Weight loss and drink

The_Bullman

Does losing weight - bodyfat - affect your ability to drink alcohol, or is it a bit of a myth?

amazingemmet

Not sure about the bf bit but the smaller you are the less you can drink as it takes less to get to a certain concentration in mg/kg

Smellyirishman

You should still have the ability to drink, don't worry!

Anyway, as above; smaller person, less drink needed for inebriation! Also, as other might say if your looking to lose weight you should limit your drinking, a lot.

DamienH

unless your knocking back vodka or absinth....... suppose you'd spend most of the week dying sick if you were drinking absinth * flashback of prague *

The_Bullman

aye - that's what I thought alright. it also makes sence now that I've turned into a lightweight drinker

rubadub

The_Bullman wrote:

I've turned into a lightweight drinker

Being a "lightweight" drinker is something to be very happy about. Easier on the pocket. I would hate to have to buy 12pints to get drunk.

Also if you are on a diet you may have less in your stomach so get far more drunk on the same amount.

There is no "lightweight" issue about it, you drink 4 pints on an empty stomach and you have the same alcohol level in your bloodstream, i.e. drunkeness, to get to the same level an obese man would have to drink maybe 7 pints.

Linoge

So how come in 2 lads the same size, one can be a light weight and one can be heavyweight?

Clseeper

Think there's a bit more too it, prob depends on how quick your body absorbs the alcohol. So i presume your metabolism or the equivalent has something to do with it, then your liver get rid of the alcohol so the faster that works the less in your bloodstream.

Smellyirishman

How often they drink, how fast they drink, thier body fat (I think), genetics, lots of things would affect how quickly alcohol affects you.

Wez

What is the best thing to drink if you're gonna be drinking and you wanna lose weight? I went to the gym on Friday and felt pretty skinny (first time I got checked out properly by a hotty) and went out that night and got seriously drunk (never again!). Since then I've felt like I've put on a good bit of weight, even though it's not even been a week..

TerrorFirmer

Spirits with diet drinks as mixers....or so I've been told. All this sacrificing my masculinity in bars better have been worth it!!

Smellyirishman

Do a search, there have been answers to that before. One pint water for every pint of beer is one suggestion, and making sure you don't make it too regular of an occurance.