Alcohol is my worst enemy :(

sounds to me like you may not be eating enough. weird to hear, i know. lots of people on this site have increased their good calorie intake and stopped their plateau. if you made your diary public it would be easier to find a solution. do you measure out how much you drink? if you dont that may be adding to a lot of excess calories. if posible i would look into other ways to relax such as yoga and try to limit drinking to only 2 days per week.

select makes 55 calorie lemonade drinks too!

I am in the same boat! My guy and I like to sit on the deck in the evenings and have a drink or two. But drinking was hindering my weight loss, big time!

I stopped drinking for a month, not one single drop of alcohol, and I lost 14 pounds. I gained half back though cause I still have a drink a couple days a week. But I know if I really want to kick start the loss, I have to get rid of the alcohol!

I started drinking sleepytime tea at night, I like that ritual just as much as a fruity cocktail...maybe you could try that....and it's even calming too! (I have three kids so I understand! lol)

Yeah, the better the weekend - the more Monday's suck!:huh:

Honestly it comes down to just giving up what u know is holding u back. If you used chocolate for the same reasons u would have to give it up to achieve your goals. Just remind yourself that when get to where u want can enjoy alcohol again. Stay strong, no drink makes u feel better then a heathy body.

Ok this is more of a vent than anything. I exercise every day of the week, and sometimes the weekend. I usually burn about 600 calories per day and eat very healthy. I like to drink, I have two small children and drinking at the end of the day relaxes me. I don't drink to get drunk... anyways.

I am at that point that no matter how I exercise, the weight it staying the same and I have quite a bit to lose!!! AHHHH anyone else going through this? I even add my alcohol into my daily food and don't go above my calories. I really think its holding me back. I'm personally going to try doing yoga at night to replace my drinking, but it just sucks because I love drinking. lol

The thing about alcohol is the body has a hard time digesting the sugars. Your body goes "oh need to get rid of the alcohol" and sort of forgets to deal with the quick carbs.

I too enjoy a drink (or 2 or 5 lol) just as a way to relax! I have tried really hard to make myself wait for the weekends and have switched to Bud Select 55. It tastes pretty good, but does not seem to pack on the pounds like other beers. Seems like to me, once I start drinking, I dont eat as much but end up with alot of water weight to lose. Glad to see that there is someone else like me, I go through this every Monday!

i am on the same boat. I switched to Select 55 too. I have managed to cut down the during the week.. avoiding happy hours after work but once the weekend hits... I am drinking like I am some on some booze cruise & my eating habits go down the drain cause I don't eat much at all. I know this is holidng back from getting the results I really want.

I too have the same issue. I do well all day with my exercise and calorie intake, but love my white wine spitzers at the end of the day. I have good intentions and say I'm only going to have one, but two hours later, it's three or four. I don't drink every night, but once i start, i almost always over do it. I've lost about 35lbs in the last year and have been holding (not gaining or loosing) for the last few months. I think once i get serious about loosing the last 15lbs i'll stop altogether.

I'm up for the challenge ... however, when do you plan on starting??

Everyone up above is right; when you stop drinking the pounds literally fall off. Mostly it's because your liver has recovered enough to do what it's supposed to; metabolize your food. I had quit for two months before a trip to Europe (wine! ahhhh!) and I had seriously never felt better and couldn't stop the weight from falling off if I tried!

This is why people get beer-bellies; your food calories get to your liver and it's so busy metabolizing booze that those food calories just get stored...the liver simply doesn't have time to deal with it.

So yeah, I'm with you on the 30 day thing...and beyond. It just isn't worth it to drink when you see how things could be without alcohol.

I have the same struggle. I do well during the week, but loose the battle on Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Wine is my weakness. I will join the challenge!

I recently cut almost all of the alcohol out of my life. I have a beer on occasion, like maybe once every two weeks.

My husband is moving toward a healthier lifestyle too, but he still drinks and so do my friends. I have found that the trick that works for me is making sure that I have something to drink while everyone else has alcohol. My choices are usually an unsweetened iced tea with lemon or a soda water with lime. If I don't get something like that to drink, I weaken and often order a beer.

I find that I wake up easier in the morning and have more energy through out the day. You can do it!!!

Drinking is killer. You will make it MUCH harder to lose the weight by ruining your healthy habits with drinking. Try to limit yourself to a glass (wine/beer) or 2 per week max.

I know lots of folks who drink daily and they are all fat. Plus, I would want to examine my motives if I felt like I needed to have a drink every day, just to relax. Don't get me wrong, I like beer, wine, rum, scotch, etc. just as much as the next guy. (Beer used to give me wicked heartburn because of the carbonation, but that is better now that I have lost weight.) And I really do enjoy the feeling of getting a little a buzz on. But not every day.

Living healthier is about making choices. Do you want to indulge your wicked sweet tooth (a particular issue for me) or do you want to be more active and less chubby? Do you want to drink beer or do you want to avoid having reflux that wakes you up at night? Do you want to be slim and healthy, reduce your risk for diabetes and a host of other weight-related diseases, or do you want to just eat whatever you feel like eating?

Your diet is like your budget. Everyone knows you can't just buy whatever you want if your budget does not support that purchase. Your daily diet is the same.

After reading these posts I decided to stop having my rum and diet coke or lite beer.....as I was just staying at one weight and not going anywhere no matter what I ate!......It seems to be working.....I lose 2 pounds this week....very strange, so I try to figure it out.
What I found is this:

Alcoholic drinks are full of ‘empty calories’ which means that you’re not taking in any useful nutrients. The other bad news is that alcohol is actually toxic so your body rushes to metabolise it and get it out of your system as soon as possible.

While this sounds like a good strategy it means that while your body is processing the alcohol it’s not getting to anything else you might have eaten. Wine and cheese tastes great but if your body is processing the wine, the calories from the cheese are being stored for later use. If you keep drinking, these extra food calories need to go somewhere. You don’t get a choice where they go so it’s probably where you least want them, thighs or stomach typically seem to win.

The other significant downside of alcohol is that it’s very dehydrating. You know what it’s like, after a few alcoholic drinks you keep having to go to the bathroom. Your body is desperately trying to flush out the toxins you’ve introduced into your system. The kidneys go into a bit of a panic and also try to retain any available water to dilute the poisonous by-products from the alcohol.

Their more on this here: How alcohol stops you from losing weight and getting fit.......http://www.beginnerexercise.com/how-alcohol-stops-you-from-losing-weight-and-getting-fit.html

Im the same... i can go monday to thursday without even thinking about having a drink but friday hits and im gagging to hit the bar! then saturday afternoon/evening im bound to be in my local having a few and sunday starts all over again.

Its the social aspect for me i hardly see grown ups all week so the pull of having the chance to go out and have a conversation with an adult and a few drinks is too much for me to fight off!
I do drink vodka (or brandy) & diet coke mainly or i occasionally have red wine or champagne.

I keep saying i need a month off but each time i think yep lets do it a party/function appears in my calendar and i fall at the first hurdle.

This coming weekend ive got a friends 50th birthday Champagne lunch to attend.

But im definately going to try harder to cut down