Alcohol once a week?

Iamcool

Ok so I know that alcohol is supposed to make you fat
Is it ok to go out drinking like once a week? I've started going out more and I'm afraid to gain weight because of the drinking!! I usually have like 10 shots. Will doing that once a week make me fat fast?
The only thing is that I don't go for take aways or anything on a night out and the next day I don't eat that much and I exercise too.

El_Dangeroso

Alcohol doesn't make you fat per se as alcohol calories cannot be stored efficiently enough, but it can make you hungry, especially the next day, which I suppose is the same thing.

Ten shots in one night is too much to be healthy though.

boogle

Ten shots is a bit excessive IMO. It also depends on what shots you're drinking. Some of them e.g. sambuca/tequila rose are syrupy and full of sugar as well as alcohol. If you have to have shots, get a whiskey/vodka/gin etc. and sip it.

elvis jones

Would that be shots as in with a mixer compared to just downed at the bar with other beer etc ???

A lot of people try to have vodka and diet coke thinking they are doing great and then have a chipper on the way home or a fry the next morning which eh........well ya know yourself.

xgtdec

if you go out in a night and have 10 shots......well...you have bigger things to worry about then being fat!!!!! drinking and being healthy do not mix!!! :Denjoy your next shot

Iamcool

Yeah I know that drinking lots is bad for you but I'm just worried about the weight gain for now.
Shots as in in those wee shot glasses like tequila and all those.