What I Weigh Today

1 | Jen on the Edge

January 20th, 2010 at 9:51 pm

One time out of 31 days is impressive and nothing to be ashamed of. You’ve done a great job this month!

2 | Jill

January 20th, 2010 at 10:51 pm

Joy!

Did you really only have one glass?

Miss you

jill

3 | joymanning

January 20th, 2010 at 10:53 pm

Really and truly. Dan will vouch for me.

4 | Dan

January 20th, 2010 at 11:01 pm

I can vouch for that! Just one glass.

5 | Lauren

January 21st, 2010 at 8:28 am

Did you notice a difference in how you felt? One glass versus no glasses? One glass versus more than one?

6 | helen

January 21st, 2010 at 8:37 am

What was the wine? I hope it was a GOOD one…. (if you say Yellow Tail I’m gonna SCREAM!)

7 | bethh

January 21st, 2010 at 11:24 am

I’m also curious to know if you felt more appreciative of the one glass, or if your disappointment weighed it down. I hope you could really it!

8 | daw

January 21st, 2010 at 4:35 pm

Dear Joy,

First let me start by saying that Joy is a favorite name of mine. My “other mother” is named Joy…very special place in my heart for that name.

I was so thrilled to stumble across your blog at the start of the month. Especially as I too am a 32 year old woman who is seriously into good food and drink and who has also struggled with weight issues. And to top it off, I too thought I’d cut back on drinking this year specifically to see how it effected my weight. I work out plenty and frankly, I’m not that overweight. But I do have lbs to lose and know that my food and drink aesthetic doesn’t help in this area. However, I do believe it is fundamentally okay that I eat healthy, delicious, whole food meals, and that my lifestyle with my husband includes having a cocktail or a glass of wine with those meals.

Yet, the number on the scale after a particularly indulgent holiday season led me to pause and think about what I could do to reset my relationship with food and drink. So, I decided to cut back on the drinking, allowing myself what has amounted to one evening a week with wine or a cocktail. And I’ve scaled back my mid-day eats considerably too. No more indulging on my own, only with my partner or friends. I saw an immediate drop of 5-8 lbs, which has held steady in the last week.

Sure, there are lots of reasons for that drop to have happened. And who knows how long that will really stay in effect and I’m not sure I’ll want to be this moderate about drinking forever. But overall I’ve really appreciated taking this time to “reset” my indulgence button. I hope that it will help me be a bit more moderate in the future, yet still allow me the freedom to enjoy the things that I think make life more enjoyable.

Anyway, my reason for writing was that I was wondering if you may have been doing other things to make up for the caloric deficit in not drinking. Were you indulging in other areas? Not working out quite as much? Etc. Just something to think about.

Regards,
Darla

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