No, I haven’t fallen off the wagon….
07/06/11 • 0 Comments

I know its been weeks since I was last here, but I have been keeping my commitment! I have successfully passed 1 month alcohol free on 28 May! And I’m feeling fabulous I have been busy working towards a couple of my goals – running the city to surf and getting comfortable in my own skin. On 23 May I started Michelle Bridges’ 12 week body transformation (http://www.12wbt.com/). I’m exercising 6 days a week and eating a very low calorie diet. So far, so good! Already seeing results on the scales. As part of my 12wbt journey I’m also participating in a blogging challenge- if you’re interested you can check it out here - http://www.outsideofthebox.com.au/?category=12wbt Anyway back to no alcohol – my observations so far is that the first week or so was hard and then not drinking quickly became my “normal” rather than reaching for a drink in the evenings. [...]

the evening drink…
02/05/11 • 0 Comments

Ok its 7pm – just around the time when I would be reaching for a glass of white (or as it gets cooler a red).  That first glass of wine when I would get home from work was the way that I would ease myself into my home time. I would reach for it no matter what kind of day I had: Good, successful, achieving day – totally deserve it. shitty day where nothing went right – totally deserve it. In mid March my partner and I quit our jobs to start working on a business idea together (www.foxhounddevelopers.com.au). Seven weeks in I’m still a little lost as to how I’m meant to structure my day. My partner is the website developer and I do everything else – research, blog, legals etc etc.  And that first glass of wine had really started to become more important…  Before wine time – [...]

Making it public…
01/05/11 • 2 Comments

So today I announced on twitter and also my blog – www.outsideofthebox.com.au that I have joined HSM and will be taking a 3 month break from alcohol. So its now out in the open. No turning back now!

Plenty of excuses, but finally here…
01/05/11 • 2 Comments

Hi all, Its my first post here, but I started my 3months on Thursday (the day after my 30th birthday). I have been thinking about doing this since I found out about HSM a couple of weeks ago.Of course I couldn\’t start then because I was soon turning 30 – couldn\’t possibly have a dry 30th! Writing that down makes me laugh – makes its sould like I had a wild party planned, instead of a lovely dinner out with my boyfriend, mum and my boyfriend\’s parents. We all get along fine, so its not like the champagne, wine and dessert wine were actually required to have an enjoyable evening. BUT the idea of having a milestone birthday without alcohol just seemed to me unfathomable.  On thursday morning after the dinner I was feeling a little seedy, but pretty good considering. Which isn\’t really a good thing because I did [...]