I usually drink on the weekends and occasionally a cigar (Acids). I know beer has negative affects on my body in terms of bf%. Maybe not so much because of the beer, I drink Miller lite, but the fact I usually eat bad foods after I've been drinking. Plus, I usually feel pretty dehydrated after drinking.
That's cuz alcohol dehydrates :icon_lol:
As for smoking, STOP IT! It's not hard to stop if you actually want to, at least I didn't think it was. I was up to a pack a day, realized it was unhealthy, and within a few weeks cut down to 5-10 a day. I got really sick one night so I couldn't smoke anyway while I was sick cuz that's just stupid to hurt your throat anymore than it already is damaged. Plus, I had just signed up with the best personal trainer out there and was about to start my plan. I wanted a new me and I wasn't about to do anything to bring me down from my goals so I never smoked again.
I will tell you, it felt good to be off and I didn't get bad headaches like one of my friends said he got when he tried to stop. I'd get really hot out of nowhere but that was about it. I also stayed sick for a few weeks after I quit so I researched it and found that alot of people are sick for a few weeks after they quit while theyre body adjusts to havin to do the work on it's own again. Cigarettes cause the body to dump glucose into the blood and inhibit insulin so it makes you hyperglycemic, not somthing you want if you wanna get big or lose fat. Plus you don't digest food very well either if your a smoker. How do you expect to grow if your not getting the proper nutrients out of your stomach and gut and into your body?
So, it's ultimately up to you, make up a new routine and get a whole new proper diet and tell yourself that your gonna stick to it and not let the cigs bring you down. I hang out every day with friends that smoke, but once you see that you are transforming, you'll know why you quit and you can secretly laugh at your friends while they inhale cigarette smoke, talking about how soon, they are gonna start workin out, and get toned and ripped, and take steroids to get there. (maybe this only applies to me, lol) But oh you'll know the truth, you can do that easily by quitting the smoking, workin out right, eating right(this is the hardest thing in the world to actually get right IMHO), and getting plenty of sleep. You don't need no stinkin steroids, man! Not unless you've reached your genetic limit
Sorry i kinda went off on this crazy rant towards the end there. Bottom line, get off the cigs cuz you can't do both. They are 2 different lifestyles that don't mix