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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm similar to some of you - I noticed my wine intake gradually creeping up over the last few years.  It wasn't causing me to do anything bad (like drive impaired or make risky sexual decisions or arrive late to work) but it was making me feel less than 100% the next morning and it made me worry a bit about the long term effects on my health.

So I mostly cut out drinking during the week, without too much difficulty.  If I get a dinner invite on a Wednesday or whatever, I can still have a glass of wine.  I'm just not sitting on the couch watching hallmark channel movies getting unintentionally buzzed.

Next, I'd like to cut it back a bit on the weekends too.  My weekends are pretty jam-packed and it would be nice not to feel hungover while working out or doing errands.

One question for the group - when you cut back the booze, does anyone else find themselves filling the gap with food?  I think it's related to the sugar in the booze - I think my body is addicted to that.  It sucks because I end up eating more calories of crap than I would have had from the booze.  So "weight loss" never seems to accompany my cutting back, like it supposedly does for other people.[/quote]

For me, it's kind of the opposite.  I tend to snack while I'm drinking the wine.  Once I made the switch to tea, I wasn't snacking as much.[/quote]

A few years ago I gave up wine for Lent.  Thought it would help me lose weight.  But unfortunately I replaced the wine with Oreos and weight gain quickly followed....

This time, I gave up wine combined with keto and intermittent fasting.  Rapid weight loss ensued.[/quote]

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