How do you deal with booze?

sarahhan95

I love drinking, but it takes at least 6 - 7 beers (around 1500 ml) for me to be tipsy and start enjoying myself. I can incorporate other things into my diet and still make a huge caloric deficit from my exercise, but it seems that the only way for me to enjoy booze is to have a huge cheat meal... I'm not exactly thrilled by even the mere notion of "cheat" meal. My apology for being selfish and want a little bit of everything

how do you deal with your "nights out"? do you throw everything out of the window and just have fun?

p/s: I do not drink if I am the US as I am only 18. This applies in my country only (where it is perfectly legal)

pugsleyjean

If I know Im going to be drinking I try and do a little more exercise since I will be consuming those calories later. I love beer but calories do add up especially if you are trying to get a good buzz on Ive started drinking vodka/water and then adding mio to it. Gives some flavor and a shot of vodka is smaller in calories than a beer. Just have fun, don't do it everyday and you will be fine. :drinker:

TribeHokie

I plan for it by exercising a bit more and eating lower calorie food that day, as well as sticking to mostly vodka and rum with zero calorie mixers instead of drinking beer all night.

LAnne16

I have a couple of drinking nights coming up... One tomorrow and one in two weeks.
I don't mind not drinking... But I get really annoyed with everyone and everything when I'm sober and other people are being ridiculous.

I'm worried about it... if I'm drinking I don't want to lose the willpower to not eat those bags of chips or go for a midnight McDonald's run... Plus I like dark rum, which the calories can definitely add up on...

KANGOOJUMPS

oh i drink, but i do 2 to 3 hours cardio a day! i love cardio!
come on over for bubbly later on, we will sit in the hot tub with drinks!

IZackV13

Ah, one of my favorite topics!

First as already mentioned, you almost HAVE to plan for it if you don't want to totally derail your hard work. If I know I'm going to be partying, I will do a morning workout for extra caloric burn and then (this is KEY) eat almost TOTALLY PROTEIN in small meals prior to the drinking. If you eat anything other than tag-along carbs/fats with that protein, you won't keep your gains/progress in tact. I typically do this by drinking protein shakes, eating turkey breast, or grilled chicken ONLY. No veggies, no fats.

Then, PARTY ON! Chances are you will hit that "tipsy" point a few drinks sooner without all the carbs/fats thrown in pre-drinking, and this is a good thing since you're now "drinking more efficiently". Plus, we all know that alcohol is packed with carbs, so that carb deficit you established earlier from your protein-rich meals is getting rapidly "replenished" with each drink you kick back.

Add in drinking water - purposefully - while you drink your booze, and you shouldn't notice any big setbacks other than finding the motivation to workout the day after. Actually, I've experienced the leaning/flushing effect after these drinking nights, since alcohol can dehydrate you so I actually LOST weight.

Don't make a habit of it, but 1-2x every 2 weeks or so won't wreck you as long as you are disciplined.

Cheers!