Good luck and best wishes, Nalway!

WAit, do you mean that you won't be taking nal for 23 days, or that you won't be drinking at all? If it's the latter, then I think that's fine (although be careful about ADE when you come off the diet). If you mean the former, I would personally advise against it.. my nal-less experiences have included some pretty nasty incidents.

I mean I won't be drinking at all. But as it turns out it will be january 7, to start instead. Thanks!!!

Good luck! Maybe I'll start not stuffing my face after work huh....

Nalwayout, good luck to you on your planned diet sabbatical. Really, you can just go cold turkey on drinking for a month or so??? It sounds like you have a good plan, and are determined. I hope you will keep us posted on your progress: I love a good inspirational diet story, almost as much as reading the Cured list!

Chrissie

good luck nalway. can't wait to hear about how it! i would LOVE to do a low carb diet, but it's really HARD with my daily wine i'm starting weigh watchers thursday which pretty much means i have to starve myself through the day to have my wine at night. i'm hoping it will help with my af days. it will also help to track my drinks. it works but it is slow. REAAAALLLLLLL slow.

happy 2012 to you!

-pep

Hi Nalway

All the best with the diet. Good for you following such a strict regime for 23 days. As you say, it is not a huge amount of time, and if you lose lots of weight it must be quite empowering.
I'm looking forward to hearing how it's going.

Cheers
Sticky

Hello Sticky,

Thanks so much for the encouragement. It's going great! 5.6 pounds lost in just 4 days! I love this diet, it works so well for me! And you're right it is empowering. As soon as I stopped the daily drinking I realized I don't miss it at all. I was into a daily drinking pattern for a very long time. It was becoming a habit that was difficult to break. Since my husband is in on this I was sort of feeling like stopping was giving up TSM and failing after all these weeks. But the new year gives me the excuse to stop! After all I've gained so much. Gotta do something, right?

I know, that sounds like a strange way to look at it. It was all psychological for me. So, I'll be moving onward during this month of January. And by the end of this month I should be 17-20lbs lighter. Sounds good to me.

Happy New year to you and your family.

Hello everyone,

Day 5, 6.8lbs lighter yay!! But the real joy is realizing I CAN live without alchohol! ). This week has been amazing. I feel soooooooo much better. Drinking tons if water really feels good. I was telling Sticky in her posts that really it was all psychological for me. I was in a daily drinking rut. I was thinking that if I stopped trying daily it meant less effect from Nal and failure. Nothing could be further from the truth. Many of you have said AF days are empowering. And I agree. I may not be cured yet but at least my attitude right now is "I don't need it"! So January will hopefully find me 20lbs lighter and AF.

I'm sorry I haven't visited many of your posts. January is my busiest month of the year! Tax Season! I feel like a gerbil on a wheel all month. I'll try my best to visit everyone this weekend.

Nal on all of you! Keep going. 2012 we will all be on the cured list. I just know it....

Excellent news Nalway! Keep truckin'!