re: Anyone doing dry lent?

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Before Lent, I'd been dieting and exercising to drop 15 lbs or so, with only moderate success. It is amazing how much easier it is to diet when I am not reserving 1/3 to half my daily caloric intake for alcohol, lol.

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The next step is when you start looking to food as how it impacts your exercising. At the end of 2021 I went from the 190s down to the 160s with my weight. All strictly dietary changes and cutting out the excessive alcohol and fast food. Then I kicked it into gear exercising, and needed some more good calories to be prepared for that. It is kind of funny to me, sitting at my desk in the afternoon knowing what my workout is going to be that night and what I should or shouldn't have for dinner.

That has been what has been the most impactful for me in cutting out alcohol. There's no way I'd go workout for 45 minutes to an hour after a couple of stiff drinks. Whereas before I'd fix a drink before I started cooking. Have another while eating. Have another an hour or so after dinner. Next thing you know I've had 4-5 over the course of the evening, or I had the first one or two then had a couple of beers while watching the kids play in the yard. Just empty calories.