Cut back on alcohol consumption challenge

I like that you chose four drinks. I mean for social outings, a few hours spent at the bar, four is reasonable. I like four. Maybe I'm a big boozer but for me that would be an improvement on my night out every so often. Like last night....head pounding, slept until 10. :grumble: I haven't slept this late in YEARS! Oh well, had my oatmeal this morning and am going to run a 10K in the freezing cold tomorrow. Back on track baby! :ohwell:

Yep same problem here vino I did 3 big glasses last nite huge calorie hit

I'll join too! I'm 21 so drinking is a big part of my social life right now, and my sister is coming in to town for the holiday. This is the first time we get to frink together! We're spending the night at the bar on Wed, and for thanksgiving, we close down the family reteraunt(with a full bar) and celebrate there. It's going to be a challange, but I think I can do it!

I just read an interesting article in Womans Health-12 reports


"Know what to drink and what not to,

There are many ways alcohol can get you into trouble. It doesn't make you feel full or decrease the amount of food you will eat. But it does enourage your body to burn as much as 36% less fat and make you store more of the fat you eat. And it can inhibit your production o of hormones that help burn fat and build muscle.

This was all new to me, and thought I would share with y'all:frown:

I just read an interesting article in Womans Health-12 reports


"Know what to drink and what not to,

There are many ways alcohol can get you into trouble. It doesn't make you feel full or decrease the amount of food you will eat. But it does enourage your body to burn as much as 36% less fat and make you store more of the fat you eat. And it can inhibit your production o of hormones that help burn fat and build muscle.

This was all new to me, and thought I would share with y'all:frown:

It was in a magazine I received in the mail. it was called Womans Health-12 reports.
I am going to do more research on the subject, I just thougt it was worth passing along.:flowerforyou:


Thank you for that interesting tidbit. I have to share it with my friend. Do you have a web address that I could send to my friend. She is in total denial that alcohol inhibits weight loss.

I drank a TON more before I turned 21, and now that I can legally drink, I never do. :laugh: Initially I cut back on drinking because it would make me so ill...I'd wake up in the middle of the night getting sick even if I hadn't had that much to drink. The next day I'd be barely conscious and certainly couldn't exercise. Then I cut back by needing to drink less--being small and rarely drinking makes it easier to feel a buzz. Then I finally stopped completely because I was drinking so seldom that I began to notice the taste. Even the 'good stuff' that my parents buy tastes like nail polish remover to me. So this year I drank twice, once in March for my b-day and once in August when I quit my terrible summer job.

I don't have to cut back or anything, this is just how my cutting-back experience went. Once I stopped drinking, I stopped wanting to drink, and now it's really easy to avoid. Good luck everyone!:flowerforyou: