Does alcohol slow weight loss ?

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  • clicketykeys
    clicketykeys Posts: 6,578 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    alcohol is taking the place of food they really need to keep from being hungry.

    THIS. If alcohol either encourages you to overeat, or takes the place of more nutrient-rich foods, it might make weight loss slower and/or more challenging.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,223 Member
    mgburke17 wrote: »
    Alcohol in your body stops fat burning. I stopped drinking and it made a difference.
    A quick article summary...
    1. Alcohol Stops Your Body From Burning Fat
    2. Adds Unnecessary Calories / zero nutrients
    3. Lowers Your Inhibitions / poor diet choices
    4. Appetite Stimulant
    5. Post-Morning Hangover / extreme case

    And the article...

    http://www.leanmachinenutrition.com/blog/2016/8/17/5-reasons-why-alcohol-may-be-sabotaging-your-fat-loss

    Alcohol "stops your body burning fat" in the sense that your body puts priority on burning alcohol calories first. If you're in an all-day calorie deficit overall, your food intake and stored fat get burned later, so you end up with about the same net fat loss.

    I think everyone knows alcohol isn't a physical-health superfood. ;)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    mgburke17 wrote: »
    Alcohol in your body stops fat burning. I stopped drinking and it made a difference.
    A quick article summary...
    1. Alcohol Stops Your Body From Burning Fat
    2. Adds Unnecessary Calories / zero nutrients
    3. Lowers Your Inhibitions / poor diet choices
    4. Appetite Stimulant
    5. Post-Morning Hangover / extreme case

    And the article...

    http://www.leanmachinenutrition.com/blog/2016/8/17/5-reasons-why-alcohol-may-be-sabotaging-your-fat-loss

    Not if you're in an overall deficit.
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    mgburke17 wrote: »
    Alcohol in your body stops fat burning. I stopped drinking and it made a difference.
    A quick article summary...
    1. Alcohol Stops Your Body From Burning Fat
    2. Adds Unnecessary Calories / zero nutrients
    3. Lowers Your Inhibitions / poor diet choices
    4. Appetite Stimulant
    5. Post-Morning Hangover / extreme case

    And the article...

    http://www.leanmachinenutrition.com/blog/2016/8/17/5-reasons-why-alcohol-may-be-sabotaging-your-fat-loss

    Biochemical pathways are not all or nothing. There are multiple pathways and will prefer the path of least resistance.

    Note this also occurs at a molecular level and does not amount to anything resembling a detectable level...so meaningless in terms of weight management.
  • Fivepts
    Fivepts Posts: 517 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    What is it with all the wooing of good advice lately?

    If the person wooing did this because they made the common mistake of thinking Woo means "woo-hoo", a positive, they can unwoo by clicking it again.

    Honestly, this Woo reaction experiment has failed and we should just get rid of it.

    I can't help myself. I have to woo the before and after pics, so I don't think wooing is a complete failure.
  • Fivepts
    Fivepts Posts: 517 Member
    rickiimarieee wrote: »
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    What is it with all the wooing of good advice lately?
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    What is it with all the wooing of good advice lately?
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    What is it with all the wooing of good advice lately?

    If the person wooing did this because they made the common mistake of thinking Woo means "woo-hoo", a positive, they can unwoo by clicking it again.

    Honestly, this Woo reaction experiment has failed and we should just get rid of it.
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    What is it with all the wooing of good advice lately?

    If the person wooing did this because they made the common mistake of thinking Woo means "woo-hoo", a positive, they can unwoo by clicking it again.

    Honestly, this Woo reaction experiment has failed and we should just get rid of it.

    I'm really not sure this is the case. It's happening on lots of threads and the comments being wooed are often not Woo-worthy in either sense. I fear someone just has too much time on their hands and doesn't know what to do with it. It's a shame if they make people think that perfectly good comments have less merit.
    missysippy930 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    What is it with all the wooing of good advice lately?

    If the person wooing did this because they made the common mistake of thinking Woo means "woo-hoo", a positive, they can unwoo by clicking it again.

    Honestly, this Woo reaction experiment has failed and we should just get rid of it.
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Raysie1 wrote: »
    What is it with all the wooing of good advice lately?

    If the person wooing did this because they made the common mistake of thinking Woo means "woo-hoo", a positive, they can unwoo by clicking it again.

    Honestly, this Woo reaction experiment has failed and we should just get rid of it.

    I'm really not sure this is the case. It's happening on lots of threads and the comments being wooed are often not Woo-worthy in either sense. I fear someone just has too much time on their hands and doesn't know what to do with it. It's a shame if they make people think that perfectly good comments have less merit.

    I agree wholeheartedly!
    Isn’t it about time MFP did away with this “woo” option?

    100% I always take the “woo” as a bad thing!

    Really, oh no!

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