this is a different question I suppose

[cindylou]

Okay my diet has been perfect for 4 weeks ; not one cheat.....Meal.

But I have been drinking one night a week.

I've subbed my cheat meal for just drinking ; no actual food involved. I eat my same meals but just add some beer and rum on Saturdays. Not a crazy binge drink session ; but more than just a couple and enough to be drunkish but not wasted.

I guess what I'm saying is that I'd rather drink with my friends than eat a pizza and some ice cream for a cheat.

How long can I get away with this? lol.

How bad is this??? I want to live too ; but the only thing I crave is alcohol. I could watch all of Pizza Hut commericals and KFC and applebees and nothing happens to me ; but if I'm watching a show on TV or whatever and they are drinking ; my mouth starts to water.

This has only been since I cut out drinking totally last spring to diet down and it totally sucked! I can do without the food ; but not my good time with the girls and everything - I'm still young!!

do you think its wierd that I would rather drink than eat cheat food? Because I'm totally serious!!

Is it all just calorie responsibility and I can pick my cals from wherever? which is worse donuts or margaritas?

 

[treilin]

Okay my diet has been perfect for 4 weeks ; not one cheat.....Meal.

But I have been drinking one night a week.

I've subbed my cheat meal for just drinking ; no actual food involved. I eat my same meals but just add some beer and rum on Saturdays. Not a crazy binge drink session ; but more than just a couple and enough to be drunkish but not wasted.

I guess what I'm saying is that I'd rather drink with my friends than eat a pizza and some ice cream for a cheat.

How long can I get away with this? lol.

How bad is this??? I want to live too ; but the only thing I crave is alcohol. I could watch all of Pizza Hut commericals and KFC and applebees and nothing happens to me ; but if I'm watching a show on TV or whatever and they are drinking ; my mouth starts to water.

This has only been since I cut out drinking totally last spring to diet down and it totally sucked! I can do without the food ; but not my good time with the girls and everything - I'm still young!!

do you think its wierd that I would rather drink than eat cheat food? Because I'm totally serious!!

Is it all just calorie responsibility and I can pick my cals from wherever? which is worse donuts or margaritas?

No your not wierd many people would rather drink then eat their cheats. Bad thing about the alcohol is it affects your hormones decreasing test which can have an affect inside the gym. I just don't bother with it especially if I am cutting. If you are not shooting for a particular competition, or goal body fat etc.. then I wouldn't worry about it to much.

 

[velvett]

I prefer a glass of wine (er, or two) - I enjoy it and the following day I don't feel like hell.

 

[cindylou]

hmmm. Well ; I thinking more along the lines of 4 or 5 beers and a coupla spiced rum's and diet cokes over the course of 5-6 hours instead of pizza or hamburgers.

Total cals coming in around 600 -800 sometimes more ; but thats along the lines of a hamburger or whatever.

I'm working on drinking less and less each and each week ; but its easier for me to feel less deprived if I'm allowed to indulge and I find if I dont eat my cheat meals and drink them instead I'm less likley to crave sugar fat ; carbs etc.

I'm suprised because I always thought if I drank it would cause me to eat taco bell ; but so far so good ; as long as I dont have to sit at home I will sacrifice all!! LOL.

I might let myself have a cheat meal (actual food) once per month? I dont know.

I am still trying to lose fat at least .5 to 1 lb per week right now so I am still dieting.

Not drinking sugary drinks or anything ;

I'm glad to hear that im not the only one who likes to drink their cheats.

Maybe I'm not such a boozer after all. lol.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

It really depends on your goals etc. I know for me personaly nothing packs on the pounds like a few weekends of drinking.

 

[velvett]

hmmm. Well ; I thinking more along the lines of 4 or 5 beers and a coupla spiced rum's and diet cokes over the course of 5-6 hours instead of pizza or hamburgers.

Not drinking sugary drinks or anything ;

I'm glad to hear that im not the only one who likes to drink their cheats.

Maybe I'm not such a boozer after all. lol.

Yikes.

rum is made from sugarcane and molasses

4 or 5 drinks is kinda a lot and will bloat you just like regular food.

 

[Sassy69]

I had this discussion w/ my trainer years ago - I had a month before going on vacation & I wanted to lose 10 lbs. He gave me the diet & the training and then I said - OK I belong to a scuba diving club - we do happy hr once/ week & we drink - what can I drink. He said if you must, the clear alcohols are better - e.g. vodka and something like cranberry juice is a juice but cranberry is good for you -- so.... If you must that's what I was told was "optimal". Personally I opt for silver Capt Morgan & Diet Coke these days. Or vodka & Crystal Light. But as long as this is the balance you've chosen to accept in pursuing "Fitness" and still having this aspect of your social life - no one dies. It won't be optimal if you have specific goals on a time schedule (absolutely no drinking if you are on a competition schedule!)

You might consider changing your choice of adult beverages, but either way I'd make sure to drink LOTS of water. Beer has an estrogenic effect. Sugar booze in general causes insulin spikes and the depressant effect zones you out and it all dehydrates you -- say for each 8 oz drink, drink 2x that in water to keep yourself hydrated & keep the garbage moving.

 

[cindylou]

AH!

I am having a hard time w/ the whole moderation thing. I thought mabye if I excluded all cheat MEALS I would end up at the same amt of cals and could drink w/ abandon. Not total abandon ; but at least enough to feel a buzz and keep it for a couple of hours when I go out. I really like to drink. Cant help it ; the whole family does when I cut it out completley I feel like they dont want to hang out with me anymore or that I'm not fun or something. I'm not sure what it is ; but I dont like it.

Well ; I guess rum is off limits for now. Vodka and diet sprite it is. Yuck!!

 

[velvett]

AH!

I am having a hard time w/ the whole moderation thing. I thought mabye if I excluded all cheat MEALS I would end up at the same amt of cals and could drink w/ abandon. Not total abandon ; but at least enough to feel a buzz and keep it for a couple of hours when I go out. I really like to drink. Cant help it ; the whole family does when I cut it out completley I feel like they dont want to hang out with me anymore or that I'm not fun or something. I'm not sure what it is ; but I dont like it.

Well ; I guess rum is off limits for now. Vodka and diet sprite it is. Yuck!!

Vodka and Crystal light is not bad.

 

[cindylou]

I had this discussion w/ my trainer years ago - I had a month before going on vacation & I wanted to lose 10 lbs. He gave me the diet & the training and then I said - OK I belong to a scuba diving club - we do happy hr once/ week & we drink - what can I drink. He said if you must, the clear alcohols are better - e.g. vodka and something like cranberry juice is a juice but cranberry is good for you -- so.... If you must that's what I was told was "optimal". Personally I opt for silver Capt Morgan & Diet Coke these days. Or vodka & Crystal Light. But as long as this is the balance you've chosen to accept in pursuing "Fitness" and still having this aspect of your social life - no one dies. It won't be optimal if you have specific goals on a time schedule (absolutely no drinking if you are on a competition schedule!)

You might consider changing your choice of adult beverages, but either way I'd make sure to drink LOTS of water. Beer has an estrogenic effect. Sugar booze in general causes insulin spikes and the depressant effect zones you out and it all dehydrates you -- say for each 8 oz drink, drink 2x that in water to keep yourself hydrated & keep the garbage moving.

No I dont have a time limit per se but want to at least make SOME progress while dieting and somehow fit in some drink time w/ the friends. I've never done this before ; most of the time its all or nothing ; and then I binge drink for about a month! LOL. I've never tried captain morgan silver but I'm buying it tomorrow I am celebrating one of my close friends birthday's that I deeply love and I SKIPPED it last year because I was dieting!

I'm very excited to try this Captain MOrgan silver ; Spiced Rum is my drink of choice but this sounds good; I will also try and keep beer to 1 or 2. I drink miller light so its a little less cals / carbs.

See how excited I get about Captain Morgan? Most people get like that about Ben and Jerry's I must be a closet alcoholic.