What would you struggle to give-up?

Jorgan

So I'm doing dry January in solidarity with my wife. I don't think it will be that difficult tbh, and I reckon I could go a month or more without meat too (wife is pescatarian, so we don't eat a lot anyway).

Giving-up Caffeine though, that would be very taxing! I normally try not to have it after 7pm, but this month I'm going to try and wean myself down to 4 cups a day (first thing, one when I get to work, a coffee at 10, then another tea after lunch). I really struggled when I was with the in-laws over Christmas, as I kept getting decaf tea made for me all the time; I felt so sluggish, although that could also have been the diet Rolling Eyes

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JaRok2300 · Joined: 01 May 2014 Posts: 461 Location: Worcester, UK

I've done dry January for over 20 years. When I started I was in my 20s and drinking every Thursday, Friday & Saturday night fairly heavily so a clean month seemed like a good idea.

I don't drink much now but it's become a bit of a habit to carry on with it and it seems a shame to break my run. I don't miss the drink at all and find it also focusses the mind on eating a bit better too so works all round.

My big weakness is coke, not the hard drug, fizzy pop. I always drink diet but it's still very acidic and the dentist bo11ocks me every time I go about the state of my enamel. I've tried drinking more water but never last long before I'm back on the pop again.

explorerJC · Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 16060 Location: Farthingstone

i thought about it for about a nano second....it's not that I don't need to do it, but that I have no will power and will then beat myself up when I fail...

..thus I have just decided to crack on for now, but to train more...
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Wheezy · Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 1889 Location: Sub 3 (elect)

I drink a lot of tea. I could probably replace a lot of that with plain water, but, I love a brew.
Alcohol, is fine. I've not been a big drinker for years and can go weeks without a drop, but at this time of year I do tend to let things slip.
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gingerbongo · Joined: 21 Sep 2012 Posts: 1733 Location: Devon

Bread.

I have tried to cut down on my bread intake, but there's nothing that is as cheap, simple, conveninent, filling or just bl00dy delicious! I know thats a major cause of my little abdominal duvet; that and beer. I don't drink a lot, but i do like a ocuple of bottles on a friday night, or a glass of wine on a Fri and Sat. So very moderate.

JamieMcP · Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 4799 Location: Edinburgh

I have had various periods of giving up booze, and I suspect like with a lot of theses it's not the actual alcohol you are missing but the ritual around it. I don't drink a lot theses days but I miss the ritual of a beer on a Friday evening when the kid has gone to bed.

I would find sugar hard to give up, I try to cut down but never seem to make to much of an impression.
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SGreg · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 1112 Location: High Peak

I would do dry January but I have 5 bottles of whiskey, several bottles of vodka, a couple of rum 4 bottles of tequila, 1 bottle of gin and several other assorted drinks that are all burning a hole in our drinks table.

I am not so weak I could not leave them there and do a dry January, but having that much alcohol waiting at the end would lead to a very thirsty February Laughing

That might miss the point slightly. So I will gradually get through that over the next few months then consider an alcohol free period when it could really count!

Count for what I don't know, as I still have no race plans for next year...

I am really not sure what I would struggle to give up. I have done the hardest thing quite a few times, Carbs, and have always managed sustained periods of abstinence. I have done caffeine (pointless) and alcohol quite a few times too.

My problem is not temporary abstinence, that's' easy, it's not falling straight back into bad ways right afterward that I fall down on. I think these "months" con ourselves into believing we are not hopelessly addicted...

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Pedro Peru · Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 1064 Location: Leeds

I don't drink caffeine after midday so see no need to give that up. I'm not doing dry January because I don't want to. Also, does it really count if you're drinking on New Year's eve after midnight?

I will give up alcohol later in the year to avoid pointless calories and stop it interfering with training I should be doing. I've stopped for 3 months before, so hoping it wont be a problem this time.

Jorgan · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:08 am Post subject:

If I just bring some fruit/herbal tea bags to work, I reckon I can reduce my caffeine, as it's the habit of having a 'brew' that I rely on. Maybe just caffeine first thing and a mid-morning coffee. Although not sure how I'd cope after lunch Rolling Eyes

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gingerbongo · Joined: 21 Sep 2012 Posts: 1733 Location: Devon

gingerbongo · Joined: 21 Sep 2012 Posts: 1733 Location: Devon

i guess i could chow down a bottle of Huel every day instead! Facebook assures me it's the way forward!! Very Happy

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