Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

[perdida]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

Hello, I'm new!

This is so disappointing. While there are plenty of good reasons for me to stop drinking two bottles of wine a night, one of my big motivations was losing weight. Since making a spectacle of myself at a party last week I have had nothing but two beers since Monday (it's Friday) and I'm up about 7 pounds!!! I'm probably eating more (although I ate plenty when I was drunk) but not enough to make up for the alcohol calories.

What are other people's experiences about how long it took for their bodies to right themselves!

[Bruunhilde]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

spacebebe01;1322415 wrote: I will get my cozzy on and go to the mersey for a loverley swim, If theve got wi fi in the hozzy I will let you know how it goes when Ive finished having my stomach pumped:H Urgg I used to go windsurfing in a dock until I noticed all the shit and eels and used jonnies and just uuurggg

Eeeeekk! Used Johnnie's - LOL. And you know it makes me happy to see anything with the word shi t being used for its truest purpose!

Space what is a cozzy and Mersey and hozzy?

[spacebebe01]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

I dont know what I was thinking when I wrote that I usually try to translate for you all. Swimming costume, Hospital, and the River Mersey which I live quite close too, but its not a nice river you would swim in tho, it used to house massive docks and is the reason Liverpool is here, it has been cleaned up a lot in recent years but when I was a kid we where told that if you went in there the pollution would kill you, and it worked we didnt dare risk it but I now now that was one of those stories told to kids to make them behave, I soo believed it tho

[Bruunhilde]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

Thanks, that's a hilarous translation. I would love to hear you speak - can we post audio clips here? I'm sure there's a way to link to a clip you post on the web but that would take all sorts of doing and thinking and neither of us is up to it, I think. I could talk for you and you could talk for me and we'd both have a laugh about how different we sound.

That river sounds like Lake Erie sounded when I grew up - people used to have a standard joke about Lake Erie and how full of pollution and garbage it was, it was considered poisonous. Now I think its been clean for years. Probably to push up the real estate pricing there.

[wanttobesober]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

Interesting series:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0zD1gj0pXk&feature=relmfu[/video]]The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 1): An Epidemic for Every Body - YouTube

Another one:
This lecture is about an hour and a half long, but worth to watch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM&feature=BFa&list=HL1341275686[/video]]Sugar: The Bitter Truth - YouTube

[wanttobesober]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

Funny and sad!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXNe3LHlVxU[/video]]Americas Crazy Obesity Problem (Feb 2012) - YouTube

[wanttobesober]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

This is hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOx9uwBfKGc&feature=relmfu[/video]]Supersize.vs.Superskinny Summary Part 1/5 - YouTube

[Garyford]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

I quit drinking 6 weeks ago. I was 206 then and am 188 now. The Dr said my ideal weight should be 170.

Elimination of alcohol had an immediate quadruple benefit:

1) Not drinking 6 beers a day eliminated 900 calories right off the bat.
2) Of course the beer always had junk food to go along with it... chips, pizza... etc. Not drinking eliminated that as well.
3) All this eating and drinking was done right before bed... the WORST time to eat/drink anything.
4) After a night of drinking, I was too hungover to go to the gym, so I wasn't burning that which I ate/drank.

So now the booze is gone, my diet is under control, and I am feeling good at 5:00am and hitting the gym hard. I hope I can maintain it.

One bit of news that reenforced my decision to stop drinking, was that a routine blood test showed my liver functions were becoming abnormal due to liver damage. The damage was mild, caught early and still completely reversable, but it is now very clear that alcohol is now, and forever shall be, a no no for me.

[LibraryGirl]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

wanttobesober;1345411 wrote: This is hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOx9uwBfKGc&feature=relmfu[/video]]Supersize.vs.Superskinny Summary Part 1/5 - YouTube

It's kind of entertaining, I guess, but completely ridiculous as a proper way to address eating disorders.

[daisy45]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

Garyford;1389738 wrote: I quit drinking 6 weeks ago. I was 206 then and am 188 now. The Dr said my ideal weight should be 170.

Elimination of alcohol had an immediate quadruple benefit:

1) Not drinking 6 beers a day eliminated 900 calories right off the bat.
2) Of course the beer always had junk food to go along with it... chips, pizza... etc. Not drinking eliminated that as well.
3) All this eating and drinking was done right before bed... the WORST time to eat/drink anything.
4) After a night of drinking, I was too hungover to go to the gym, so I wasn't burning that which I ate/drank.

So now the booze is gone, my diet is under control, and I am feeling good at 5:00am and hitting the gym hard. I hope I can maintain it.

One bit of news that reenforced my decision to stop drinking, was that a routine blood test showed my liver functions were becoming abnormal due to liver damage. The damage was mild, caught early and still completely reversable, but it is now very clear that alcohol is now, and forever shall be, a no no for me.

Welcome Gary and well done you! 6 weeks is great and with the added bonus of weight loss and being super-fit'!
Take a look around here; there are a few threads where you will feel comfortable. Check out the Newbies Nest.
You have made a great start to your sober life and being here will give you the strength to carry on......

[lostsole]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

A few easy ways to shed weight quickly-

liposuction
methamphetamine habit (hey you gave one up, why not fill that void?)
zero g boots

[Alcoholic]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

Lostsole:
Lol! I want the 0 g boots but they won't make me look slimmer.

[lostsole]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

Well they are fashionable and great for puddle jumping.

[Alcoholic]

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Lostsole:

There you go: a fat lady in fashionable 0 g boots jumping over puddles.... I'm sure that would be quite a spectacle! Lol!

[Hippyman]

Weight loss after quit drinking!?...

daisy45;1389888 wrote: Welcome Gary and well done you! 6 weeks is great and with the added bonus of weight loss and being super-fit'!
Take a look around here; there are a few threads where you will feel comfortable. Check out the Newbies Nest.
You have made a great start to your sober life and being here will give you the strength to carry on......

WOW, somedays I would drink 18 beers. I should have the pounds melting away from just stopping that maddness!