Oh boy. This might be a tough one.
I have never been much of a drinker. Alcoholism runs pretty deep in my family and I’ve always avoided consuming too much. I’ll go out for Girl’s Night Out or have a few when friends and I go to watch fights but it’s not routine. I don’t keep wine or beer in the house. I can go out and have no drinks or too many drinks. (which I always regret)
But lately, there’s been so many events that I find myself excusing a drink here and there and then everywhere. Everyone wants to meet for a drink or is serving drinks at their get-together.
For some people, giving up alcohol would be the end of the world. For me, it’s just going to be inconvenient and not very fun 🙁 I have signed up with USA Boxing to be an amateur boxer this year. (more on that later…..) They require you to sign a code of conduct against performance dampening activities like alcohol and tobacco. While this is a perfect reason to cut out alcohol, I’m excited to do it for the calories as well. I know there are a lot of opinions out there on alcohol, wine especially, but I’m just saying no for the next few months at least. I don’t need it and it’s just empty calories. I went my first whole year of weight loss without a drink, I know I can do it again.
So over the next few months, I’m going to figure out how to meet for drinks without having a drink and how to get through social meet ups without ordering a cocktail. Who wants to join? 