I've given up the demon booze, and not had a drink this year (actually since boxing dear 2011) and the benefits are showing. Lost just over half a stone (or 4 kilos in new money). Worked out that the weekly cost was about £40, so lots more dosh to spend on clothes, holidays, weekends away etc. Don't smoke and never have but for those that do the cost must be horrific. Do I feel better? Don't actually know.
So who has thought about giving up what, and why? Over a year it could be £2000. Is it worth it?
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Wow - well done you!
I'm tempted to give up alcohol. I have been for a while. But I like it too much. I think what I'm going to give up is getting drunk. The reason I contemplate giving it up is because I don't like the after effects.
Hangovers really aren't fun anymore. :sad:
I'm tempted to give up alcohol. I have been for a while. But I like it too much. I think what I'm going to give up is getting drunk. The reason I contemplate giving it up is because I don't like the after effects.
Hangovers really aren't fun anymore. :sad:
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I've given up the demon booze, and not had a drink this year (actually since boxing dear 2011) and the benefits are showing. Lost just over half a stone (or 4 kilos in new money). Worked out that the weekly cost was about £40, so lots more dosh to spend on clothes, holidays, weekends away etc. Don't smoke and never have but for those that do the cost must be horrific. Do I feel better? Don't actually know.
So who has thought about giving up what, and why? Over a year it could be £2000. Is it worth it?
Good for you! I gave up last November and like you have lost nearly a stone in weight and I have also been able to stop taking anti-depressants. I sleep much better than when I was drinking too. I really enjoyed red wine and the occasional single malt (the whiff of which is the only thing that almost tempted me back off the wagon
) but the benefits have far outweighed the 'costs' for me. 
Warming the Bed
Had no beer or lager since new years eve, And scaled down the wine intake, lost 111b so far!......can't see me giving up completely..
I Haven't stopped drinking but have cut down alot and changed what I drink, I've also cut out the snacks and huge meals I was having everyday and have lost 19 lbs so far since January through healthy eating.
I feel loads better in my self but still feel I need to loose a bit more weight.
But I wont be giving up the demon booze and or stop smoking I need something to keep me from going insane
I feel loads better in my self but still feel I need to loose a bit more weight.
But I wont be giving up the demon booze and or stop smoking I need something to keep me from going insane
I've been a heavier drinker than anyone I've ever known, and I became aware that it would kill me if I kept going......I cut down considerably, I'm not very big to start with...but now, even though I only drink moderately, I feel rough next day, and the belly gets bigger too....time to rethink I'm sure. Well I've started getting fit again, and I'll just spend less time in the pub...we'll see how it goes.
What about having a group within the site where we can chat about and support other members efforts to give up drinking or smoking even.
On the matter of dieting, food intake and losing weight, I can offer only some simple but honest advice....eat all the healthy stuff you should have every day....I know that sounds too simple, but for many of us the rest will take care of itself, and for the others, well you have to stay away from the pub and start exercising more. If the pub's your only social life then maybe you could make the gym or the swimming pool your new social meeting place.
What about having a group within the site where we can chat about and support other members efforts to give up drinking or smoking even.
On the matter of dieting, food intake and losing weight, I can offer only some simple but honest advice....eat all the healthy stuff you should have every day....I know that sounds too simple, but for many of us the rest will take care of itself, and for the others, well you have to stay away from the pub and start exercising more. If the pub's your only social life then maybe you could make the gym or the swimming pool your new social meeting place.
Wise words skinny.
Well done Jed, I am similar with drink but the fags have gotta go soon.
Just for the record a double gin on it own has about 150 kcal. There is a widely held misconception that alcohol doesnt contain calories. It does. Give up booze and the weight drops off. If you look at the wide variety of weight loss regimes and clubs they all seem to facilitate giving up food in order to be able to have the odd alcoholic treat. Its way easier, cheaper and healthier to just stop drinking I reckon.
Well done Jed, I am similar with drink but the fags have gotta go soon.
Just for the record a double gin on it own has about 150 kcal. There is a widely held misconception that alcohol doesnt contain calories. It does. Give up booze and the weight drops off. If you look at the wide variety of weight loss regimes and clubs they all seem to facilitate giving up food in order to be able to have the odd alcoholic treat. Its way easier, cheaper and healthier to just stop drinking I reckon.
I do have a concern, not over giving up drink because as I said drinking does not cause me any problems because I hardly ever do it, but the ciggies and weight, I know I use ciggerettes as an alternative to eating, an appetite suppression device and when I do stop smoking I eat vast amounts more than I normally do, so I am worried about gaining a lot of weight ...... any advice ?
I should add I have my own gym at home so do workout and will increase the number of hours I spend in there.
I should add I have my own gym at home so do workout and will increase the number of hours I spend in there.
There was a very poignant programme on beeb 2 a couple of weeks back, horizon I think, where eating and health and weight were touched on in a scientific manner. If you can find this on i-player or the net it's well worth watching. In summary, if you are blessed with a certain gene you won't benefit much from aerobic exercise. However 3 x 20 second bursts of flat out exercise 3 times a week significantly reduced the risks from diabetes. Constant and prolonged exercise, in the prog. the subject walked for hours, will ensure that the metabolism deals with "fat" by sending it where it's needed, therefore it's not collecting in arteries. Well worth searching this programme out, it'll give you some ideas as to how you might best proceed.
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Wow - well done you!
I'm tempted to give up alcohol. I have been for a while. But I like it too much. I think what I'm going to give up is getting drunk. The reason I contemplate giving it up is because I don't like the after effects.
Hangovers really aren't fun anymore. :sad:
This I agree with completely - I used to be able to drink as much as I wanted and be fine the next morning... maybe a bit tired owing to the fact that I passed out and came round rather than going to sleep and waking up
Not anymore though, now when I get drunk I do feel a little bit "off" the morning after, so it's time to slow down.
I too want to give up getting drunk and I keep trying to limit my drinking to getting tipsy rather than drunk, the problem is, by the time I'm tipsy I forget to stop drinking and then I end up drunk :sad:
The best solution for me is to alternate alcohol then soft drink etc. This enables me to moderate my alcohol consumption and therefore just get nicely relaxed and warm and fuzzy.
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There was a very poignant programme on beeb 2 a couple of weeks back, horizon I think, where eating and health and weight were touched on in a scientific manner. If you can find this on i-player or the net it's well worth watching. In summary, if you are blessed with a certain gene you won't benefit much from aerobic exercise. However 3 x 20 second bursts of flat out exercise 3 times a week significantly reduced the risks from diabetes. Constant and prolonged exercise, in the prog. the subject walked for hours, will ensure that the metabolism deals with "fat" by sending it where it's needed, therefore it's not collecting in arteries. Well worth searching this programme out, it'll give you some ideas as to how you might best proceed.
I watched this programme and whilst it was really interesting it devastated me, I have just bought a load of gym equipment and am currently converting one of the spare rooms into a large gym, all for nothing it appears
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I Haven't stopped drinking but have cut down alot and changed what I drink, I've also cut out the snacks and huge meals I was having everyday and have lost 19 lbs so far since January through healthy eating.
I feel loads better in my self but still feel I need to loose a bit more weight.
But I wont be giving up the demon booze and or stop smoking I need something to keep me from going insane
Stop you going insane? I thought you were.....
Sexlightened
I have not had a drink now.. since this afternoon.. go me 
i gave up chasing life.
sold most of my possessions. all the motorbikes went apart from one which i need.
clothes,objects, in fact most of the things i have spent thousands on went.
ebay charged me a fortune in fees but i sold so much and emptied the house i had over £20,000 made from the auctions.
i just didnt know that all the items i had were worth something to someone and with the money i cleared every last debt.
i owed nothing, left with just what i needed.
no more worrying, stress left my body and as a result i found a new path.
a sort of starting over.
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves
sold most of my possessions. all the motorbikes went apart from one which i need.
clothes,objects, in fact most of the things i have spent thousands on went.
ebay charged me a fortune in fees but i sold so much and emptied the house i had over £20,000 made from the auctions.
i just didnt know that all the items i had were worth something to someone and with the money i cleared every last debt.
i owed nothing, left with just what i needed.
no more worrying, stress left my body and as a result i found a new path.
a sort of starting over.
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves
Sex God
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Wise words skinny.
Well done Jed, I am similar with drink but the fags have gotta go soon.
Just for the record a double gin on it own has about 150 kcal. There is a widely held misconception that alcohol doesnt contain calories. It does. Give up booze and the weight drops off. If you look at the wide variety of weight loss regimes and clubs they all seem to facilitate giving up food in order to be able to have the odd alcoholic treat. Its way easier, cheaper and healthier to just stop drinking I reckon.
The main problem with alcohol is it diverts your body's attention. If your body is happily burning of fat and you start to drink the body switches its attention to processing the alcohol. That said I at one time went down from around 14st 10 to 10st 11 without reducing alcohol intake at all.
Reducing my alcohol intake is something I often consider but never actually do. The financial gain would be the main benefit. One day, but you have to be prepared and ready.
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I've given up the demon booze, and not had a drink this year (actually since boxing dear 2011) and the benefits are showing. Lost just over half a stone (or 4 kilos in new money). Worked out that the weekly cost was about £40, so lots more dosh to spend on clothes, holidays, weekends away etc. Don't smoke and never have but for those that do the cost must be horrific. Do I feel better? Don't actually know.
So who has thought about giving up what, and why? Over a year it could be £2000. Is it worth it?
Have you stayed off the Demon? if so, fair play
Because of work I didn't get a chance to drink for.....maybe a month a little while ago? I started drinking again when things calmed down, and was amazed at how much ickier I felt.
I'm not talking about getting wasted and having hangovers and stuff here. I mean that just having a couple of beers in the evening was leaving me feeling just that little bit run down the next day, like I hadn't had a decent nights sleep. (Which, after drinking, I probably hadn't)
I've found that cutting down my 'causal' drinking and only consuming alcohol when I'm out with friends and looking to make sleeping in a tube station entryway at 3am ok seems to be the most sensible kind of drinking.
I'm not talking about getting wasted and having hangovers and stuff here. I mean that just having a couple of beers in the evening was leaving me feeling just that little bit run down the next day, like I hadn't had a decent nights sleep. (Which, after drinking, I probably hadn't)
I've found that cutting down my 'causal' drinking and only consuming alcohol when I'm out with friends and looking to make sleeping in a tube station entryway at 3am ok seems to be the most sensible kind of drinking.
