Any other weekend warriors here?

Hey OP...congratulations on the weight loss. That is quite a feat.

I am aiming to do the same thing g in time for a wedding in late August, so I am restricting my beer days to Thursday (one) and Saturday (umm...more than one). The rest of the time I pine for beer. Hopefully I join you in that weight loss range.

 

I'm in the same boat. I work 7 days a week for about half of the year, so I don't drink on weeknights for lack of time, lack of desire, and the need to be lucid starting at 7am the next morning in the office. When I do have a drink, it is on the weekend - either Friday night (with a meal) or Saturday night while watching a game, and I limit myself to that one beer for the entire weekend. I will make an exception for a special occasion (like my birthday), and splurge for a second bottle, but generally-speaking one beer per weekend is the rule I like stick to. I also like to limit my one drink to a night where I've gone out for a run first, so if I haven't been able to get in 5+ miles after work, I usually skip the beer and wait until the next weekend when I can go and run first. Just an exercise in self-control, and I think it benefits me in two ways: 1) it lets me keep laser focus on my goals of maintaining a healthier lifestyle (unlike my experience in college *ahem*); and 2) when I do select something to drink, it ensures I pick something top quality because I know it is going to be the only drink I enjoy for the weekend. Just my .02.

 

I'm a firm believer in taking breaks from all things you really like, whether that's drinking, playing sports, or any other sort of activity or hobby. I think you get burnt out on doing something repetitvely, and by taking a break, you tend to appreciate it and enjoy it more when you do get the chance to do whatever it is you like.

There is some saying, about absence makes the heart grow fonder (ok, I know I just completely butchered that ).

 

I'm working on this too, I had two beers this week, maybe 5-6 since the New Year. I'm only down about 7 lbs, but I'm losing belly which is better than just losing cheap easy water weight.

 

One or two from Sunday through Thursday, 4-5 on Friday and Saturday

 

I usually have 1 or 2 beers per night. I have replaced carbs in my diet with beer so I haven't gained weight at all. So no pizza, pasta, bread, etc..... still working on chips. It's hard to give them up!

 

1-2 beers a few nights a week when i have the time to do so. All you have to do is factor in calories in vs. calories out. and if you follow a macro based diet which is smart, just replace the calories from the beer you drink in your daily allowed carb intake.

 

Every night without fail. 3-4 nights a week I'll have an Impy stout in bed watching TV with the wife on top of the 3-4 average abv beers I've already had. I feel great every morning getting up for work and am not overnight and feel very healthy. Respect everyone who drinks less than me though, have plenty friends who abstain from everything during the week then go mad at weekend.

 

I try to drink only on my off days from the gym, but I won't pass up any cool tap takeovers or bottle shares . Definitely get a little crazier on the weekends, depending on my work schedule

 

I just drink beer when I feel like drinking beer, and don't when I don't. Sometimes I have a beer after work but then don't drink on Saturday or Sunday. Seems to work out OK.

 

I'm lucky to drink a beer 2-3 nights a week. Wish I still have the weekends.

 

You saved me time by writing my post for me

 

I'm often the opposite. I'll have a beer or two after the kids are in bed on the weekdays, then I'll get so busy doing other things on the weekend that I run out of time to crack one open and unwind.

 

I'm on medication that doesn't mix well with a great deal of alcohol.

So it's one beer per day (including weekends)...but usually, I only drink five nights out of the week.

 

So how did you low carb and get beer in on the weekend and drop 60? I do low carb too but if I sneak a beer in there anywhere it like throws off the metabolism and I have to start all over! Send me your diet plan because I have a hell of a time giving up beer but I gotta get the lbs off I put on over the holidays.

 

I need to start some kind off plan. Right now, I drink whenever I want and whatever I want. Not every night, but several. Usually 1 or 2, but sometimes up to 4. My plan for now is to try for every other of maybe even every 3rd night, and to make those 4 or more beer nights into 3 beer night. Also thinking about going to 0 on the 7 days that I'm on call.

Also thinking about joining a fitnes center or buying a bike. The problem is that I have a very demanding work schedule that is not regular. You know how it is, you make it 5 or 6 times then you miss 1 or 2. The more you miss the easier it get to miss more! If I can live 2-1/2 years to retirement, I'll start a regular exercise program and stick with it.

Thanks for posting your plans! Lots of ideas here.

 

I stick to 1 or 2 session beers per weeknight, usually just 1... and then weekends anything goes really. So, I'm a weekend warrior I guess!

 

I tend to limit my drinking to Thursday-Sunday and take a few days off early in the week. And for me its all about how i feel the next day so rather than count calories or the number of beers, i count abv and try to stay under 25% abv in total as if i go over that, i tend to feel it the next day. That means three 7%-8% IPA's/DIPA's and i am good. If i am going to have a Barleywine or a BA RIS, then i may only have 1 other beer. Limiting the # of beers you drink without considering what you are drinking is meaningless to me.