I’ve said it before, but never on my blog, so this time I’m serious. I am giving up alcohol, indefinitely. I am starting to think I may be allergic to alcohol somehow…. And here’s why. I get super bad hangovers from even small amounts of alcohol. Whether it be one margarita, a couple beers with dinner…
Here’s how the night that made me quite went: I went out to the bars with my buddies on a Saturday night last weekend. I knew I didn’t want to drink much because I know I get hungover easily, so I paced myself reasonably well. Over the course of 4 hours I had 4 beers, that’s all. The resulting hangover was torture and its effects lasted for 3 days. Sunday morning I was completely crippled and confined to locations where I could lay down and pull my knees to my chest. I was dry heaving for hours. My appetite had completely gone for the entire day, and I _maybe_ got down 500 calories total. My appetite still had not returned for Monday or even Tuesday, It was impossible to force myself to eat enough to gain weight.
Finally today, Wednesday, I am feeling relatively normal. I finally got back into the gym, but I was barely able to repeat the sets:weight amount I had done my previous workout. After I checked my weight on the scale and found I had lost 2lbs!…. And for hard gainers, getting those two pounds back doesn’t come easily. It has set me back, probably 2 whole weeks.This isn’t the first time something like this has happened either.
I do stay hydrated, I’ve tried the oldest tricks in the books to avoid getting a hangover, my only explanation now is that maybe I’m somehow allergic to it? Maybe my great great grandparents hooked up with some Inuits a long time ago and I inherited the alcohol intolerance gene.
And that’s how I decided that enough was enough. If I want to continue making bodybuilding progress as fast as I want, I’d need to completely give up alcohol… Not that I particularly enjoyed drinking that much in the first place.
And so I move on. Have you ever given up anything in order to pursue fitness goals?
