beer a big problem?

[gymtime]

If you wanna drink on the weekends, fine. But stay away from beer. It's an empty calorie nightmare. Stick with rum or vodka with diet mixer.

 

[JKurz1]

If you wanna drink on the weekends, fine. But stay away from beer. It's an empty calorie nightmare. Stick with rum or vodka with diet mixer.

no more of an empty calorie than rum or vodka bro.........actually, I bet the latter is worse, since beer is mostly water and alcohol has a comparable calorie ratio to fat........lesser of two evils, none the less.......

 

[gymtime]

no more of an empty calorie than rum or vodka bro.........actually, I bet the latter is worse, since beer is mostly water and alcohol has a comparable calorie ratio to fat........lesser of two evils, none the less.......

Actually, straight alcohols like rum and vodka contain no real macro nutrients and precious little calories. The high calories come from the sugary mixers.

Plus, the average person will consume several times more beer than the would straight alcohol in a sitting.

Strictly speaking, you shouldn't be doing either. But if you want to go out and get liquored on the weekends and spare yourself the most amount of calories, it's no contest.

 

[anthrax]

Alcohol = 0 benefit (a just a few for your cardiovascular systems through polyphenols in red wine)

Alcohol = calories, less T and a few more drawbacks

 

[~SC~]

Very useless thread. The answer is obvious.

~SC~

 

[KWKSLVR]

Alcohol is alcohol and whether you get 150-200 calories from a couple of shots of Southern Comfort or a couple of beers, it's all the same. This is a substance that must be cleared from your system before fat (or anything else) can be burned. Just think on that.

I have a beer every so often. Heck, my favorite taste is Southern Comfort on the rocks or a nice single malt scotch. I'd rather have 1 SoCo over 4 beers any day of the week. But I also keep in mind that every time I pour myself a double, that's 360 calories that I've just added to my day.

Stay away from it as a habit because alcohol and health don't mix, period. My last year of college I tore out! Between the course of the day (class, yes class and play) I was sucking down 1200-2000 calories a day, all from alcohol (usually liquor). Drinking to get drunk ain't gonna help the ole physique. Having a drink or two with friends once a week is fine as long as you have curbed you're eating and you are working around it.

 

[borg4902]

Dude drink in moderation, moderation is the key here do whaever the hell u want as long as it not in excess dont worry about is life is to short live it while u can. Because it can all be taken away in an instant and those months of sacrafise have been for nothing. Trust me I learned the hard way.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

ok mate your weekend is an alcohol binge, youll suffer a reduction in protein synthesis by as much as 50% as per some studies on the weekend plus some fat gain at the time, especially if you eat

at the end of the day you can still cut but the chances of you losing muscle are higher, and your fat loss will be slower.

all comes down on what your priorities are. if having your beers and maybe picking up a girl or 2 on the weekend is your thing, then its all good as far as im concerned

wouldnt drink that much if i were on any drugs that were hard on the liver though, ie oral roids, dnp, that sort of thing

i could write a more detailed response but...fuck man its a case of beer!!

 

[JKurz1]

ok mate your weekend is an alcohol binge, youll suffer a reduction in protein synthesis by as much as 50% as per some studies on the weekend plus some fat gain at the time, especially if you eat

at the end of the day you can still cut but the chances of you losing muscle are higher, and your fat loss will be slower.

all comes down on what your priorities are. if having your beers and maybe picking up a girl or 2 on the weekend is your thing, then its all good as far as im concerned

wouldnt drink that much if i were on any drugs that were hard on the liver though, ie oral roids, dnp, that sort of thing

i could write a more detailed response but...fuck man its a case of beer!!

For me, although I haven't had a drop of liquor since New Years 2002, it's the next day and the days to come..........in college, I could booze hard all night and continue where I left off the next am...........now, my training suffers for days.............not worth it...........

 

[GoldenDelicious]

me too, im bloated and feel like shit for the whole weekend if i have even 4 beers on a friday. takes days for me to feel good again