Alcohol and the FASTer Way: Rock the Mocktail — FASTer Way to Fat Loss® (2024)

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Can you drink alcohol on a faster way to fat loss? ›

TAKE IT EASY ON THE ALCOHOL!

When you drink, your body prioritizes metabolizing alcohol OVER metabolizing and burning fat for up to 24 hours. If you goal is to lose fat… save your alcohol for special occasions or weekends, but don't over do it. Commit to only drinking 1-2 glasses of wine instead of the whole bottle!

Alcohol makes your metabolism less efficient, which can lead to weight gain. In particular, alcohol slows down the chemical reactions that break down (or “burn”) fat.

The liver metabolizes alcohol at a very constant rate, approximately one drink per hour. If there is excessive alcohol in the blood, the liver cannot speed up the detoxification process. The unmetabolized alcohol just continues to circulate in the bloodstream.

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Considered one of the most dangerous – and unhealthy – drinks, a Long Island iced tea doesn't actually contain any iced tea. Instead, it's a combination of vodka, gin, rum, tequila and triple sec, topped with sour mix and soda. All together, that means one Long Island contains as many as 780 calories.

Moving on from what you should avoid drinking to what you should turn to instead, if weight maintenance is a priority. In this case, vodka should be one of your first go-to drinks, followed by gin, rye whiskey, scotch, bourbon, tequila and brandy. These are the best alcoholic drinks for weight loss.

This is called alcoholic fatty liver disease, and is the first stage of ARLD. Fatty liver disease rarely causes any symptoms, but it's an important warning sign that you're drinking at a harmful level. Fatty liver disease is reversible. If you stop drinking alcohol for 2 weeks, your liver should return to normal.

The definition of a beer belly is simply a large, protruding belly. It is also called a potbelly, a spare tire, or referred to as apple shaped. A beer belly is an accumulation of a large amount of visceral fat (the fat that surrounds your abdominal organs).

What happens to belly fat when you stop drinking? ›

“If heavier drinkers remove alcohol for a longer period of time, they might see weight loss, improvement in body composition, less stomach fat, improvement in triglycerides (one of the fat particles in the blood),” she said.

It's worth swerving refined carbs and sugary foods pre-drinking such as white bread, white pasta, sweets and fizzy soft drinks. This is because they digest very quickly, meaning that the alcohol you consume will be absorbed into your blood rapidly.

In the United States, one "standard" drink (or one alcoholic drink equivalent) contains roughly 14 grams of pure alcohol, which is found in: 12 ounces of regular beer, which is usually about 5% alcohol. 5 ounces of wine, which is typically about 12% alcohol. 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits, which is about 40% alcohol.

Many people wonder how long it takes to pee after drinking water, but it depends on a variety of factors. Generally, it takes your body 9 to 10 hours to produce 2 cups of urine. A properly hydrated person with an almost full bladder will need to urinate between five to fifteen minutes after drinking water.

So, how much can you drink if you are trying to lose weight? Health experts recommend that anyone who drinks should do so in moderation. This means no more than 1 drink per day for women and no more than 2 drinks per day for men. You may want to drink even less than that to lose weight.

You can either count your alcohol as a substitute for carbs, fat, or a mix of both depending on what your macro plan for the day is. Take the total calorie content of your drink and divide it by 4 if you're going to count it towards your carbs, and divide by 9 if you're going to count it towards your fat.

After a fortnight, you're also likely to start losing weight as a result of giving up alcohol's empty calories. If you were to stop drinking six 175ml glasses of wine per week, you would have saved 1,920 calories at this point, and 2,160 if you'd stopped drinking around six pints of lager.