>A good idea is to stop drinking if you drink alcohol. The calories in alcohol are not the problem, however, hangovers and happy hour tend to cut into your workout time and generally are bad for your health.<
Whoa there. One thing I learned from exercising correctly and living a healthy life is that one needs to ‘REWARD’ your body after discipling yourself for a majority of the week.
example: When they interviewed the (WWE’s) THE ROCK. He said that he “pigs out” on Saturdays, eating everything from pork rinds, jelly doughnuts, downing a 6 pack of beer and Jack, to reward his long workouts during the week.
One needs the carbs to burn. The greatest Olympia, Michael Phelps’ diet requires him to chow down get this...8 pancakes with syrup every morning PLUS 2 whole pizzas as his carbs.
On a personal note, I only drink beer occasionally on the week but NEVER everyday. I am aware of the calories but just like life, sometimes if you crave a cheeseburger from Carl’s JR, it won’t kill you to have one.
I'm not Michael Phelps and I don't eat his diet, but I do work out hard every day and start to feel run down unless I eat carbs. I can feel myself spiral downwards, until I stop the workouts or eat more carbs . . . and then I feel like I've blown the whole program.