ALCOHOL QUESTION PLEASE HELP

I also work out extra hard at the gym the day i want to drink my face off. and i may eat a little less calories during the day if i know im going to want a snacky. :drinker:

Alcohol does more to your body than just put calories in it. Yes the study contains only 8 people but inside our bodies all handle it the same way. And I like my Sailor Jerry on occasion.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/130545-the-real-effect-of-alcohol-on-your-waistline

OH SHIZNIT!! Not good news but useful news nonetheless.

From the Health Hound

As part of my commitment to staying current on the research,
I have sniffed out some research on alcohol consumption that
may surprise you.

A popular myth is that you can drink clear alcohol and as
long as you count the calories in the alcohol (7 calories
per gram) you will be fine. Because carbohydrates and
protein contain 4 calories per gram, and fat contains 9
calories per gram – the reasoning is that 7 calories in
alcohol are simply calories and nothing more.

Well, according to research carried in the American Journal
of Clinical Nutrition, alcohol puts the brakes on fat
metabolism (your body’s ability to burn fat as energy) in
more ways than one. In the study, eight people were given
two vodka drinks separated by 30 minutes.

Fat metabolism was checked both before and after each drink.
It turns out that even hours after drinking both drinks, fat
metabolism dropped by an incredible 73%. What is happening?

When you drink alcohol, your liver converts it into a
substance called acetate. (The acetate levels in the
subject’s bodies were 2.5 times higher than normal). And it
is the acetates in your body that make losing blubber almost
impossible.

Your body prefers burning acetate to all other sources of
fuel (fat being one of them), and basically shuts down its
normal process of burning off any other source of energy.

In other research, alcohol has been shown to increase
appetite. When you combine alcohol with meals, studies have
shown you tend to eat more. And since the alcohol is going
to serve as your body’s primary source of fuel, all the
calories go directly to your waistline.

And finally, alcohol increases your cortisol levels and
decreases your testosterone levels for about 24 hours after
you imbibe. And this definitely is not good for trimming
down or adding muscle!

So, if you think an alcohol calorie is just a calorie –
think again!