1. hungry 2. alcohol

jsarrington

I drink on Saturdays pretty heavy. A couple of weekends ago I slapped on my Polar Heart rate moitor because I do alot of dancing when I drink. By midnight I had burned over 2000 calories. I didn't feel so bad about the drinks after that. Life is short, do what you enjoy.


Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

BaronessBlixen

I agree with the previous post...combining dancing with drinking is the best! I burn over 500 calories from two hours of dancing, so I don't feel guilty at all about drinking!

kacarter1017

1200 calories is the cut off for starvation mode. Try eating veggies to add more food to your lunch. If that's all you're having for lunch, I would plan a snack about 3 hours later.

As far as beer- could you have 1 and then drink water? Otherwise, I would plan a 400 calorie exercise for later. In general, if you're working out fairly rigorously, it's about 100cal/10 minutes of working out.

shawnateerow

As for the lower calorie limit, 1600 is definitely not true. It all depends on the person. Your body goes into starvation mode once you drop below less than HALF of your body's daily need (bmr + calories burned exercising)

calmmomw3minimeez

I know I'm going to say something most people don't agree with on here, but drink the beers. It's life... and if you're like me, it's something you ENJOY.. I'm trying to lose weight, yes..but at the same time I still have a social life and things I enjoy doing. Alot of people on here are like "NO NO NO" when it comes to alcohol, but it's not going to hurt you that much. Try to make a better choice and work out some this weekend. You'll be fine. Don't sacrifice the things you enjoy. Life is too short.
I drink on the weekends and I'm consistently losing weight.

When I started, it had me at 1300 calories a day and it was WAY too low. I was SO hungry all the time. I increased to 1620 and i've been fine ever since. Try increasing them for a week and see what happens. There is such thing as too few calories.

just my 2 cents!

Like some others said, you must exercise. I don't use my alloted calories on alcohol, I make sure that I have earned my drinks through exercise and after I know that I have eaten and had TONS of water(I drink it constantly), then I'm good to go with the beer or whatever I'm going to indulge in because life really is too short to be deprived! Exercise your butt off and enjoy the journey!