Alcohol and weight loss.

MaitreyeeMAYHEM
MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
edited September 29 in Health and Weight Loss
I tend to loose weight when I drink. I wake up the next morning and I loose 5 pounds. Anyone know of the reason why? I've been trying not to drink because its bad for you when you diet and because my cousin is an alcoholic.

Replies

  • frecklesthehen
    frecklesthehen Posts: 6
    for me its b/c i drink soooo much that im not hungry so i dont eat like all day and night, but i keep drinking alcohol till i puke. and for the record, i havent had a drink in ages!
  • lausa22
    lausa22 Posts: 467 Member
    It'll be dehydration. You drink, you become dehydrated, you lose water weight.
  • cassieeee10
    cassieeee10 Posts: 55
    Drinking alcohol dehydrates you, so it seems like you lose weight. It's not permanent though. The weight comes back after you're hydrated.
  • AZDon
    AZDon Posts: 21 Member
    I'd guess that it is dehydrating you more than anything... Otherwise I'd be half in the bag right now trying to lose weight. ;-)
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    Well i stopped drinking but since its the holiday I had a small Corona with lime. It tasted good but I noticed that back when I used to drink hard liquor I used to always wake up with weight loss that was about 5 pounds. I just never knew of why even tho I drank water that whole night.

    freckles- I hate puking. lol I always try to hold it in. I always had to try and build up my tolerance.
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    I'm suffering from this exact problem right now ;)

    Also, a hangover.
  • arw060310
    arw060310 Posts: 256 Member
    Dehydration. Same thing happens to me. The next morning I'm so thirsty for water I feel like I'm gonna shrivel up and die!
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    Overall, hangovers are the worst. Its bad to drink a lot when you are trying to diet. You gain the weight back and your body isn't storing a large amount of food to hold i in. You start to shake and your hangover is worse the next day.
  • summalovaable
    summalovaable Posts: 287 Member
    This always happens to me! Except this time I binged like craaaaazy all day and drank about a mickey of whiskey... but still lost weight? And the weight has STAYED off since that night. I think alcohol may be a new diet plan? haha
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    This always happens to me! Except this time I binged like craaaaazy all day and drank about a mickey of whiskey... but still lost weight? And the weight has STAYED off since that night. I think alcohol may be a new diet plan? haha

    thought about that but i don't want my chances of becoming an alcoholic to go up. lol
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    I'm suffering from this exact problem right now ;)

    Also, a hangover.

    Same here!
    I got on the scale this AM and was 171.8 pounds...which is about four pounds less than what I weigh normally! So it's funny this was posted because I was so curious.
  • mmrrhk
    mmrrhk Posts: 1
    Dehydration!! but not in a good way. Think of all those calories you have consumed when drinking!!
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    Dehydration!! but not in a good way. Think of all those calories you have consumed when drinking!!

    i normally dont drink cuz of family stuff and my career but it was a holiday.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I tend to loose weight when I drink. I wake up the next morning and I loose 5 pounds. Anyone know of the reason why? I've been trying not to drink because its bad for you when you diet and because my cousin is an alcoholic.

    You are probably losing water weight. Alcohol can be very dehydrating. I drink alcohol most days as part of my diet and havent had any trouble losing weight. I just eat less to make up for the calories.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories