Nobody HAS To Drink

I hear often from clients how they have situations come up where they HAVE to drink.

Be it a business dinner, or meeting with old friends... Nobody HAS to drink. While not drinking may not be as fun while around others who are, you have to ask yourself what is more important: Those couple of drinks or your health/weight loss goals.

Some are embarrassed to not drink with their friends, or co-workers in that they don't want them to know that they are dieting or trying to lose weight. But this goes beyond simple weight loss. One of the greatest benefits to weight loss beyond the cosmetic, is that it allows your body to function healthier.So you could always cite health reasons, or just tell them it's none of their business why you're not drinking.

I'll write you a note to show them that says your trainer won't allow it if that's what it takes!

If you had diabetes, or were a recovering alcoholic you wouldn't drink. Regardless of the circumstances. You just wouldn't. Your weight loss has to become just as important of a reason for you to not drink.

Many argue that there are some benefits to some alcohol such as wine. This is true. However, if your goal is weight loss then the drawbacks far outweigh the benefits. Some look at the calorie content in liquor and more often than not it's less than 150 calories a drink... so no, nothing too over the top,. But 150 empty calories are 150 more you're going to have to work off. This may not sound like much, but it adds up quickly.

Remember, though you track your calories and various other nutritional information throughout each day, and start at zero with each new day, your body doesn't start each day at a zero count. It's still carrying calories and carbs from the day before, and the day before that. To create a calorie deficit in your body can take weeks of strict dieting to achieve. THAT'S when progressive weight loss occurs.

Little snacks, and alcoholic beverages are silent killers towards your weight loss goals as they seem like nothing at the time. The bottom line is that they do add up, and alcohol takes longer for your body to break down and process. It's man made, and your body isn't technically built for processing it.

I'm not saying you'll never drink again. But if you're paying for a personal trainer, dieting, and striving to achieve health and fitness goals then going a 6 week period without alcohol should be completely worth the effort, and social alienation.

When I prepare for a bodybuilding competition I go 12-14 weeks without 1 drop of alcohol, and there's a very good reason for it. Trust me, if it didn't matter and I could get away with it. I would.

So, I don't want to hear from any of my clients how they HAD to have a drink that night they went out.

Nobody... HAS to drink They CHOOSE to, and if you choose to while dieting, you are choosing to slow down your progress and force yourself to work harder than you'd otherwise have to.