Boozing….I have seen and read a ton of articles on booze and it’s negative effects. Most of the articles end state is to give up the booze! But I love me a good weissbier or a vodka martini made w/ vermouth and extra dirty…hell you could probably put the olives in the beer…hmmm….may try that.
But I was trying to get to a point. As I strive to be the perfect health specimen I cannot enjoy a “few drinks” without a major hang over, but I still like to have a few drinks. You can’t beat that numb feeling it gives you.
So what is the solution? I am in California and I got up with a friend I haven’t seen in about nine years. We had burgers as big as our heads and drank some weissbier…mmmm….besides the fact that we decided (while intoxicated) that it’d be cool to climb down the cliff on Carlsbad beach and throw rocks into the ocean (and I didn’t climb down, I rolled, smacked my head and messed up my ankle) it was a great evening talking about 1999 and everything since.
The next day and even the day after I suffered from a hangover, that whole remember to breath, in out, in out, don’t bend over, don’t get up too fast, I’m hungry, I’m going to throw up, I can’t drink water, I’m so thirsty, my brain is too big for my skull – I’M NEVER GOING TO DRINK AGAIN mantra.
Now having done my blood glucose testing and cruising the internet for every bit of information on blood glucose testing I could find and pricking anyone’s finger that would let me test theirs I feel like I have a better understanding of what is going on in the body while processing alcohol. I am by no stretch of the means an expert…hell the more I learn the more I realize how ignorant I am. But I know from the info I have gathered, that my blood glucose levels have dropped significantly and that my liver is not going to dump any glucose into my body until it gets done processing the alcohol out. So my best bet is to eat some fruit, drink some juice and attempt to rehydrate and of course suck it up.
I don’t drink often because it makes my stomach look like Buddha and my genetically predisposed double chin puffs out. But I do enjoy it – I like that feeling after a beer or glass of wine where you start to feel a little numb and the fact that the house still needs cleaned and the lawn mowed just doesn’t seem to matter for a little while. The balance I have found is to only drink once a month and to limit the intake. I keep my abs and stay single chinned and get my alcohol enjoyment too…it’s all about balance for me….that is MY end state. =)
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