Alcohol After Keto No Beuno!

#1

I’ve been eating keto since Oct 16, 2017, lost about 15% of my body weight and feeling great. Prior to going keto I’d drink once or twice a month on Saturdays and I’m not going to sugar coat it, I may have over indulged from time to time. No drinking during the week (or Sunday) unless I was entertaining for work and then it was a cocktail/glass of wine or two, but Saturday night could get my drink on from time to time.

Since going keto I drank on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve/Day and years, each time in moderation. Well then last night came, over a 5 hour period I drank 4.5 oz of rye whiskey and a bottle of wine. Pre-keto this wouldn’t have been a big deal at all, honestly at the end of the 5 hours I would have barely had a buzz. Last night it hit me like a ton of bricks! Crazy.

I think it was a combination of keto, not drinking much over the past 3.5 months AND losing 15% of my body weight. No beuno! The good news this happened at home and it was just my wife and I. Now I know better.

The great news is it looks like I’ll be saving a lot of money on drinks when I go out LOL I figure 1 drink now packs the punch of 2 or 3 for me now.

Warning to new keto drinkers, proceed with caution!

(Pete A) #2

I’ve lost my taste or interest in alcohol, but I do dream about it.

(Mike W.) #3

I rarely drink now but when I do it’s distilled spirits. One or two and I’m good. Used to drink 15% abv barrel aged beers all night and barely catch a buzz.

#4

As great as Keto has been for me it’s ruined booze for me. I won’t lie, I like a good drink or two or three. Friday night out 3 bourbons neat, 1/2 bottle of red wine with dinner and blew a .08 on my personal BAC meter (Uber home) and a hell of a hangover the next day. These drinks were consumed over 5 hours with equal amount of water. Pre-keto I would have barely had a buzz at the end of 5 hours of drinking like that. According to a drinking app that I’ve used pretty successfully calculated my BAC should have been .025. At least I’m saving money on these expensive Vegas drinks :wink: