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I am eating pretty clean seven days a week, have gained muscle in the past 5 months and am quite strong but my BF % is still too high and I lack definition. The only thing I can now point my finger at is that I drink at the weekend - Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. Maybe the odd Sunday lunch.
Drinks are gin, white wine, Campari and diet lemonade.
To be honest, if I try to cut out all booze I will probably fail. However, I am wondering whether there is a less fattening approach. Or is it the case that unless I DO cut out alcohol completely I will never get my BF down?
booze = sugar.
Work out how much you are drinking, the calories for each one and take that off your daily "allowance"... If you are taking in 1000 calories of booze a day on the Friday/Saturday/Sunday, but not compensating with a reduced food calorie intake, then you are gonna be too high.
Work out how much you are drinking, the calories for each one and take that off your daily "allowance"... If you are taking in 1000 calories of booze a day on the Friday/Saturday/Sunday, but not compensating with a reduced food calorie intake, then you are gonna be too high.
The nature of converting sugar to alcohol in a less than perfect way, means there are always residual sugar calories present in alcoholic drinks, as well as alcohol itself being calorific. Alcohol is 7kcals/g, sugar 4kcals/g.
The lowest calorie alcoholic drinks are white spirits - vodka, gin, rum. Anything else is basically loaded as much as any junk food.
If you want a sub 10% BF, you have to stop drinking completely. All these models and actors who have a 6-pack, at least in time for the photoshoot/movie will have stopped drinking for however long it takes.
I've been hovering around 11-13% BF for the past 5 years or so because I like to drink 20-30 units a week. I've had a 6-pack, but I decided prefer to drink a 6-pack more than I do merely owning a 6-pack...
There's looking good and then there's the indulgence sacrifice it takes, so you have to ask yourself how much you really want it.
The lowest calorie alcoholic drinks are white spirits - vodka, gin, rum. Anything else is basically loaded as much as any junk food.
If you want a sub 10% BF, you have to stop drinking completely. All these models and actors who have a 6-pack, at least in time for the photoshoot/movie will have stopped drinking for however long it takes.
I've been hovering around 11-13% BF for the past 5 years or so because I like to drink 20-30 units a week. I've had a 6-pack, but I decided prefer to drink a 6-pack more than I do merely owning a 6-pack...
There's looking good and then there's the indulgence sacrifice it takes, so you have to ask yourself how much you really want it.
Edited by mattikake on Sunday 8th September 16:05
Mobile Chicane said:
Except most low calorie mixers taste disgusting. Fever Tree low sugar is by far the nicest, but I'm sure it still contains sugar.
The nicest diet drink I've been able to come up with is vodka, diet ginger beer, and the juice of half a lime.
Sounds nice. I'll give it a whirl.The nicest diet drink I've been able to come up with is vodka, diet ginger beer, and the juice of half a lime.
I am pondering gin and slim tonight as it happens.
Goldblum, I am already running 5 mornings per week. Or were you suggesting running instead of having a drink? Running WHILST having a drink would be at best impractical and probably a poor idea from a health and safety perspective.
In all seriousness, I seriously think alcohol is the main problem in my diet. But as mention above, at the weekend it would be difficult to give up. What's needed is a legal low-calorie alternative to alcohol.
Perec said:
Goldblum, I am already running 5 mornings per week. Or were you suggesting running instead of having a drink? Running WHILST having a drink would be at best impractical and probably a poor idea from a health and safety perspective.
Yep, not a good idea.In the end I gave up booze...but I kept at under 10% bodyfat, more or less, for about 20 years whilst running 20-30 miles per week. In the end I figured I was more addicted to the endorphins than the alcohol so it was easy just to stop.
If you like a drink, you like a drink...to get movement now you might consider giving up.
Gwagon111 said:
Mobile Chicane said:
Except most low calorie mixers taste disgusting. Fever Tree low sugar is by far the nicest, but I'm sure it still contains sugar.
The nicest diet drink I've been able to come up with is vodka, diet ginger beer, and the juice of half a lime.
Sounds nice. I'll give it a whirl.The nicest diet drink I've been able to come up with is vodka, diet ginger beer, and the juice of half a lime.
Yep. Alcopops and fortified wines are your calorific enemy.
The same rule for "artificial" drinks applies to artificial and processes foods - if it tastes good, it's either high in sugar or high in sat fats, either way, calorific.
You (I) can cut 12% to 9% BF in 1 month just if you cut drinkingm if the rest of your diet and exercise is sound. But no drinking for a month, feck that'll be boring! I blame my Uni induction to drugs and acquiring a psychological taste for getting mullered.
The same rule for "artificial" drinks applies to artificial and processes foods - if it tastes good, it's either high in sugar or high in sat fats, either way, calorific.
You (I) can cut 12% to 9% BF in 1 month just if you cut drinkingm if the rest of your diet and exercise is sound. But no drinking for a month, feck that'll be boring! I blame my Uni induction to drugs and acquiring a psychological taste for getting mullered.
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