College + Alcohol - How do I solve this problem?
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^ ha I'm in Law School as well, cheers to having no life right? ANYWAY I was also a science major in undergrad and did drink occasionally, so there's that. When I drink now (which is rarely) I usually stick with liquor and diet soda like others have said but the real problem is what you eat while drinking...one too many and you will choose those cheese sticks over carrot sticks in a heartbeat!
p.s. it's spelled intelligent ...;-)0 -
make it fit or don't drink.
getdrunknotfat.com might help.0 -
Weirdly enough when I started university in the first year, I actually lost weight. I drank mostly diet coke and vodka and didn't eat much because I was nervous.0
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Alternate each drink with a glass/bottle of water. Heck, just walk around with water. It looks like vodka and you'll get to enjoy watching other people be drunk.
^^^^This! Especially that last part.0 -
i was active enough in college that it was a wash.
and i would party pretty hard 2-3 times a week.
walking/skateboarding/biking everywhere.
stumbling from party to party.
getting up after falling down repeatedly (thats like burpees).
you got this, OP!0 -
Nothing wrong with some alcohol here or there. Don't make it too difficult. Simply budget the calories and be done with it.0
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drinking alcohol can effect your liver, as I am sure you already knew that. If your liver is not healthy, you willnot lose weight, period. So look at how badly you want to reach your weight goal, then determine if drinking will even be worth it. Sorry to be a downer, but there you have it. Even at a young age, and only drinking on the weekends will effect your goals.0
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college? I only remember a hang over.
Drink whisky. Be epic.0 -
College only involves drinking if you chose to drink. Adult life is the same way. There is no situation in which you are forced to drink so do not pretend that it isn't a choice. That said if you do choose to drink that is fine. If you choose to do so while trying to lose weight then just log the calories and stay within your goal. This could very well mean that you only have a one or two cups or glasses but that is how that goes.
So how do you solve this "problem"? Same way you solve any "problem" like this one, willpower and deciding to do what you need to do to accomplish your goals in life.0 -
drinking alcohol can effect your liver, as I am sure you already knew that. If your liver is not healthy, you willnot lose weight, period. So look at how badly you want to reach your weight goal, then determine if drinking will even be worth it. Sorry to be a downer, but there you have it. Even at a young age, and only drinking on the weekends will effect your goals.
Well although I'm not going to encourage drinking or suggest that it is somehow healthy the idea that you cannot lose weight while simultaneously damanging your liver is of course untrue.0 -
If you must do shots, avoid the sweet ones. All drinks have calories, of course, but sugary ones are horrific.
My key is to drink water as I drink. No hangover + I tend to drink less.0 -
I won't give up my beer.
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some of you seem to think I'm planning all night ragers and getting "****faced" on a daily basis. I can assure you this is not the case. I've been in college for 2 years now, and of legal drinking age for five, I don't drink "because the cool kids do it". The kind of alcohol consumption I was referring to was the occasional pint at the Uni bar, or a few glasses of wine with dinner. No need to worry about my overall health
I'm not assuming that you are drinking other than in moderation. But if you drink as moderately as suggested here--an occasional pint or a couple of glasses of wine--it really doesn't matter what you drink. Just count the calories.
If the calories (or what you eat after) are enough to derail the weight loss, it might be worth looking into drinking less, but I'm not at all assuming that that's a problem for you.0 -
The hell with all this moderation nonsense. Drink 'till you puke. Problem solved.0
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I won't give up my beer! lol But, I know that once I start drinking, that voice in my head that tells me to stop eating goes away and that totally derails me, soooo....2 solutions that I use are 1) if its not worth it, don't drink for the night, 2) I know I'm going to drink, so I work it off beforehand, watch what I eat all day, and save those calories to eat as I'm drinking. I also pre-log the beers i *think* im gonna have beforehand, and try to just stick to what I've allotted myself. When all else fails, tequila and lemonade instead lol0
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I know this isn't what you asked but as someone who didn't realize how good I had it until my last semester, my advice is not to fart around, period. Even if you're overloading on credits, you'll probably be spending less than a "grown-up" 9-5 in class - use that extra time. Study, work out, hone a skill, learn a new language, volunteer - just do something. If you're in a sorority ok yeah you're spending that time, hopefully building your network and making friends, but remember you're in college to build your future. Future You will thank you for not wasting a good opportunity - If i had spend the time I wasted in college playing video games working on myself, I'd be ten years ahead of where I am now in terms of the benefits of quality of life in my health both physical and mental.
The booze will always be there, but the time you squander never comes back.
My advice: Don't drink enough that you need to worry about the calories, and remember that everybody loves the DD0 -
Are you actually interested in drinking? I would rather spend my calories on something else (a cookie) than a few drinks, so I didn't drink much at all in college and did just fine.
You can always grab carbonated water with a lime, and no one will know the difference. 0 -
First, work out before you go out-allows you a cushion.
Second-always have a water on the side...and DRINK IT.
Third-allow one good beer; it'll be filling. Then switch to liquor-honestly there is not much is difference brown or clear. Just steer clear of cordials. Mix with water, club soda, or diet-something.0 -
I'm in college as well and I noticed that when I didn't drink I continued to lose weight and make improvements in the gym. I started to cut myself some slack and started drinking again and going out to parties thinking it would only be a couple times and then I would go back to being healthy but it took me 3 months of that and 8 pounds heavier to realize that drinking and partying and staying out late doesn't work for me. I would drink and get the late night drunchies and eat fast food and then feel terrible about it the next day and would be too hungover to workout and it was a terrible pattern. I realized that my weight loss goal was much more important to me than partying and getting drunk was. I still go to parties but I might only have like one drink. It helps that I tend to get terribly hangovers as well lol0
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Oh well if you read it on the internet then it must be true. I guess we should recommend drinking to anyone at dangerously low bodyfat percentage so that they can prevent further fat loss despite beinh at a caloric deficit. Since I guess alcohol is magic now.0 -
Since you are a little fussy about what you drink (as am I), drink what you like and work it in to your weekly calories. Exercise a little more during the week to bank some calories. Like some suggested, see if you can use diet sodas to cut back some calories on drinks you like that involve soda. #nojudgementhereOk, so I'm in college, and as many of you might or might not remember college tends to involve some amount of drinking. Is there a good way to plan my drinking, or do any of you know if e.g. wine contains less carbs than beer or vice versa? I am kind of a fussy drinker and not much for those light beers that to me mostly tastes like water. Although I do like mixed drink, wine etc etc.
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Ok, so I'm in college, and as many of you might or might not remember college tends to involve some amount of drinking.
It does? I went to university to study, not get drunk and party.
You'll live without the alcohol, trust me. It's all empty calories anyway. And if you NEED alcohol to have a good time, then you have a bigger problem than the amount of calories it has.0 -
Make yourself the DD or the person who makes sure you don't get in bad situations - worked for me. I'd rather have a clear head when out with a bunch of college students because crazy things have been known to happen.0
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Alternate an alcoholic drink with perrier/club soda
Buy beer in individual cans and just bring 1 or 2
Hard liquor with no-cal mixers if you wanna get slammed0 -
Hey, as a (former) big time college party-er Ive learned a few things. Wine coolers and stuff like Mike's Hard Lemonade have tones of suger. Stay away from cocktails(or limit to 1) and stick to light beer. I know it tastes like p*ss water(especially our American lites for me ive gotten used to european beers so its a hard thing to do) but it is less in sugar which is where the calories are coming from. I am still am in college and a big party-er but I try and not bring my credit cards and just bring enough for a few drinks, enough to have a good time but not enough to cause me to be falling over or chundering in the toilet when i get back. Saves on money and embarrassment0
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Ok, so I'm in college, and as many of you might or might not remember college tends to involve some amount of drinking. Is there a good way to plan my drinking, or do any of you know if e.g. wine contains less carbs than beer or vice versa? I am kind of a fussy drinker and not much for those light beers that to me mostly tastes like water. Although I do like mixed drink, wine etc etc.
Help please!
I would go for spirits with a low calorie mixer. (i.e. Vodka and diet lemonade/vodka & coke zero/gin and slimline tonic)
Make every second drink just the low calorie mixer. (i.e. coke zero/plain tonic). :drinker: (this also means most people will assume you are still drinking alcohol too).
Don't get into the habit of eating when drunk. Eat beforehand, drink a big glass of water and go to bed instead of eating when drunk.
A strong black coffee, shower and a mud mask is the best hangover cure - don't spend all day trying to eat your way out of it!
It would be too easy to put on weight if you are drinking high calorie, low alcohol drinks followed by drunken pizza and kebab binges.
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I went to college and I did not drink. Believe it or not there are many people that choose not to go crazy in college.0
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QFT. :drinker:Drink whiskey. Be epic.0 -
Vodka, Lemonade and Lime.0
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