Drunken eating?

UGH. This is a HUGE problem for me. I feel your pain. As if drinking a million cals in beer or wine isn't enough, I crave salt so bad that I'll eat total crap. Whether it be mcds or convenience store crap. The only way I've found a way around it is to have less nights where I drink so I'm less tempted. Good luck!!!!

YES! I'm at university and we get a voucher code for 50% off dominos. I have an account where all I have to do is enter a password. Don't even haveto fiddle with my debit card. Once I ordered 2 medium pizzas. And ate them both over the night and next morning. Not my proudest moment -_-

Also one club we go to is 2 mins away from a McDonalds. If you have a student card you get a free cheeseburger with your meal....

It's hard to control munchies after drinking, but if you try to drink water throughout the night, it usually helps. Also, I've learned to keep some healthy snacks in my car so when I'm driving home, I can eat that and not raid the fridge when I get home as badly! If you're out with friends and everyone's eating late at night at a bar or diner, it's hard, but water or club soda can help curb that appetite and so you can try to make healthier choices or maybe not eat as much (think of splitting appetizer with friend or something).

You're gonna have to cut out the booze, plain and simple. There is no willpower when tipsy. And even if there were...here's the really bad news...alcohol MUST be burned by the body as energy as the preferred fuel when it is consumed. Therefore, whatever you eat after that will more than likely be stored as fat. So, in a way, your attempts at drinking "lower calorie" beverages have miniscule effect, because it doesn't matter if you're drinking light beer, or strawberry daiquiris, the alcohol content portion will be the energy used over the coming hours, until it is all used up, and all the food (including the caloric value of the drink, ie the the strawberry mix of a daiquiri) you consume will be stored as fresh, new fat.

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Omg! this happens to me every weekend. I eat really well all week and train but as soon as the weekend comes I'm like stuff it I'm going to have a bottle of wine. Then the munchies start. This usually turns into a two day thing. I have come to the conclusion that if I want to loose weight then I'm going to have to give up drinking for a while. Especially as I'm an all or nothing kind of girl.

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You could anticipate those extra calories by working out more before going out so you won't feel as guilty. It'd be easy to say just don't do it but stuff happens..

This! And don't let it continue into the next day. I also agree with planning a late night snack... Perhaps switch your afternoon snack with a midnight snack? Then eat lots of protein with dinner to fill you up at dinner, a lighter lunch and breakfast and you should be good to go! Plan for an extra "meal" with your calories and pre-plan your calories as best as you can. Since you know you'll want fast food after drinking, plan for fast food. Stick to wine or vodka with soda and lime. Both will help to keep you under calories.

My biggest issue is hangover food the next day. Have something in mind for that as well! My go-to is fruit or fruit juice, LOTS of water and then 3 ounces 96/4 ground beef sauteed with half a bell pepper and garlic. Add in 1/2 cup diced tomatoes, 1/4 cup canned no salt added tomato sauce and 1/2 cup beans of choice (no salt added again) Under 300 calories for the meal plus about 100-150 for the fruit. It cures the hangover blues... Hot sauce optional. This is also a good late night meal that can be pre-prepared. And make sure to at least get a good walk in. It'll make you feel better.

Can someone explain "banking calories" for the weekend? Does that mean if you don't use up your exercise calories, for example, the day you exercise and save them for the weekend, that you can still lose weight? I thought if you don't use it , you lose it. I mean, for weight watchers I know that works with points, but didn't realize same thing works when counting calories.

Thanks

If I'm around food when I'm drinking, I'll graze for no reason, and when I'm buzzed, I crave fatty foods. Instead of planning to fight the urges, I aim for damage control.

*I keep a Nalgene bottle of water with me. It's not elegant, but it helps if I can say I'll have the next drink or order something after I've had xx ounces of water. It keeps me drinking water, slows my overall food and booze consumption, and keeps my stomach a little fuller.

*At parties, pile a plate full of all the delicious things you want to eat then get as far away from the food table as possible. Enjoy the plate without grazing afterwards.

*Have something satisfying waiting for you at home. Something in the crock pot, some leftovers, sandwich ingredients (avocado!), pre-portioned chips and salsa or nuts, even a frozen pizza or fries if it's healthier than what you'd get at the drive-thru. Make it easy to fix, healthier than whatever else you'd be eating, and irresistibly delicious.

Can someone explain "banking calories" for the weekend? Does that mean if you don't use up your exercise calories, for example, the day you exercise and save them for the weekend, that you can still lose weight? I thought if you don't use it , you lose it. I mean, for weight watchers I know that works with points, but didn't realize same thing works when counting calories.

Thanks

For weight loss, the most basic premise is that you must burn more than you consume. Some people average over a week. So, assuming that you are already eating sensibly (not trying to lose too much too fast by undereating), you could just NOT eat back your exercise calories for one or two days (depending the amount) during the week and then you could have a bigger meal on the weekend. Obviously you can't take this to an extreme, but say you're netting around 1600 daily, plus 5x/wk exercise calories and you earn 200 exercise calories per weekday (so eating 1800/day). Two days per week, you could just eat 1600 and one day per weekend in which you drink and don't workout, eat 2000 (1600+200+200)--as a simple example. Considering that your deficit is already built into the 1600, you could also choose to eat at maintenance+banked calories for that one day, which might mean eatting alll the way up to 2200-2400, depending on how much deficit you are building into your daily calories. In fact, some think it's good to eat at maintenance occassionally, to keep up the metabolism over the course of a long diet.

Okay. thanks for the info! That's good to know and I think I will try it some time . I'd much rather use my calories on the weekend so that might be better for me.

Alcohol is really bad if you're trying to become/stay fit. Alcohol impairs protein synthesis.

One night of drunken fun and then probably eating will not derail everything. Now, if it is every night or several nights a week, then maybe.

I had half a pizza last weekend after consuming several beers. This is not a setback. I consider this to be a fun night full of memories.

Just only take enough money out with you for drinks so you can't get anything on the way home, and then when you are home eat something awesome you made beforehand and then you can use the money you've saved to put towards a gorgeous new dress for when you've reached your goals!! But it's not the end of the world if you give in; just eat under your calorie goal for the rest of the week to make sure you don't go over your weekly allowance of calories good luck!