Beer: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

I have a hard decision ahead of me.  It shouldn't be a hard decision.  It should be an easy decision.  It should be a question like: what shirt am I going to wear today? or should I watch three Star Trek movies this week?  But, I am forced to seek advice.  If you read my post about my Vancouver bootcamp exercise program (which rules, by the way) a few weeks ago, you may be aware that I am trying to get into a shape that doesn't resemble overweight and blob-like.  It is going well and I am starting to feel a whole lot healthier.  I haven't really "lost weight" yet since I am bulking up in the muscle department and someone mentioned that I am looking "thinner".  I don't see it, but hey, you need to start somewhere.

This brings me to the beer question.  I have been doing a little reading on exercise and how to make it pay off and I found some literature about alcohol and how it keeps your body from exercising successfully.  According to what I was reading, drinking two drinks effectively prevents your body from burning fat for up to 48 hours.

This discovery has horrified me!  So, if I have a couple of beers on Saturday night, my exercise on Monday won't do very much.  Yikes!  So, I have been tinkering with the idea of stopping my consumption of beer and wine.  I think I can do this successfully but I was taking stock of a lot of the social gatherings I attend and many of them are booze-centric.  I suppose I hadn't realized the extent as to how much liquor is central to socializing in this town.

I think I have made my decision to cut booze out of my diet (yes, I reallllly like my beer) and I think I can stick to it but it will be hard.  What do you all think?

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