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People do Dry January as a health reset, to jumpstart an alcohol-free life, to lose weight, save money, or all of the above. For Amy Robach and her lovaahh, T.J. Holmes, it was to give their livers a well-deserved month off. T.J. estimated that he drank approximately 18 drinks a day in 2023. Amy’s count was at least 30 drinks per week. They started drinking after their morning runs and kept an ongoing buzz until bedtime. They also day-drank after finishing their GMA shifts, which explained a lot about their behavior over the last couple of years.
Amy used Dry January as a means to get back to running and eating better. While checking in with her followers on Instagram, Amy shared that she not only felt great after a month off the sauce, but she’d also lost weight as well. However, now that it’s February, a glass of wine is back on the table, both figuratively and literally.
Amy Robach is loving the results she’s had after completing Dry January, revealing that she’s dropped a few pounds because of it.
On Thursday, the former GMA3: What You Need to Know co-anchor, 50, posted a series of photos on Instagram from her daily run, celebrating completing a month without drinking. In addition to giving up alcohol, she and boyfriend T.J. Holmes have also been running at least two miles every day, preparing to run another marathon together.
“Happy February 1st everyone!!!” she captioned the post. “We decided to take inspiration from @hellahgood9 and run EVERY day of January at least 2 miles, and it felt so damn good, we are going to continue it through February!”
“Dry January combined with daily runs and keeping my carb count low, meant I was able to shed some extra lbs I put on post NYC marathon,” she added. “We are still doing our training runs following the @higdonmarathon four days a week and our rest days we just knock out 2 milers. I may have a glass of wine tonight however 👍”
Good for Amy for having a positive Dry January experience. Given the amount that they were drinking each day, stopping cold turkey must have been difficult both mentally and physically. (Amy’s previously talked about how, emotionally, she was scared to tackle a month without drinking.) I bet the daily runs went a long way towards helping with the mental component. Seeing the physical changes her body went through probably helped a lot, too.
As we talked about back when Amy and T.J. first confessed just how much they’d been drinking, it’s pretty likely that they’re feeding off of each other’s addictions. There are so many people out there that believe they don’t have a problem just because they can make it through one month. So, they go right back to it, thinking they can stop again at any time. I hope Amy remembers how good it felt to not drink and makes some serious, positive changes.
