The benefits of giving up alcohol
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27 contributors in last 30 days
Aug 2019
12:47pm, 19 Aug 2019
13,196 posts
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Homer
I’ve been trying to knock the sweet-substitute thing on the head recently and seeing some decent weight improvements as a result. All those years thinking I didn’t have a sweet tooth! |
Aug 2019
12:54pm, 19 Aug 2019
33,706 posts
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Derby Tup
Really impressive range of n/a beers in Seaton Tesco’s last week. I didn’t buy any mind Sugar and possibly caffeine are next on my agenda to cut-down |
Aug 2019
12:55pm, 19 Aug 2019
268 posts
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Love Lettuce
The sweet-substitute is a common thing, I'm told! I spent three months on secondment to Amsterdam just after I stopped drinking. Liquorice is big over there and I'm a HUGE liquorice fan. By the end of the three months I was just having a 200g bag of liquorice every evening instead of dinner. I've become a bit more moderate since!
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Aug 2019
12:56pm, 19 Aug 2019
13,197 posts
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Homer
Yuck!
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Aug 2019
1:42pm, 19 Aug 2019
33,707 posts
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Derby Tup
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Aug 2019
1:42pm, 19 Aug 2019
32,212 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
The only sweets I don't like - liquorice and treacle. And I could eat treacle, at a push! I'm lucky Homer, I've never really put on weight. I'm starting to come round to there being at least some metabolic or other genetic cause or contributor to weight. I eat so much sweet and fatty (cheese) rubbish but I don't put on weight! I know this is not a popular story in the weight loss threads, but hope it's OK to mention here. |
Aug 2019
4:39pm, 19 Aug 2019
1,071 posts
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Oscar the grouch
It's not popular anywhere, Happy!! (with love from all of us fatties )
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Aug 2019
4:44pm, 19 Aug 2019
32,217 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Soz then OTG. Maybe if I actually kept a food diary I'd find I actually don't consume as many calories. I often eat a smaller portion of a meal than my wife. And I don't eat breakfast (just black coffee and sometimes a banana). And I do 5-10 hours running or other intense activity per week. And I don't drink coke / sugary, fizzy drinks (much). Coffee is black, no sugar. And I don't drink tea. And obviously don't drink alcohol. So I suppose it's just the sweets, biscuits and cakes that are my vice. Maybe it's not genetic, I actually don't consume more calories than I burn! G |
Aug 2019
4:45pm, 19 Aug 2019
32,218 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Oh and I'm veggie (but I've not had any higher or lower weight since I stopped eating meat 2 or 3 years ago). So it's not that! G
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Aug 2019
4:57pm, 19 Aug 2019
1,073 posts
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Oscar the grouch
I'm joking of course
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Useful Links
FE accepts no responsibility for external links. Or anything, really.- Al-Anon
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Swittle's wonderful 14,611 days blog
- Rebel's brilliant blog of history to non drinking :-)
- There is No Wall, book by ultra runner Allie Bailey
- A Summary of the benefits
- I Am Sober
- LindsD's Alternative Drinks
- Drink Aware
- Joopsy's 17 year blog
- Swittle's excellent 42 years sober blog :-) G
- Guardian article about problems with alcohol (free just now, but may not be in future...?!) :-) G
- Maclennane's excellent blog on his journey. Nice! :-)
- Sigh's brilliant 1000 blog! :-)
- Dirt Monkey's Wordpress Blog
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