alcohol?
Want2BHealthyy
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all last year i was so healthy and exercised regularly but in december holidays i slacked off, and so i decided that i'm going to get back into it starting tomorrow... but i'm going out on friday night & will be consuming alcohol... so will that ruin my whole week of clean eating and exercising?! i after friday i won't be having alcohol for a while so i can focus on my health, but ... will my hard work this week count?
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Try to have light drinks. A lot of places have "skinny girl" products now, which may cost a bit more but are better for you. You could also drink water between every drink (you'll have less of a hangover and consume a lot less alcohol without losing the buzz)0
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Of course it will count, you have burned a significant amout of calories to justify having a blast :-) go for it0
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make sure you log your drinks and include them in your calories - maybe do some extra excercise during the day to give yourself more of a calories buffer to accomodate them. ultimately if you stick to your calories for the day, whether they come from alcohol or not won't have a great impact. but if you eat a full calorie allowance of meals, then put a bottle of wine on top of that and then get the munchies and eat junk food then that will affect your weightloss. just be sensible and you should be fine0
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Yes. Keep track of all your drinks just to review your night the next day. I have found that just 2 beers can add 2lbs on the weekend. Might be "holding water" weight but it always messes up my weeks hard work0
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I don't think it is the alcohol itself that is the problem. It is the 4:00 am trip to Waffle House afterwards that always gets me....0
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I'm hung over right now. *ouch*0
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exercise on friday and watch what you consume friday night. if you have the cals, go for it!0
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I don't think it is the alcohol itself that is the problem. It is the 4:00 am trip to Waffle House afterwards that always gets me....
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You can fit alcohol into your calories! Have a good burn and eat low calories! I've been able to save around 1000 for alcohol with a good workout at the gym !0
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All this talk of beer and waffles is making me want beer and waffles!!! Damn you all !!! ;P
Seriously though... You worked hard all week, probably banked a few extra points... You don't do it on a regular basis... You'll be FINE!!! You might be "puffy" for a day or so, but drink lots of water and flush that **** out... Back to normal in no time!!! HAVE FUN!!! ... Stay away from the Waffle House though... Haha!!! ;P0 -
jillian swears by tequila shot with lime if you have to drink0
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Also largely depends what you drinking...
I was good all week last week. And Friday I went out for a few Coronas. Ended up going over 1200 calories on my daily alowance!!!
I suppose one or two cheat days in a month is a good thing!!! you need to live too!!!
Rehydrate with loads of water the next day and keep the calorie intake normal is what I say!!!0 -
It will only ruin your week if you spend the entire week on the Internet either worrying about it or canvassing opinions on whether you should worry about it.0
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