Damn you, alcohol!
Options
JoshMaz
Posts: 419 Member
Yeah, I was doing do well today until those 800 calories of whiskey. At least I manage to keep the extra mixer calories out of it by drinking my booze on the rocks, but still...
0
Replies
-
350 for my fireball whiskey and rum chata. Could have easily had downed 4 of those.0
-
Well, doesn't that sound yummy? I'll down the other four for you.0
-
Alcohol should still be limited if fat loss is your goal, regardless of whether or not you account for the calories.
Your body actually changes the way it metabolizes food when you drink; essentially it sees the alcohol as a toxin that must be dealt with immediately, and therefore pushes anything else (mixers, the chips and salsa you snacked on, etc.) aside and into your fat stores for later use so it can deal with the booze first.
It also dehydrates you, interrupts your sleep cycle, and causes spikes and crashes in your blood sugar, possibly triggering more cravings and overeating.
0 -
I am in my 60s. Sorry to tell you that my body just doesnt metabolize alcohol right anymore. I suffer when I drink, and who has just 1? Not me. So I have given up alcohol. Darn.0
-
800 in whiskey...neat? That's a lot! For me anyways. I drank wine out of the bottle in my underwear at 3:00 in the afternoon today so I feel you.0
-
I was way under on my calories today so I treated myself to 240 calories of apple pie moonshine. Still have another 375 calories remaining at my 1 pound per week goal.0
-
Yeah. @JossFit has some good points, but funny how well I will ignore them. Guess that's my current issue. Yes, @arditarose, it really is. Thank you for being there with me today!0
-
it's too easy, especially as often it's on top of the food you;ve eaten for the day...i had four glasses of wine last night - 400 calories...then i got home and had to have toast to soak it up...another 200...600 calories on nothing basically...:(0
-
It is never about the alcohol calories with me, the problem is what I consume at the end of the night/morning to try to mitigate a hangover the next day!0
-
I've decided (again) to limit my alcohol consumption to just the weekends. I've been under my calorie budget for the few days since then, but by Tuesday it sure felt like a long way to go until Friday!0
-
I'm a lightweight, I get drunk on less than 200 calories of vodka. Then I get the drunken munchies, though. So I have to curtail my drinking, too.0
-
*adds Fireball Whiskey and RumChata to shopping list*0
-
Yup.
Alcohol calories definitely add up which is why (for the most part) I have limited my alcohol intake to the weekends.0 -
I do this every weekend haha.0
-
I cut way down on my alcohol...except for yesterday. Yesterday was a bad day and I went back to my old habit of comforting myself with wine. I am sicker than a dog today. I told myself this morning Never Again! Ugh!0
-
What I have found in the past, when I drank alcohol, the weight gain didn't happen until several days later... like they are trying to catch up. Do other people have that happen?0
-
What I have found in the past, when I drank alcohol, the weight gain didn't happen until several days later... like they are trying to catch up. Do other people have that happen?
Yep. I think the alcohol dehydrates so next morning you think your drunken feast didn't do too much harm, then a couple days later you see the real damage.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.7K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.6K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 390 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.7K Motivation and Support
- 7.8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.2K MyFitnessPal Information
- 22 News and Announcements
- 922 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.3K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions