Recently I decided to stop drinking in the week as my portion control as far as wine was concerned was getting a little bit greedy.
Cutting down on the wine helped to cut back on the cigarettes as my new found resolve made me not want to smoke as much because I wasn't drinking.
For a few weeks I managed this fine but I'm finding i'm bingeing too much at weekends. Why can't I just have a couple of glasses? - why do I 'have' to finish the bottle - also I practically chain smoke (now the weather is nice and I can sit outside). I want to stop!
This weekend (Fri night & Sat night) I drank 1 litre of Pimms (diluted of course) but I know this is a lot of alcohol. I keep telling myself I'll make myself ill but it gets to Friday night and I think 'oh i'll just have some tonight and not tomorrow' - but I say the same to myself on Saturday night too!
I'm trying to lose weight and the fact that I binge at the weekends is making the whole 'watching what I eat' during the week is a complete waste of time.
I am not unhappy, I love my hubby and my DS, am happy with my work and friends. I suppose I just feel a little bit unstimulated and so I hit the vino at the weekends!
Is anyone else familiar with this pattern of behaviour?