Drinking and Weight Loss

To start off it all depends what you are drinking and with what regularity. Also it depends if you allow for the drinking in your construction of your overall calories consumed. If you figure drinking into your total calories then you will be better off reaching your goal, but you might be depriving yourself of needed nutrients. Now, lets take a look at some of the different drinks and how they affect your overall calorie consumption.

Drinking pure water has zero calories per eight ounce serving. Drinking pure water will not affect your calorie consumption. Drinking a glass or two of water might help you eat less at a meal and benefit your weight loss goals.

Drinking Milk and Weight Loss

It is well known that one of the effects of calcium is the prevention of fat absorption. Calcium binds with the fat and preents the absorption of the fat. So drinking milk that is low in fat that is part of your over all calorie plan will help you lose weight. The key is to make sure that you are including the milk consumption in your diet plan. Also, that the milk with the lowest fat content. The lower the fat content, the highest amount of calcium.

Drinking Sodas and Weight Loss

Now that eight ounce soda will have 100 calories or more per serving. Drinking sodas provides you with empty calories and deprive you of eating foods that provide nutrients that you need. If your soda drinks are not counted, you will go over your goal and not lose the weight that you want.

Drinking Alcohol and Weight Loss

Drinking Alcohol and trying to lose weight do not mix. Alcohol contains a lot of calories and the ingredients in a mixed drink can add hundreds of more calories.. Every gram of alcohol is 7 calories, this is almost twice that from carbohydrates. All of those extra calories add up fast and mean that you will have to take longer to lose the weight or have to do more physical activity to lose the weight. Trying to allow for calories from alcohol in your calculation of how much will you will eat will deprive you of nutrient that you need in addition to those that you will be excreting due to the consumption of alcohol.

Alcohol consumed takes preference over fat when these are metabolism by the liver. This means that you will not be losing that fat while you are breaking down the alcohol. As a matter of fact, this reduces your blood sugar and makes you hungry.

Remember, that Alcohol consumption causes you to dehydrate, and this causes you to drink more. This is great for the distilleries, bars, and restaurants; but not for your diet. Try and drink non-alcoholic drinks (preferably water) with the alcoholic drink to help keep you from getting dehydrated and consuming more calories.

It is always a good idea to take a good multi-vitamin when you go drinking to counter the vitamins and minerals that you will lose.

How much will that drink cost you?

How much will that drink or drinks set you back? It all depends on how much you drink? A typical American beer is 12 ounces and will add 150 for a Regular Beer and 105 calories for a Light Beer. A pint is 16 ounces, so you will be getting 200 calories for a regular and 140 for a light. That shot of Whiskey, Scotch, Vodka, Gin, or Rum will add 96 to 120 calories for a single and 192 to 240 for a double depending on the strength. Remember shots are 1.5 ounces and not an ounce, so a double is really three ounces. If it is mixed drink don't forget what the calorie values are for the other ingredients. You can be adding several hundred calories to the alcohol. A Pina Colada can add 644 calories to your daily intake; that is one third of a regular persons daily calorie allotment. Depending on the soda, and the size of the glass, and the number of refills; your soda could greatly hamper your efforts to lose weight. That soda could add several hundred calories to your meal.