Alcohol...my biggest downfall!!!

Unfortunately, I don't know that there's much advice besides avoiding getting to the point of tipsy that you no longer care. For me, that's after 3 drinks. Right at the point where I start to feel pretty good, haha.

Anyway, if it's only once or twice a month, don't worry about it. If it's every Friday or Saturday, it could be derailing you. There are a couple methods you might try. Make a concerted effort to drink a water between drinks. This will, hopefully, make you a little more conscious. Or if you know you're going out, bank calories during the week.

BTW, I'm a social drinker, and while I'm plenty fit and at a perfectly healthy weight, I would like to drop my body fat just a bit. Reeeally want to see a defined 4-pack. I regularly drink on Friday and Saturday (and sometimes other days), and I maintain about 19% body fat, so you can definitely be in shape and drink. I do bank calories during the week though, eating ~ 1700 M-Th. Nights out tend to come in at 2500-3000. My maintenance is about 2200/day.

In order to get to my fitness goals, I will need to change my nights out. The water method will be my plan. Oh, and not staying out past 10, but I'm 38, so if you're younger, that might not be as easy to manage. :laugh:

I am a stickler for my weight and health and count all my calories, but I'm young, and I love alcohol! However, I drink in moderation. For me, I only drink on the weekends and usually two beers is my limit per night. So four cans is as much beer as I'll have for the weekend. That's because I know I work hard during the week and I believe we all deserve a cheat every now and then. You can limit yourself to more than that if you want, that's just what I limit myself to. I put a stop to my drinking before it's too late and I don't realize I'm still drinking an abundance of alcohol.

Is alcohol the best thing for you? No, but does it give you a good time? Yes, so enjoy your life, and just drink in moderation!

I don't see the problem with her saying she isn't interested in hearing people say "stop drinking".

I think she was just being honest that she won't stop drinking so to keep the thread on track she let people know right away. Good move IMO - but some people seemed to get their jimmies a bit rustled by it.

You could always NOT drink. It seems as though you have the whole "I need to drink to have fun" attitude by the 'it's free anyway' way you put it. But hey what does an alcoholic know anyway. Good luck with your binge drinking.


BTW this EX-fatass never ate cake & pizza to get fat. I drank like a fish.

I just wanted to know what other people drank on nights out. I am not an alcoholic either seeing as I've already said I drink once a fortnight usually now but you clearly didn't read the thread. Hahahaha wow.

vodka or rum with soda water for me and since I know what nights I'm going out and how much calorie wise a night out costs then I try to do more exercise during the day to earn those drink calories .

For me this is about learning to enjoy myself while losing weight. It's not about maintaining a strict diet at the cost of living.

Alcohol is my gateway drug to chocolate. :sad:

I might have a different take on things than most, since I will not give up my rockstar nights.

I say go out, enjoy yourself and it's a new day the next day.

Now obviously, it simply isn't something you will be able to do every weekend anymore, unless you limit your intake. You can also try switching to lower calorie drinks (this site will help: http://getdrunknotfat.com/).

The main thing for me was to limit any eating I do while drunk - and I don' t have any advice for that - but that was my biggest downfall. The alcohol calories were bad enough, but once you added all the food I ate then I could easily ruin an entire weeks' deficit. I simply had to stop all the drunk eating.

THIS THIS THIS! And I really feel you hun. I am a binge drinker. Once I start, I have a hard time stopping, especially if I am out having a good time. It is just fun and I don't do it very often. But, I DO agonize over it all day because I know me, I know I have a hard time. I try to stick to Vodka. But, after a couple of those, I see the fruity drinks my friends are having.. blarg.. I will try to switch to a bud light and if I am lucky, they will have an ultra light low carb beer at the bar. Those are much better AND takes much longer to drink then a small glass. Skip the straw. Straws make things go down a lot faster. Like they said before. Water in between drinks.

I am great about turning down food while out.. It's when I get home drunk, I eat my house. Bad combo.

So in future when I know I will be going out at night, I will work out a lot more and eat less calories to make up for any potential damage to my diet. Also ditching straws sounds like a great idea...I drink stupidly fast with a straw so without it I can make the drink last a lot longer

Working out is great, eating less calories is not great. You need to have food in your stomach before you drink otherwise, you will make it worse.

I am a beer drinker. I love it. I could easily come home after work, sit outside on my patio and enjoy a cold beer or two. Alcohol is where my weight has come from. I didn't have weight problems until my late 20's and suddenly it was like, where the heck is this coming from?! I have had to cut out my evening drinks Mon-Thurs. Try drinking only on weekends, and if you know you're going out on a Fri or Sat night, get in a little extra work out time. Also, drink lots of water - maybe a glass or two in-between those strawberry ciders. It'll help.

This used to be a issue and I would drink into excess like if I went out to a bar and had less than 10 drinks it was a slow night.

Captain and diet, light beer, or red wine. I try to log it. I have a STRICT no shot policy, and only drink a drink bought for me by someone I know and if it's what I'm currently drinking.