I don't drink as much as I used to but when I do, I still drink a decent amount. My biggest issue now that I'm in my mid 30s is the calorie intake. I love to drink, I like the taste, and the social setting – but I want to stay at a healthy weight. My weight fluctuates 30lbs up/down depending on my diet and when I see the shift starting, I begin to start a calorie deficit. If I'm consuming approximately 20 beers a weekend during the summer, that's 150 calories x 20 beers = 3000 calories consumed and as much as I like to say "oh well", I'm seeing that the weight is harder and harder to lose as I get older. What do you guys do? Drink less? Drink more? Only during summer months? I'm trying to find a good balance.
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what about not drinking during the week? like only weekend, and moderation.
Weed, man
>If I’m consuming approximately 20 beers a weekend during the summer
That’s your problem right there. There’s no need for that. Moderation in all things!
I pretty much stopped drinking entirely. 20 beers a weekend? That’s a lot.
Well, calories is calories, so it’s 20 beer and naught but kale salad, or cutting down on beer.
Yeah, my garden is replete with kale. And for a little flavour variety, mint and summer savory.
20 beers a weekend is a lot, aside from the weight that does take a toll on your body.
While I was in the police academy I noticed a difference in my PT performance if I had 2 beers at dinner the night before. I can’t imagine 10 or 20.
I do still drink and occasionally have 2-3 but it’s very rare
You need to have a rule, only drink with others, never by yourself. That way you can keep the benefits but in moderation. Or as another suggested only the weekends. If you want to drink less, you can keep less stocked in the fridge, or just store the extra somewhere inconvenient.
Personally i hate the dehydrated feeling i get after 1-2 drinks.
I choose to drink more water, if im feeling the need for something extra, a flavored or sparkling water like Bubbly.
If you want to keep drinking, then you need to eat less. 90% of weight loss is about what we do in the kitchen and what we consume. The other 10% is exercise.
What kind of beer are you drinking? You could switch to something with a higher alcohol content and not drink as many.
I work out a lot during the week and also have a physical job. It helps stay in shape. Either drink less or exercise more and diet hardcore.
what type of beer and what size?
At a level of “20 beers in a weekend” , the calories are honestly probably secondary to the effects on liver function if this is every weekend
If you have to ask yourself that. Yes.
That’s hard on your heart and your liver. I’d back way off from those numbers.At 70 I’ve lost several friends and a brother in law way too soon
After going hard for many years I just lost the appetite for it. I think having a girlfriend helped. I don’t have to go out and chase women which was really me just drinking too much on a Friday or Saturday night.
Uhh 20 beers a weekend is a ton
Didn’t read but if your asking, yes
I don’t drink. I have been always skinny, since, well, ever.
And I am sure the only reason I am still skinny is that I don’t drink or snack or those things
I’m cutting out beers as well. The empty calories have been adding up. Gonna give it a month or two and see what happens
I’ve stopped drinking heavily and I’ve also lost weight.
The great thing about being a lightweight is 2 or 3 light beers gets me pretty drunk.
Switch to light beer and drink less.
Switch to vodka
I’ve def toned it do n as I’ve aged. When it was drink to get drunk, not keeping the amount in check, hangovers worsen terribly with age, I was blacking out, and making bad decisions that I regretted; I would embarrass myself, or the one that people talk about. Not everyone but they went hand and hand when drinking. This is something I’ve battled from age 30 to now 47. Maybe once a month, but still tend to duct tape the throttle wide open…. 😂 I plan with rides or uber now, get free room at the casinos near me, etc. it is still my unwind thing, blow off steam night, and my run for governor social shenanigan.. 😂
I usually drink the same. Me and my gf split a 24 pack on Saturday and it carries over into Sunday. If we run out we get another. Been trying to tone it down tho so rn I’m having a cup of chamomile tea. I’ve had about 8 beers today and I cut it off early. I’ll probably drink more tomorrow. Then on Monday back to the grind and hopefully no drinking unless we stop in for happy hour somewhere
Less booze, more psychedelics 🧘
It’s not hard to lose.
I’m 46 and just dropped 40 pounds in three months with rigorous outdoor cardio (almost daily running a fitness trail 3 miles in steep hills) calisthenics and a strict diet.
No supplements, no short cuts, nothing fancy. Also no booze. Discipline is the biggest key. My family is my motivation.
Once you hit your goal weight you can decide if you want to drink again but I feel so good right now I’m choosing to stay dry.
If calories are your biggest concern, switch to gin and tonic
Honestly I do not drink 20 beers a weekend but I do drink probably ten, and have mixed drinks too. I also drink some weekdays.
I’ve noticed weight gain and increased drinking since I tore my knee up.
Its probably time for both of us to cut back.
10 beers a day is too many beers to be drinking with any sort of frequency. It’s one thing if you do that very rarely, but 2x week all summer is not that.
Additionally, a 22oz Sapporo isn’t “one drink” from an alcohol perspective, it’s equivalent to 1.8 drinks….so you’re really having 18+ drinks in a day.
Just to sink this in a little more: You know what is *less* than 18 standard units of alcohol? An entire 750ml bottle of Jack Daniels. You’re drinking more than an fifth of liquor in a day. Repeatedly.
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You haven’t explained much of anything about how you’re consuming this alcohol so it’s somewhat hard to give more detailed suggestions.
Do you just wake up and drink all day?
Are you somehow consuming 220oz of beer in a couple hours with friends/out at the bar?
You’re too old for that much beer every weekend. Sleep, calories, gut microbiota, inflammation, and indigestion will all catch up with you soon enough.
I stopped drinking at 26 for a variety of reasons. I doubt I’ll ever drink again. So many downsides, especially when you’re drinking 20+ over the course of two days
Have you tried a substitute for beer? Lots of folks in my area have made a switch from 10+ regular beers to 3-4 Michelob ultras and a gummie or two. Still not the greatest, but a big shift.
I switched to non alcoholic beers at first. It was a nice middle ground for those after work beers. Now I don’t drink at all. I realized that I mostly just liked a cold convient drink in a can. I drink Diet Pepsi and bubbly waters mostly now.
Quit 14 months ago. Don’t miss it.
I was drinking a lot of beer only one night a week on Friday night and I’m pretty sure that might’ve been a contributing factor to the stroke I had shortly after lucky for me it wasn’t a terrible life changing stroke but still a stroke all the same
Brother, I can smell the cope from here. You are drinking too much. I haven’t drank 10 beers in a day in nearly 20 years and even then that was a lot.
No amount of exercise or diet is going to outrun drinking that many calories every day, and I don’t know you but I can’t imagine that amount of drinking not effecting your life in other ways as well. Don’t think about cutting back to ten, think about cutting back to two, and if you don’t think you can do that then maybe you have more of a problem than you realize and you should talk to your doctor about it.