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The 28-Day No Alcohol Challenge is an exercise in self-control and discipline. It’s also a detox, as you’ll be ditching fizzy drinks and caffeine (if you can).
If you are looking to lose weight for a particular goal or event, then the first thing you need to do is assess your lifestyle and start making active lifestyle changes. You should also stop consuming alcohol and fizzy drinks, as both provide additional calories beyond what we need.
This would always be my first point of call when working with new personal training clients, and it’s a must to ensure all your hard work does not go to waste. Start this 28-day no-alcohol challenge, and why not combine it with one of my other 28-Day Challenges for real change?
Ditch The Booze and Lose Weight! Are you in?
Drinking enough water daily and limiting other beverages are fundamental steps we can take to manage our weight and stay healthy. It is essential to maintain a healthy water balance; your water intake should equal your water output. This concept is similar to accounting—if the inflow and outflow don’t match, something is amiss. Therefore, in addition to staying dry for 28 days, we encourage you to stay hydrated, preferably with water instead of cordial or juice..
The 28-Day Dry Challenge
Go ‘Dry’ with us for 28 days and take on the 28-Day No Alcohol Challenge. Join in with our challenge and see how ditching the booze and staying hydrated can really improve your health and weight.
- Ditch the booze for July.
- Ditch fizzy drinks
- Ditch the caffeine
- Stay hydrated, drink at least eight glasses of water every day.
Score your challenge
| Challenge Archived | Points |
|---|---|
| Alcohol-Free Day | 1 |
| Fizzy Free Day | +1 |
| Caffeine Free Day | +1 |
Download the Dry July Scoring Sheet
MAX points per day = 3, BONUS points only achieved if Alcohol Free Day is also achieved.
Reducing Calories
All drinks other than water contain calories in addition to your calorie requirement. We get our calorie requirement from the food we eat. Calories in drinks rarely have any nutritional value. Limiting your consumption of additional beverages can have a positive effect on your calorie balance.
Alcohol is the most significant contributor to additional calories in drinks, which contain many unnecessary calories. Breaking habits will help reduce alcohol consumption. Sure, we all like to drink sometimes, but we usually drink because of habit. This includes statements and beliefs such as, “It’s Friday, I’ll have a drink,” “It’s the weekend,” and other behaviours instigated through habit.
Staying Hydrated
Most people are dehydrated nearly all the time, and due to habits or lifestyles, we often don’t take in as much fluid as we need. However, we extract some of our fluid requirement through our food (about 30%). If you feel thirsty during the day, your body has triggered the stimulus to encourage you to drink, a sign that you’ve not had enough fluid. Just because you are not thirsty does not mean you shouldn’t drink and hydrate. The thirst sensor is a warning signal, just like the water warning light on your car. If you drink enough during the day your body won’t need to stimulate you to drink, a healthy balance is achieved with a fluid loss equal to fluid intake.
Remember not to consume water in large quantities; it is best to drink little and often. Have a water bottle that you sip from throughout the day.
You need roughly 1 litre of water for every 1000 calories of expenditure, that’s about 2.5 litres for most people.
