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Originally Posted by FatJessica
So...compared to different times that I've attempted Atkins, I'm being a lot more strict and sticking to it this time around. My weight keeps fluctuating and it's not really going down. The weird thing is, when I go out drinking, I ALWAYS lose. The other "morning after" I was down to 158, and this morning I was 162.5 and I was REALLY good yesterday. I'm so pissed. I don't even know what to do. I don't know what I'm doing differently this time as compared to last time I went on Atkins and lost consistently.
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I have only managed to consistently lose weight after drastically reducing my beer consumption (I live in Germany and the beer is very good and very cheap here - worse luck!). What I noticed, as a daily weigher, is that after drinking beer, I wouldn't put on weight straight away, but that the weight gain (usually about a pound) would kick in about 2 days later. And then it would stay on for about a week.
Alcohol really messes up a low-carb diet. Instead of being able to metabolize fat, your liver says "Oh my god, poison in the system, must get rid of alcohol first, all other processes on hold!" and all the good work you may have achieved by low-carbing is out the window!
I started to google all this stuff and was absolutely horrified at how your system reacts to alcohol. It pretty much put me off drinking the stuff. Now I have also found out which amount of alcohol (2x 0,33l small bottles of say Czech Pilsener) will NOT have any effect on weight loss, in my case, and on social occasions, will have a tipple.
I sleep much better without alcohol, too. There was a thread recently in the media watch section about sleep and weight loss. Poor sleep equals poor weight loss. So it follows that alcohol will also impede weight loss for that reason, too.
Stay off the stuff as much as you can! Google information on "alcohol metabolism - liver". Get scared. Get thin!
Those are my thoughts on the matter.
amanda