Alcohol Calories don't count?

amydee714

A male friend of mine at work lost about 140 pounds 2 years ago and has successfully kept it off. He does not count calories and has a very specific way of eating (which I'm not going to go into here) but I asked him this the other day:

"How have you managed to not gain back any weight with as much as you drink?" :laugh:

You see my friend (despite being 30) parties on the weekend like a 20 year old frat boy. :drinker: He is the guy that drinks and the next day doesnt remember what happened.

His response what not what I expected. He said that calories from alcohol don't count. He went on to explain that he had researched it (he really is quite smart) and found that it takes our bodies more calories to burn the alcohol that the amount of calories that are in the alcohol. He clarified that this is in just alcohol, not beer or wine which contain sugars/carbs.

I was looking around today and found this: http://www.leangains.com/2010/07/truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle.html

Has anyone else ever heard of this?

Cheers! :drinker:

melsinct

Hahahaha...that would be awesome if true. Sorry, but they count.

Lady_Bane

They count. Trust me......

the only reason why I go down in weight TEMPORARILY is from dehydration. I gain like 3 lbs the next day then am back to a little above my original weight.

Do some research on it yourself. Google "weight loss and alcohol".

RepsnSets

Part of the reason why Im here losing weight is because of calories in the amount of alcohol I drink.

know_your_worth

Lol that would be nice.

Lady_Bane

Part of the reason why Im here losing weight is because of calories in the amount of alcohol I drink.

LOL WHAT?

cmriverside

Hard liquor has 65-100 calories per ounce.

But you don't care after 400 calories.

ahviendha

naaaaaah.

IDCY843

so what do you mean by "just alcohol"? you mean like spirits on their own?

Mokey41

It may even out because he quite likely gets wasted then feels like crap the next day and doesn't eat much.

slkehl

Ever heard of a beer gut? Too many brewskies, and you'll get one too.

kimothy38

If alcoholic calories didn't count how is a beer belly explained then? That's like saying there's no calories in broken biscuits - hogwash. I had a gin and tonic last night (yummo) and was shocked to find when I logged it that it was 200 calories. He certainly won't be doing his liver and kidneys any favours and one day he's gonna get some payback.

WaterBunnie

I don't believe it. Calories are calories surely?

bokodasu

You see my friend (despite being 30) parties on the weekend like a 20 year old frat boy. :drinker: He is the guy that drinks and the next day doesnt remember what happened.

One of the great things about alcoholism is how you start replacing food calories with alcohol calories, which still ARE calories, they just don't have any nutrition to them. Oh, wait, no, that's one of the bad things. Drink enough and you stop absorbing nutrients even when you do eat food. Your friend needs help.

felice03

and what planet does he come from?

RepsnSets

Part of the reason why Im here losing weight is because of calories in the amount of alcohol I drink.

LOL WHAT?

lol Im here trying to drop weight no thanks to my partying lifestyle.

jmc0806

even Everclear at 190 proof (95% alcohol) has almost 190 kcal per 1oz and that has no sugar or carbs

amydee714

I drink very rarely (maybe one or 2 drinks once or twice a year) so it's not really an issue for me, but I found the topic very interesting. Especially after I found the article I posted.

Ever heard of a beer gut? Too many brewskies, and you'll get one too.

Haha! :laugh:

That's why he said excluding beer and wine. He was talking about straight alcohol like Vodka, Rum, Whisky, etc. Same thing I found in that article.

spangey13

That's like saying there's no calories in broken biscuits - hogwash.

Half the biscuit = half the calories. You can have twice as many :-)

BeingAwesome247

He does say moderation....not being an alcoholic and when I initially started losing weight....going out and drinking never hindered it. :drinker: Maybe that's also b/c I was dancing my *kitten* off

drmerc

sweet, gonna go get smashed thanks OP!