alI just don't understand why drinking alcohol does not put on lbs?

[MetalMat]

I was having a discussion with my buddies here in Austin. With the amount of drinking we do we should all be like 300 + lbs but we all remain in relatively good shape. With all the calories in alcohol why are we not putting on weight? Its not like I am skipping many meals and I am still as strong as I ever was, I just don't understand it. And this includes drinking beer, wine, and mixed drinks (I love my whiskey cokes). I can easily put down 20 plus drinks in a night going out. Maybe cause I am still in my late 20s?

 

[Alone]

Well, if you're drinking 20+ in a night, you're getting a caloric surplus. I'm not too concerned with how you perceive yourself, but I would look firstly at BF% and look for a change.

 

[Whisper]

20+ drinks in a night? If that's actually true, then that's a problem. Honestly, you should work on reducing that now; your metabolism might be taking care of a bit of it at the moment, but that will not last long.

Beyond that, binge drinking to that degree is significantly detrimental to your health in many respects. I can knock back a fair amount, but even on my best day, I don't know that I've EVER had 20+ drinks in a single night.

 

[Doppel]

Sounds healthy.

 

[MetalMat]

20+ drinks in a night? If that's actually true, then that's a problem. Honestly, you should work on reducing that now; your metabolism might be taking care of a bit of it at the moment, but that will not last long.

Beyond that, binge drinking to that degree is significantly detrimental to your health in many respects. I can knock back a fair amount, but even on my best day, I don't know that I've EVER had 20+ drinks in a single night.

You really cant knock back 20 in a night? Man I was considered the light/middle weight of my buddies in Dallas, those guys could put down some drinks.

 

[Saint Nick]

I drank eight-ish two nights ago and I thought I was going to die. Then again, I never drink

 

[Pantlegz]

20+ drinks in a night? If that's actually true, then that's a problem. Honestly, you should work on reducing that now; your metabolism might be taking care of a bit of it at the moment, but that will not last long.

Beyond that, binge drinking to that degree is significantly detrimental to your health in many respects. I can knock back a fair amount, but even on my best day, I don't know that I've EVER had 20+ drinks in a single night.

Really? I drink maybe once every 3-4 months and I can easily drink 20+ in a night and be fine. Actually just did Saturday, got up Sunday morning after about 8 hours of sleep and went right to the gym and didn't have any issues. I wouldn't say it's ok to go regularly but it's doable.

 

[Insomniator]

I would also like to know this answer, friends of mine and myself probably put down 20-40 drinks over most weekends and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Everyone seems to be losing weight or getting in better shape actually.

2k calories of late night beverages twice a week can't be good.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

One way or another it will catch up with you. Instead of worrying about weight you should worry about your liver.

 

[Whisper]

Really? I drink maybe once every 3-4 months and I can easily drink 20+ in a night and be fine. Actually just did Saturday, got up Sunday morning after about 8 hours of sleep and went right to the gym and didn't have any issues. I wouldn't say it's ok to go regularly but it's doable.

I suppose it depends on how you define "a night." If you mean the 3-4 hours you'll spend out at a bar, then yeah, that's a problem IMO. Could I physically do it? Probably, but it's something I have no desire to try, considering that's the equivalent of drinking more than a fifth of liquor (750 mL) by yourself.

Then again, even if it's 20 drinks over the course of a day, it still isn't doing your body any favors.

As for why it doesn't cause people to gain weight, my guess is that the calories are "made up" for in other ways, such as a changed/reduced food intake the day of and afterward. And if it's only happening once a week, then it could essentially be the equivalent of a cheat day. You may actually be gaining weight, but working it off on your non-drinking days. Once it becomes an every day or every-other-day activity is when it'll REALLY start to plump you up.

 

[abaez]

You drink 20 whiskey and cokes in one night? Those must be some weak drinks.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

You drink 20 whiskey and cokes in one night? Those must be some weak drinks.

Yeah, I don't think the op is as cool as he thinks he is. lol

 

[Nebor]

I wonder this too. Ever since I started skyping most nights with a friend of mine, I drink about 10 (strong) beers a night between 9pm and midnight. Then on the weekends I drink around 20 drinks a night. I've been doing this for months now and I've actually gotten into better shape.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

To determine this with any certainty you'd have to log your food intake and activity.

You really cant knock back 20 in a night? Man I was considered the light/middle weight of my buddies in Dallas, those guys could put down some drinks.

Sudden excess consumption of alcohol is much worse than steady consumption. If you go out and do this, say, twice a week, that would be much worse than spacing those 40 drinks over the entire week.

However, at any rate 40 drinks a week is too much. It's not really a question about how much you can handle before you start dancing on bar tables naked (or whatever, I'm not going to judge), it's a question of how much your liver can handle before it starts scarring.

 

[brad310]

I drink 357 litres of straight burbon every hour. Can anyone else beat that by randomly making up number of drinks over any given period of time?

I have 7 livers.

Lets make up fun nonfacts to explain our randomly made up capabilities.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

I drink 357 litres of straight burbon every hour. Can anyone else beat that by randomly making up number of drinks over any given period of time?

I have 7 livers.

Lets make up fun nonfacts to explain our randomly made up capabilities.

LOL. Thats pretty much what this thread equates to.

 

[skace]

I always assumed it was the excessive diuretic side / vomiting that kept the weight gain from drinking in check.

Also, if you are drinking regularly, your water weight is non existant. Stop drinking for a few weeks and see how much weight you gain and then compare to where you were before you started.

Other than that, I don't have any explanations...

 

[Whisper]

I always assumed it was the excessive diuretic side / vomiting that kept the weight gain from drinking in check.

Also, if you are drinking regularly, your water weight is non existant. Stop drinking for a few weeks and see how much weight you gain and then compare to where you were before you started.

Other than that, I don't have any explanations...

Ahh yes, I'd completely forgotten about the whole dehydration component of it, especially if it's a weekly activity.

 

[Whisper]

You drink 20 whiskey and cokes in one night? Those must be some weak drinks.

If you're out at a bar, it'd also get to be expensive pretty quickly. At $8/drink, that'd be $160 for just your own tab. I don't know that I can remember the last time I spent that much money just on alcohol. Then again, I'm a perpetually-broke grad student.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

If you're out at a bar, it'd also get to be expensive pretty quickly. At $8/drink, that'd be $160 for just your own tab. I don't know that I can remember the last time I spent that much money just on alcohol. Then again, I'm a perpetually-broke grad student.

Not to mention the cost of medical bills. The op has bragged before about getting so drunk that he punched a wall and broke his own hand. I am sure there is probably a DUI in the mix too.

 

[Pantlegz]

If you're out at a bar, it'd also get to be expensive pretty quickly. At $8/drink, that'd be $160 for just your own tab. I don't know that I can remember the last time I spent that much money just on alcohol. Then again, I'm a perpetually-broke grad student.

where the do you get a drink for $8? Typically wells are like $3-4 are here, thirsty Thursday last summer was 50 cent shots and $1 wells not sure if it's the same this year or not.

 

[mizzou]

how have you not bleeded out of your bank account yet at 20 drinks a night?

 

[MetalMat]

where the do you get a drink for $8? Typically wells are like $3-4 are here, thirsty Thursday last summer was 50 cent shots and $1 wells not sure if it's the same this year or not.

Yeah I agree, unless you are drinking top shelf well drinks are like 3 bucks. Plus we usually do some pre-gaming so its not like I am straight drinking all of that at the bar.

And no I am not equating this thread to being cool ZOOYUKA, if you ever decide to go out to a bar you will realize that putting down quite a few cocktails when you are partying with friends is very easy. I was just asking a question and I do not have anything on my record so quit being a hater.

 

[MetalMat]

how have you not bleeded out of your bank account yet at 20 drinks a night?

Because I don't go out drinking every night.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

If I'm not mistaken, ethanol is preferentially metabolized as it comes into the system. Because of this, a fair amount is burned right then and there for calories plus a lot of those calories are lost during thermogenesis. Keep in mind, weight gain is not the only downside to drinking massive amounts of alcohol. Dehydration, vitamin deficiency, liver damage, cerebellar atrophy, malnutrition, etc can all be long term effects of getting plastered frequently.