Alcohol

Stop drinking at weekends

its tuff but depending on how motivated you are take a couple weeks off and let the metabolic rate jump back up im determined and cut it out completely for now its really hard but if you cant completely cut it every little bit helps cut down maybe just drink one night a weekend?

sorry but this is a pretty easy one.,....stop drinking!

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drink a little less and make different drink choices when you do.

In the perfect world I'd tell you to stop drinking! But we are not perfect! LOL What I have found that helps is limiting my drinking to only one night a week. Also I drink mixed drinks with diet pop, instead of beer. I'm not saying this is the "cure all", but it has helped me! Good luck! :drinker:

Hahaha, I was there at one point not too terribly long ago. Well... I turn 30 tomorrow and it seems like a lifetime ago when I was in college. But still, I was in that same cycle. I kept it real though... I know I wasn't going to be super lean during that time period given the lifestyle I was leading. But that's life... it's all about compromises. And it was worth it to me at the time.... I had a blast, met some of the best friends of my life, and built some of my wildest memories.

I don't want to advocate binge drinking. Heck, my daughter just turned 1 and I'd love to steer her away from that path... I'm going to do my best. But I know the reality of college life for most folks.

There were times when I did want to get lean during college and when that came... I took things to relatively extreme levels by following a protein sparing modified fast. Essentially I'd keep only the nutrients that maintain health/muscle and eat nothing else except my beer. This tended to net out to a deficit from week to week and yield fat loss. But I can't say I recommend it.

Long story short... understand the compromises you're making.

Switch to liquor and diet drinks (rather than liquor and juice) and/or drink light beer. I also workou twice as hard the day of going out as well as the day after (no matter how hung over). Also, double your water intake for those days as well.

Remind yourself what your end goal is and ask yourself if you'll seriously reach it if you drink as much as you do, and if the answer is no then stop drinking after you finish that bottle

Vodka & Soda water... And instead of dirty burgers, eat 1 (two, if you have to) wholemeal pitta stuffed with tasty veg (tomatoes, baby spinach) and a bit of hummus or thin spread of pesto when you get home - that's what my friend and I did when we were students trying to lose weight and still have fun!

I was in college once too haha....I know this is really hard but try drinking less beer (even though it's involved in all the games, not to mention the cheapest), and try having vodka and club or something....obviously not that it makes it that much better, but every little bit counts. also, and this is just something i've learned from getting older, you don't HAVE to drink a ton when you DO drink. Have a few drinks, then switch to only club, no one will even know the difference : )

As far as drunk food....I know my friends and I would head home after the bars and get breadsticks, pizza, cheese fries, you name it. #1, if you drink less, you will have more sound mind to think about what you're eating, #2, try splitting something with your friend.

None if this advice is necessarily "healthy" though, it's hard but try to cut back on the drinking, as much as possible, if you truly want to get healthy and lose weight. If you do cut back, you'll also lower your tolerance, so it'll take much less (calories and $!) to give you a good buzz!

I don't think you have to stop altogether, but some drinks have less calories than others. I like vodka/diet tonic or vodka/soda water. Also, wine isn't as bad as mixed drinks or high cal beer. As for the drunk munchies- I would say don't drink to the point of not caring what you eat. I know- easier said than done. My drunk vice is McDonalds chicken nuggets. But if I'm not super drunk (just cut out that last drink), then I have the sense about me to say no!

Try to compensate during the day ? Drink loads of water and I mean LOADS !!!!
I know I always have wine and beer on week-ends so I try to pre-calculate it in my diary.. :drinker:
I should not have alcohol at all but just to see it it makes me drink less. Always a lot of water retention though! :devil:
I also try not to eat too salty and fatty you know ? That way I can't stand alcohol and once more ==> I drink less.

Big difference in the way I look on monday if I don't drink at all !!!

Cut down on the amount you drink, simple

As college students, my friend and I joined this app to shed a few of those freshman pounds for summer. However, we have found it hard to lose with the amount of drinking that occurs on the weekends (and the amount of drunk eating that ensues). No matter how much we work out I feel like we are back at square one on Monday from all of the extra calories. I know that we can't be the only ones struggling with this...any suggestions?

This is my vice and its hard to let go of. I have quit everything except for drinking, but I have cut back on the amounts & the types. I margaritas, so I drink Bethenny Frankels Skinny Margaritas that doesnt have that many calories. I also drink Budweiser selects or any kind of light beer or wine. Also get rid of the drunk food...If you love pizza with beer, try to buy the frozen one that comes from Michaelina's (might have spelled it incorrectly) or something like that or make sure what you buy is low in calories where you can track them afterwards. Chances are if you get Dominos, you cant count the exact calories. I was in college once upon a time :drinker: