So at a couple of units a pint, on a heavy week that 40 units, and you think you're fit and healthy? You may not have a gut now...
I don't think, I know. I swim 3 times a week, usually at least a mile, and have started going to the gym again (shoulder injury put me out for a couple of months). I've just come back from a mile swim. I cycle everywhere I can, and often do a couple of longish rides during the week. I play footy every two weeks. I eat decent food. So yeah, pretty fit and healthy, for a 37 year old, I'd say.
I smoke a little bit, but can still out-climb most people up hills.
I do have the remnants of a little 'winter belly', and have put on a bit of weight over the last couple of years, as my metabolism has slowed down a bit. No worries. The winter belly is in recession.
If I din't do any exercise, I imagine I'd be in trouble. My doctor considers my general physical health to be 'very good'. She considers my drink habits to be 'less than ideal', but not too worrying, as I'm pretty healthy.
I could do with reducing my alcohol intake, and ought to quit smoking entirely.
I'm not going to worry myself unnecessarily. Life is there to be enjoyed.
Beer is part of life.
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You're drinking twice the recommended intake, and your doctor thinks that's [i]less than ideal[/i] 😯
Blimey.
I know every-ones different, and you're doing exercise, but that's a lot of booze by any-ones standards. Sorry, i should perhaps say: it seems that way to me.
Wow, your poor liver!! 🙂
Due to a reaction I have to brewed drinks I only ever drink a single pint whenever I go out / or a lonely bottle of Stella if I stay in occasionally - my total input for a whole month can actually be as low as a single pint... I drink loads of council pop tho'
as my metabolism has slowed down a bit.
that old excuse! How come I'm 19 years older and it's not affected me ?
My liver's fine.
There's all sorts of factors involved; how much exercise you do, what kind of alcoholic drinks you consume, whether you eat food with your drink, your age, weight, etc.
I've no doubt I drink 'too much', considering I'm only little and weigh 9 1/2 stone. I accept my drinking is excessive, and that I would be healthier if I cut down. I have been considering this for some time, and the worrying emergence of the winter belly has made me take my drinking seriously, and act in a positive and productive manner.
I set myself a rule of no beer before 7pm, if at home alone. This has now become 8pm. The impact of this is that I do currently drink a little less (it was 3-4 cans a night). So I have reduced my intake by a significant amount (approx. 14 units a week), and can actually feel the benefit. the next step is to reduce that amount further, to bring my intake closer to the recommended guidelines. I will try to have a couple of beer-free nights, but little steps are easier to cope with than large ones. Previous 'dry' spells of 2-3 days have just meant I drink 6-8 cans when I'm 'allowed' to have a beer again. It's not simply a matter of willpower; I just like beer!
Then there's identifying whether or not you have a 'problem'. I haddunt considered that I did. Recent lack of exercise, due to illness and injury have left me feeling a bit run-down, and not at my best, so that's been a good motivating factor in wanting to cut down. The bonus of increased exercise, is that booze has a more intoxicating effect, and as I lose fat, my tolerance will lower, so it will require less booze to give me the same 'buzz'.
I'm completely honest to myself about my drinking; something I reckon too many people aren't. Several of my mates drink more than me, and don't understand why I claim I need to address my drinking habits.
What I don't find helpful, is people judging me. Which is why I feel my GP has the right attitude; she does not in any way judge me. She simply states facts, and leaves any decision to cut down, entirely to me. That's how I like things. Were I to have a more serious 'problem', I'm sure she would be more insistent on my need to cut down.
I am slowly returning to Full Buffness, and I'm seing booze as an obstacle in the way of Rude Health. I really think I've got the right approach and attitude, for [i]me[/i]. Everyone has to find a system that works for themselves.
25 mins to beer o'clock...
How come I'm 19 years older and it's not affected me ?
Because you have worms.
Rudeboy, sorry. It wasn't my intention to judge, and I apologize if my posts seemed to suggest I was. I was genuinely surprised is all. I have the occasional glass, and for whatever reason you didn't strike me as a drinker (dunno why, it's not like i really know you), it's just seemed like a lot. Whatever, you seem to have a balanced outlook about it.
I'll shut up now.
neverfastenuff - MemberDue to a reaction I have to brewed drinks ......
Oh - do tell....
I drink way too much!
Verging on the alcofrolic! 😕
Druidh, in other words 1 pint and I am almost pi££ed...
The bonus of increased exercise, is that booze has a more intoxicating effect, and as I lose fat, my tolerance will lower, so it will require less booze to give me the same 'buzz'.
Hactumally, muscle is much better at metabolising(?) alcohol than fat (lots of veins or capilliaries in muscle), so by losing fat and increasing muscle percentage overall it will take more alcohol for the same amount of buzz to be achieved. That's why a female the same mass as a male will experience a stronger effect from the same amount of alcohol, as they naturally have a higher percentage of fat tissue.
Perhaps a real doctor could clarify further.
neverfastenuff - MemberDruidh, in other words 1 pint and I am almost pi££ed...
Ah - thought you might have had a similar problem to mine. Any more than pint of beer and I get a raging migraine which lasts 60 hours (it's a reaction to some chemical or other produced by malting barley).
Drink far too much 😳 Helps me to relax during this bl**dy difficult period of my life.
Druidh, I get that as well .... honestly... I really cannot drink.
As i said before..jeesus.
agree with Mr Smith.
one other reason to be glad to be away from the uk!
Stop worrying and enjoy yourself FFS. I only had 2 (normal) glasses of red last night but maybe some rum tonight
Sorry Scotia, you are typical of those that like to blame your inadequacies on external influences, for example where you live.
I know binge drinking is bad in the UK but I have never seen worse alchohol abuse than in Japan, Germany, France (bloody hell what a mess!!)Russia and worst of all the U.S.
Compared to them we are teetotallers.
As for me I gave up booze quite a while ago and feel no better at all for it, rather miss it really:(
muscle is much better at metabolising(?) alcohol than fat (lots of veins or capilliaries in muscle)
except that the [b]liver[/b] metabolises alcohol...
fauxbyfour: "Sorry Scotia, you are typical of those that like to blame your inadequacies on external influences, for example where you live."
No need to be sorry, just dont talk bull. Do you know me? No, didnt think so.
My inadequecies? Which ones? My drinking is under control, and always was. When in the UK i did notice a very popular trend towards the drinking life. All the posts ring a bell of friends and colleagues, drinking the nights away till they were blootered.
I drank within my limits, and didnt (still dont) binge drink. Here, i appreciate wine and beer, but only when i want to and in moderation. There is no pressure, and certainly no stigma if you dont drink.
Since moving this pressure, and 'norm' has been completely left behind, so for me there is a link.
oh and why did you give up the booze? there is no need to go to the extreme. Maybe if you cannot control yourself, i'd start to look inwardly before coming on here and giving your twopence worth..
except that the liver metabolises alcohol...
Aye. Maybe I meant that more muscles = more veins = more blood =lower % of alc for the same volume consumed or something. Anyway, it's true.
Well, I've noticed that when I'm doing plenty of exercise, and am fitter, it seems to take less booze to get me sloshed. Mates of mine that are very fit can't drink loads. 'Crazy' Dave could only have one rum and coke, or he'd be on the floor. It's the fat bloaters who seem to be able to drink loads.
Maybe the increased circulation and stronger heart have something to do with alcohol hitting the system quicker or something, I don't know.
nickc; it's ok, I din't think you were judging, me, in any particular way.
Interesting, that alcohol use is often related to depression and negative aspects of lifestyle, but some of the biggest drinkers I know are relatively happy and sorted. I admit I sometimes drink to try and relieve stress (it does work, short term), but my main reason for drinking is that I do like beer! Spose it's like skinning up (I smoked dope habitually for years); it's a ritual of having a can, or pouring a glass out, or being in a pub. I'm certainly not one who seeks to get pissed asap, I like to drink more slowly, and enjoy it.
This looks like it was great fun!
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Ear, Duntmatter; we need another London Pootle/flimsy excuse to go down the pub, soon...
Well, I've noticed that when I'm doing plenty of exercise, and am fitter, it seems to take less booze to get me sloshed. Mates of mine that are very fit can't drink loads. 'Crazy' Dave could only have one rum and coke, or he'd be on the floor. It's the fat bloaters who seem to be able to drink loads.
noticed this as well, anyone got any info on it??
Maybe I meant that more muscles = more veins = more blood =lower % of alc for the same volume consumed or something. Anyway, it's true.
or maybe just women are on average smaller than men ?
rudefredboy
same as you tbh, i am a hobbit and drunk 3-4 cans a day up till recently, coming from a reefer smoking past i had to suplant the reefer with something.
amazing how better you feel for leaving it just for the weekend tho, and have lost 5 lbs in two weeks, just for knocking the beer on the head during the week.
hurrah the asda red wine tonight tho
I stopped drinking, When I did it used to be one offs but till I was smashed.
Now it's a glass of red wine at a conference every 2 years or a coke n'burbon at a party.
Just stopped really to be healthier and I thought beer tasted gross except Stella-that was sweet.
Just a had a SIS strawberry recovery drink...now thats sweet!