Giving up Alcohol?

yes for sure alcohol will make you feel hungry when your not even hungry .. i have the problem i always go over my 1850 calories when drinking alcohol i go up to almost 2500 in that day and also i only drink 2 days of the week just like you . i use to drink alcohol everyday of the week but now i do only 1 or 2 days of the week i find that beer dose'nt increase my bingeing its more so the liquor

id recommend drinking light beer like bud light 2 cans max in the 2 days if you dont like beer .. try a boring cooler if you dont like coolers stick with liquor to 1 ounce each for them 2 days because i think 2 ounces is where you start to want to eat more likely if you drink 2 ounces in 1 day or 1 sitting

for me even if i eat b4 drinking i find myself going to the fridge for a extra meals equaling up to 800 calories max over my normal intake sometimes

I didn't even consider it. I make it part of my day and I plan my meals around it. But I also choose to have one or two drinks most of the time. Have I ever gone over? Yes, but then I start over and do the right thing for my body. I see this as a life journey and not an end game, so there is no way in hell I'm giving up anything that I enjoy and gives me pleasure. If it means that I lose weight more slowly, fine. If it means I'm no fitness model, fine.

Part of this is making sure you don't binge drink and that you make good food choices around it. If you find you can only binge with drinking and end up binging with eating after drinking, then perhaps you need to take a break from drinking or figure out why drinking gives you permission to binge.

I drink what I want. What's the point of losing weight if you can't enjoy life?

exactly

I gave it up, not for health reasons but because I was developing an unhealthy habit. I still drink socially but I don't allow myself to keep it in the house, and it seems to be working out. Since then I've had more money, better sleep and an easier time keeping to a healthy diet.

I have gone from a drink a night (or more) to a couple days a week or none at all. I cut it out not only for weightloss but it is also such a waste of money. you body processes it differently too, it goes straight to the liver. I find I lose more weight when I cut way down or completely out. you can lose weight while drinking, I just find I do better without it. I dont get the sweet cravings. For example this week I am cutting out all added sugar/drinking and trying to get back to the basics in life..... I dont feel deprived when I do it but if you struggle with it, a few drinks arent going to hurt

I have quit drinking for 3 months now. Best thing I EVER did. I was drinking a bottle of wine almost every night, and one of the reasons I put on weight in the first place. I was also concerned about the habit I was forming and why I felt that I needed to drink that much all the time. I was also worried about the example I was setting for my girls.

However if you are someone that can drink in moderation and it fits into the lifestyle you want for yourself then go for it.

Quitting was the best thing I did for me, I feel better mentally and I am seeing improvements physically that just wouldn't have been possible while still drinking.

I gave it up because it was packing on the pounds faster than any food. But I have one of those livers that processes alcohol at a rate 5 times slower than everyone else (science says so), so that may have been why I could literally see the weight gain after a couple of drinks.