The alcohol diet :D

If you feel like you tend to miss out on a lot of fun because of your diet, then you'll probably not find words to thank me for what's to follow. But I can't take the credit all to my self, I've learned about this trick from reading Martin Berkhan's articles, blog and analysis of research done on alcohol, thermogenesis, insulin, fat storage, hormones and training.

I will only here explain the method he lays out for how you can enjoy alcohol on a regular basis (as often as once a week!), without having to count calories and while drinking as much as you desire while still losing fat. He goes into great depth on his blog (leangains.com) about the rationale behind this method and why it works.

Without further ado, here's how this works:

- The day you're planning on going out drinking, restrict your intake of dietary fat to 0.3 g/kg body weight (or as close to this figure as possible).

- Limit carbs to 1.5 g/kg body weight. Get all carbs from veggies and the tag-along carbs in some protein sources

- Eat as much protein as you want. Yes, that's right. Ad libitum. Due to the limit on dietary fat, you need to get your protein from lean sources. Protein sources such as low fat cottage cheese, protein powder, chicken, turkey, tuna, pork and egg whites are good sources of protein this day.

- Dry wines and spirits is what you should be drinking, if mixed, mix only with diet soda.

- Apply the protocol and you will lose fat on a weekly basis as long as your diet is on point for the rest of the week.


Read more: http://www.leangains.com/2010/07/truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle.html