Because I am not drinking but not being bold enough to tell anyone, I sipped it. I never would have just sipped it before. I sipped it for an hour until finally it was about 1/4 full. I slipped inside and refilled the crushed ice and found more sparkling water that I added back in.
I'm not counting yesterday because 1) I wasn't sure what I was even drinking 2) it didn't feel like I was drinking and 3) I didn't desire to drink.
Hubs did have 3 beers but with lots of food and I drove so no issue there.
I realized something while I was sipping that drink. I didn't like the taste. But in the past I would have sucked it down and then had another before I left. Would have had enough to give me a warm buzz although not enough to get drunk since I would have been driving and in front of people. Yesterday, between whatever was in it and the sun/wind, I just felt blah. The drink tasted horrible, truthfully, and I felt so much better when I was able to load it up with ice and water.
Right now I'm at the stage where I "don't want to drink" more than I "want to drink". I like this stage and want to protect it, nurture it.
My weight is still very frustrating and I think that helps with the not drinking. In fact, I'm sitting here blogging but I need to get up and exercise. I saw this WEBSITE and both these pics hit home for me. Food for thought! I'm trying to stay optimistic regarding my weight gain which I will attribute to muscle. The woman in the bottom photo weighs 9 lbs more than the she did and she looks better, right?
Oh yes, we were home by 5:45 last night so we tucked in with a movie. For anyone who likes horses, this documentary called Unbranded was great! It's about 4 guys who take wild mustangs (that they adopted from the Bureau of Land Management) from the Mexican border up through wild lands to the Canadian Border. The scenery was spectacular and it was well done. Blackfish, that documentary about Sea World and the Orcas, was very emotionally charged. This film was not. It was kept low key and both perspectives, the BLM's view of the appropriate management level (AML) for mustang and the wild horse advocates who are opposed to the rounding up of the herds, were both presented without being emotionally charged. The film could have been done to tug heart strings one way or another but we enjoyed the more level presentation of the issues faced by the growing herds of wild horses. As one who lives out west and sees wild horses quite often, it really made me think. Anyway, worth a watch.
Tonight we have dinner with friends and a show but I think I wasn't drinking the last time we saw them. Hubs will probably have something with them but my excuse will be weight and driving so I think all will be good.
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