One of the largest reasons that alcohol consumption limits weight loss is due to the fact that many are unaware of the calories that they are consuming from their drinks. Opening one bottle of beer after a long day of work may not seem like much, but with one bottle containing 100 calories, not factoring the calories into your diet and having a beer every day of the year will add up to an extra 10 pounds of fat after one year.
Alcohol doesn’t contain many nutrients, if any, making alcohol empty calories. Many don’t think of a few drinks as much, but a night out of drinking adds up to almost as many calories as eating half of a large pizza!