Brittni
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TISH - YOUR SON IS SOOOOOOOOOO FRIGGIN CUTE!! OH MY!!! LOL!
Mell - what kind of liqour are they using in the cocktails or it's just those jug things? If you know the name brand/flavor, you can easily google it as there are tons of sites w/the calorie intake. It's amazing how many calories are in some alcohol. Realistically, two probably won't hurt.
Just know this: Alcohol is the FIRST thing your body burns. Our body has a system of burning off alcohol, then carbs, then fat (I think) etc... So it will have to work to burn off the alcohol before it can burn off anything else. Therefore it doesn't necessarily make you gain weight (unless you drink that much every day) but it will temporarily hault your weight loss because it's working to burn off that alcohol. Once it's gone you'll be back to burning normal though. Interesting, hey.
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I'll also be drinking this weekend and I'm sticking with either Mikes Light or Smirnoff with 0 calories or Bacardi with 0 carbs. lol
Mell - what kind of liqour are they using in the cocktails or it's just those jug things? If you know the name brand/flavor, you can easily google it as there are tons of sites w/the calorie intake. It's amazing how many calories are in some alcohol. Realistically, two probably won't hurt.
Just know this: Alcohol is the FIRST thing your body burns. Our body has a system of burning off alcohol, then carbs, then fat (I think) etc... So it will have to work to burn off the alcohol before it can burn off anything else. Therefore it doesn't necessarily make you gain weight (unless you drink that much every day) but it will temporarily hault your weight loss because it's working to burn off that alcohol. Once it's gone you'll be back to burning normal though. Interesting, hey.
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| There are seven calories per gram of alcohol. A single glass of white wine or an ounce and half of hard liquor provides about 90 calories; a regular beer gives you 150 (a light beer provides about 110). You can almost double the calories in hard liquor if you add a mixer such as fruit juice or tonic water. A typical martini contains 210 calories and a Pina Colada in excess of 300. When you're trying to lose weight, alcohol also works against you because the calories it supplies are "empty" - they provide you with no beneficial nutrients. The alcohol calories you consume aren't stored. Instead, they're converted to acetate, a type of fuel that the body burns quickly. As a result, you burn off your alcohol calories before you burn the fat you are trying to eliminate by increasing your exercise and cutting back on your food intake. Also, alcohol can actually stimulate your appetite, loosen your inhibitions and undermine your willpower, causing you to eat more than you planned. |
I'll also be drinking this weekend and I'm sticking with either Mikes Light or Smirnoff with 0 calories or Bacardi with 0 carbs. lol
I'm 5'8" and was down to 150 the last time I checked. I'm not sure what my goal weight is, I was thinking 135? But I'm not sure if that's too low?
