Blame it on the ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, alcohol
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Thank you everyone who took their time for the practical advise. Keep them coming I am taking notes and doing some research on specific calories for different kind of liquors.
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Mike's Hard Lemonade Lite, 109 cals0
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Typical person brought up to believe in having zero personal responsibility. *shrug*
No skin off my back. Have fun being in the same exact place, or worse with thinking that being serious about losing weight/being healthy is a weekend retreat.
Blame it on the ah, ah, ah, ah ,ah, alcoholic.0 -
Coffee, water, alcohol
Daily and in that order
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I just log the calories from the drinks I'm having. I'm not a fan of lo-cal beers, I drink them too fast and they need to be ice cold to taste good. I spend the calories on a couple beers that taste good while drinking slowly (Tripels and English Old Ale). I also, throw in a glass of water sometimes to break it up (or heal my tongue after an especially bitter beer).0
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This thread is going all kinds of fun places...
Anyway, four things and I'm out:
1. Remember that a shot is 1.5 ozs, not 1 oz. A lot of people get that wrong.
2. Diet soda isn't poison.
3. I drank 3-4 times a week while losing weight so it is possible... but yeah, moderation.
4. 1280 calories might be too low for you.
Also, now I feel like having a beer tonight and will hold OP responsible for it.0 -
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Hey that's my routine too....I have a bad habit of skipping the water though and going straight to the alcohol after the coffeeShellyBell999 wrote: »Coffee, water, alcohol
Daily and in that order
Still losing weight
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Sevendust912 wrote: »peachyfuzzle wrote: »If you don't want to make the commitment to better your health, then don't. But, don't dabble your toe in the water just enough to think you have reason to whine about nothing changing while still touting that you're not really changing at all.
I have been an alcoholic for much of my adult life, especially the last decade, so I know a thing or two about it, and have zero sympathy for people who not only refuse to change, but make a mockery of changing at the same time.
From a fellow recovering alcoholic/addict, this post is spot on
Uh, maybe if the OP were an alcoholic and wanted to stop by cutting down or something, but that's not the case here so it seems actually super weird for sober folks to be even involved in the thread at all, let alone attacking the OP for not having an addiction.
OP: As others have mentioned, use club soda and/or tonic as a mixer, generally clear alcohol or wine, and you'll find far fewer calories being "lost" that way. Don't be like me and do 20 jello shots a day <g>
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Cutting way back on alcohol has been easier than I thought, but I do still include some in my diet from time to time. I tend to do well drinking bourbon neat. It ends up being pretty low on the scale of calories-to-drunkenness for me (way better than the kinds of beer I like to drink), which means I can have a bit of a buzz on very few calories. If I count up calories from a drunken beer night vs. a drunken whiskey night, I do better on whiskey. (Drink lots of water to keep the hangover at bay!)
I'm also not afraid to order non-alcoholic things when my friends are out having drinks. A dash of bitters can make something feel more like a cocktail without adding significant calories. It sounds cliche, but I can have a ton of fun on a night where I get one or two real drinks, and otherwise drink diet soda, flavored fizzy water, or something like that.
If you want to get f*cked up on a regular basis and lose weight, though, you better start working out hard. You can consume sooooo many calories with a regular heavy drinking habit.0 -
I'm having a beer right now....Yum.0
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Oh
Hey that's my routine too....I have a bad habit of skipping the water though and going straight to the alcohol after the coffeeShellyBell999 wrote: »Coffee, water, alcohol
Daily and in that order
Still losing weight
Heh, heh, sometimes I'll add the alcohol TO the coffee
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actually I am here just to maintain, I drink all weekend, as long as you work out and burn those calories off, its quite easy.0
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Jesyka_Gee wrote: »Here's what I do. Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this but when I'm out with friends and we are grabbing drinks, either stick to light beer or if you want the hard stuff go for a Vodka Tonic or Gin & Tonic. Tonic is a form of water, which will help with hydration throughout the night and a minimal hang over. This always works for me. My go-to drink is either Grey Goose and Tonic with a few lime wedges or Kettle and Tonic the same way. Hope it works out for you!
I haven't read all the way to the end, so I'm sorry if this has been said, but NO, tonic is not water! 12oz of tonic has about 125 calories. Diet tonic has 0 calories, but it tastes like something died on your tongue.
Club soda is water, but it doesn't taste very good with vodka IMO.0 -
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I'm don't really drink anymore but when I did I only really drank hard liquor so I just switched my mixer to diet soda. Watermelon vodka and diet Mountain Dew, not as great as the full calorie soda but it gets the job done.0
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To me: if this is a sustainable LIFESTYLE change.... then the only way to do it is to make it fit your lifestyle. Swapping sugary mixers for clubs soda, drinking less often, drinking less (which would perhaps be easier when one loses weight)... but some of the "earn it" by running, and "earn it" by skimping a day before TO ME are the kinds of things that quickly go by the way side once one hits maintenance. And then one's right back where they were.
Small sustainable changes.
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Plain vodka, soda water, and sugar-free water flavor stuff. Fewest calories I can find.0
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wow. I see we have the "diet soda is poison" and the "you're an alcoholic" crowds, but i didn't see the "what is considered water" argument coming. Interesting twist.
10/10 - would read again.
I always mix my drinks with diet versions of soda or juice or water. I have a friend with Type 1 diabetes and he told me that if i mixed with drinks with no sugar then it would reduce my hangover because part of what dehydrates you is the sugar in regular soda mixers. Seems to work well on the rare occasion that i do drink liquor in excess.0 -
When I drink, I usually stick to wine or clear licquor. Seems to be the lowest in calories.0
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So I've been counting calories for a few weeks. Have only lost one pound, the first week. Then I went out and got drunk and when I sobered up I realize I had drank the equivalent of one day's food intake. FML. I am not going to stop drinking because it's part of my social life and I like it. I like hanging out with my friends and we do it over liquor every two weeks or so.
My partner and I stopped buying beer for the house so we don't have beer with dinner or meals to reduce the calorie intake. That much I can do, no liquor at home.
That being sad, any other drinkers out there who are including alcohol on their diet? Is there anything low-cal I can drink instead?
I had riesling and a few shots of Jack daniels last weekend and went 1300 cals over goal, which is 1280
P.S. Please abstain of judgement.
PS 2: Should have mentioned. I don't drink calories. Only calories I drink is alcohol and coffee (skim, splenda/sugar). NEVER sodas or juice. Only water and seltzer water. Been doing it for years.
Thanks everyone for the advise already.
Plain and simple I'm a falling down drunk in recovery who was consuming roughly 2000 calories a day in rum. (Yes, I drank that much every day.)
I lost 16 pounds without trying when I stopped drinking. Booze is fattening no two ways about it.
However, I don't see how once every two weeks is going to cause you to be fat. Just be careful with it, please.
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All these jokers aside...
I have at least 1 beer every night... with rare exception. Sometimes two. Sometimes I have a glass of whiskey as well. If I have room in my calorie budget for it, I have no issues with it.
That said: I LOVE craft beer. I refuse to cut it out. However I will restrict it if I ran out of calories for the day. I also learned which beers have really nice flavor for lower calories.
When I do whiskey, I drink it neat, or on the rocks. That way there is no added sugar calories from something like tonic (which is really just a soda). Straight whiskey is not that high in calories. The important thing to remember is 1) log accurately what you are drinking, 2) try to be mindful of what you are drinking and try not to get drunk because 3) once you get past a certain point of inebriation your inhibitions for snacking go out the window.
In other words - there is no reason to cut out alcohol if you are smart about it. Now, if you are simply drinking to get drunk, well, that might be a problem. But if you are trying to figure out how to fit in a drink you love into your diet, well that's no different than anyone else around here trying to figure out how to get their favorite slice of cake, or bacon, or whatever into their daily calories.0 -
I used to go through half to a whole bottle of wine a night, easy. I cut down because hangovers and calories...and because hub was worried that I was becoming an alcoholic. Now that I've lost 70+ lbs and I drink less often, my tolerance is much lower, so I'm a cheap date. win-win 0
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I can basically only drink PBR, red wine, and whiskey neat or on the rocks since I've lost weight. I miss microbrews but they make me ill, and PBR is basically tea. It might actually be good for you.0
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I'm really disappointed in myself that I didn't make a "Blame It On The Rain" joke in my answer to the OP.
::hangs head::
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0somuchbetter0 wrote: »Jesyka_Gee wrote: »Here's what I do. Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this but when I'm out with friends and we are grabbing drinks, either stick to light beer or if you want the hard stuff go for a Vodka Tonic or Gin & Tonic. Tonic is a form of water, which will help with hydration throughout the night and a minimal hang over. This always works for me. My go-to drink is either Grey Goose and Tonic with a few lime wedges or Kettle and Tonic the same way. Hope it works out for you!
I haven't read all the way to the end, so I'm sorry if this has been said, but NO, tonic is not water! 12oz of tonic has about 125 calories. Diet tonic has 0 calories, but it tastes like something died on your tongue.
Club soda is water, but it doesn't taste very good with vodka IMO.
Actually I think it's quite lovely with vodka.0 -
DiabolicalColossus wrote: »
I'm a fan of whiskey and soda, or a single on the rocks.
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Smart thinking!ShellyBell999 wrote: »Oh
Hey that's my routine too....I have a bad habit of skipping the water though and going straight to the alcohol after the coffeeShellyBell999 wrote: »Coffee, water, alcohol
Daily and in that order
Still losing weight
Heh, heh, sometimes I'll add the alcohol TO the coffee
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I second this. I add a splash of lime juice to it and use raspberry vodka and its a delight.Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »0somuchbetter0 wrote: »Jesyka_Gee wrote: »Here's what I do. Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this but when I'm out with friends and we are grabbing drinks, either stick to light beer or if you want the hard stuff go for a Vodka Tonic or Gin & Tonic. Tonic is a form of water, which will help with hydration throughout the night and a minimal hang over. This always works for me. My go-to drink is either Grey Goose and Tonic with a few lime wedges or Kettle and Tonic the same way. Hope it works out for you!
I haven't read all the way to the end, so I'm sorry if this has been said, but NO, tonic is not water! 12oz of tonic has about 125 calories. Diet tonic has 0 calories, but it tastes like something died on your tongue.
Club soda is water, but it doesn't taste very good with vodka IMO.
Actually I think it's quite lovely with vodka.
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