How much would dropping alcohol completely help me lose some weight? I feel like I binge food when I'm drunk. Not sure how true that is though.

  • Staines [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Alcohol is calorie syrup.

    You could probably drop a pound a week by cutting out drinking for a month.

  • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    A lot, I lost 25 lbs when I quit binge drinking… 20 beers and half a pizza every other night is a lot of calories

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    No only will you lose weight, you'll sleep a lot better and wake up with more energy. I've been off the booze for a month or so now and it's great.

  • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Alcohol really, really bloats you. Youll look a lot better after ~2 weeks without alcohol.

    • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      You’ll also sleep better meaning more recuperative sleep vs just passing out

      • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Turns out,

        spoiler

        It's poison! That's okay, I'll still keep drinking that garbage.

  • shimmer [undecided]
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    2 years ago

    Quitting alcohol will improve every facet of your life unless it's the only way you socialize. That takes more time to rework.

  • jabrd [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Take a break to test it and see how you feel. It’s not like there will be any downsides to laying off the liquor for a minute. It’ll help your bank account too

  • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    It'll help - alcohol has a bunch of calories in it - I cut back drinking pretty drastically while I was on vacation and I think I did definitely lose a few pounds from that and some extensive walking for two weeks, even though I didn't really watch my food intake all that much. It'll be a definite step in the right direction.

  • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    As someone who drinks heavily 6 nights a week, I can almost unequivocally say it will help you lose weight

    Edit: would be nice to get to 3 nights a week. Hashtag life goals. Trying this month lol

  • JohnBrownsBussy [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I recently cut my alcohol consumption significantly and have been losing a pound a week without any other lifestyle changes. You'll lose weight and feel better.

  • Bnova [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    If you drink heavily 2-3 times a week I would assume that drinking heavily means at least 4 beers, which would average about 150-200 calories for a standard IPA or up to 300 for heavier beers. On the minimum side cutting drinking for a bit would remove 1200 calories from your diet or about half a pound a week not including the food that you would avoid binge eating. On the maximum side it could remove 3600 calories a week or over one pound on its own. So without resting calories in any meaningful way you could lose your excess weight in a half year to a year by eliminating drinking.

  • weirddodgestratus [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I moved from a legal weed state to the south temporarily and I've been drinking a lot more since as a result. I've gained like 20 pounds in the ~3 months I've been here. Alcohol fuckin sucks.

    • 2Password2Remember [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      alcohol really is the worst drug out there in terms of fun effects compared to the damage it does to your body. shit sucks

      Death to America