No wine for 10 days... But no weight loss?

marume

Hi everybody! First of all I want to say that it's great that this group exists because it's not easy to ditch the evening wine/champagne/martini...
I just joined the community as I'm looking to get to my goal of 115 lbs, since that was my weight just 2 years ago. I had a daughter (with 7 lbs leftover) and 2 surgeries (with 10 lbs leftover). I lost some, and I'm 129 now, but I got in a plateau, which made me decide to ditch the alcohol until I reach my goal. The problem is that these 10 days I haven't lost anything! I'm doing paleo, eating around 1200-1500 cals, and working out 5xweek. Has any of you had this problem? I thought the weight was going to melt off by not drinking! Any help/answer will be greatly appreciated :-)

CaiF1981

Hi,
Its great you have done 10 days without wine. When I'm usually drinking wine, I lose weight next day. I think cutting down booze for weight is more long term process. Your eating habits are changing slower, your metabolism too. I usually drink 4 units once a week, but want to cut it down too. I think when you dont drink at all finally, you are start feeling better and eating less and losing weight and getting control, not being impulsive anymore.

marume

Thank you for the response, Caif! I do feel better, and even though I miss it when I'm dealing with certain triggers, I'm coping with not drinking much better than I thought I would.
I hope you're right and I can achieve my goal at some point...
Any other input or insight that somebody would like to share? Thanks!

thekatspjs

well i hate to tell you this. but i quit all alcohol -not a sip- for 70 days early 2014 and i did not lose one pound. not a lb. i am 37 and i guess my metabolism has just slowed so much that cutting out alcohol did not budge my weight... depressing.