Partying and Maintaining
dpr73
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I am a college student, 140lbs, 5'8, and eating 1900 cals a day (lost 60lbs, just coming out of dieting trying to up my calories to maintain). I am wondering if I can go to parties and have some drinks/fun without gaining weight. I really would like to but I just have a fear that after one day of drinking I'll gain a bunch of weight over night. Will a lifestyle where I eat 1900 calories, workout 5 times a week, and go out about one night on the weekends to drink be detrimental to maintaining my weight? Or is this a lifestyle that I can pursue?
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I go out roughly once a week and I like to have my drinks when I do and eat...hasn't effected me. I do still workout 5-6 days a week and do eat roughly 1700 calories, that's not including my night out calorie intake though. I am 5'8 and 145-148lbs. You should be fine but also pay attention to what you drink, I make a point of lo calorie beers and occasional shots or a cocktail but not many.0
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It's college. Have fun in moderation and hit the gym a lot, which is what you're suggesting. No worries. Wanna trade places for a day?
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Find a non-caloric method of partying. :smokin:0
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I've lost 16 lbs since January 1st and I have gone out drinking once a week! I'll be drinking tonight and possibly tomorrow night as a matter of fact!
If I know beforehand that Im going to be drinking, I eat less calories for the day and exercise that day. I normally eat around 1400-1500 calories. Today I will be eating 1300 calories and doing 30 mins of cardio since I know I'll probably consume a good 400-500 calories drinking.
The place I go to has "skinny cocktails" they're actually really good and only 120 calories!0 -
Find a non-caloric method of partying. :smokin:
I agree with this. :smokin:0 -
Look at your total week because a blow out night will make you feel guilty otherwise. if you are still withing your goal range for the week great, if not well then pick up someextra exercise or cut a little knowing you will gain back some. Low Cal beer (yeech can't stand it personally) COcktails can be low cal depends on the type. the sweet ones nope, but most of the classics should be fine (Manhattans martinis sidecars sours etc - just use moderation)
Alcohol has a tendency to cause water retention so drink a load of water to offset it (helps with avoiding a hangover as well)
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Absolutely! Just stay within a reasonable range of your TDEE and plan for it. If you know there's a party, pre-log your drinks. It's that simple.0
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after one day of drinking I'll gain a bunch of weight over night.
Maybe a little beer bloat, but not fat...our bodies just don't work that way...we don't put on fat overnight. The body naturally wants to maintain...it takes chronically under-eating (dieting) to override that ability and lose weight...same can be said for gaining...you have to chronically over-eat to override your body's ability to maintain and gain weight.
None of this happens overnight...if it were that easy, you would have lost the weight overnight too.0 -
try saving all your carb calories for the beer you will ingest that evening. or switch to liquor0
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I get my rockstar on often enough. Maybe once a month (a lot less in winter - or a lot more in summer). I personally cut my cals by about 200 per day (or eat the same but burn an extra 200 cals per day) for the week leading up to any events where I know I am going to drink enough to forget feelings.
Give myself a nice 1200 or so cal buffer before I engage in sinning :drinker:0 -
Drink gin and slimline tonic and you'll be being much kinder to yourself!0
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Find a non-caloric method of partying. :smokin:
I agree with this. :smokin:
Yup
or lower calories...I like my vodka and club soda with Ocean spray diet pom cranberry juice or I squirt a non calorie water flavor into it..or flavored vodka...
Just be aware of the food consumed post party...:laugh: that's what always gets me...the pizza, sausages or poutine.0 -
You are legitimately worried about gaining a bunch of weight overnight? As in fat weight?
Come on. You've lost 60lbs, you should have a better understanding of how weight gain works. Stop thinking hysterical thoughts and think rationally and logically. Stay at a calorie maintenance numbers and you'll be fine.0 -
Just be aware of the food consumed post party...:laugh: that's what always gets me...the pizza, sausages or poutine.
LOL Yes - I should have mentioned this. I have found it much easier to keep losing while partying, by avoiding eating like a maniac afterwards.
Also - I can "eat all the things" when I am hungover - so I have to control that as well.0 -
This!You are legitimately worried about gaining a bunch of weight overnight? As in fat weight?
Come on. You've lost 60lbs, you should have a better understanding of how weight gain works. Stop thinking hysterical thoughts and think rationally and logically. Stay at a calorie maintenance numbers and you'll be fine.0 -
Should I eat on my normal routine or cut out calories over my day?
I have this split already:
Breakfast 350
Snack 100
Lunch 550
Snack 100
Dinner 600
Snack 200
The 200 calorie snack is usually a before bed snack so I am cutting that out. Do I need to compensat any further if I plan on going out tonight and drinking?0 -
Honestly, I wouldn't cut out meals just to account for partying. If it's just for drinking, I'd squeeze in a run or some other exercise before you go out. If not, do some extra exercising tomorrow if you go over your calorie limit.
I'm going out tonight to a bar and then I'm going to go to a club to do some dancing. Dancing is a great way to have fun while you're out drinking and to also burn some serious calories. I don't intend to change my meals due to having drinks tonight, but I did do some extra cardio this morning and tonight's dancing should even me out.
Have fun!
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Should I eat on my normal routine or cut out calories over my day?
I have this split already:
Breakfast 350
Snack 100
Lunch 550
Snack 100
Dinner 600
Snack 200
The 200 calorie snack is usually a before bed snack so I am cutting that out. Do I need to compensat any further if I plan on going out tonight and drinking?
How about just live your life like a normal person. I've been maintaining for 9 months plus and I party like a rock star pretty much every Saturday night..I don't cut out meals...I don't do excessive extra exercise....I just live my normal life. I rock my nutrition and I rock my fitness...and then I cut lose once or twice per week...no biggie.
You're just way over-thinking all of this.0 -
Should I eat on my normal routine or cut out calories over my day?
I have this split already:
Breakfast 350
Snack 100
Lunch 550
Snack 100
Dinner 600
Snack 200
The 200 calorie snack is usually a before bed snack so I am cutting that out. Do I need to compensat any further if I plan on going out tonight and drinking?
How about just live your life like a normal person. I've been maintaining for 9 months plus and I party like a rock star pretty much every Saturday night..I don't cut out meals...I don't do excessive extra exercise....I just live my normal life. I rock my nutrition and I rock my fitness...and then I cut lose once or twice per week...no biggie.
You're just way over-thinking all of this.
This is what I needed to hear! So basically I should just treat today like any other and go out and enjoy myself tonight without worrying?? Obviously I will be back on my usual regiment come tomorrow.0 -
unless you are planning on drinking 10,500 calories a night you will be fine..
Like someone else said, it is college enjoy it while you are in because the real world sucks...well maybe not that much, but college is wayyyy more fun..
I still drink on weekends and I maintain at about 175# and 12% body fat...0 -
There's a whole world of difference between remaining vigilant while maintaining and getting obsessive.
Lighten up a little - you're 19 and have successfully lost 60lbs. Enjoy your success rather than be trapped by it.0 -
Just be aware of the food consumed post party...:laugh: that's what always gets me...the pizza, sausages or poutine.
LOL Yes - I should have mentioned this. I have found it much easier to keep losing while partying, by avoiding eating like a maniac afterwards.
Also - I can "eat all the things" when I am hungover - so I have to control that as well.
oh yea, those late night what a burger or waffle house runs KILL me...0 -
Just hit a weekly average (app makes this easy) and enjoy the weekends. Even an occasional really high day without compensating isn't going to kill you and cause you to gain your weight back if you keep things on track most of the time. I've been maintaining for over two years, and I've had days over 5000 calories (and compared to some people, that's not even all that high of a spike day).Should I eat on my normal routine or cut out calories over my day?
I have this split already:
Breakfast 350
Snack 100
Lunch 550
Snack 100
Dinner 600
Snack 200
The 200 calorie snack is usually a before bed snack so I am cutting that out. Do I need to compensat any further if I plan on going out tonight and drinking?0 -
How about just live your life like a normal person. I've been maintaining for 9 months plus and I party like a rock star pretty much every Saturday night..I don't cut out meals...I don't do excessive extra exercise....I just live my normal life. I rock my nutrition and I rock my fitness...and then I cut lose once or twice per week...no biggie.
You're just way over-thinking all of this.
Agreed. I'm 41, drink heavily and eat whatever I want on the weekends, and am still losing a pound per week just by slowing down a little during the week.
One thing, though: 140 pounds is pretty small, unless you're very short. I'm curious why you don't want to gain? I so wish that at 19 (when I was 130 or so pounds) I'd had the body I have now.0 -
Absolutely! Just stay within a reasonable range of your TDEE and plan for it. If you know there's a party, pre-log your drinks. It's that simple.
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There's a whole world of difference between remaining vigilant while maintaining and getting obsessive.
Lighten up a little - you're 19 and have successfully lost 60lbs. Enjoy your success rather than be trapped by it.
This.
Also, you are male. 140lbs at 5'8" is on the skinny side. You could easily go on a nice slow bulk, which as a side effect will give you room for some beer.... not that I'd encourage those under 21 to drink, unless you are in the UK, or Canada, then by all means.0 -
I lost weight when I was at university and I went out drinking more than once a week lol (I'm British, part of our university 'culture'
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If you have lots of sex, that will be enough exercise for those days that you go partying.0
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This!You are legitimately worried about gaining a bunch of weight overnight? As in fat weight?
Come on. You've lost 60lbs, you should have a better understanding of how weight gain works. Stop thinking hysterical thoughts and think rationally and logically. Stay at a calorie maintenance numbers and you'll be fine.
This again and also.
And also sex.
And also this: :smokin:
And then more sex.
Rinse and repeat.0 -
When I go out for drinks with friends now I'll curb my intake or hit the bike for a little longer so I still have room for a half litre of pinot grigio and a decedent snack (where we go, I usually order escargot in garlic butter). If you're doing the college thing, I'd suggest avoiding high calorie beers and drinking vodka sodas (just don't overdo it). At a bar I'll generally order a vodka on the rocks with a lime, but I did this even before trying to lose weight, so that may be an acquired taste if your'e used to fruitier cocktails. Also, a little tidbit that most people don't know, but Guinness, because it is slightly lower in alcohol content (4.2 as opposed to the average 5%) is actually lower in calories, and I well prefer it to any light beers on the market. Good to know just in time for St. Patrick's Day, I may add.I like my vodka and club soda with Ocean spray diet pom cranberry juice or I squirt a non calorie water flavor into it..or flavored vodka...
Just be aware of the food consumed post party...:laugh: that's what always gets me...the pizza, sausages or poutine.
Another Canadian! It's true, it is the after partying food that gets you. Poutine and cheeseburgers are my achilles heel at 3AM. Mixing with diet juices or water flavourings is a great idea if you're into fruity drinks, I hadn't even thought of suggesting that.0
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