Alcohol consumption (Page 2)

Who said ice cold beer?

I personally enjoy beer (& there is only two kinds ~ cold beer or free beer), ESPECIALLY after a hard training session or race!  But for the ladies and/or men who do not prefer said beverages... here is an option.  I also have the best damn Fajita Recipe, which happens to go great with this as well!

Margarita Recipe
(servings 4)

1 cup Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice (approx. 6 limes)
1/3 cup Sugar
2 cups Water
5 oz. White/clear Tequila (doesn't have to be premium Tequila)
5 oz. Premium Triple Sec

Combine fresh lime juice with sugar and water and mix until sugar has dissolved.  Add Tequila and Triple Sec mix well. Place 1 cup of ice & 10 oz of mix in shaker and shake well.  Rim glass with lime juice and dip in margarita salt.  Fill glasses with ice then pour margarita over ice and enjoy!

In the spirit of Forrest Gump, "That's all I have to say about that."

Only been training about 3 months, but the more I train, the more my body changes = the more I eat and the more beer I get to drink.  This training has been a great thing for me because I like to eat red meat and drink micro beers without gaining any weight. 

Micro beers......good!!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah. 

Can't say I have that problem.  In fact, I now drink better beer as a reward for working out.  No more Miller Lite...only craft brews.

I have noticed that I do not drink much anymore, but was also working on losing 10lbs.  Guess for me personally I just do not want to feel bad the next day and ruin a training day.
Although, once IM is done, you betcha I am having a few cold beers/martini's.

I typically drink 1-2 beers or wine per evening.  On evenings when I do workout (Masters swim is in the evening), I typically only drink 1.   Only on unusual occasions will I drink more.

Regarding tolerance, I have a lot less now than before tris.  I went from about 25% body fat to single digits.  So I have less weight to buffer.  But its a noticable decrease in tolerance when in relatively good shape.

I have experienced the accidental decline in drinking due to training in a few cases.  One is when I have a big long run planned on a hot summer weekend morning.  Nothing sucks worse than running hungover at 6AM when it's hot.  It's not a problem so much in the winter   The second is I might find myself on the couch with a half-full glass of wine and sleeping, due to a hard workout that day.  In that case I just either finish up the one glass or dump it and go to bed.

However, I try to make up for it on other days

Fortunately I am not good at drinking during the day, so an after race/training ride beer never appeals to me.   It's a sure recipe for a nap and I hate naps.

My drinking hasn't changed at all.  An occasional beer, glass of wine or maragarita.  Or two.  Gotta live life a little.

Newleaf, that was absolutely hilarious!!! I HAVE to show my husband that, he would get a kick out of it. And you would probably be his new found hero… LOL that was great!!

Truthfully I usually down one after I get home for work and before I head off to the guy. I am trying to stop that, however sometimes I just can’t help myself. Beer; mm mm good!!