Again, I don’t restrict anything. This might help if you’re wondering why you aren’t reaching your goals but excessively drinking multiple times a week.
Metabolism: alcohol puts a hold on all metabolic processes within the body until fully consumed. Your body can’t convert calories from alcohol and instead has to use them up which stores the food you’ve consumed as fat in the meantime. So drinking and consuming large amounts of calories puts a hold on burning the food until the alcohol is processed & consumed.
Empty calories: There’s no nutritional value in alcohol. Alcohol contains more calories than proteins & carbs so it’s easy to surpass daily calorie limit.
Cortisol: alcohol increases cortisol levels for up to a day (stress hormone) and as you know from my previous post on stress & fat loss, if done in excess, it has a negative impact on your progress.
Protein synthesis: alcohol reduces protein synthesis which decreases your ability to build muscle if you frequently drink.
I love my wine and going out with friends/family. I fit it into my calories and or macros. I usually just keep it to calories because I don’t feel like sitting there calculating everything while I’m trying to enjoy myself. Again, I keep things as simple as possible. I
don’t keep myself from experiences just to keep my progress. What’s the point of dieting if you can’t do the fun things. I’m talking in terms of excessively drinking.
How to track the macros:
Found this little calculation breakdown online. Hope this helps you out!
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