Is this really a bad thing? Similar to others and yourself, my sensitivity to alcohol has increased dramatically since starting IM training a few years ago. I’m 29 and 155 pounds. One drink is enough to make me feel like crap the next morning, so I just stopped drinking. The hardest part about the decision is the peer pressure in social situations. Other than that, I don’t miss it at all, and it probably saves me a ton of money since I just drink water instead.
Yeah … I’m not actually thinking that it’s a bad thing to not drink (other than, of course, all that wine that needs to be appreciated in the proper way); I was more interested in Talking Heads: “how did I get here?”
I’ve had to decline alcohol, and get to bed by 8pm, so many times with my friends so I could get up at 4 or 5 to S/B/R that they’re all used to my craziness - no remaining peer pressure here.
I hadn’t thought of getting a liver function test; that’s a good idea. Methinks I’ll do that. My WebMD search skillz aren’t coming up with anything that points to the exact symptoms (i.e. most common symptoms of alcohol intolerance are hot flash and red skin flushes), but it’s a good idea.
This is very interesting, mainly b/c I just thought I was weird or the last 7 years of IM training had something to do with it. My weight hasn’t changed in over 15 years beyond 3-5 lbs. during offseason vs. race season. I can handle certain types of beer at 1-2 bottles, but anything beyond that and I pay for a pretty serious hangover, no sleep, headache before I even go to bed and feeling like sludge the next day. I have even tried alternating every drink with a full 15-20 oz of water thinking it had to do with dehydration but that doesn’t seem to help either. I’m also an avid wine collector and love it!!! I can barely drink a single glass of a nice cab without some sort of consequences. My 5’2" itty bitty non-triathlete wife drinks me under the table! This is far from the way things used to be.
I’d love to have some answers on this too. And yes, I’m not a huge drinker but like an occasional beverage on the weekend. And yes, I come from a genetic alcoholic family, but not sure if that has anything to do with it. At this point, I MIGHT have 3-4 drinks per MONTH just b/c I hate the feeling afterwards.
Damn, that really sucks. Don’t know why you are suffering from this but I will say that I just opened my third HeadyTopper and I am enjoying the hell out of every sip. To hell with sleep, this quaff is legit.
I don’t know if mine was sudden but I think it was - as I started my training after a summer of DAILY drinking and now I have zero tolerance. The more I train the less I can handle
Last night I had 2 glasses of white wine and I slept horridly and my head is full today
only a one mile race but don’t think it will be pretty…
oh and I am a doc. My liver is fine. Middle aged woman. my kids tease me about having a couple of sips of beer and feeling it
Has your %body fat changed? Alcohol binds in fat. It is not uncommon that individuals with %bdoy fat below 10% have lower alcohol intolerance.
A rather philosophical question: giving up alcohol makes you a better athlete. Would you give it up?
Has your %body fat changed? Alcohol binds in fat. It is not uncommon that individuals with %bdoy fat below 10% have lower alcohol intolerance.
A rather philosophical question: giving up alcohol makes you a better athlete. Would you give it up?
Logical fallacy.
Better stated: IF giving up alcohol makes you a better athlete - would you give it up?
Has your %body fat changed? Alcohol binds in fat. It is not uncommon that individuals with %bdoy fat below 10% have lower alcohol intolerance.
A rather philosophical question: giving up alcohol makes you a better athlete. Would you give it up?
Logical fallacy.
Better stated: IF giving up alcohol makes you a better athlete - would you give it up?
What a stupid idea. How the fuck would I reward myself? Triathlon just wouldn’t be the same all I’d have left is the pain.
This exact thing happened to me about 6 weeks ago. For years, I’ve been a light drinker; maybe a glass or two of white wine a couple of times during the week and on the weekends. Then one day, I had a glass during a rare weekday lunch with my husband and thirty minutes later I started to feel nauseous and crampy. I didn’t immediately connect it to the wine, but when the same reaction occurred the next day at dinner (with the added symptom of a headache), I stopped drinking entirely.
Like you, I did tons of internet research and came up with little definitive information that would explain this sudden intolerance. I started reading a book called Clean Gut by Alejandro Junger. In response to various digestive and other ailments, he advocates a 21-day program of very clean eating (no dairy, no sugar, no gluten, no coffee, no alcohol) after which you slowly reintroduce those foods. The intention is to clean out the gut and rebalance the system. It may all be hooey, but I’m giving it a try. I had a pretty serious sugar addiction and had been on antibiotics a couple of times in the past few months for pneumonia and other ailments. I’m basically attempting to reset my body. I hope after all this, I’ll be able to drink alcohol again because I do enjoy drinking wine.