Have you given up alcohol to lose weight?

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  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    I'm in the drink once in a blue moon camp.

    I used to drink more, but found that I could cope less and less well with the day after as I got older..... so nothing to do with weightloss. I will say that crappy workouts for a day or two after a heavy session do bum me out a bit - but that's more to do with performance.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    When I lost the majority of my weight, I didn't give up alcohol until the last 10 pounds (not counting my last bulk and cut cycle). In all, I gave it up for 3 months. It did have an impact on weight loss, but I'm pretty sure I would have had the loss no matter where I cut the calories.

    I have incorporated alcohol back in, and drink a glass of whisky or a beer or a glass of wine at night. Not every night, but I've worked it back into my calories and macros.
  • coderedjulia
    coderedjulia Posts: 43
    Some people have better control when they drink alcohol. If you can have a glass of wine during dinner, and be fine. I say go for it, but then there are people like me who will prolly drink the entire bottle..lol. Then end up eating more than I should. Kinda like a person who can have one piece of piece of candy without demolishing the entire bag. Which going out, like some said, is also a problem with me too. I try not to go to bars or resteraunts when I am dieting. So its prolly not ideal for me to be a hermit at my house and not go out and socialize, but it has helped me to better control myself and lose the weight. Then after those 10 pounds are lost, I can have a cheat meal at a resteraunt or a couple of beers with friends.
  • Siegel15
    Siegel15 Posts: 100 Member
    I had to give it up. It kept ruining my progress. I'd start gaining back.
    I do not miss it one bit! I'd rather have the weight loss, thank you very much.
  • KardioKim
    KardioKim Posts: 160 Member
    I haven't given it up but I must be so careful with the calorie count. I like wine, so it adds up fast. That terrible cycle of drinking/snacking is bad news for me.
  • april27kelli
    april27kelli Posts: 338 Member
    I've never liked beer... haven't had one since my 21st birthday (which was in the late 90s)... and I've never liked sweet, sugary girly drinks either... my drink of choice was always Jack & Coke... but I haven't had one of those in about a year. I just hate spending my calories on liquid. So even though I never really thought of it as 'giving it up' ~ I guess I kinda have. Don't really miss it, either.

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