Summer is just around the corner and what better way to kickstart your summer health kick than by getting involved with OCSOBER. If you haven't heard of Ocsober (or, sober october) before, think Dry July but at a better time!
The pledge is to go alcohol free for the month of October. You can get a double-hit of feel good by also using the opportunity to raise funds for drug and alcohol education programs for Aussie kids.
If you're trying to lose weight, cutting alcohol will help you reach your goals faster. Alcoholic beverages are high in calories and have negligible nutritional value, making them "empty calories". Did you know that two glasses of wine takes about an hour of walking to burn off? How much walking would you need to do the day after a big night out?
And for anybody trying to gain lean muscle, alcohol is also going to be letting you down. Alcohol inhibits protein synthesis and is bad for testosterone production.
Then there are the other consequences. How often do you go for a big night out and then go home and have a steak with steamed veggies? I'd put money on the answer being never. You end up crawling home past maccas or the kebab shop, am I right? And then the next day when you wake up you just can't be bothered cooking, so you end up fuelling your body with more high fat high carb takeaways. Alcohol throws your entire diet out of whack.
So...take the challenge this October and go sober!
Are you doing Ocsober this year?
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