Melissa D.
Day 2 of No Alcohol...
May 09, 2014
Today is day two of no alcohol and I'm feeling really good today! I don't realize how much alcohol affects my life until I don't have it and feel "normal". My appetite is normal for a GB patient, I get full really fast and easy, I sleep so much more sound, I don't wake up the next morning feeling funky or hung over, I don't crave carbs all day to level my blood sugar... The list goes on and on. But tonight is Friday and this is usually the night of the week when my hubs and I feel like we can go crazy with the beverages b/c tomorrow is Saturday and we can sleep in, but NOT TONIGHT! It's going to be hard b/c on top of it being Friday my hubs just found out that his dog that he's had for like 13 years has cancer. We are going to have to put him down. It breaks my heart to think of it... Our pets are like our children. I have to find a way to work through the emotions without the adult beverages. Pray for me!
I did however make it to the gym last night. I was planning on doing some weights and one of the cardio machines, but instead got talked into doing a Group Power class. I had never done this class so I was kinda intimidated by it, but I think I really like it! It's an hour long class that works every muscle group in the body---and believe me, I FEEL IT TODAY!! And the best part is that I burned over 700 calories doing it. Yea I'll be going back to try that again. I was going to go to Spinning class tonight (another class I've never done), but since I can barely move from last night's class and this happened with the dog I'm going to leave work a little early and make my husband's favorite dinner. The good thing about this dinner is it's a recipe I found in Southern Living magazine and it only has a little over 300 calories per serving!
My goals for this weekend are no alcohol (of course), go to Zumba or Spinning tomorrow at 9 (hopefully I can make it, I have to take my himalayan cat to get groomed at 8:30), stay away from too many carbs, and possibly go to the gym on Sunday afternoon.
I hope you all have a good weekend!
