Tue, Jul-22-03, 17:36
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Senior Member
Posts: 336
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Plan: CALP/Schwarzbien
Stats: 212.5/192/172.5
BF:
Progress: 51%
Location: near SF, CA, USA
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Hey Treena,
Welcome! I am new here too and agree that this is a great site. You will find so much good information here.
On the alcohol thing, I can definitly relate. When I was your age, I was going out almost every day, drinking, dancing, partying, and having a good ole time! I was also using mega doses of caffeine, tobacco, sugar, and high carbs too. I used to relate alcohol with having a good time and didn't really think that I could enjoy myself abstaining while everybody else was partying. I wanted to cut down for health reasons, and started substituting non-alcoholic beer and Iced tea, gradually reducing my alcohol consumtion to 2 drinks a night. That was doing good for me. Now, years later I rarely drink and have a great time anyway. The only problem is that I get easily bored with the people around me who are tanked!
Anyway, you can do anything that you put your mind too, years of little changes for the better add up to big changes!
The biggest step is wanting to change, now that your mind is getting in to it, your body will follow. I am no saint also, I am still smoking! That is my curse.
Looking forward to talking to you more, your post has brought back memories!
deb
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