How Can You Take One Giant Step to Fitness? Cut Out Alcohol

Rarely touch alcohol - maximum five unitsper week and never after 6pm. You must respect your metabolism and work with it- not against it. This doesn't need a Doctorate in Nutrition. Nor deepscientific knowledge. Just discipline. As a serious athlete or cyclist, youcommit to a disciplined training regime. You value your health and fitness. Youwant to feel like an Elite rider or top Triathlete, every time you train. Sowhy not follow the same discipline with controlling your weight and alcoholconsumption? And what a difference climbing hills! It's amazing. Unshed thosekilos and you fly up those killer climbs. You recover quicker at the top. Youfeel so much better that you could go back down and climb that hill again!Seriously. When you cut out alcohol and lose that weight you will think howill-disciplined you were, to leave it so long, before taking action. And it'snot about fads like Atkins or G.I. or others. It's about balance, moderationand getting into good habits. Habits so good that you can reward yourselfregularly - even to the extent of a bar of chocolate any afternoon! Provided,of course, that you are following the rules carefully, like no other carbsafter 6pm.

So we have put together key rules for anactive sports person to lose 10 kilos in 5 months - or about an imperial poundin weight every week. These reflect varied pieces of information, advice andlearning, over thirty years of fighting excess weight. The key is to keep therules, all the time. And cut out alcohol. Then you'll feel great. Rarelyhungry. And fly up the hills as if they did not exist! Follow

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So reducing alcohol consumption iscritical. Even better, just give it up completely. Try to combine this with alife-changing event like a new job, a new home move, or a new relationship.Seriously, this gives you an alternative focus and keeps your discipline. Youwill find, after a few days, that when you have beer or a glass of wine, thatyou can really taste the alcohol in it. The flavours that you thought you wereyearning for are just not there. They are overwhelmed by the alcohol itself.Why is this so important? Because you must respect the importance of a properlyfunctioning liver. A healthy liver is essential to process your weight loss andregulate your whole body's digestive balance, especially glycogen. The secondyou consume alcohol, then your liver switches into self-preservation mode, toget the impurities out of your body as fast as you drank them in! What happens?Well clearly all the other liver activities move back down the queue. So othertoxins from training take longer to process out. And other fats in your systemtake longer to burn. Go to bed at night after a few glasses of wine or beer andyou can say goodbye to any weight loss benefits for a couple of days. Yes, itis that important.

But what happens if you slip back into somesociable drinking? A Sunday lunchtime pint is sometimes fine. Or a glass ofwine with a good meal. But, if you are serious about weight loss, make surethat you always dilute one glass of an alcoholic drink with at least twoglasses of water. The effect will be amazing on your general well-being too.Better sleep, better skin and better late-night abilities for conversation - orother activities that need a healthy body! But don't some people advocate thata daily large glass of red wine is good for your health? Sure they do. For thefruit and the tannins. But not for the acidity and the alcohol. Better topurchase a really good juicing machine. Then make the most amazing fresh fruitjuice cocktails. But again watch the high sugar content, too late in theevening before bed. Remember a pint of lager has the same sugar content asdoughnut coated with icing. How many Elite Cyclists or Top triathletes winraces by stuffing themselves with Crispy Cremes?