Alcohol stunting weight loss?

Question
I was wondering if you could help me. I have been struggling to lose weight now for a good few years.
In college, my brother introduced me to running, and weight just fell off me. I lost probably about 20 pounds in
the first 6 weeks. I went from 145 pounds to 125 pounds in no time. It was amazing! However, over the years, I have
slowly put that weight back on. I am still exercising a ton, but I am just maintaining. I eat pretty healthy as well, 5-6 small meals
a day , and try to keep my caloric intake around 1200-1500 cals a day. I am trying to do different things as well in the gym, to
mix up my routine, but I am not losing any weight:(.......I do however, drink on the weekends....probably 6-7 drinks on a Friday night. I feel pretty miserable the next day as well, craving bad foods that I normally don't. I usually give into these cravings as well, which probably has contributed to the weight gain. But I feel like as much exercise as I do during the week/dieting...I would be able to cheat a little.
I am wondering if the drinking is stunting my weight loss efforts.  But I usually will eat less during the day, if I know I am going to have
a drink. I will usually eat around 800 calories of food that day, to allow me to have some drinks in the evening. I don' t know.....Am I slowing
down my metabolism doing this? I also have been trying to incorporate interval training on the treadmill, to help break past my plateau. It definitely
is alot harder of a work out routine, but still no weight loss.



Thank you,
Laura Anne  

Answer
Hi Laura Anne,

If you can't stop drinking after 2 drinks, don't drink. End of that story. What you are doing is abuse, no happy ending but stop. Now. I do not give a corn nut what your friends are doing, it is your life, you need to manage it. Change friends.

You have lowered your metabolism from the misconception that calorie consumption/use is written in stone. What you need to eat changes with mood, stresses, misc. More info at http://www.premiumfuel.com





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