Comments on: My Thoughts on Alcohol: For Real, For Real https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/ A Health and Lifestyle brand based in Los Angeles, California Fri, 17 Jun 2016 04:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Stefanie https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-74474 Sun, 19 Oct 2014 06:01:51 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-74474 In reply to Jordan Younger.

Hahah I love this, yes that totally counts! I wish they would serve kombucha in night clubs…

]]> By: Jordan Younger https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-67496 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 02:56:03 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-67496 In reply to Kim @ BusyBod.

Hahaha I NEED to see those old photos! I have some terrifying ones lurking around my computer & wayyy back in the Facebook albums. I was cray cray. Yay for listening to our bodies now and finding that balance that makes life SO much more enjoyable. 🙂

]]> By: Kim @ BusyBod https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-67403 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:49:52 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-67403 Ugh, I am so behind on blog reading! I feel like we would have been train wreck friends back in the day. I base this on two things: 1) we are balanced friends now, and 2) I started drinking at 18 and I was 23 or 24 before I ever drank WITHOUT blacking out. True story. And I drank 3-6 nights per week. Soooo yeah, I have a treasure trove of horrifying photos. 🙂 Now I treat alcohol like everything else. I listen to my heart and my body. No rules, no restrictions, just common sense and (liquid) soul food. <3

]]> By: Jordan Younger https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-66474 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:02:17 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-66474 In reply to Cassie.

I was the saaame way!!! 1000+ calories of alcohol, late-night eating crap, etc. And I was working out hard too and teaching yoga and I was still uncomfortable all the time because of all the freaking drinking. So it’s hard to come out the other end now and realize that I can drink in moderation without gaining weight and feeling like total crap. Baaalance!! And so interesting that your weight is exactly where you want it now even with drinking in moderation– without the stress (and excessiveness) I know that our bodies totally balance out.

]]> By: Jordan Younger https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-66469 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:58:01 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-66469 In reply to Carolyn.

I completely agree. The hardest part about the non-drinking is wielding the reactions! “You just don’t LIKE it anymore or what?” “Did you have a bad experience?” “Is it because its not vegan?” blah blah. I agree that in time it will start to feel much more natural!

]]> By: Jordan Younger https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-66465 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:55:26 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-66465 In reply to Irina.

Ahh, Manhattan is certainly a hard place to find the balance! Especially because you want to be out and about having fun, meeting people and enjoying everything the city has to offer! But maybe your balance right now DOES include partying, just scale it back a bit until you feel comfortable with it!! Nothing wrong with being a wild child as long as you don’t feel like its effecting you in any negative ways. 🙂

]]> By: Carolyn https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-66443 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 06:22:01 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-66443 I recently made the decision to cut way back on drinking, my body just doesn’t bounce back the way it used to. Right now I’m abstaining most nights and that’s cool with me but I find myself navigating other people’s reactions, usually along the lines of “you don’t drink anymore? at all??” or “did something happen?”. It can be tricky to reassure my old drinking buddies that I’m not a teetotaler without caving and having a drink (or three). Hopefully, like with all habits, it will start to feel more natural.

]]> By: Irina https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-66438 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 05:38:18 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-66438 Great great great post!! I think this is a very important topic to discuss, and it’s one I’ve been meaning to write about as well. Sooo I’m slightly ashamed to admit that I’m a bit of a partier. And by a bit I mean ‘stay out every weekend until 4AM as if I’m still in college’. I’ve been a wild child since high school (I know I know, it’s horrible) and went even crazier in college until finally toning things down upon graduating. Moving to NYC last year essentially pulled me back to my wild ways and so here I am now!

Much like you, I have an extraordinarily addictive personality and it’s been tough to find a good balance. NYC has so much to offer, and while I very often go out without drinking at all, sometimes it’s tough to pass up on cool drinks when all your friends are raving about them. Luckily, I’ve never found myself dependent on alcohol even in the slightest. In fact, I dislike the taste of most alcohol and am only now, at 26, starting to appreciate the taste of good wine and whisky (nothing else). In a nightlife-centered city like Manhattan, I’m still working to find a good balance of fun!

]]> By: Cassie https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-66414 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:30:38 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-66414 I feel like we are in the same boat… I was a WILD CHILD in high school/college… and got fat from drinking 1000+ calories every night, eating drunk pizza, whatever, even though I was still running (though like 1/3-1/2 of what I am now haha). THEN I said HELL NO ALCOHOL YOU’LL MAKE ME FAT. And stopped drinking. Or would have one sip. Now somehow by the grace of God I’ve found balance and had half a bottle of wine casually on Sunday without feeling bad about it. Oh and half a bottle on Saturday. And Friday. And a glass last night. And you know what? My weight is still exactly where I want it!

]]> By: Antonia https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-66351 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:38:46 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-66351 Hey, I found this post so interesting as that is exactly the struggle I’m going through at the moment!

I live in London which is a complete party town but this year I gave up processed foods and haven’t looked back which I love and I feel all the better for it but I just can’t figure out what to do with drinking…I don’t like how it makes me feel the next day or how unhealthy it is and I think it really gets in the way of my goals but I just don’t have the confidence to go to a party and not drink (which I know is a bit lame) so I think I need to find my happy medium like you’ve found yours..I’ll get there! Thank you.

]]> By: GiGi Eats https://thebalancedblonde.com/2014/08/27/my-thoughts-on-alcohol-for-real-for-real/#comment-66346 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:16:13 +0000 http://www.theblondevegan.com/?p=4297#comment-66346 NOOOO ALCOHOL FOR ME…. Because I can make an ASS OF MYSELF without being intoxicated. Lets be real, I am always sort of intoxicated, but healthfully, ON LIFE!! 😉

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