Eating when drunk

You can't drink non alcoholic drinks while being social?

That aside, if you know you're gonna be drinking one night, why not pre-prepare some low calorie filling snacks you can safely munch when you get home? Check out the volume eaters thread, may be some ideas there.

I think you are setting yourself up with a false choice between being social and being drunk. You can still be social and either not drink at all, or nurse 1 or 2 light beers all night, even if others are drinking. I rarely drink anymore, and even rarer to excess, but I can still be with people who do without issue. It doesn't make the social experience any less enjoyable.

The truth is there's not a whole lot you can do when you're drunk if you have a tendency to overeating during those times, because lower inhibitions make it hard to responsibly plan. Last time I drank to excess, in addition to dinner, we continued with chocolate cake dessert and then because we kept drinking, nachos after that. That is what it is.

SeanD2407 wrote: »

If you plan on getting drunk set your goals to gain 1lbs a week for JUST that day only. That will give you 500 calories above maintenance for the day for those deep fried appetizers, chips and dips, and if you switch back to a deficit the following day you'll not go into red.

What? You'll still be eating 500 calories above maintenance...from the sound of it OP drinks often enough for it to set them back. This isn't solving the problem at all, it's just ignoring it.

OP, try drinking less often, as it sounds like you do it pretty often. I go out for a dive bar karaoke sesh every other weekend (sometimes every weekend) and I get that if you're in that environment to drink and have fun. If you really feel like you want to drink, try nursing a couple light beers (that's what I do). Prepare some low calorie snacks like popcorn or veggies for when you get home, perferrably by way of Uber.

There are various calorie banking stategies over the course of a week where you could “save” those calories for your night out. Or IF where you pretty much don’t eat all day and maybe even towards 4 o’clock saving your calories for the night.

If none of that works then In the end it comes to what you want more. I personally had to give it up except for a couple beers every couple months. My friends have changed and I have a new social life as a result and that’s just fine. People change.

f your not in a weekly calorie deficit you won’t lose weight and that’s really the bottom line

I take one day a week where I’ll hit the gym for 2 hours instead of 1. Then save up those calories for dinner and drinks. So far I’ve lost almost 40 pounds. Seems to be working for me.

Many on the thread seem to be missing the point...

This isn't a "help me not drink while out with friends so I don't get the munchies" thread. This is "what can I do to not *kitten* up my week of work because I decided to have a few" thread.

Some people like to drink and like it even more when around others. The unfortunate downside is lack of self-control when it comes to the food during/afterward.

OP:
Generally speaking, you will know the days where you are going to have a few drinks, and then likely eat those french fries or pizza. On days like that, I like to get in some extra cardio or cut out more of my calorie intake from earlier in the day. Now, not having a good base of calories before going into a drink fest can lead to much faster drunkitude, so need to be wary of that. (side benefit...it takes less booze to get ya buzzed! Woohoo for me!)

There are other ways of doing it as well. Such as banking calories all week long, or kicking your *kitten* the following day in the gym.

It all depends on how you want to do it. For me, the count the calories ahead of time and earn them through exercise/restriction works. For you, maybe something else will. You don't need to stop drinking/munching, you just need to "earn" them.


All that being said, it is far easier on the waistline to just say no, but where's the fun in that?