7 Ways Alcohol Makes You Fat

DudeMan · #1 09-02-2009, 12:33 PM

http://www.fitnessandmuscle.net/7-ways-alcohol-fat/

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7 Ways Alcohol Makes You Fat

If you’re interested in weight loss or building muscle then it’s probably a good idea to cut down on your alcohol intake, or ideally to cut it out all together. In my own experience alcohol and exercise just don’t mix. Here’s a few reasons why:

1. Prohibits Fat Burning
Alcohol produces waste products in the body called acetate and acetaldehyde. As your body processes these waste products it stops burning fat and even begins to create new fat, giving you double trouble if trying to lose weight.

2. Calorie Content
There’s around 180 calories in a pint of beer and 160 calories in a large glass of red wine. These calories have little or no nutritional benefit, known as empty calories. If you’re having a few drinks regularly then the calories start to add up.

3. False Hunger
After a few drinks alcohol will leave you feeling hungry, even if your body isn’t, so you’ll tend to eat more than you usually would. In my experience it’s unlikely that you’ll go for the healthy option after drinking alcohol. Anyone for pizza?

4. Next Day Blues
Alcohol lowers levels of serotonin, the ‘feel good’ hormone. After drinking you’ll feel depressed the next day and use food as a way to lift your mood. Alcohol also burns sugar in the body so you’ll be craving sugary and fatty foods.

5. Night Drinking
Most of us consume alcohol in the evening or at night. This is when your body has the least need for extra calories, and your metabolism is at its slowest, so you’ll store fat instead of burning calories.

6. Metabolic Clock
Alcohol leaves you feeling tired and could wreak havoc on your metabolism. You may find yourself sleeping at times that your body isn’t used to causing your metabolism to suffer as well as your waistline.

7. Less Muscle, More Fat
Drinking alcohol prohibits the building of muscle. In order to build muscle you need to be well hydrated and alcohol dehydrates the body. It also raises the level of cortisol, a muscle wasting hormone. As muscle burns fat, the less muscle you have, the less fat is burned.

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A Real-Time Simulation · #2 09-02-2009, 12:47 PM

ShebaPoe · #3 09-02-2009, 12:54 PM

How I fight this:

(1) Drink only beer. This limits the amount of pure alcohol I can take in, well, at least in theory. It also ensures that I will not include mixers in my drinks like soda or even diet soda, sweet juices, and other crappy crap.

(2) Drink a lot of water even as I am drinking alcohol. I hydrate before and during the drinking period. As a result, I piss a lot. Sometimes, when a place is really crowded, I'll lean against the bar and piss under it. I can't go at 100% pressure or I will backsplash myself, and others. This has had some disastrous results, like when people bump into me. and then there was that time at Yianni's in Tallahassee where I pissed on a girl's leg on the dance floor. Her boyfriend was mad, mad, mad. But...yeah, drink a lot of water all night long.

(3) Avoid the late night shit-meal. No fast food at all. Pizza is not THAT bad; it's mostly just bread and cheese, but I dodge that too. I try to include decent food; sometimes, depending where I am going, I bring tuna fish or other pure - protein eats with me.

(4) The day I am going to drink, I exercise even more than usual to increase metabolism.

(5) The torture room. After a night of drinking, I get up, have a morning quickie with my new friend, drink a bunch of water, and run. No matter what. Metabolism goes right back up. Then I eat protein only until later in the day.

For us over 30, drinking and staying in fantastic shape requires some planning.

That Goblin · #4 09-02-2009, 01:09 PM

They forgot the most obvious one. (getting pregnant)

DudeMan · #5 09-02-2009, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MattTheSkywalker

, when a place is really crowded, I'll lean against the bar and piss under it. I can't go at 100% pressure or I will backsplash myself, and others. This has had some disastrous results, like when people bump into me. and then there was that time at Yianni's in Tallahassee where I pissed on a girl's leg on the dance floor. Her boyfriend was mad, mad, mad. But...yeah, drink a lot of water all night long.

dude are you f00king serious? That is funny as f00k. I've never heard/seen anything like that before

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Originally Posted by MattTheSkywalker

(3) Avoid the late night shit-meal. No fast food at all. Pizza is not THAT bad; it's mostly just bread and cheese, but I dodge that too. I try to include decent food; sometimes, depending where I am going, I bring tuna fish or other pure - protein eats with me.

Fundamentally pizza is actually good for you. Bread, cheese, tomato sauce. Its just that American commerical pizza is just loaded with grease, sugar, white flour, etc.

I try to keep a 'recovery drink' in the car that usually has about 20g whey protein. Helps to curb my appetite

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Originally Posted by MattTheSkywalker

(5) The torture room. After a night of drinking, I get up, have a morning quickie with my new friend, drink a bunch of water, and run. No matter what. Metabolism goes right back up. Then I eat protein only until later in the day.

a couple hours of hot sex between boozing & sleep helps a lot too. Burns those calories and increases metabolism. Keeps seratonin levels high too

remilard · #6 09-02-2009, 02:09 PM

Italian artisan pizza is made with white flour too.

As for the peeing on the bar thing, I incidentally read a story describing that recently.

It must be common.