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Funny thing...

launchpadmkquak
launchpadmkquak Posts: 53 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been doing well. I'm 135 days into my diet. I've lost 68 pounds and am very happy with my progress so far. I even lost 10 pounds over 3 weeks during Christmas/New Years. I realize I have little to complain about. One thing that I have been most happy with is that I've had success and I haven't been perfect with my diet. I eat pretty well but I'll still have a few drinks on the weekend....mostly whiskey/diets.

This sounds kind of bad but I had drinks at least one weekend night every weekend since Christmas for various reasons(Birthdays, NFL playoffs etc), but I had still done pretty well on the weight loss. I made a conscious decision this past weekend to really buckle down on the diet and drink no alcohol. Ironically, this has been the worst ten day stretch since I've started. I actually have gained two pounds back.

I'm not complaining, I know this stuff happens. Just thought it was kinda funny.

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  • Slashnl
    Slashnl Posts: 339 Member
    Your body is mad at you for not supplying alcohol!
  • launchpadmkquak
    launchpadmkquak Posts: 53 Member
    Slashnl wrote: »
    Your body is mad at you for not supplying alcohol!

    Ha. Nature can be so cruel.
  • missblondi2u
    missblondi2u Posts: 851 Member
    This may be controversial, but I tried to cut out alcohol in the beginning because I thought I had to. I inevitably added it back in, and my weight loss actually sped up.

    I religiously log all of my alcohol calories and try to make them fit into my goal, but I do end up going over quite often. But when I go over my calorie limit due to alcohol, I still lose weight consistently, whereas when I go over just from food, my weight loss stalls. This makes me wonder if my body isn't using/processing the alcohol calories differently than food calories. I have absolutely no science to back this up, but it certainly seems true for me.
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