Struggling With Alcohol and Liquid Calories in General

If you think you drink too much and you believe that drinking is what kept you from losing weight. do this.

read this first: Alcohol and Fat Loss
http://www.examiner.com/article/cheers-to-4th-of-july-with-your-favorite-beer

then watch this video
http://m.vod.io/tknYb/

and read this post about hunger and liquid calories
http://jyfitness.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-eat-less.html

If you're struggling with restricting alcohol/soda/smoothies intake but you simply don't want to give them up while trying to lose weight. Then make them your priority. whatever daily allowance you have, subtract the amount of wine you plan or usually drink, then you'll know how many calories you have left to consume from food. work backward.

Cut out unnecessary calories (anything that's not essential to human survival) so you have the caloric budget to fit alcohol in while stay in the energy deficit. you can add other foods in when you're close to your ideal weight. Basically do what sorority sisters do.

your first step is to actually LOOK UP the calorie content of the type of alcohol you normally consume. you'll also need to know what's an appropriate calorie allowance for the rate of fat loss you're looking for plus what are essential nutrients and how much. 

When is appropriate for post workout meal and shakes.

http://jyfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/post-workout-meal.html

What is an appropriate rate of fat loss and calorie cut?

http://www.examiner.com/article/are-you-cutting-too-many-calories

Protein and Fat Loss

http://www.examiner.com/article/can-a-high-protein-diet-hurt-your-kidney

Fat and Fat oss

http://www.examiner.com/article/why-fish-oil 

Hot to estimate your allowance, the deficit, and work your favorite foods into your fat loss diet.
http://www.examiner.com/article/estimate-your-bmr-set-realistic-goals-and-structure-your-fat-loss-diet

How to Eat Less

When it comes to losing weight you can eat less and move more. 

If moving more sounds terrible. here's what you can do on the eating less side of the equation.

1) Eat less without running into hunger issues. cutting the right amount of calories and focus on foods that satiate you more. meat, fiber, and water.

2) Eat less by giving yourself less choices. Eat only your favorite foods that are satiating and forget about other less rewarding fluff foods. Ex: ribs, diet coke, steaks, coffee, eggs are my favorites. Until you don't need to be in a deficit, then add all the other less satiating food sources; liquid calories, processed carbs, alcohol...

3) Eat less by suppressing hunger using stimulants such as caffeine, ephedrine, or naturally occurring stimulants from fasting, playing, and being generally productive throughout the day.

4) Eat less by not eliciting hunger hormones doing stupid shit like running 60mins 6 days a week plus zumba plus crossfit, plus intervals, then staying up late watching tv or facebook and stress over work issues and all the unnecessary drama you get yourself into.

5) Eat less by eating less frequently so you have less chances of eating and get fat.

6) Eat less by knowing the difference between hunger and cravings and not putting yourself in situations where donuts are always in your face at the break room, turn off the tv when commercials are blasting constantly telling you what you should eat, or going out to happy hours where you could have just gone for a hike and enjoy your spouse or friends' company just the same.

7) Eat less by embracing hunger because you know that's part of the human evolution and it's totally ok to be hungry until you're stupid skinny.  If you look down and you don't have a sixpack or a defined shoulder, you're fine not eating for the next 3 days.  Your metabolism is fine (actually elevated) and your muscle won't "melt" away.  If you're reading this, you are probably too fat for your muscle to just melt away.

If you want to see evidence of how this "eat less" phenomenon works, click the link below 
http://jyfitness.blogspot.com/p/transformation.html