While us 20-somethings have a young metabolism on our side, we also have quite a bit working against us.
Active social networking, even for young professionals, often entails dinners out, cocktails, late night Taco Bell runs with friends.... etc.
Many of us have not yet grown into culinary geniuses. We are forced to subsist on pizza and fast food. Though many of us may try and make the "healthy" switch to Lean Cuisines, Smart Ones, and Heathy Choice Entrees, these are still loaded with sodium. It seems we just can't win.
I will admit that alcohol is hindering my own personal weight loss. Just one drink after work turns into 4, and before I know it, that "last" meal of the day I had just a few short hours ago becomes the "second to last" before I force myself to go to bed.
Can anyone sympathize with any of this? Or am I just a big whiny baby? haha
See also the Alcohol and Weight Loss forum I started

YES! i'm in exactly the same position. and even if and when i can say no to having a couple drinks, it's so hard to be out with friends having fun when they're all drinking and i'm not!

i've also started doing the low-carb thing, so i'm learning how to stay away from the bread AND the alcohol at the same time.

it's tough, but keeping the end goal in mind helps! FOCUS!

Thanks! I try to focus on how much better I can look when I do go out!

hey guys,

I totally agree! Its so hard to not drink and have a bar appetizer when everyone around you is having it. My drinking has cut down drastically! Now when I do go out I have one to two drinks and try to get the "healthiest" of bar food. It sucks to order a salad when all the super bad fatty appetizers are half price. But it must be done.

Good luck to both of you!

I know what you are saying. Going out to the diner in the middle of the night, or coming back to my house with 6 roommates, and everyone is eating it is very hard to step away. I still want to be there for all the fun jokes and memories, but when we are all hanging out in the kitchen its hard not to eat.. I need to learn how to control myself and not eat after a night out.
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