I'm going to ask YOU ALL two very interesting question. I'd like to see if you know the answer. If you don't that's ok, you'll soon find out. But let me share what the question was this morning:
A woman came up to me asking me why she wasn't losing weight. She shared that she works out 5 days a week, eats very healthy but refuses to stop having her cocktails in the evening. She said she felt she deserved them. So what she does is she preserves "calories" for those drinks. Do you think preserving calories for alcohol is ok and keeps you on track? Or, No? And do you think that by having those cocktails after working out she is sabotaging her weight loss goals?
A woman came up to me asking me why she wasn't losing weight. She shared that she works out 5 days a week, eats very healthy but refuses to stop having her cocktails in the evening. She said she felt she deserved them. So what she does is she preserves "calories" for those drinks. Do you think preserving calories for alcohol is ok and keeps you on track? Or, No? And do you think that by having those cocktails after working out she is sabotaging her weight loss goals?
Now she was using 900 calories for food and the 450 for booze. Is that ok? NO.
You need the protein, carbs and fat for those 450 calories to continue to give your body the nesessary nutrients it so needs and to keep your metabolism functioning.
Those that answered on my Facebook page all most ALL of you had the correct answer. GOOD JOB!
Can Alcohol prevent weight loss? The answer is a big YES! I know plenty of people that workout at the gym then booze up when they get home. Their idea is, "I'll work it off tomorrow." Those, may want to rethink their strategy. Alcohol converts to sugar, sugar, sugar yes SUGAR and then has the ability to store fat LONG before you hit the gym. Have you ever been in the gym and smelled the acohol protruding out of someones pours from sweating? I have, it's a distinct smell and terrible.
When you workout you get dehydrated and obviously the way to get hydrated is by drinking more water post workout. I needed to know a little more, so I asked her about how long would it be from the time she left the gym until she poured her vodka/cran (sugar) cocktail and she said about 2 hours or so. Well in those two hours her body needed WATER to rehydrate and to be able to work through her body- NOT BOOZE? Why? Booze dehydrates the body even more!
After working out the muscles need time for REPAIR. Alcohol actually will disrupt this process and it blocks the protein that your muscles need post workout. Why? Alcohol is a toxin, we all know this. So, if you are boozing it up after your workouts, forget about getting RIPPED! You body uses human growth hormone during that muscle-repair process. By drinking alcohol will then reduce the secretion of human growth hormone (HGH), eliminating the gains that you made while you were in the gym pumping the iron and working out!
When I gave her the answer, her reply was, "I'm not giving up my cocktails every night, I'll just workout even harder!" Alrighty then. Those that know me, know I enjoy wine. I enjoy my 2 glasses on my off days from working out. I restrict on the two days that I do. If I work out those two othere days, no wine for me. NO PROBLEM!
On a weight loss/fitness journey? Bottom line is you CAN'T OUT TRAIN BAD NUTRITION! That RIPPED BODY IS MADE IN THE GYM AND YOUR KITCHEN EXPOSES IT!
This is such a great article! If you have anything current to share on this topic I would love to read it. I have so many friends who "deserve" wine, beer etc after working out and then later wonder why they are still looking flabby. I have tried to tell them that running for 30 min means nothing if they drink a bottle of wine later that night. Sick of people saying they want to look like me, or why can't they have abs instead of a belly and yet refuse to change eating and drinking habits. I finally got to the point where I stopped offering up advice even when asked. I guess I would also love your perspective on when eating/drinking habits of a partner are completely different than yours. Any recommendations on staying quiet?m
ReplyDeleteAll you can do is set an example. I hear ya when you say you get tired of people saying they want a body like you, but will not do what you do to get it. They are not ready. Some have to hit rock bottom, some never do. All you can do is keep setting an example and being who you are.
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