I have enough willpower for 10 people when it comes to making sure I eat the foods I'm supposed to and none of the ones I'm not, with one possible fatal exception: alcohol.

As a college student actively involved in the social scene, there is one thing that is absolutely undeniable: alcohol is ever present and unavoidable. For starters, I'm not one of those kids who thinks the weekend starts on wednesday. Between work and classes, it is impossible for me to drink during the week. I pretty much only drink on Friday and Saturday nights. However, I have read that once you have a day where you go above 40 carbs (which I do just in drinking), it can take you up to a couple days to get back into ketosis. What this means is that I won't recover from the weekend until Tuesday. On Friday, the cycle usually starts up again, so that really only gives me 3 good days of ketosis, which is not enough for real progress.

I know there are many who will say "give up drinking" but its just not that simple. THis may be hard to accept for some of you adults (especially those that weren't big drinkers in college). For us, drinking is a big part of college. And contrary to popular belief, it is possible to get drunk on weekends and not be a "screw-up". I'll be graduating in a few months with an engineering degree from Ohio State University (and I had a LOT of fun along the way).

This drinking issue is the only problem I face with the LC lifestyle. I was just wondering how some of you others handled it and what you think.

All opinions are welcome.