I'm beginning to think I drink too much because I am going to miss my Saturday night pre-dinner drink. I am giving up the wine with dinner, but if vodka has no carbs and I always drink it with soda (no lime anymore) can't I have one? I have enough calories according to fitday. I am on day 6 of induction. Any thoughts? Thanks.

I've written so much about this people are probably going to think I'm an alcoholic. Oh well.
I am a serious wine drinker which has been the hardest part of starting this program. I'm also on day six of induction and have somehow managed not to have a glass all week.
From what I understand the problem with alcohol is that it 1) can cause other cravings (not for me) and 2) body burns it before fat/may slow weight loss.
But this is true at any stage of the LC WOE - so my question that has yet to be answered (or discovered) is what is it about induction that makes alcohol such a ?

I am a teenager and find it hard not to drink when I go out.....I have a couple of vodkas with diet coke on the weekends and it doesnt seem to stall me however when I went to my may ball and had quite a few the next day my stomach did not appreciate it...lol...my advice..If you can... only have a couple and the next day and inbetween drink los and lots of water to rehydrate...It shouldnt stall you but if you do stall try cutting down and see if this helps... Good luck...

Induction is your time to clean your system out...go through carb withdrawal, learn your routines, etc.
Alcohol can:
1)cause cravings...
2)lower your resistance to foods you are ALREADY craving if you haven't (in induction) gotten to the stage where those cravings die down
3)cause the scale to slow down because the alcohol will be utilized before anything else in your body (a slow or stopped scale is not a friend to those who need motivation and are trying to feel good about a new weightloss attempt (lifestyle).

The no alcohol on induction rule is very simply trying to help people get past the initial introduction/ adjustment period without sabotaging themselves (either psychologically or physiologically) inadvertantly by drinking.