Holiday coming up! Alcoholic weight gain?!

MrsSusiePrior
MrsSusiePrior Posts: 2
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Anyone know what alcoholic drinks have the least calories? I'm going on holiday next week and I'm dreading the weight gain! All inclusive nightmare!

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    Well... just don't drink alcohol?
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    edited April 2015
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Well... just don't drink alcohol?

    You gotta be crazy.
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Well... just don't drink alcohol?

    You gotta be crazy.

    Possibly.
  • ar9179
    ar9179 Posts: 374 Member
    Saw this in another thread
    http://getdrunknotfat.com/lowest-calorie-alcohol/
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    Do you really NEED alcohol to enjoy your holiday? I've found that holidays are much more fun when you're not drunk.
  • rfihn
    rfihn Posts: 35 Member
    Vodka soda with lime or crown royal on the rocks are good choices. Getdrunknotfat.com is a great resource, soda will more than double the calorie content so either avoid or go with diet.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,092 Member
    You don't gain weight from the alcohol (it can't be stored in the body). The issue with alcohol is that it inhibits any other energy source from being burned until it's metabolized out of the body. So if you eat along with drinking, whatever you're eating will be stored for usage until alcohol is out of your body.

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  • nosebag1212
    nosebag1212 Posts: 621 Member
    edited April 2015
    spirits straight or with diet soda, they are basically pure alcohol whose calories can't actually be stored as fat, best way to avoid weight gain is eat lean protein and veggies during the day and stick to spirits/diet soda at night and don't stuff your face after drinking (that's where the real weight gain comes from as alcohol can't be stored as fat)
  • sarantonio
    sarantonio Posts: 880 Member
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Well... just don't drink alcohol?

    You gotta be crazy.

    I used to share this sentiment... Vodka diet tonic...delish
  • hsmith0930
    hsmith0930 Posts: 160 Member
    Shots of straight liquor...
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    You don't gain weight from the alcohol (it can't be stored in the body). The issue with alcohol is that it inhibits any other energy source from being burned until it's metabolized out of the body. So if you eat along with drinking, whatever you're eating will be stored for usage until alcohol is out of your body.

    So having straight alcohol with no other forms of calories that night won't cause fat gain?
  • nosebag1212
    nosebag1212 Posts: 621 Member
    Cherimoose wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    You don't gain weight from the alcohol (it can't be stored in the body). The issue with alcohol is that it inhibits any other energy source from being burned until it's metabolized out of the body. So if you eat along with drinking, whatever you're eating will be stored for usage until alcohol is out of your body.

    So having straight alcohol with no other forms of calories that night won't cause fat gain?
    correct, have a read of this to learn more

    http://www.leangains.com/2010/07/truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle.html
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