Fri, Jan-13-17, 15:07
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Senior Member
Posts: 10,154
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Plan: LC--Atkins
Stats: 195/158/150
BF:
Progress: 82%
Location: Kansas City, MO
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But I do not want this to impede weight loss at all!
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YMMV on this. Chances are, alcohol WILL impede weight loss. Kinda depends on what you mean by "occasionally." The only way to find out how alcohol affects YOU is to use it (occasionally) and check your results over time.
Alcohol has fewer carbs than, say, wine. Calories can be moderate for a couple of ounces, but the alcohol goes straight to the liver and into your system as energy, thus diminishing your body's use of other energy sources, like fat stores, until the alcohol is used up.
Trouble with alcohol is, a couple of ounces "occasionally" isn't enough to make your life much happier. Well, not mine anyway. It usually ends up being more, and sometimes, in the general celebration, alcohol leads to relaxed eating. One carb leads to another.
If you're looking for "permission" to drink alcohol...well, it's up to you.
P. S. I notice the previous poster is male. I suspect that male bodies use alcohol more efficiently than female bodies do. Alcohol every day will definitely set you back.
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