Now I remember why I don’t drink..
…I haven’t had a drink since I started lifting weights, about 10 months, since I’m not a heavy drinker anyway, it really hasn’t been that tough to do…well this Fri I went out to the PALMS casino with a friend and after walkin in the door seeing a casino full of beatiful blond, toned, big breasteded women walking around (just like you see on tv shows filmed at the PALMS)..I felt like I needed a drink…actually more like 7-10, I lost count, drinks…so I had them…apparently..which wasn’t too bad itself, but the after effects were the bad part…
…Whenever I drink, about an hour after I have my first drink, I get hungry for carbs…sweet stuff, popcorn, whatever…just get hungry…I had eaten all my food for the day, and had plenty of protein, but after my first drink, the hunger started…I didn’t want or plan to give in to it…there is a theater in the PALMS and I thought about having some popcorn but decided no, I was gonna be strong…then a couple hours and some more drinks go by, and I remember there is a McDonald’s also in the casino…but amazingly I talk myself out of it…anyways, here comes the baaaad part…when my friend and I left around 5 am…I did something I NEVER do, at least not sober anyway…not even on a cheat day…
…I stopped at Jack IN THE BOX on the way home and ordered a Sourdough Jack…now I stay away from Jack usually because everything they have is sooooo fattening and hard to resist…but after the drinking, I guess reasoning was out the window…I also wanted a milk shake to go with my sandwich, but apparently the machine shuts down for "cleaning" at that time every day…WTH?..the one time a year I let myself have a shake?..are you kidding me??…I ate the sandwich, but still wanted that milkshake…so I keep heading home, and there is a FATBURGER on the way…I ordered a hamburger AND a shake….and I had those too…
…In the morning I had a pounding headache and I actually threw up once…and of course had a hangover..that lasted ALL day…normally I would be super concerned about all those extra calories, but we were up on our feet til 5 am dancing so I guess it evened things out, and I cleaned the diet up Sat and SUn, and did cardio too…and today was a lifting day, I had a really good workout, lots of strength for it, probably due to the help of some extra calories!
July 27, 2009 at 8:44 pm
tha’s a funny story…somehow your misfortune makes me feel better.
July 27, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I very rarely drink…for that very reason…I eat like crazy when I drink! Drinking and eating seem to go hand in hand…not to mention, I dotn like feelin awful the next day. Its great that you are back to eating clean…use those extra cals as fuel
July 28, 2009 at 7:13 am
yikes!! not good. And the alcohol stops your body from burning fat, so you end up getting double the bad effects. Still.. sometimes you just have to cut loose.
Just not too often.
July 28, 2009 at 7:29 am
im not going to comment on the alcohol….but the blondes…you know just about everything on them is fake!!! you are so much better..healthy and real :0)
July 28, 2009 at 7:36 am
Don’t worry too much. If you do this once in 10 months, I think your doing fine. If anything it’ll be a good reminder for next time you are tempted this way.
July 28, 2009 at 8:15 am
Oooohhh my goodness. Well at least you managed to talk yourself out of the McDonald’s! lol Sometimes you do have to cut loose and it’s not like you do this every weekend. Luckily you continued on like nothing happened.
July 28, 2009 at 8:20 am
My friends and I used to go out to a diner to eat breakfast after hitting the bar. That was the thing to do in NJ. Nothing tastes better while drunk than breakfast food
The last time I drank was a year ago in June at my brother’s wedding. I had several Cosmopolitans and several trips to the porcelain god the next morning. And then I stumbled down to the dining room at the hotel fro the breakfast buffet my brother’s new in-laws were hosting. It reminded me of the old days. And I was the only one who looked like a homeless person
July 28, 2009 at 3:13 pm
One good thing I can say is, at LEAST I didn’t order french fries
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July 29, 2009 at 8:07 am
You are good. Not to worry. You had a little fun and splurged a lil bit. I think you did great… considering i would have stopped at mc donalds for a double quarter pounder with cheese extra pickles, no onions, medium vanilla milkshake and large fries… and apple just in case there is room left. That is if i was to go ALL OUT. LOL! Keep it moving!