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[Alter_Fridge]

You're gonna be drinking stuff that really gets you drunk like spirits, because beer and wine doesn't work anymore, and that does not make you put on weight. In fact you lose a lot coz there's basically no calories in whisky or vodka and you basically don't eat

So how the hell do they get fat? (ie Matthew Perry and Ben Affleck)

 

[Jennings]

Maybe by laying around passed out all day instead of exercising with a hangover.

 

[k_trout]

those fateful kebabs at the end of the night

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Their natural body types are probably fatter but they probably are on a training and diet regimen to keep an image. All works well when sober.

The second they fuck up or dont care (addiction issue) or retired (like athletes), they become fat asses because they are sitting around all day as millionaire slobs. Money is no issue so they are probably pigging out on steak and potato dinners and buffets for lunch and dinner.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Maybe by laying around passed out all day instead of exercising with a hangover.

But strong alcohol doesn't have much calories so there's nothing to burn off

That's my point

 

[Come On Tars]

But strong alcohol doesn't have much calories so there's nothing to burn off

That's my point

You got a point, I think they get smashed and sleep and eat trash in an endless cycle.

 

[AJUMP23]

People get large for many reasons. Especially as you age your metabolism will slow down making it harder to lose weight or maintain your current weight.

You are look from the outside saying “not I” but on the inside you may say, “I don’t want to work out”.

 

[Sub_Level]

Plenty of alcoholics still drink beer and wine lol

 

[Jennings]

But strong alcohol doesn't have much calories so there's nothing to burn off

That's my point

You know, they still eat food.

 

[darrylgorn]

All alcohol contains calories and comes with a chance of weight gain.

It really doesn't take much to get fat.

 

[Locutus]

By consuming more calories than they burn. Same way anyone gets fat.

 

[SJRB]

Matthew Perry had a drug problem more than an alcohol problem.

 

[Alx]

All alcohol contains calories and comes with a chance of weight gain.

It really doesn't take much to get fat.

Yeah I’m pretty sure the premise in OP is false, whisky and vodka contain a lot of calories that come from alcohol itself, just like beer.
Alcohol is a modified carbohydrate after all.

 

[Jon Canon]

1 gram pure alcohol is 7 kcal, 1 gram pure fat is 9 kcal.

 

[GeekyDad]

"...For a whiskey to be considered Bourbon, its mash – the mixture of grains from which the product is distilled – must contain at least 51% corn. The rest of the mash is usually filled out with rye or wheat, and malted barley. ..."

Sounds like bread and/or cereal to me. Those two foods can make you fat if you consume too much of them.

 

[KrakenIPA]

HAR!
If I could eat steak everyday, I would!

 

[Von Hugh]

Alcohol has got calories, and that shit goes right into your ass.

 

[lakitu1982]

Matthew Perry had a drug problem more than an alcohol problem.

To answer your question they get fat on alcohol probably as an alcoholic they went from beer/wine then to spirits but then their body literally cannot handle spirits anymore so they are for forced to then drink weaker % drink but at a bigger volume.

Also as an alcoholic your hormones and sleep are out of whack, zero exercise etc. They will easily drink 3000 + calories a day and not move a lot for years for example. Nothing in their bodies is working correctly.

Source: my best mate died at 38 and was like this.



Perry said that when he was fat on friends it was drinking and when he was thin it was whatever pills he was on. I feel for people batteling these problems. No money in the world will make you happy at this point.

 

[KrakenIPA]

To answer your question they get fat on alcohol probably as an alcoholic they went from beer/wine then to spirits but then their body literally cannot handle spirits anymore so they are for forced to then drink weaker % drink but at a bigger volume.

Also as an alcoholic your hormones and sleep are out of whack, zero exercise etc. They will easily drink 3000 + calories a day and not move a lot for years for example. Nothing in their bodies is working correctly.

Source: my best mate died at 38 and was like this.



Perry said that when he was fat on friends it was drinking and when he was thin it was whatever pills he was on. I feel for people batteling these problems. No money in the world will make you happy at this point.

Thanks for sharing, it sounds familiar as a dude that drinks. I practice moderation these days, blessings.

 

[AlteredForms]

Alcohol has a lot of calories. They don't fill you up however, but they do fatten!

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Spirits absolutely have lots of calories, and your body burns those first, so while it’s doing that, any other calories consumed go straight to the hips. Basically if your body is processing calories from alcohol, you’ve shut down its processing of other calories for the duration. This also contributes to insulin resistance, making your body release more to compensate. Insulin promotes fat storage. That’s why low carb diets are effective: fewer carbs = less insulin in the system.

Also, alcohol abuse gives you a puffy face, adding to the appearance of being fat.

It’s a real piece of shit drug. Delicious, fun, and really bad for you

 

[Cyberpunkd]

In fact you lose a lot coz there's basically no calories in whisky or vodka and you basically don't eat

Science, how does it work?

Calorie count - Alcoholic beverages: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Alcoholic beverages, like many other drinks, contain calories that can add up quickly. Going out for a couple of drinks can add 500 calories, or more, to your daily intake. Most alcoholic drinks have little

medlineplus.gov

Next post - losing weight is not about calorie deficiency, it's MUCH MORE COMPLICATED than that.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Alcohol has a lot of calories. They don't fill you up however, but they do fatten!

This. Alcohol is coverted into emptz calories at the end of the day.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Science, how does it work?

Calorie count - Alcoholic beverages: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Alcoholic beverages, like many other drinks, contain calories that can add up quickly. Going out for a couple of drinks can add 500 calories, or more, to your daily intake. Most alcoholic drinks have little

medlineplus.gov

Next post - losing weight is not about calorie deficiency, it's MUCH MORE COMPLICATED than that.

Thanks I didn’t bother looking it up on my phone, but look at how calorically dense straight spirits are. 1.5 oz shot of vodka has nearly as many calories as a light beer. You may as well be drinking from a hummingbird feeder.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Science, how does it work?

Calorie count - Alcoholic beverages: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Alcoholic beverages, like many other drinks, contain calories that can add up quickly. Going out for a couple of drinks can add 500 calories, or more, to your daily intake. Most alcoholic drinks have little

medlineplus.gov

Next post - losing weight is not about calorie deficiency, it's MUCH MORE COMPLICATED than that.

My point is that rich chronic alcoholics aren't buying calorie laden cheap booze like beer, they would go for top shelf spirits which are generally the least calorie heavy alcohol

If you're sinking a bottle of Grey Goose every night, you're not putting on weight. You'd be losing it

That's why I'm confused

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Thanks I didn’t bother looking it up on my phone, but look at how calorically dense straight spirits are. 1.5 oz shot of vodka has nearly as many calories as a light beer. You may as well be drinking from a hummingbird feeder.

This is completely not true

Oh ok you compared to light beer. Which no one under 70 drinks unless you have to drive

What a useless comparison

 

[cash_longfellow]

You're gonna be drinking stuff that really gets you drunk like spirits, because beer and wine doesn't work anymore, and that does not make you put on weight. In fact you lose a lot coz there's basically no calories in whisky or vodka and you basically don't eat

So how the hell do they get fat? (ie Matthew Perry and Ben Affleck)

There is over 1,500 calories in a fifth of vodka and a fifth of whiskey.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

This is completely not true

Oh ok you compared to light beer. Which no one under 70 drinks unless you have to drive

What a useless comparison

A 750ml bottle of grey goose is probably close to 1,700 calories on its own. You really think adding those calories isn’t going to affect weight? Wowza

How about this comparison: that’s 10 mountain dews

 

[Alter_Fridge]

A 750ml bottle of grey goose is probably close to 1,700 calories on its own. You really think adding those calories isn’t going to affect weight? Wowza

How about this comparison: that’s 10 mountain dew

A lot less food is consumed when slamming sprits by the shot

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Vodka has calories. About 2 calories per ml straight up. Not a lot if someone is doing one watered down glass. But if someone is doing lots of them with juice or whatever in it, that glass of spirits will be 100+ each.

How many calories are there in GREY GOOSE Vodka? | GREY GOOSE

A 1.5 ounce serving of GREY GOOSE Vodka contains 98 calories.

www.greygoose.com

A 30ml serving of GREY GOOSE Vodka contains 66 calories.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

A lot less food is consumed when slamming sprits by the shot

Maybe but but:

basically no calories in whisky or vodka

…is just categorically false when it’s 5x as calorically dense as soda. A medium Big Mac combo has 1,100 calories, for another comparison to the fifth of vodka.

 

[M1chl]

Alcohol is extremely caloric substance, you get fat insanely quickly while drinking.

I was 136kg/191cm before I needed to underwent liver transplant and at the late stage, I didn't ate anything just drank alcohol.

 

[badblue]

My point is that rich chronic alcoholics aren't buying calorie laden cheap booze like beer, they would go for top shelf spirits which are generally the least calorie heavy alcohol

If you're sinking a bottle of Grey Goose every night, you're not putting on weight. You'd be losing it

That's why I'm confused

As @Thaedolus said. "A 750ml bottle of grey goose is probably close to 1,700 calories on its own." And you are talking about alcoholics. A functional alcoholic could easily down a bottle of vodka easily a day. So there is 1,700 on top of everything else they consume like breakfast, lunch and dinner, snacks and social drinking on top of that.

Humans need on average about 2200 a day and most of us consume more then that.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

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This is your answer.

 

[Ownage]

Hashimoto's / slow thyroid / low T-count

 

[Wildebeest]

There are multiple stages of alcoholism. Malnutrition is a symptom of a real long term problem, where alcohol is maybe the person's only source of calories. It can be called chronic before it gets this bad.

 

[haxan7]

Most of the calories come from the alcohol itself. I have a suspicion that alcohol calories get converted directly to visceral fat more easily than other types of empty calories. It also slows the rate you digest your food so that probably has something to do with it.

Also drinking and a healthy lifestyle don't go together. Slower metabolism + years of sedentary lifestyle + eating restaurant food all the time + alcohol = one fat fuck.

 

[Blade2.0]

I usually eat more when I drink.

 

[Azzurri]

I mean you're starving after you drink late at night.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

I usually eat more when I drink.

Does it depend on what you drink though?

 

[Alter_Fridge]

I mean you're starving after you drink late at night.

Yeah I spose stars have a lot of money to just conveniently get delivered food whenever they want

 

[bender]

By eating more calories than they burn.

 

[Blade2.0]

Does it depend on what you drink though?

nah, usually when i get drunk on anything i want to have more to eat also.