allthatisman
Senior member
I am on the cusp of turning 31 next week, and as a result taking stock of my general well being as an almost 31 year old male.
Sidebar: I have always worked out in some capacity since high school. In my late teens, early 20's I was in the gym a lot, and was benching 3 sets of 275, 10 reps each... and could run a 6 minute mile. As you can guess that has diminished over the years, mostly due to my goals changing... now I am at more of a "maintain" goal, rather than build, build, build. In those days I was steady at about 180-190... now I am anywhere between 205 and 215. I am 6'2" btw...
Now I work a desk for a living, but in my building I have a gym on the second floor and I work out for roughly 40-50 mins on my lunch hour. I do cardio for at least 20 of those minutes. Just to give you an idea, I can do pullups all day long, usually do 4 sets of 12 with ease, and can probably run an 8 minute mile now(I am a weak runner, but can ride my bike at a 18-19 mph pace for 30-40 miles no sweat)
When I get home though, it is beer thirty...
Problem: I am finding it harder to "maintain" my weight with my current lifestyle, and I am trying to find the culprit... Now I am not "addicted" to alcohol, but I do like to drink... and I cook so I do like to eat... but what I eat is usually pretty healthy, but sometimes I eat too much of it, which in the end, is just as bad.
I had a buddy who was doing weight watchers, and said that any more than 2 drinks a night and your body stops buring fat and focuses on expelling the alcohol in your system... so my main question is: Does alcohol impede fat-loss/burning?
Sidebar: I have always worked out in some capacity since high school. In my late teens, early 20's I was in the gym a lot, and was benching 3 sets of 275, 10 reps each... and could run a 6 minute mile. As you can guess that has diminished over the years, mostly due to my goals changing... now I am at more of a "maintain" goal, rather than build, build, build. In those days I was steady at about 180-190... now I am anywhere between 205 and 215. I am 6'2" btw...
Now I work a desk for a living, but in my building I have a gym on the second floor and I work out for roughly 40-50 mins on my lunch hour. I do cardio for at least 20 of those minutes. Just to give you an idea, I can do pullups all day long, usually do 4 sets of 12 with ease, and can probably run an 8 minute mile now(I am a weak runner, but can ride my bike at a 18-19 mph pace for 30-40 miles no sweat)
When I get home though, it is beer thirty...
Problem: I am finding it harder to "maintain" my weight with my current lifestyle, and I am trying to find the culprit... Now I am not "addicted" to alcohol, but I do like to drink... and I cook so I do like to eat... but what I eat is usually pretty healthy, but sometimes I eat too much of it, which in the end, is just as bad.
I had a buddy who was doing weight watchers, and said that any more than 2 drinks a night and your body stops buring fat and focuses on expelling the alcohol in your system... so my main question is: Does alcohol impede fat-loss/burning?
