Dr. Sarah Wakeman

Come up with a plan if you're going to be in a situation where you would normally drink, that you're going to have a glass of club soda in your hand the minute you walk in the door. You're going to have a friend who knows that you're working on this who's going to be your partner.

Come up with a plan if you're going to be in a situation where you would normally drink, that you're going to have a glass of club soda in your hand the minute you walk in the door. You're going to have a friend who knows that you're working on this who's going to be your partner.

Come up with a plan if you're going to be in a situation where you would normally drink, that you're going to have a glass of club soda in your hand the minute you walk in the door. You're going to have a friend who knows that you're working on this who's going to be your partner.

Setting those intentions and those ideas and tools and tricks ahead of time will make it way easier for you to ultimately reach that goal of cutting back.

Setting those intentions and those ideas and tools and tricks ahead of time will make it way easier for you to ultimately reach that goal of cutting back.

Setting those intentions and those ideas and tools and tricks ahead of time will make it way easier for you to ultimately reach that goal of cutting back.

Great question. I think first letting people know about your intentions. So sharing what your goal is, is really important because people can't support you if they don't know. And if you've always drank a certain way with your partner or friends and all of a sudden you're not, they're not going to be like, what's going on?

Great question. I think first letting people know about your intentions. So sharing what your goal is, is really important because people can't support you if they don't know. And if you've always drank a certain way with your partner or friends and all of a sudden you're not, they're not going to be like, what's going on?

Great question. I think first letting people know about your intentions. So sharing what your goal is, is really important because people can't support you if they don't know. And if you've always drank a certain way with your partner or friends and all of a sudden you're not, they're not going to be like, what's going on?

Whereas if you say to them, hey, guys, I know you love me and support Eat Me. I want to share with you that my new goal is to not drink more than one drink a day or only drink on Friday and no more than two drinks or not drink at all. And this is my why. I'm doing this because I'm worried about myself or I'm doing this because it feels counterproductive to my health.

Whereas if you say to them, hey, guys, I know you love me and support Eat Me. I want to share with you that my new goal is to not drink more than one drink a day or only drink on Friday and no more than two drinks or not drink at all. And this is my why. I'm doing this because I'm worried about myself or I'm doing this because it feels counterproductive to my health.

Whereas if you say to them, hey, guys, I know you love me and support Eat Me. I want to share with you that my new goal is to not drink more than one drink a day or only drink on Friday and no more than two drinks or not drink at all. And this is my why. I'm doing this because I'm worried about myself or I'm doing this because it feels counterproductive to my health.

And I really want your support. And this is how you can support me. So then you're really framing it as they get to be a partner with you. You're not criticizing their drinking because often people feel then like, oh, I'm a little self-conscious. This person's going to be judging me or they think I'm bad. You're just asking for their help.

And I really want your support. And this is how you can support me. So then you're really framing it as they get to be a partner with you. You're not criticizing their drinking because often people feel then like, oh, I'm a little self-conscious. This person's going to be judging me or they think I'm bad. You're just asking for their help.

And I really want your support. And this is how you can support me. So then you're really framing it as they get to be a partner with you. You're not criticizing their drinking because often people feel then like, oh, I'm a little self-conscious. This person's going to be judging me or they think I'm bad. You're just asking for their help.

And so maybe that looks like instead of meeting for drinks, you meet to go to yoga class or you meet to go for a run or you let the person know why you're going to be ordering a soda water instead of a drink. And so you can be really concrete both for yourself and what those tools look like, but also for the people in your life to signal to them how they can help support you.

And so maybe that looks like instead of meeting for drinks, you meet to go to yoga class or you meet to go for a run or you let the person know why you're going to be ordering a soda water instead of a drink. And so you can be really concrete both for yourself and what those tools look like, but also for the people in your life to signal to them how they can help support you.

And so maybe that looks like instead of meeting for drinks, you meet to go to yoga class or you meet to go for a run or you let the person know why you're going to be ordering a soda water instead of a drink. And so you can be really concrete both for yourself and what those tools look like, but also for the people in your life to signal to them how they can help support you.

And sometimes people can't do that. And that happens whenever we make any big change. People may have experienced that if they decided to have a weight loss journey or change their life in some way, that there are people that really fit in our lives for a certain point that can't journey with you through that transformation. And that's sad.

And sometimes people can't do that. And that happens whenever we make any big change. People may have experienced that if they decided to have a weight loss journey or change their life in some way, that there are people that really fit in our lives for a certain point that can't journey with you through that transformation. And that's sad.