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  • tottie_07
    tottie_07 Posts: 105 Member
    I can drink most under the table! lol But it kept getting in the way of my health and fitness so I finally kicked it. I just don't bounce back fast anymore and too many empty calories to burn off. I envy those who can work alcohol into their diet and still keep fit. Just don't work in my world.
  • Blueseraphchaos
    Blueseraphchaos Posts: 843 Member
    Splitbygreg wrote: »
    20yearsyounger wrote: »
    There are plenty of alcohol posts on here. Personally, I don't black out. I pre-log my alcohol calories, leave room for them, and drink what I said I would or less. The good news is I don't even have to wait until weekend.

    That's a good idea. Now the difficult part would be actually stopping

    This answer indicates a serous problem. Maybe see a doctor, try some counseling...AA...
  • Splitbygreg
    Splitbygreg Posts: 133 Member
    tottie_07 wrote: »
    I can drink most under the table! lol But it kept getting in the way of my health and fitness so I finally kicked it. I just don't bounce back fast anymore and too many empty calories to burn off. I envy those who can work alcohol into their diet and still keep fit. Just don't work in my world.

    Yeah. It works less and less as we get older and as a result to that we drink less and less. Meh.
  • Splitbygreg
    Splitbygreg Posts: 133 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Splitbygreg wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Splitbygreg wrote: »
    Snow3y wrote: »
    I wouldn't say I 'black out' but I do enjoy my alcohol on weekends too :) I don't enjoy having so much that I'm not in control of myself, or that I'd make a fool of myself. So I know my limits for each night.

    Right on. I need to find out what number of drinks gets me there, cause I rarely feel drunk...think I breeze right past that feeling haha.

    Perhaps this would be a slightly better science experiment: For the next outing or few, try to pace yourself, maybe drink water heavily alongside the alcohol to minimize the dehydration, and strive to consciously assess how you feel and behave at each stage. Perhaps you can find a point that is still "fun", but not quite so self-destructive.

    And I still think there's some denial in your responses. You say your main desire is aesthetic - I assume you mean you want to look good/attractive. Be aware that your body is accumulating the insults in some respects, only to display them externally later. By that time, they may not be fully reversible (wrinkling, general skin quality like youthful elasticity, etc.). Next time you're at a bar, look around you. Chat to some guys who are on your path but are 5 or 10 years older (chat so you can maybe really learn their age). The results could be sobering, literally.


    Your first paragraph I like and plan on trying. The second one sounds too morbid, I'm not trying to talk to wrinkly dudes at a bar to *kitten* my life. I do know continual heavy drinking will lead to serious health effects tho...unfortunately.

    Actually, my point was not that it will lead to serious health effects (it will, but you don't seem to care about that). My point was that it will make you ugly, unattractive, and old before your time . . . which does seem to conflict with your apparent objectives.

    If it continued at the same scope for a long period, then I agree.
  • Splitbygreg
    Splitbygreg Posts: 133 Member
    Me2FitMe wrote: »
    Splitbygreg wrote: »
    Am I the only one who blacks out each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday? This of course ruining everything I've done in the gym and the kitchen for the last 6 days? Any pointers, tips, ideas, etc?

    Ummm.. how many days are in your week?

    Haha. I workout Friday and Saturday too. I worded that incorrectly. Mah-bad.
  • Splitbygreg
    Splitbygreg Posts: 133 Member
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    Splitbygreg wrote: »
    misskarne wrote: »
    You must have a pretty thick skull. Drinking to blackout? BAD. BAD, BAD, BAD, not good at all, not cool, not funny, not anything except BAD. Your liver? Probably already shot. Your brain cells? Dying.

    Come on, you're 26, you're supposed to have outgrown the idiot stage.

    I still gots plenty off bran sells...No wet brain yet. I agree, blacking out, not the healthiest of things.

    Oat bran? Wheat bran? How much do you sell it for? ;)

    The first part up until the ellipsis was a joke haha.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    "Blacks out"... is that hyperbole, or what some people call going to sleep drunk?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_(drug-related_amnesia)
    I don't think I've blacked out from drinking since I was 15. I don't like the feeling of not remembering what I did, though. Maybe some do.
  • Bry_Fitness70
    Bry_Fitness70 Posts: 2,480 Member
    WalkingAlong wrote: »
    "Blacks out"... is that hyperbole, or what some people call going to sleep drunk?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_(drug-related_amnesia)
    I don't think I've blacked out from drinking since I was 15. I don't like the feeling of not remembering what I did, though. Maybe some do.

    I don't think that a lot of people drink excessively with the intent to blackout, although it is a foreseeable conclusion when you binge drink.

    I can't really speak to the OP's intent, but I doubt he was eliciting snarky responses from people who have not had similar struggles. "I don't drink" and "I am a moderate drinker" - thanks, that is wonderful, I'm sure that the OP knows that he has the option to not drink or drink more moderately, but there will likely be a lot of steps from where he currently is to arrive at where he probably should be (as defined by him) in terms of his drinking habits.
  • cavia
    cavia Posts: 457 Member
    Splitbygreg wrote: »
    misskarne wrote: »
    You must have a pretty thick skull. Drinking to blackout? BAD. BAD, BAD, BAD, not good at all, not cool, not funny, not anything except BAD. Your liver? Probably already shot. Your brain cells? Dying.

    Come on, you're 26, you're supposed to have outgrown the idiot stage.

    I still gots plenty off bran sells...No wet brain yet. I agree, blacking out, not the healthiest of things.

    Our bodies are good at coping as best they can...until you reach a critical point and then you can't. You're fooling yourself if you think you are in control and have the final say. The decision will be made for you by your body and by then, it will likely be irreversible. I fail to see what is so fun about not remembering 3 days of every week. You're forfeiting half of your life.

  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I can't tell if you are trolling or not; I'm going to answer your original post like you are not trolling.
    I consider myself a pretty big drinker. Before I started CICO I would drink 3x a week 5+ drinks each time. I started MFP and I found out I could still drink and lose weight. Of course I had to cut my drinking habits a bit; no beer and no high calorie mixed drinks. I started drinking on Wednesdays nights and Saturday night's only. After losing the first 15 pounds I found that it took less alcohol to get me drunk so less calories I would have to consume. I'm at the point where I won't drive after 1 drink because I can feel the effects of alcohol after 1 drink. Yet, when there's a social situation, I have a ride home and my kids are with my parents, I can drink a bottle of tequila and not black out. The hangover is awful though, that's another reason why I leave the heavy drinking for special occasions only.
    Right now, I'm unfortunately not drinking (long story) but when I decide to start drinking again, I keep my drinks at home to 3 or 4 drinks at a time and only when the kids are sleeping.
    If you're serious about losing weight while keeping muscle, start only blacking out for special occasions.
  • Splitbygreg
    Splitbygreg Posts: 133 Member
    Asher_Ethan wrote: »
    I can't tell if you are trolling or not; I'm going to answer your original post like you are not trolling.
    I consider myself a pretty big drinker. Before I started CICO I would drink 3x a week 5+ drinks each time. I started MFP and I found out I could still drink and lose weight. Of course I had to cut my drinking habits a bit; no beer and no high calorie mixed drinks. I started drinking on Wednesdays nights and Saturday night's only. After losing the first 15 pounds I found that it took less alcohol to get me drunk so less calories I would have to consume. I'm at the point where I won't drive after 1 drink because I can feel the effects of alcohol after 1 drink. Yet, when there's a social situation, I have a ride home and my kids are with my parents, I can drink a bottle of tequila and not black out. The hangover is awful though, that's another reason why I leave the heavy drinking for special occasions only.
    Right now, I'm unfortunately not drinking (long story) but when I decide to start drinking again, I keep my drinks at home to 3 or 4 drinks at a time and only when the kids are sleeping.
    If you're serious about losing weight while keeping muscle, start only blacking out for special occasions.

    Honestly don't know what trolling even means. I'm going to assume it's some social media term or blogging term and I will leave it at that and not look it up. Haha but no, my post was legit.
    I like this idea too, monitor drinks on normal weekends and get super smashed only when the occasion calls for it. I have already decided to by the baby bottle of vodka rather than the 1.5L of wild turk this weekend and see how that goes.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    Bry_Lander wrote: »
    WalkingAlong wrote: »
    "Blacks out"... is that hyperbole, or what some people call going to sleep drunk?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_(drug-related_amnesia)
    I don't think I've blacked out from drinking since I was 15. I don't like the feeling of not remembering what I did, though. Maybe some do.

    I don't think that a lot of people drink excessively with the intent to blackout, although it is a foreseeable conclusion when you binge drink.

    I can't really speak to the OP's intent, but I doubt he was eliciting snarky responses from people who have not had similar struggles. "I don't drink" and "I am a moderate drinker" - thanks, that is wonderful, I'm sure that the OP knows that he has the option to not drink or drink more moderately, but there will likely be a lot of steps from where he currently is to arrive at where he probably should be (as defined by him) in terms of his drinking habits.
    I didn't mean that as a snarky response or a "just drink moderately" one. Like most drinkers eventually do, I've had my struggles. I don't understand someone willingly drinking to black out stage 3 nights a week, and not wanting to stop. So I'm hoping it's exaggeration. I do understand some can't stop a binge ending there and aren't willing to stop the binge to end the blackouts, though, I guess. But part of the wish to stop can come from hearing that it's not normal to be ok with it. I mean, how long before you wake up one morning and find out you accidentally killed someone in a drunk blackout the night before? I just think it's terrifying to be that out of control. And I mean that helpfully, not judgmentally or snarkily.

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