13 Idiot-Proof Abs Solutions

# 5 You Should Be Avoiding Alcohol

As for alcohol, you’ll definitely need to dial back your drinking. Better yet, eliminate it completely. If you insist on going out and drinking, try to avoid mixed drinks that are made with sugary beverages, as well as heavy beers that are full of calories. Stick to wine, light beer or mixed drinks made with the alcohol and either water or seltzer.

This may seem obvious, but avoid binge drinking. Not only is it unhealthy and unsafe, it will wreck your weeks’ worth of dieting in a single night. The other problem is that a night out of heavy drinking can usually lead to eating junk food either at night or the next day to help your hangover. Being hung over won’t affect your abs directly, but it will probably keep you out of the gym the next day, which can hurt your progress.