Can you lose weight without cutting alcohol/coffee with sugar?

Francl27

1200 is too low already, there is no way you're eating the nutrients your body needs if you're spending calories on alcohol and sugar, IMO.

jlcbooth

Francl27 wrote: »

1200 is too low already, there is no way you're eating the nutrients your body needs if you're spending calories on alcohol and sugar, IMO.

I added a post that said I eat about 1500 after exercise. I track macros through MFP and I'm usually eating about 100-120g of protein per day and am lower than MFP suggests on carbs and fat.

loratliff

There's nothing much to add here other than personal experience... I, too, love my coffee with creamer and my nightly cocktail, BUT I measure out my tablespoon of creamer every morning and carefully measure my gin & tonics too. They work within my daily intake goals and I enjoy them—you should too. (I will say that I've swapped my afternoon coffee for a cup of unsweetened green tea instead, but that's more for a caffeine cutback than anything else.)

jlcbooth

loratliff wrote: »

There's nothing much to add here other than personal experience... I, too, love my coffee with creamer and my nightly cocktail, BUT I measure out my tablespoon of creamer every morning and carefully measure my gin & tonics too. They work within my daily intake goals and I enjoy them—you should too. (I will say that I've swapped my afternoon coffee for a cup of unsweetened green tea instead, but that's more for a caffeine cutback than anything else.)

Thanks loratliff. I've decided that it's easier for me to forgo the tea or coffee with sugar in the am than to abstain from that glass of wine at the end of the day. Both are rituals of course and I need neither, but because I'm drinking a protein shake with coffee in it, I can get away with not drinking it hot too. At night, after a long day of work and cleaning/cooking/working out/carting my son back and forth and all over the house, I want to relax with a glass of wine. I measure too!