will quitting drinking really help THAT much??

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  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    Hey kids!
    SO ive been thinking about quitting drinking! Due to my social life and influence of my friends!! lol i like to think its their fault.. I drink on average once a weekend, somtimes twice. and when I do drink, I'll drink about a pint and maybe 1 beer. Do you guys really think if I stop drinking all together that it will show?!? Or if I cut it down to once a month?? Let me know what you think!

    I'm a beer-and-wine drinker and I have no plans to give it up. However, beer and wine are largely empty calories, so giving them up would (if I chose to do it) free up some calories for food and/or increased speed of weight loss.

    It's certainly not going to HURT your weight loss progress, but keep in mind that you are also in this to learn what works for you long-term. Completely cutting out alcohol in all its forms is not a bad idea, but is it one you want to do forever? Once you lose the weight, will you go back to your old habits? Or are you prepared with a plan to slowly reintroduce it or planning on giving it up forever?
  • catshark209
    catshark209 Posts: 1,133 Member
    I dropped 10lbs as soon as I got sober. 10lbs. No joke.
  • Flatliners99
    Flatliners99 Posts: 4
    Not sure if someone has mentioned this already (sorry if they have) but its not the actual amount of calories in your beverage which causes problems, its the effect the alcohol has on your metabolism.

    Alcohol slows down your metabolisation of other fat. Most of the alcohol you drink is converted by your liver into something called acetate and this acetate is used as your body's primary source of fuel and energy. It replaces fat consumption. One study showed that fat metabolism dropped by 73% for several hours after two drinks.

    Then, as I and many others have done on way home from a night out, we go to the fast food place and get a ridiculous amount of greasy food to eat on the way home...the fats etc from this along with our now slowed metabolism is where weight gain can occur or weight loss can stall.

    Hope this helps and I apologise if this has already been mentioned
  • morgansmom02
    morgansmom02 Posts: 1,131 Member
    Hey kids!
    SO ive been thinking about quitting drinking! Due to my social life and influence of my friends!! lol i like to think its their fault.. I drink on average once a weekend, somtimes twice. and when I do drink, I'll drink about a pint and maybe 1 beer. Do you guys really think if I stop drinking all together that it will show?!? Or if I cut it down to once a month?? Let me know what you think!

    If you don't drink every day, I don't think it is hurting you at all.
  • mnotarianni
    mnotarianni Posts: 1
    Ummm............ can you talk to my Hubby! lol Good Job! =0)
  • bethgames
    bethgames Posts: 534 Member
    ...besides, if you dont eat that day to make room for the alcoholic calories.....you get drunk faster and cheaper!!! :drinker: :drinker:

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