Hangover eating ruining everything!
sorchaedwards1991
Posts: 19 Member
Hi there
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
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sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Hi there
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
I would keep your drinking if you want it, but save calories throughout the week for the day after drinking. I try not to eat as much during the week so that on Saturday or Sunday I can eat a little more.4 -
A glass of wine doesn't cause a hangover (in my experience, even as someone who rarely drinks, and gets drunk even less), and a social catch up doesn't have to involve getting drunk either.
Have a drink, but stop at one or 2. Drink water or diet soft drink instead!26 -
Is it a matter of actually feeling hungover every weekend and wanting something to help with the nauseous feeling? Or do you feel more hungry on days after drinking? Or is it all just psychological?
If you can narrow down exactly WHY you're overeating following a night of drinking, that might help you come up with a solution.7 -
sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Hi there
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
there's a massive difference between a 'glass of wine' or a 'social drink' and getting so drunk you're hungover.
I have had a hangover once this year, maybe twice max... but i go out socially for drinks at least once a fortnight.11 -
Is it a matter of actually feeling hungover every weekend and wanting something to help with the nauseous feeling? Or do you feel more hungry on days after drinking? Or is it all just psychological?
If you can narrow down exactly WHY you're overeating following a night of drinking, that might help you come up with a solution.
i can eat the world when i am hungover... i just crave carbs and fat... a ginormous fry up and then some chocolate usually helps... days calories blown in on emeal! which is why it rarely happens any more!2 -
As above, there's a difference between a few glasses of wine and getting absolutely bladdered. Don't get me wrong, now and again I do fit the second category but largely I try to stop long before that.
You can "bank" some calories during the week to allow for more weekend indulgence. Then I would prelog what you intend to drink and stick to it. Sometimes I'll log x amount of wine or 4 beers and not even drink them all. I would also look at what you typically eat with a hangover and again log it in advance. This way you can determine how many calories you might need and if banking will mean too much of a restriction during the week. From there you can decide on maybe an alternative hangover food. Something like a cooked breakfast is often a great hangover food that can be kept reasonably well in check calories wise.
You just have to be smarter and more disciplined about it.6 -
Toxikon I think its a mixture of all of those things! I don't necessarily have to have drunk a lot for me to have this hangover eating problem. Think the problem is when i'm feeling a little tender, I dont have the motivation or the guilt factor that I usually would to stop. Eating lots of carbs does also help nurse the hangover. I just need to try and be strong as its ruining all my efforts!1
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TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Hi there
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
there's a massive difference between a 'glass of wine' or a 'social drink' and getting so drunk you're hungover.
I have had a hangover once this year, maybe twice max... but i go out socially for drinks at least once a fortnight.
No i honestly feel hungover on 2 glasses of wine. It gets worse with age2 -
I am a very, very conservative drinker and I have never had a hangover. Order a glass of water with your wine and super hydrate on drink night. No more than two glasses of wine.4
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Stop drinking so much.
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I had 2 glasses of wine Saturday night and felt hungover on Sunday- for me it's the sulfites in the white wine- just makes me feel blah....if you really are only having a couple, make sure to drink water in between drinks-alcohol also dehydrates you- but you might have a problem with something in the wine like I do-I love white wine, but unfortunately it doesn't like me-so I don't drink it often. Vodka is the cleanest drink-if you don't mix it with lots of sugary stuff.0
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sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Toxikon I think its a mixture of all of those things! I don't necessarily have to have drunk a lot for me to have this hangover eating problem. Think the problem is when i'm feeling a little tender, I dont have the motivation or the guilt factor that I usually would to stop. Eating lots of carbs does also help nurse the hangover. I just need to try and be strong as its ruining all my efforts!
I can definitely relate - especially after the Halloween party we had on Saturday! I ate a huuuge breakfast of bacon, eggs, toast, pancakes, hashbrowns... phewf.
You could definitely play with your weekly calories and meal timing to work in the hangover day.
For example, if you ate 100 fewer calories 6 days a week, you'd have an extra 600 calories for your hangover day.
Or - in my case - I like to do intermittent fasting. After my hangover feast on Sunday, I barely ate anything else for the rest of the day, so the calories for the day actually weren't too terrible. On most other days, I skip breakfast and have a small lunch so I can enjoy a large, filling dinner.0 -
sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Toxikon I think its a mixture of all of those things! I don't necessarily have to have drunk a lot for me to have this hangover eating problem. Think the problem is when i'm feeling a little tender, I dont have the motivation or the guilt factor that I usually would to stop. Eating lots of carbs does also help nurse the hangover. I just need to try and be strong as its ruining all my efforts!
It sounds like you already know what the problem is. It's up to you to solve it or not. If this hangover meal is truly ruining your deficit for the week then you have a few options.
1. eat less during the week so you have a bigger cushion for this hangover feast. Personally, I don't recommend this one as it seems like you might already be using this hangover thing to eat all foods you feel guilty about eating on other days.
2. Stop drinking, or stop drinking every weekend. If you are going to blow a whole week of dieting in one meal this might be something to consider.
3. Fight the urge to overeat when you feel peckish the morning after drinking. Yeah, you'll be uncomfortable and it will suck. But being fat sucks too. Eat something but don't pig out and don't make it something you feel the need to be guilty about. One big breakfast should not ruin your deficit for the entire week.7 -
Could you switch to limiting it to one glass max? I lean towards nursing a single wine spritzer. I think they're out of vogue at the moment, but it works for me.0
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sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Hi there
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
there's a massive difference between a 'glass of wine' or a 'social drink' and getting so drunk you're hungover.
I have had a hangover once this year, maybe twice max... but i go out socially for drinks at least once a fortnight.
No i honestly feel hungover on 2 glasses of wine. It gets worse with age
doesn't seem worth it for 2 glasses of wine....9 -
Priorities. If you want to lose, but you know you are going to binge out after a few glasses of wine is it really worth it? You aren't seeing results because your weekend hangover binge is killing your weekly deficits. Sounds like if you are wanting to lose you need to avoid the booze.5
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I gotta agree with Tavistock, it really doesn't seem worth it for a couple of glasses of wine. Why not hold off on the alcohol for a while altogether?4
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TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Hi there
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
there's a massive difference between a 'glass of wine' or a 'social drink' and getting so drunk you're hungover.
I have had a hangover once this year, maybe twice max... but i go out socially for drinks at least once a fortnight.
No i honestly feel hungover on 2 glasses of wine. It gets worse with age
doesn't seem worth it for 2 glasses of wine....
Pretty much this. If it's serving no purpose other than you do out of habit to be social then just drink something non-alcoholic or have one wine and one soft drink.1 -
Drinking less often certainly doesn’t mean you can never have a glass of wine again. It may mean that you can’t have two every weekend since you react so strongly to it. I adore chocolate, adore it, but if having two squares of it made me sick feeling all the next day I’d stop eating it. Same with anything else in my life I think. But I for sure wouldn’t eat it every Saturday so all my sundays were uncomfortable.1
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sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Hi there
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
there's a massive difference between a 'glass of wine' or a 'social drink' and getting so drunk you're hungover.
I have had a hangover once this year, maybe twice max... but i go out socially for drinks at least once a fortnight.
No i honestly feel hungover on 2 glasses of wine. It gets worse with age
and i REALLY hope the date in your user name isn't your birth year if you're saying 'it gets worse with age' already!!! :laugh:12 -
sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Hi there
I'm so good with my diet 6 days of the week and aim for 1400 calories maximum a day and exercise 4 times a week. I've been doing this now for about 2 months and have only lost a couple of pounds if that.
My main problem is when I have a drink - the next day I have no control and eat pretty much anything I want. I then spend the rest of the week living with immense guilt.
I know the obvious answer is not to drink....but how am i supposed to live the rest of my life never having a glass of wine or having a social catch-up with some mates? Does anyone else have this problem?
I would love it if the first thing I wanted to eat on a hangover is an apple but it really isn't.
I welcome all feedback and would like to hear if anyone struggles with anything similar.
there's a massive difference between a 'glass of wine' or a 'social drink' and getting so drunk you're hungover.
I have had a hangover once this year, maybe twice max... but i go out socially for drinks at least once a fortnight.
No i honestly feel hungover on 2 glasses of wine. It gets worse with age
How big are these glasses? People are different, of course, but I'm 55 and 2 glasses of wine doesn't make me feel hungover. It doesn't change the way I feel at all the next day.
Does this happen with all alcoholic drinks or just wine?3 -
Haha yes it is my birth year....i'm not trying to imply i'm old, just trying to say that hangovers get worse year by year.
This is definitely a case me for to cut down, I realise this. Its easy for people who aren't massively into their drink to say "cut down" but I adore wine. Not necessarily in quantity, its about the quality. I'm going to try and not drink all of November and see what difference this makes. (Hopefully lots!)
On another note, when I use to low carb, alcohol never affected weight loss (I only really drink red wine)
Maybe its time to get back on the Atkins
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sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Haha yes it is my birth year....i'm not trying to imply i'm old, just trying to say that hangovers get worse year by year.
This is definitely a case me for to cut down, I realise this. Its easy for people who aren't massively into their drink to say "cut down" but I adore wine. Not necessarily in quantity, its about the quality. I'm going to try and not drink all of November and see what difference this makes. (Hopefully lots!)
On another note, when I use to low carb, alcohol never affected weight loss (I only really drink red wine)
Maybe its time to get back on the Atkins
so if its about quality, just have 1...5 -
Hey, I really love a glass of wine or a great craft beer, I get it but if it's really impacting things so much then just have one glass or save yourself for having that two or three glasses once a month. You can plan for it better if it's more infrequent. I used to have a bottle over a few nights fairly regularly but while losing weight it's just not worth it. And that's without the hangover to take into account (I'm one of those lucky few who just gets tired the next day and it hasn't got any worse as I've gotten older, 35 now).
And then, when you do drink it, splash out on one of the more expensive ones on the wine list, make it a real treat.0 -
sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Haha yes it is my birth year....i'm not trying to imply i'm old, just trying to say that hangovers get worse year by year.
This is definitely a case me for to cut down, I realise this. Its easy for people who aren't massively into their drink to say "cut down" but I adore wine. Not necessarily in quantity, its about the quality. I'm going to try and not drink all of November and see what difference this makes. (Hopefully lots!)
On another note, when I use to low carb, alcohol never affected weight loss (I only really drink red wine)
Maybe its time to get back on the Atkins
Maybe so, but you might also want to try different types of wine.
http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/color-wine-could-affect-your-hangover0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Haha yes it is my birth year....i'm not trying to imply i'm old, just trying to say that hangovers get worse year by year.
This is definitely a case me for to cut down, I realise this. Its easy for people who aren't massively into their drink to say "cut down" but I adore wine. Not necessarily in quantity, its about the quality. I'm going to try and not drink all of November and see what difference this makes. (Hopefully lots!)
On another note, when I use to low carb, alcohol never affected weight loss (I only really drink red wine)
Maybe its time to get back on the Atkins
so if its about quality, just have 1...
My wine consumption is all about quality. I generally couldn't afford more than one! (or wouldn't... Itd be a waste of money and good wine!)2 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Haha yes it is my birth year....i'm not trying to imply i'm old, just trying to say that hangovers get worse year by year.
This is definitely a case me for to cut down, I realise this. Its easy for people who aren't massively into their drink to say "cut down" but I adore wine. Not necessarily in quantity, its about the quality. I'm going to try and not drink all of November and see what difference this makes. (Hopefully lots!)
On another note, when I use to low carb, alcohol never affected weight loss (I only really drink red wine)
Maybe its time to get back on the Atkins
so if its about quality, just have 1...
My wine consumption is all about quality. I generally couldn't afford more than one! (or wouldn't... Itd be a waste of money and good wine!)
This is why I prefer my wine at home in front of the telly. Trashy TV/good film, great wine I can buy cheaper by the bottle than in the pub/bar by the glass. I have beer/ale/lager when out for the most part which has a twofold effect of being moderately cheaper than good wine by the glass and I can't drink as much of it generally due to it being "filling".2 -
sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Haha yes it is my birth year....i'm not trying to imply i'm old, just trying to say that hangovers get worse year by year.
This is definitely a case me for to cut down, I realise this. Its easy for people who aren't massively into their drink to say "cut down" but I adore wine. Not necessarily in quantity, its about the quality. I'm going to try and not drink all of November and see what difference this makes. (Hopefully lots!)
On another note, when I use to low carb, alcohol never affected weight loss (I only really drink red wine)
Maybe its time to get back on the Atkins
I used to be "massively into my drinks", but decided wanting to lose was more a priority. 2 glasses a day (and maybe more on the weekends) was typical for me, but when I became serious about losing I cut out the week day drinks and may only have a glass or 2 on the weekend. And we are talking measuring out 6 oz for a glass not just a free pour.4 -
VintageFeline wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »sorchaedwards1991 wrote: »Haha yes it is my birth year....i'm not trying to imply i'm old, just trying to say that hangovers get worse year by year.
This is definitely a case me for to cut down, I realise this. Its easy for people who aren't massively into their drink to say "cut down" but I adore wine. Not necessarily in quantity, its about the quality. I'm going to try and not drink all of November and see what difference this makes. (Hopefully lots!)
On another note, when I use to low carb, alcohol never affected weight loss (I only really drink red wine)
Maybe its time to get back on the Atkins
so if its about quality, just have 1...
My wine consumption is all about quality. I generally couldn't afford more than one! (or wouldn't... Itd be a waste of money and good wine!)
This is why I prefer my wine at home in front of the telly. Trashy TV/good film, great wine I can buy cheaper by the bottle than in the pub/bar by the glass. I have beer/ale/lager when out for the most part which has a twofold effect of being moderately cheaper than good wine by the glass and I can't drink as much of it generally due to it being "filling".
And that's why I rarely drink wine out, with the exception of special occasions and nice meals out...1 -
I'm all about moderation, but if this keeps happening, you really need a way to stop it.
I think another user said something about priorities. I always went at weight loss as a priority. Nothing else mattered, so if something was getting in the way, I'd figure out a way to stop it.
So, if drinking causes you to spiral and it's affecting your efforts to lose weight, you need to figure out what's more important...drinking and having fun...or losing weight. If you can't do both, 1 has to go.2
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