I very much enjoy a good glass of beer and a fine steak. That enjoyment has put 25 lbs back on my hide...weight that was a real bear to work off. Recently, I returned from an early evening meal at Applebee's. A 23 oz glass of beer went just fine with the apple walnut chicken salad. I was driving toward the house when I realized the air was clear and calm. A rare, perfect day for some precision target shooting. A rare opportunity that I had just squandered with a glass of beer. Not only was shooting out of the question, so was any other productive use of time debugging my embedded systems boards. What a damn waste. All for a glass of tasty, fattening beer.
I'm back on my salad and ice tea routine gain. The scale is beginning to succumb to the lowered calorie intake. A regular vigorous interlude with kettlebells is kicking up the metabolism as well.
Step #12 can be a real epiphany when you realize all the good stuff you're missing in exchange for an alcoholic beverage.