Hi there
Recently, I have been really re-assessing my patterns with regards to being on plan / off plan etc, and it seems to me that all of the times I fall 'off' the wagon, they are alcohol related!
Let me take this back a few steps..
A few years ago, before I met OH - me and the girls would be out every weekend knocking back the wine, vodka and shots etc, with the obligatory hangover and then this lead to junk food the next day. Nowadays, we still go out - albeit not as often, but we still get rather wasted!
On the other weekends, me and OH go out for nice meals , or stay in with a movie, and I tend to perhaps have 1 - 2 max glasses of low alcohol wine, sometimes no wine / alcohol at all - and I dont miss it.
Next month though, I have many social events in the calendar (every weekend we are busy with friends), and I am, well I guess nervous, of drinking, going over sins and then eating 'bad' food and un-doing my hard work. Part of me wants to say I will go to these events with full determination to have 1-2 drinks and then switch, part of me knows however I will weaken on my resolve and I will end up getting merry with the best of them!
So - what to do?!
I know that deep down I should stick to my guns, TRY my best to have just a couple, really enjoy them and then switch - but I know that the backlash of my friends will be there saying I am boring etc, and just have 1 more! (They arent bad people BTW )
What would you do? How would you prepare yourself for the month ahead?
thanks for listening x
Recently, I have been really re-assessing my patterns with regards to being on plan / off plan etc, and it seems to me that all of the times I fall 'off' the wagon, they are alcohol related!
Let me take this back a few steps..
A few years ago, before I met OH - me and the girls would be out every weekend knocking back the wine, vodka and shots etc, with the obligatory hangover and then this lead to junk food the next day. Nowadays, we still go out - albeit not as often, but we still get rather wasted!
On the other weekends, me and OH go out for nice meals , or stay in with a movie, and I tend to perhaps have 1 - 2 max glasses of low alcohol wine, sometimes no wine / alcohol at all - and I dont miss it.
Next month though, I have many social events in the calendar (every weekend we are busy with friends), and I am, well I guess nervous, of drinking, going over sins and then eating 'bad' food and un-doing my hard work. Part of me wants to say I will go to these events with full determination to have 1-2 drinks and then switch, part of me knows however I will weaken on my resolve and I will end up getting merry with the best of them!
So - what to do?!
I know that deep down I should stick to my guns, TRY my best to have just a couple, really enjoy them and then switch - but I know that the backlash of my friends will be there saying I am boring etc, and just have 1 more! (They arent bad people BTW )
What would you do? How would you prepare yourself for the month ahead?
thanks for listening x