Alcohol and fat loss

Alcohol And Fat Loss - What You Need To Know

Should you included alcohol in your diet or not?

Alcohol is something we all like to indulge in
from time to time - some more often than others.

So what's the real deal about alcohol and your progress? Is
this something that you can make room for in your diet or is
it something that you need to give the boot?

Alcohol And Calories

The first thing you need acknowledge is how many
calories are found in alcohol. Alcohol itself contains seven
calories per gram, whereas both proteins and carbs contain just
four each.

Fat comes in at the highest calorie value per gram at nine,
which places alcohol right in the middle.

But what's often worse is what the alcohol is mixed with.

If you're drinking your alcohol with high calorie or fat mixers
such as cream, sodas, or sugary mixers you could easily end up
with a drink that packs in well over 300 calories per serving.

If you take in three or four of these over the course of the
night, it's really going to add up.

Alcohol And Your Recovery

Finally, the last important thing to note about alcohol
consumption is the impact it will have on your recovery rates.

In addition to putting the breaks on all fat burning taking
place in the body, the second thing that alcohol is going to
put the breaks on is protein synthesis.

This means that no further lean muscle tissue will be built
up as long as that alcohol is in the body.

Again, you can imagine what this is going to do to your workout
goals.  So as you can see, if you want to be truly successful with your
fat loss and workout program, it's best if you can go without
alcohol for the time being.

One drink every now and then may not hurt all that much,
but if you're taking in any more than this, it will definitely
hinder your progress.
  
Personally I'd get in shape now and skip the heavy drinking
until the summer time so you can enjoy your new body and
not worry too much if you overindulge every now and then....
It makes sense;)

Any thoughts??

PS, Happy MOTHERS DAY to all the mums!