Alcohol can have a negative impact on your health and fitness if you're not careful. It can lead to dehydration, organ damage, weight gain and much more. The good news is that if you follow a few simple steps, you can still enjoy alcohol as part of your lifestyle and achieve all your health and fitness goals. In this post I'll be discussing how to do just that by providing you with 9 Tips For Healthy Alcohol Consumption. Once you've checked out this infographic, please Like, +1, Pin and Tweet it by using the buttons above and below the post. Also, if you want more information on cutting the … [Read more...]
6 Top Low Calorie Alcoholic Drinks
Alcohol is one of the biggest obstacles to successful weight loss. Many people improve the quality of their diets but don't alter their alcohol consumption habits. As a result, they end up drinking thousands of excess calories each week and don't get the weight loss results they desire. The good news is that if you choose your drinks wisely, you can still enjoy alcohol in moderation without it having a negative impact on your weight loss goals. This post will help you do exactly that by listing 6 Top Low Calorie Alcoholic Drinks. Once you've checked out this infographic, … [Read more...]
The Free Fitness Tips New Year’s Eve Low Calorie Alcohol Roundup
Now that New Year's Eve is here, you're probably getting ready for a night of partying and looking forward to enjoying a few alcoholic drinks. While there's nothing wrong with letting your hair down and indulging in some alcohol on the big night, failing to choose your drinks wisely can lead to you consuming thousands of calories on the night. That's why today I've decided to help you slash the calories in your alcohol and bring together all the posts on the topic via The Free Fitness Tips New Year's Eve Low Calorie Alcohol Roundup. 5 High Calorie Alcoholic Drinks To Avoid This Christmas … [Read more...]
4 Low Calorie Ciders To Try This New Year’s Eve
February 2016 Update: Since originally writing this post, I've found that my original findings on the fourth cider on the list - Stella Artois Cidre were incorrect. It actually contains 290 calories per bottle and not the 150 calories I initially stated. I have now removed Stella Artois Cidre from the list and advise you to stick with the three remaining ciders below if you want to minimise the amount of alcohol calories you consume. With the Christmas holidays almost over and New Year's Eve just a day away , the chances are you're going to be indulging in a little more alcohol than usual … [Read more...]
4 Healthy Halloween Cocktails
If you're attending or hosting a Halloween party this year, the chances are that you'll be drinking alcohol. While alcohol definitely has social benefits and is fun to drink, it also contains a lot of calories, with some alcoholic cocktails containing more calories than a meal. The good news is that if you make your own, you can slash a lot of these calories and still maintain the same great taste. In this article I'm going to be listing 4 Healthy Halloween Cocktails that you can make and drink at any Halloween parties you host or attend. All four are super simple to prepare, have a spooky … [Read more...]
5 Low Calorie Cocktails To Make For A BBQ
In my last post I discussed how you can cut the calories in your alcohol when you attend or host barbecues, by drinking light beer instead of regular beer. However, I understand that not everyone's a fan of beer, so today I'm going to be providing you with some alternatives to light beer and listing 5 Low Calorie Cocktails that you can make before attending or hosting your next barbecue. As you probably know, cocktails are a perfect summer drink and are an excellent way to stay cool, hydrated and refreshed at a barbecue on a hot day. Unfortunately, most traditional cocktails are loaded with … [Read more...]
6 Light Beers To Try At BBQs
Over the last few weeks I've been covering how to eat healthy at barbecues and helping you on your way with a selection of healthy meat, healthy fish, healthy vegetable and healthy condiment recipes. In the next couple of posts, I'm going to be taking the focus off food and instead looking at how to cut the calories in the alcoholic drinks you consume at barbecues. As you probably know, alcoholic drinks aren't the best thing for your waistline. However, if you enjoy drinking alcohol, going all summer without drinking any isn't going to be much fun, especially when almost every barbecue you … [Read more...]
Alcohol & Fitness – Can The 2 Go Hand In Hand?
Over the last couple of years I have wrote quite a few alcohol themed articles during the festive period. After looking back at a few of these articles I realised that they could be quite misleading to new readers. After all this is a fitness site but in these articles I appear to be promoting the consumption of alcohol. Today I want to set the record straight and give you my take on alcohol and whether I believe you can still drink alcohol and live a healthy lifestyle. ALCOHOL IS NOT HEALTHY I want to begin by saying alcohol is not healthy. It has been suggested that alcohol can protect … [Read more...]
Alcohol Explained
WHAT IS ALCOHOL? Alcohol (also known as ethanol) is a compound that gets produced when glucose is fermented by yeast. It is not an essential nutrient but it does contain calories and so can be used by your body for energy. In this article I will be taking a deeper look at alcohol and the impact it has on your body. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOL? Alcohol is believed to have been around since the stone ages with beer jugs from as early as 10,000 B.C. being discovered. It was identified as a separate compound by the Iranian alchemist Muhammad bin Zakaria Razi (also known as “Razes”) … [Read more...]
3 Low Calorie Beers You Can Try This Christmas & New Year
Beer is probably the last thing you would expect to be promoted on a fitness website. It is high in calories, low in nutritional value and does very little for your health. However, that does not change the fact that a lot of people (myself included) enjoy drinking beer. This is especially true over Christmas. Unfortunately, all this extra beer can quickly lead to festive weight gain. Most cans of premium lager contain over 200 calories which means that just 5 cans can take you over the 1,000 calorie mark. When you combine this with all the treats and 3 course Christmas dinners that are on … [Read more...]