Champagne, Beer & Alcohol

So many of my clients ask me about alcohol and how it affects their weight loss and weight training. While I was shopping around for a friend to find the perfect bottle, I noted that champagne in the UK is on sale – bigtime. Perhaps its the economy and people are just not celebrating as they used to with the bubbly, but Champagne in the UK is cheap! All the prices below are in Sterling and full bottles!

Tesco’s Premier Cru – just 14.98
Pierre Darcy (in Asda) – just 10.00
Louis Chaury (Marks & Spencer) – just 12.99

I couldn’t believe my eyes. And champagne is better on the belly than other alcohols. Haven’t you noticed that many thin women prefer to drink champagne? Well it is a secret aid to staying lean. This is only if you really want to have a drink.

Jillian Michaels in her book, The Final Cut, says that for the final 10 lbs, we all have to give up the drink. Total abstinence. It’s good for the body and mind as well to do without the poison for a while. Alcohol dehydrates the body. Not smart for someone on a good diet looking to add muscle and burn fat.

Each glass of champagne (4 fluid ounces) is approximately 95 calories. That’s rather low for an alcoholic drink. For example, a Yuengling bottle of beer is 125. For me, that is at least 5 minutes less on the treadmill!

An interesting fact to note is that there is no nutritional value to a drink. Calories and that is it. Nothing of value elsewhere and you are adding calories to your diet but not feeding the body or feeling full. So you will still eat the same amount you usually do (plus the calories from the alcohol.)

But now I know why my friend Vicki J at Home House can drink champagne and still has biceps bigger and more defined than most of the other men in the bar! I will just have to make a trip to Tesco’s to find the cheaper Champagne!

Health & Fitness From The Team – London and England Personal Training