Totally hear you about the guilt. It really used to make me mad. My counselors are definitely not “partiers” so they don’t get why I would want to have a few beers w/ friends on the weekends. One time a counselor actually asked me if I “felt like I couldn’t socialize w/out alcohol”. I was like “what is this? An intervention?”

Honestly, lots of the choices I make probably slow down my weight loss. But that’s okay w/ me. I learned early on in this program that I can’t look at it as a race or I won’t stay on track long-term.

I do allow myself to go out drinking about 1-2 times per month. That is a heckufalot less than I used to! Used to be 1-2 times/week so this is great progress for me.

If I’m plateuing or not happy w/ my results, I will go back to basics and stop the alcohol until I start losing again.

The biggest challenge is after going out. Those late-night munchies are a killer to me and I still haven’t figured out how to get past that. So I haven’t been drinking the last couple of weeks b/c I’m afraid I’ll sabatoge myself w/ food after we leave the bar.

TGIF! Cheers!