummy. When we got home and got the groceries put away I had some couch time. DD had requested lettuce wraps so I made those for dinner and DH made some shrimp egg fu yung. We all had a piece of DH's birthday cake after dinner. It's almost gone, thank goodness. After dinner I watched a Hallmark Christmas movie and stitched on the U of Florida stocking. I took a bath, went to bed and slept well.
It's overcast today, with a chance of afternoon showers. The T-molding is supposed to arrive today and the installers are supposed to come this afternoon to install it and replace the broken board. I have anxiety about them ripping up the floor to replace the board, hopefully it's the right thing to do.
Vicki- Yay for someone else playing the organ at church, enjoying The Women, getting rain. Glad Aspen is doing better, sorry decision time is nearing. Enjoy the Y and bell practice today, Twisters tomorrow.
Jan- WTG steps, PU, stretches, NJJ, blue dot, AF. Yay for being home, nursery finds, getting Fairlife. I've never tried Core. I can see the noise from the Air Show getting annoying.
Cindy- Having Tylenol withdrawal makes sense, since your body is used to a certain blood level. The other quiche is fire roasted vegetable, hoping it's better than the spinach artichoke. DH liked it though and will finish it off. GL with kneeling. I need a lot of padding when I'm on my knees. Remembering a cheerleading move where we would jump up then land on the hard gym floor on our knees. Yikes!
Cathy- Sorry about getting off track after being OP all day. Enjoy cards, hope the heat and humidity aren't too bad.
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Post by amyj on Jul 23, 2024 13:24:00 GMT
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Post by amyj on Jul 23, 2024 13:25:01 GMT
M-W Word of the Day
extenuate verb | ik-STEN-yuh-wayt What It Means Extenuate is a formal word that is most often used to mean “to lessen the strength or effect of something, such as a risk.” In legal use, to extenuate a crime, offense, etc., is to lessen or to try to lessen its seriousness or extent by making partial excuses. // Developers are trying to extenuate the various risks associated with the product.
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Post by tatermom on Jul 23, 2024 15:36:12 GMT
I look to 2024 with a renewed commitment to Progress” “Out the Door in 2024” NUTRITION ACCOUNTABILITY Drink more water: daily goal 70: 70 oz One or more fruit daily: 2 One or more vegetable daily: 2 Sober Spring AF: 196 AIM: 9 Fitbit Goal/burned: 2,000/2,320 JUST JOURNAL! HABIT ACCOUNTABILITY Move Accountability: Step goal 8,500: 6,298 steps, 9/11 hours, 55 PU, 13 floors, stretches, walked the nursery and Costco, unpacked car No jiggle July, Sleep Accountability: 7 hours, 73 sleep, 74 stress, resting HR 70 Nutrition Accountability: 19/23 pts New Week!! Egg salad on rye, watermelon, banana, ham, quest bar, 1/2 protein drink, chicken and bean burrito, Fitbit Macros: calorie goal @1500/1,437 cal 43% carbs, 177g, 25% fat, 43g, 32% protein 125g, fiber 47g, 133 left Happiness Accountability: 4 feeling happy Habit Accountability: Exercise bar 0/4. Morning routine, tracking, Check in Daily Accountability: 5 I'm here!! Time Management Accountability: 4 Drove home, ran errands, Costco, nursery, unpacked, napped, TV and computer time, talked to DS, read What did you do for yourself today? 4.journal, reading, talk to DS and DH, Please post a NSV (non-scale victory), LSP (little sign of progress), PA (positive affirmation) or quote: "I am saying "yes" to all the things that serve my health and journey today" Start weight July 5: 194.6 cabin July 12: 194 July 19: 194.8 193.8 at cabin today July 23: 192.4 Now to hold on August 2: August 9: August 16: August 23: August 30: Yay we have done great! September 2 Celebrate! Final weigh in: Good morning all. Just came home from my meeting and was happy with the results. Guess my hot fudge sundae diet at the cabin did the trick ha ha. That's why there is no rhyme or reason to the scale. Or maybe I just needed the extra calories some days to fire up my metabolism. We'll see how I do this week with the kids here. Now we are not going on to Chicago tomorrow as GF has a big test to take in the evening and wants to study, so we will come home after airport pickup. Talked to DS last night and he said they could change flight to Thursday in Chicago instead, I said just get here! Means we can visit with him while she studies It rained overnight and I had some crazy dreams. Woke up once all sweaty, even with the air and fan on. Firecrackers or ? woke me up once, then I could hear the train going by, just hard to go back to sleep. Re-entry into the noisy neighborhood life is always tricky. If it dries up a bit later I will get my flowers planted, at least some of them. Glad they got a watering last night. Dh started the laundry while I was at WW and of course I still had a shirt and sweatshirt in the car I meant to bring in. Oh well, glad he got started as he also stripped the bed and threw in some towels. At least one thing will get done today. I am making a list for the grocery store. While EAA is in town and we have 50,000+ more "friends" here, I won't even attempt to go to Walmart or the groceries on the other side of town closest to the airport. Even our store will get picked over by the end of the week so I need to figure out meals for the next few days and then we can shop for our cabin trip somewhere up north farther. There was already a crash yesterday where 2 or 3 people died in a farm field. I guess it's the nature of the show, experimental planes, big show bombers etc, vintage aircraft, but pretty sad on the first day. Last year 2 crashed in the lake. The WW meeting this morning was pretty sparse and it's because so many people leave town for the week. Some rent out their houses, which is good $$, but many just get away from the noise and the crowds. We went to the airfield one year to look around but that was enough. And we see plenty of planes just flying over the house. Guess I better figure out my day, I have tubs of fair things to empty and find places for, that will get the dining room table cleared off again. Hope you all have a great day. Jan Amy Sounds like a nice day. Not sure I could have gotten in the water, good for you. Yum for Mexican for DH birthday. I don't know what the difference is really but I like the regular FL better than the Core. I have already had 2 days this week of not making my step goal or getting an AP bar. I need to get out and do that today. I think getting some exercise really helps me sleep better too. I picked 3 little Roma tomatoes when I got home yesterday and need to go check my beans today. Hope the floor turns out alright. Cindy GL with the kneeling, be careful! Good to be cutting back on the Tylenol but hope you feel better soon. Won't be going to Chicago unless we figure out something at the end of the kids trip. Guess we could leave the cabin earlier but will see how they feel, may not really care. I know DS was a little bummed, says he can't really remember the last time he got to snoop around, before Covid for sure. Used to be such a part of our annual summer trek to the Midwest. They'll get there. Felt bad telling my brother we won't be coming, know he'd like to see the boy and meet the GF. She may feel she's getting enough family immersion up north with the cousins and sis. Cathy Sorry it was still to warm to sit out and enjoy the fans. Have fun with your friends and playing cards. You won't be playing with the one who makes her own rules will you? GG Sure you'll have a fun day today. Enjoy. Waving hi.
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Post by cindy on Jul 24, 2024 3:55:55 GMT
Hi All!
Apologies for not getting online today. Have no clue what is going on with our internet. Couldn't get on Netflix or Amazon either. So just checking in!
Hugs, Cindy
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