Originally Posted by
Ilovepi 
Thanks for all the advice guys. My energy levels are horrible. In my brain if I just stop drinking for a few weeks then I should be doing backflips… Maybe that would've been so if I was in my teens… Hit your 30s though, it's different.
Sobriety is no different than drinking in this regard, imho. If you want to be fit and slender you simply watch your diet and exercise regularly. I’ve seen people lose weight by tracking calories, or by going low carb/keto/paleo (how I get fit easiest) or by doing a healthy vegan diet: it just takes persistence. You really do have to get off the salty snacks, sweets, ice cream and bakery treats most of the time no matter what you do.
Sobriety is not a free food pass. As much as I want it to be...waaaah!
Rates of diabetes and alarming changes in weight among recovering alcoholics is high, for obvious reasons. I’ve done some reading on it, it’s a problem...enough to try to be aware of eating habits after quitting drinking.