5 Reasons Why Alcohol Is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss

Gear Up For Success – Burn that body fat

April 19th, 2010

Lisa Paule

DSC00930 293x300 5 Reasons Why Alcohol Is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Most of us use alcohol when we go out with friends or family, and in most of our homes, alcohol is served with meals. For me, I have always used it because I am a very shy person, so it would help me socialize more with my peers. That’s the reason I have always used when I thought about why I even started to drink. It has been said that a woman should not consume more than one alcoholic day, and men are not to consume two alcoholic drinks a day. Learn these facts about alcohol and see the effects it has on your body.

1. Increases estrogen and decreases testosterone levels.

Estrogen can give you women characteristics if you are a guy, and the reduction in estrogen levels can mess up your muscle mass. For me, alcohol made me gain so much weight and increased my breast size by 3 cups. So, if you want to lose weight, stay away from alcohol or at least cut down on it.

2. Alcohol dehydrates you and causes water loss. The problem with the water loss is that it takes important minerals and vitamins that your body needs. Also, when you are dehydrated, it means that your body is craving for water, which is needed for most chemical reactions in your body.

3. Alcohol has empty calories and it increases the storage of fats. When the alcohol enters your body, the body basically gives it first preference, which means the calories that you get from food will have to wait being digested. That food ends up being stored as fat. Now you know, alcohol slows food processing in your body.

4. Alcohol contains 7 calories for every gram. Unfortunately for you and me those calories are empty, with no nutritional value for your body. If you are going to add calories into your diet, why don’t you opt for calories that are healthier?

5. I don’t know about you, but I tend to be more relaxed when I am drinking. This causes me to lower my inhibitions, and as a result it makes it easier for me to have a go at that pizza that I have been trying to avoid.

If you are planning to drink with your pals, make sure you eat a healthy balanced meal beforehand. Drinking on an empty stomach is not a good thing, and it will just end up making you feel hungry, and this will increase you binging on some take out.

You have to take care of how you manage your drinking, especially if you are trying to maintain an ideal body weight and size. A few drinks occasionally aren’t bad as long as you can handle the effects. Otherwise your muscle gaining goals can be totally affected in a very negative way.

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