Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Day #7. Fitness and wine.

It's funny, that I could be such a fanatic about fitness-  and still convince myself that a bottle or two of wine a day wouldn't hurt my fitness quest- duh!  I work out at least an hour a day, often two, and adore weight-lifting and pilates.  How could I possibly think that was compatible with so much alcohol.  We can certainly delude ourselves- I certainly deluded myself.  I am curious to see how my fitness progresses in the absence of alcohol.

I'm surprised- so far this isn't as hard as I expected- but I anticipate there will be hard days.  The thing at present that throws me most off balance is habit-  going to the grocery store, heading for the wine section, and thinking:  Oh, no, I'm not doing that today.  Going to a restaurant, about to order wine- oh, that's right, not today.  Thinking about my evening, visualizing reading with a glass of wine, and remembering-nope, not today.

Now I've got the first week under my belt- let's see what my next week will be like.  100 days is a LOT of weeks- like, fifteen or so.  Seems forever.  Sigh.  But I'm on it.

4 comments:

  1. Sounds like you have a good handle on this thing. The challenge really helped me, being accountable to some 300+ people , I just couldn't disappoint them or myself and of course Belle.

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    1. Thanks for your comments, Sharon Lee. Accountability Is key- especially for overachievers like me, who rarely back away from a challenge! Good plan: Engage competitive spirit- tease myself into sobriety! This community is very important to me!

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  2. Carrie As a runner I am finding my fitness improving really quickly. I ran a marathon but continued to drink and smoke at the time D'oh! Personal bests are racking up really quickly now that I have stopped drinking in a way I just wasn't anticipating which is just another bonus to this sober journey :)

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    1. I can squat my body weight (140 lbs) but only bench press about 75 pounds- which is still pretty good for age 61- but I yearn to bench press my body weight- which means either losing 70 lbs (but I think at 5'6" that might look a little odd, lol) or getting a lot stronger. Maybe some weightlifting PRs will be coming my way. How long had you been abstaining before you started noticing this effect?

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I'd love to hear about your journey, and hear your take on my journey. Comments are very welcome!!