Dont go too hard on weight loss right now. Personally, I was eating EXTRA to compensate for the alcohol calories NOT consumed. It seemed to reduce cravings for me.

After I stopped drinking the weight came off nearly effortlessly.

Keep up the good work!

That looks like a great early chart. From this point it'll probably creep downward veeeery gradually, so good thing you're tracking.

Well, two weeks off from work, but I didn't overdo it like I have in the past. All in all, I had a pretty even keeled time at home with the family.

2014 was the roughest year of my life, mostly chaos mixed with physical and psychological pain in the aftermath of my accident, and I'm glad to see it go.

I'm ready for a new year

I feel like I made some healthy progress this last week and there are some encouraging changes to report.

First the insurance issue from my accident was resolved between my carrier and the railroad company. That's been hanging over my head for a long time now, and I'm glad it's over. I just want to move forward and not look back. I'm lucky to be alive.

Regarding the my TSM progress, Last week I was below 20 USA units for the first time

My weekly graph still looks like a roller coaster but there's no doubt about the trend. Like I posted last week, if I look at my daily graph, it's the roller coaster from hell; if I look at my weekly graph its still a roller coaster but not so crazy; if I look at my emerging monthly graph it's what I'd call progress.

I have noticed that my tolerance is going down, and it doesn't take much before I decide no, I don't feel like any more. So last week I switched beer brands to a lower alcohol content beer. It's helping space out the time between drinks, and so far so good. The fact that it really doesn't taste all that good doesn't hurt either. I'll call that mild aversion therapy.

Last week I went to my second Moderation Management meeting in St Louis, and I find that helpful too. It's a very small and personal group and having like-minded people to talk to face2face helps. I'm sure that's not for everyone, but I find it supportive, and they're open to the fact that I'm doing TSM. One of these days I hope to do a 30 day abs period and take it from there.

Anyway, I'm feeling encouraged, no question in my mind that there's a light at the end of this tunnel.

Good steady progress I would say all41, your about a month behind me and looking at how you're doing it's going to be a great month.

Good luck

John

I still wish I had fewer of the "bad days" but this is still just my 3rd month.

all41

It's steady as she goes at this stage, periods of good progress followed by some bad days. It's all in the mix. However 3 months is a good milestone and it's just a matter of time.

Looking from where you started your progress has been amazing! We all have bad days but you have made an overall significant reduction! Keep up the good work!!

I can't do fancy graphs (need some lessons from Badger) but I'm a visual learner and I like to "see" what I'm doing.





Thanks for the encouragement guys

I'd hoped I'd be yelling from the rooftops at this point but I'm in it for the long haul, staying patient and following the rule.

My exercise and diet regimen are going well though, Started at 197 lbs January 1st and I'm down to 186. Lots of fruit and vegetables combined with portion maintenance and daily exercise. The exercise gets easier with time and I've transitioned from just walking the indoor track at work to working out on aerobic machines. Feels good but I know it would feel better if I was off the Nal.

You are really getting down there, all41. Your starting consumption was high, and you've almost halved it. I think you're making fantastic progress.