Alcohol & losing weight

I'll be honest with you, my weight gain (most) of it happened when I began drinking regularly and eating when I drank. So, what I'm doing now is having a glass of wine etc when I have dinner, or whenever but I have a limit. I also add it into my daily calorie intake. GL

Sadly, yes.

And if you do drink you need to make sure you log the calories because it does add up!!

I'm also a big beer drinker.

I haven't given up on it. I just exercise a bit more to make up for it.

For me, giving up on beer after hockey games or beer out with friends won't happen. It is one of my favourite things of my week, and I'd be pretty cranky if I gave that up completely. And its about being happy.

So now, before hockey I go for an extra jog so I can fit in my beer!

And that said, I've lost a total of nearly 40 lbs so far, and the first 30 lbs I didn't even watch what I ate or drank. Now I've lost 10 lbs just making sure if I eat and drink like crap, I go out and exercise a bit more.

Would it be a good idea to cut out alcohol in order to lose weight??

I know most of you would agree that it isn't necessary if you drink in moderation, but I really...REALLY...like beer

Is it a good idea? Yes, absolutely.

Is it absolutely necessary? No. As long as you are taking the calories in the beer into account and staying under your calorie goals, and especially if you are making sure you are meeting your protein goals, you can still lose weight and have a reasonable amount of beer.

I only drink on special occasions, which means my tolerance is low. Why is that good? Because I can get buzzed/drunk on much fewer calories!!

Everyone is different. I remember pre-kid years being 150 lbs and never gaining a lb despite drinking up to 6 beers a day.

Try www.getdrunknotfat.com. I avoid alcohol a lot cause I'm not much of a drinker anymore but for those who absolutely MUST have it, you can look at that site and make better choices.

Alcohol is what is called "empty" calories. I guess it would depend on what you call modernization.

Cut out altogether...blasphemy!

Cut back and allow it to fit within your macros, FTFW!

I'll just leave this here.

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I drink every week too, maybe one bottle of wine a week and also few low calorie cocktails (like vodka sodas, or low cal margaritas made by me). I did it all through my weight loss too. The problem comes when you consume too much food because of the alcohol. Normally for me, I consume the alcohol instead of the food, so it works out fine. I just watch my calories.

If you do continue to drink, go for a lighter option like bud light, Miller light, Corona light or cheap beer light. The average beer is like having two carbohydrates. My usual beer has 30 and 15 grams is one slice of white bread. Light beer has less carbs so there ya go.....

I've met some pretty skinny alcoholics in my time. They are usually the ones who perfer vodka and gingerale in the morning in place of eggs and toast.

Your liver might hate you but your waistline will thank you!

But I still think a glass of wine and beer a day is perfectly fine if binge drinking alcoholism is not your cup of tea.

Yeah, I really, really loved to drink all the time... I didn't even really snack when I drank, but I "ballooned" over 80 pounds. I have stopped completely for now to get it under control and my doc said I should drop a decent amount in like 2 months once my body works it all out of my system. I would quit completely for just a bit and then limit yourself to a certain day of the week or 1 a day something that is reasonable, but don't overindulge!

I usually drank one-two beers an night three-four nights of the week (and I like microbrews, which tend to have more calories). I tried it for an experiment - one month without any alcohol. I lost 10 lbs and I found I was able to stay below my calorie goal every day with considerably less effort than I used to require. As you can tell using MFP the calories from alcohol can quickly add-up, epecially when you go to a restaurant and they give you much bigger servings.

Plus, I found I had more energy, and I have even had people tell me I look younger and I seem to notice less gray hair! I'm going to resume with a beer here-or-there, but I think I have to say I feel healthier without it. After all, we do use alcohol to kill cells and tissue on purpose in medicine, so...............

I pretty much had to give it up except on special occasions. Not because of the few drinks because I do not eat badly when I have a few cocktails...

But the next day??? Forget it. I cannot resist a big cheeseburger or pizza or or a McDonalds big breakfast. So I stopped to end the cravings for bad food the next day.