This question was simple but the answer is complex

The question "How often do you drink?" was asked at the forums on 3fc (here)

So I start typing my answer...and of course...I need to explain right? So after I wrote it all out..I decided maybe the explanations were more for here than on that forum technicially..because I feel that's "filler" they didn't really ask for...so here we go.

Q: How often do you drink?

A: hmm..well!

16-18 -> probably about 1 or 2 wasted saturdays or friday nights..every other month or so...my best friend's brother's parties..(yeah I know..underage drinking..blah..blah) The only weight I remember is when I was a senior it was 222. (thats with 6am-10am practices every day, football games and Saturday morning competitions...which always required 2 extra hours of practice) Did me an my friend drink the night before competitions? sometimes, but it never affected us negatively...minus being a lil pissy in the morning..but who isn't at 5am anyways??

19-> ..pretty much 2 or 3 times a week...moved in with my best friend..her boyfriend and his friend..both were over 21...we knocked back the Smirnoff and Jager like water and scarfed the fast food at near 3am and baked brownies and all kinds of treats. Then would wake up at 7am and go work in a very stressful office (gained 22 lbs...got upset about my lifestyle choices..moved out because they still wanted their lifestyle and I needed a different one)

20-21-> partied every other saturday at the club....but we did dance all night..from 10pm to 4am...so..not so killer. Lost those 22 lbs because I stopped getting drunk every other day...plus 2 weeks I was strapped for cash...boss provided slim fast for us...he was on a health kick at the time..so I drink 3 slim fasts a day..but each 1 with 2 (16oz) glasses of water because they are just gross to me...I was down from 240 to 218 within those 2 weeks and was also going to curves. However I was extra pale..and when payday came...back to the "bad" foods. Got a raise...ate more bad foods cause I could afford nummy fajitas for lunch! gained almost 20 back

22 - Got accepted to an out of state college in an extra small town and lived with brother who was also accepted to the school. Drink twice the whole year I was there. Of course broke college student menus that consisted of ramen noodles until I literally got sick on them....so we switched to spaghetti with beef....then...turkey then just noodles and sauce...I loved the noodle and sauce spaghetti the best! I still had the long practices...walked to school some times...1 mile each way. Lost those 20 I gained before leaving for college.

23- came back home from college due to mother's illness....I'm at the doctor's appts all day almost everyday with mom...I don't wanna cook. It's back to fast food for lunch and dinner....now I'm at my highest weight of all! 262...yikes I said it but I don't drink like I have before...maybe 2 or 3 drinks...every month and sadly I have to say...it's way harder to dance now and I hate that!

That's my story and I have the pounds to prove it....but it's going to change!