anyone cut out alcohol completely to lose more weight?

I like the way you roll! Unfortunately now that I'm in my 40's I can't roll that way anymore, kicking up the exercise used to work until a few months ago - ack! But....I LOVE beer like life itself and will not give it up.

Here's a funny thing about low-carb / keto diet... you get drunk much much faster. These days I can take 3 drinks (rum and diet) and I am "tipsy". Plan ahead in the macros and just "save" 300 calories.

I'm sorry for laughing but this is to Me not to laugh. Duh, cutting out alcohol will help tremendously. It has calories plus, if you're like me, it's super easy to cheat after one or two. But lets be real!! I don't even count my alcohol. I mean, wine is grapes and Weight Watchers doesn't count fruits or veggies.....

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Alcohol is a simple sugar, so it stimulates the release of insulin, a fat storing hormone. So, you are drinking at night and stimulating this process.

When you don't eat simple sugars, glycogen is a fat burning hormone that predominates. Glycogen, then by definition is where we want to be at.

Alcohol daily is hard on the liver as well.

I gave up alcohol completely in January. Decided if I am going to indulge in a simple sugar, it would be with gelato without preservatives or chemicals for example. But only rarely.

You might try a week or two without it and see what happens. Or every other day. Experiment.

I haven't drank in about 20 years. I had a bad truth telling problem that alcohol just made worse. Gave up cigars about 10 years ago. My wife was having trouble with caffeine, so I switched to decaf coffee a couple of three years ago. Other than an aspirin in the morning, I'm drug free. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I drink coffee and water. The coffee has 2 calories, the water has 0.

Larro

This thread is a year old, people - I'm sure OP has decided what to do by now.

I have not cut out alcohol all together but I do only drink it every once in a while. I think I have had a 6 pack of blue moon in the fridge for a little over a month now lol

I'll be right over!

I cut it out completely. Alcohol is a trigger for me. If I drink I want to eat, if I eat, I gain weight, If I gain weight I have to go buy new fat clothes, If I have to go buy new fat clothes I want to drink........ therefore I don't drink. Problem solved. LOLO

I stopped drinking for almost 9 years, so I could address some problems I had through intensive group and individual counseling. What I learned was invaluable. I wouldn't be the person I am now, with the job I have now, without that time of abstinence. Not drinking helped me deal with an out-of-control teenager, too. Luckily there are plenty of free self-help, common-problem groups for whatever challenges a person might be facing.
One food group I used to go to claimed it wasn't about the food, that the food was just a symptom. I took what I needed, and left the rest, which is my motto in many situations. This helps me not blow a gasket because of all the contradictory and crazy-making information out there.
I don't see how not drinking for awhile could be bad for anyone. Maybe I know too many drunks!! There's a group for that too! : ^ }
For me, a short time of not drinking turned into a large chunk of time, and I learned to deal with problems without drinking. Now I am trying for the first time in my life to learn to be rational about food.
Hope some of this helps!

This thread is a year old, people - I'm sure OP has decided what to do by now.

We are just talking to ourselves.

i think I'm going to put a lock on my refrigerator..... I need to cut it out.

I would never tell you to cut it out completely OP - but 3 glasses a night sounds like a bit much. I would cut it to one 6 oz glass a night of red wine and make sure you are measuring! it is so incredibly easy to pour what you think is a "normal" glass and it to really be 8-10 oz or more.

Furthermore, there are numerous double blind epidemiological studies that point out that people who drink regularly IN MODERATION actually weigh less than those who don't imbibe. However, moderation is suggested to be one glass a day for women and possibly two for men, depending on their size, so that is important to keep in mind.

I myself take part in alcohol more often than I should, according to those standards, but also am not actively trying to lose. For me, I find it best to really watch my alcohol intake during the week and possibly drink a little more on special occasions. (I sometimes mentally classify weekends as special occasions... which is my biggest problem area and I'm working on it)

Depending on your social life, cutting out alcohol completely may just not be realistic. With that said my last suggestion would be to not make any changes you can't keep - reducing your intake is easier than cutting it out completely and suffering defeat is awful, and much less likely to happen if you taper your habits rather abruptly halt them.

Good luck!

I love wine. Like, I can put down a whole bottle or two. Granted, this is something I didn't do on a regular basis. LOL. I have only had two drinks, since starting my journey 34 days ago. Hubby surprised me the first weekend with a bottle of wine and then over the past holiday weekend. I don't know if it's helped me, but I hate consuming calories in drinks, no matter how good they taste. I would rather have food!! That's just me. I think anything in moderation is okay.

I started with a two week challenge to cut out alcohol - I did really good at losing weight and I've maintained alcohol abstinence and it has worked out really well for me. Everyone is different but it would never hurt to try.