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How To Drink Alcohol While Building Muscle and Losing Fat

You most likely know by now that drinking beyond 1-2 drinks of alcohol (in any form) each day is NOT good for you. Here’s why:

* Body treats it like estrogen, which is your enemy

* Slows fat loss.

* Extremely high in empty calories.

* Spoils the quality of sleep.

* It does not quench thirst, it makes thirst worst

* Real bad for your liver.

My professional advice: Don’t drink at all if you want to make maximum muscle gains and lose as much fat as possible.

But let’s face it. This is the real world, and you probably like to drink as much as the next guy (the younger you are the more you probably like to drink). So here’s some tips to keep your muscle building and fat loss on progress when you choose to “indulge”:

Load up on Water

Loads of the bad stuff that comes from drinking can be restrained with water consumption. Alcohol dehydrates you, therefore drink plenty of water before, during (if possible) and certainly before hitting the sack. Moreover, alcohol helps your body do away with great amount of toxins you just doused it with in the form of alcohol.

Avoid Sugary mixers

Refrain from sugary mixers in your hard alcohol. Consuming sugar while drinking alcohol is the worse thing you can do for fat gain.

Get rid of carbs

Don’t consume carbs before, during or after if you’re drinking alcohol. In short: The carbs get turned to fat much easier because your body is trying to process the alcohol. Plus Protein will stay with you longer so you won’t eat as much and the higher thermic rate makes it less likely to promote fat gain.

Observe the 1-2 drinks a day during weekdays

There’s already enough evidence to suggest that 1-3 drinks a day is good for you. If you enjoy drinking a beer or two a day or glasses of wine or whatever, don’t worry about it. Try not to binge EVERY night. If you’re going to binge

Drink hard only a couple days a week.

Such as Friday and and Saturday, or something like that. Here’s what to do: Don’t eat plenty during the day if you’re going to whoop it up that night. After that make sure you get some good protein into your system to help protect your stomach. In addition, some foods high in fiber like beans is good as well. It will remain with you and help you feel fuller, perhaps absorb some toxins-definitely help flush them out the next day when you “eliminate”.

Workout 2-3 hours before you whoop it up

Because your muscles get depleted of glycogen after you workout doing this might make it easier for your body to turn even more of the empty calories you ingest later on that night into muscle, instead of fat.

Don’t eat too much once you get drunk

Nearly all drink up to they’re really drunk, then get hungry and choose to eat a bunch of crap food. This is NOT going to help. Go along with the protein tip above, and drink more water to help you feel full.

Have fun playing beer pong or other games

You might actually burn 20-30 calories in a “Vigorous” game of beer pong. You’ll probably drink more though as a result. My advice: Drink less to make your aim better - so you drink less during the game (because you’re winning) which overall leads to less drinking! Play “strip” versions of these games for even more fun.

If you just want to get drunk, be disciplined

It’s not good for your health (emotionally, mentally OR physically) to drink to “get drunk” but I realize this is why most people do it. They drink because they think it makes them more secure, more fearless, or more accepted. That’s all bullsh*t, you really need to get your confidence issues handled, however I realize most people still do it.

Therefore if you’re drinking for “effect” then remember: be disciplined. Get a high alcohol spirit like Everclear or 151, cut it with ice and water, or do a couple shots, you’ll get drunk faster. And you won’t have to drink as much. (at least it’s better than drinking 36 beers right?)

I can’t believe I’m giving this advice, but I know people will still do it, so just be “efficient” about it and perhaps it will help you not to go too much next time.

Go for low-fat beers and wines

Low-calorie beers are the lowest. Dark stouts such as Guinness are next. Followed by the rest. Red wines are lesser in calories (and contain added resveratrol), followed by the rest.

Things to do when you’re hangover:

Here’s some tips if you might be hangover in the morning:

* Keep away from NSAID’s such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and all that because blended with the alcohol it is extremely bad for your liver and stomach, and so on…

* Get some water and Gatorade to top up electrolytes, etc…

* Take multivitamins/multi-mineral supplements to replenish more…

* Eat eggs, bacon and the like. They are great sources of protein and it’s good for you!

* Workout well enough to drip some toxins out plus make sure to it that you drink water all the time…

* Get some shuteye…

You know you wouldn’t though if you do

Opt to “over indulge” you should at least stick to the guidelines I’ve set out here. The real issue you should take in hand is:

“why do I feel the need to drink so much?”

You’ll probably find out that it’s an issue with your self confidence not being able to say “no” to your peer group or trying to “Fit in” or some other such nonsense. Or you don’t like reality and you’re just trying to escape from it by getting trashed. None of these things are healthy and you need to get these issues handled before you do some damage.

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