How much does eating poorly once in a while set you back?

**AdamGB** · 06-11-2009 08:02 PM

I rarely drink, if at all... I haven't touched a drop in about 9-10 months and the last time I had a proper drinking session would be about a year and a half ago.

it's not awful in moderation but you should never train the day afterwards mate, loads of nastys in it so the last thing you want to be doing is pumping it around your blood/into your muscle tissue by training, plus you're likely dehydrated (that's basically what a hang over is)

Best bet after drinking - drink a lot of fluids eat healthy foods and get some fruit in for the antioxidents and water to try and help your liver get rid of the junk.

**Bomp** · 06-12-2009 07:23 AM

Great advice Adam. Hopefully I'll be competing this autumn, I'll be cutting the drinking out completely by then.

**Youngblood** · 06-12-2009 04:38 PM

CFH, I eat pretty damn healthy, but allow one day a week for utter shit eating and basically unmoral behavior(

). I think we are setting ourselves up for failure to fight food and drink temptation 24/7 and ultimately don't allow for it. I'm sure I am repeating what others have said previously, but I know it tends to work for me.

2 weeks before a fight I clamp down and cut that fun day/night out, but more than make up for it when it's over. While there is no genuine rewarding gain without sacrifice, imo, not allowing for some of our self-indulgencies along the way is a fools errand. Management of it I believe is the key.

**wesrman** · 06-13-2009 11:31 PM

Im all for cheat MEALS, and they wont hurt your health too bad, but the problem is that in order to lose fat (or weight) you need to be in a calorie defecit. So if you are eating less calories than you burn all week, then over eating too much on the weekend you can severely hurt your rate of fat loss. Obv this depends on how much you're eating and burning etc.

You might think about having cheat meals instead of cheat days, which is what i do.

If you're really serious about losing weight you should track everything that you eat and find out your BMR + the number of cals ur burning during workouts and adjust accordingly. You might also consider eating most of your carbs around your workouts so u have energy, but dont store them as fat as easily.

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