Dear Bizi

the reason for counting carbs, and especially for limiting ready-carbs, is because they get converted to fat quicker than fat or protein, if not used right away.

** edited ** inaccurate - read this instead: http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/...ch/alcohol.htm

alcohol is 7 calories a gram, that you have to burn off.

no matter what your method of dieting, alcohol intake is a dietary/weight-loss consideration.

~ waves ~

i am confused Bizi
do you want to cut down on your drinking? isn't it dangerous also since you take medication?
how long have you been drinking a lot?
bobby

It is confusing.....
I love drinking.
It makes me more social, uninhibited, impulsive.
Some of my friends drink so drinking is a big part of my social life.
Since I have been dieting that sort of changed.
until I started binge eating and drinking....."fell off my diet"
a couple of months ago I posted that I was binge eating...I was also binge drinking.
Not good.
It is also the time period that I felt like I was hypomanic...which could be the case here too.
Switching to carb counting played into my desire to drink as much as I wanted, we were at a bar chatting with the regular bartender, she is pouring my 2 for one drinks and they are in small glasses so they go down in just a few sips, lots of ice. I had 7 of them in a short amount of time, I got trashed....and it was only 7:30 when we got home!
I was ok by morning. Made it to work just fine.
any way.
I am back to counting calories and back on my diet allowing myself room to have a beer or two at the end of the day...
I am reclaiming some sanity.
I just have to be careful!!!!!!!!
bizi

Dear Bizi

a beer or two at the end of the day is fine.

i might also suggest to target 2 days a week off, where you don't drink, or at least intend not to. you need to know if you miss it. it is a way of keeping in touch with where you are with it.

since it affects how calories are burned, you'd be taking better advantage of your gym work-outs if you chose gym days - or some of them - as non-drinking days.

if you can, avoid using alcohol as a reward. using it that way promotes psychological dependence. an indulgence is different from a reward. an indulgence that you earn or allow yourself because you have been "good" about something else - that is a reward.

do you keep charts for anything? mood, meds, anything? can you add alcohol in there... i think Donna's idea of keeping track is a good one. when you quantify it and have a record of it, it is easy to notice if there are trends over a period of time.

~ waves ~

thank you for your advice..it is good!
I have been using it as a reward! and allow my self to drink an extra beer if I have worked out.
But this is not good.
Earlier this evening I bought some beer and I also bought some diet tonic water. I love the way it tastes by itself.
I think that I can psych myself out of a beer tonight...just came home from the gym.... by having a diet tonic water instead.
Yes I will do this!
bizi

I don't understand why you continue to diet...you look fabulous!

thank you alffe!
that is very sweet of you!
I think I will be dieting for the rest of my life

p.s. I have a lot of jiggle left so that is not good.