pumpkinny

What new food/drink habits have you picked up since kicking the habit? Mine are excessive gum chewing & mint tea as soon as I would have popped open a bottle.

doggonecarl

Well, a lot more non-alcoholic beverages, that's for sure.

I noticed I've dropped more food habits than I have picked up. I used to eat a lot of salty snacks, nuts and so forth, when I drank. All the better to wash down with beer. When I quit drinking I quit all that snacking too.

Soberpotamus

I'm eating much healthier these days. I tried to eat healthy while drinking but it just wasn't sustainable because I'd binge on junk during a blackout. Ha!

I eat mostly paleo with an emphasis on lots of veggies and fruits. I drink coffee, herbal teas, seltzer water and juice. No soda, no added sugar. I really like mint tea, btw!

Jupiters

I've always been a tea addict, it's just way more amplified now! I have a drawer at work that is a small tea shop
Flavoured seltzer water is now a fave.
As for food, I always ate fairly well and never even really ate "junk" when binging, I just wouldn't eat at all. I'm a big fan of my NutriBullet and make smoothies almost daily with kale, fruit, almond milk, chia seeds...whatever I feel like!

my comfort food has NEVER changed. PHO - the Vietnamese beef noodle soup.
when hungover, it was the only thing I could stomach.

ElleDee

I love (diet) cranberry juice and (diet) ginger ale together. Very refreshing. So far I don't eat as much junk... and I'm trying to eat good, healthy food.

trachemys

Outrageously good isn't it?

Jupiters

My love affair began about 20 years ago with this and hasn't stopped.

PurpleKnight

Green/White teas . . . can't get enough!!

Scram

I have always been a little vain/body conscious. I can't tell you the number of delicious meals I have passed in order to save calories for the booze I was drinking. I never ate dessert, never had any type of soda or juice that wasn't diet, heavy restriction on carbs... All so I could take in about 800-1400 calories of liquor that night. A past drinking buddy of mine would always try to assure me that our drinking was ok from a fitness standpoint because "we drink really clean, all our mixers are either soda water or diet"....

O...M...G... what total bullsh***, lol. 1000 of alcohol is pure crap, regardless what you're mixing it with.


Anyways, point of my long rant is I'm allowing myself to have a little dessert, or a regular soda from time to time, or a little bread or popcorn. Even if I were to go crazy on a huge piece of cake, that' s still like half the calories of a standard night of drinks. I like popsicles too.

SparkyMcSparky

PHO - I like the beef lover's kind which mixes rare and well-done beef with a bisected meatball.

With a side order of imperial rolls, I'm in gastric happyland. My love affain with it is only about 12 years old.

Though my go to since quitting drinking is Pepsi. My biggest change is I'm actually making sure I eat three meals a day. Beer is no longer available as a meal option on the eating plan.

RolyPoly

Definitely eating much healthier. I used to snack all night while drinking my wine. No more snacks at all now, good for the wallet and the waistline

pumpkinny

Same here, but in my head it was healthy, red wine and almonds or whole wheat, etc.

SnowDawg

Chocolate milk. The richer the better.

SigChiScooby

Green tea, coffee, spinach and kale!

ESD907

I wonder If I"m alone in this... I'd 'wake' up in the morning and find a pizza crust or 1/2 sandwich next to me. Or I'd sneak eat, the way I'd sneak drink and 2 days later find a wedge of cheese in my laundry basket.. And for those prior 2 days be wondering where it went, (didn't remember eating it). NOW, I'm trying to be healthy. Im loading on spinach, white beans and crave salads with pomegranite balsamic vinegar..its so good.

Tonymblue

Ive found craft soda pop. Theres a specialty shop that sells all the best. Not cheap but cheaper and tastier than southern comfort.