Like Minded Lushes - Part 1

georgespelvin

Oh my god, Kim, I'm horrendously jealous of you A whole group of my friends are headed to Chicago this weekend, and I couldn't afford to go on such short notice

I think I'm going to try giving it up during the week... the thing is my roommate and best drinking buddy works five days on three days off so HER weekends are always changing, maybe I'll have to coordinate with her! Haha.

tex43

Yesterday was day two of not drinking during the week. It really seems to have jump-started my metabolism again as I feel great and I've lost 1.7 lbs since my last weigh-in. It's also a LOT easier to be under my calorie goal - and I get to eat more.

Day three might be a bit harder since I'm supposed to play a quick round of golf with co-workers after work tonight . . . at a course with their own brewery . . . with beer shacks scattered around the course.

Cheers! :happy: :drinker:

I had the exact same experience. It almost defies logic that so little of a change can make such a difference so quickly.

And my god I want to play that course! I retract everything bad I ever said about your city (it's a hockey thing)!

you gotta have aiming fluid for golf!

I'm super competative,and unlike a bunch of dudes I play with,who actually get better with every beer,I get much worse,so I generally wait till at least hole 9 to open the first beer.

nisijam5

Hi Kim ~ I will be doing to opposite of you next week. Leaving Chicagoland (home) and leaving for vacation in the Northwoods of Minnesota where I plan on indulging a little. :drinker:

I am right there with ya and definitely was drinking 4 + drinks a day. Last week I went Monday through Thursday without anything and I am doing the same this week. So you are not alone and found a great board. Welcome!

Thanks! Too funny you are going to MN...what part are you going to? I am going to try and not do the weekday stuff definitely...we go to baseball games 4/5 weeknights and end up eating out a lot which always tastes good with a few beers...baseball ends weekend of July 10th...Thank God

nisijam5

Oh my god, Kim, I'm horrendously jealous of you A whole group of my friends are headed to Chicago this weekend, and I couldn't afford to go on such short notice

I think I'm going to try giving it up during the week... the thing is my roommate and best drinking buddy works five days on three days off so HER weekends are always changing, maybe I'll have to coordinate with her! Haha.

Don't be jealous!!! You saved your liver!!! Good idea to change up the weekends...Let me know how it works out...I'm an RN and work every other weekend on the PM shift, I would say it helps to slow things down; but, I end up working around it!!!

On a positive note, my two older kids (16 and 19) don't indulge in the liquid stuff...probably, from watching hubby and me!!!

tabbydog

With sheer grit and determination I managed to drink nothing last night. I am down another pound today, currently at my lowest weight in a long time, and my lowest since starting MFP. Will I make it another day? We'll see. Personally, if I go a couple of days a week not drinking, and only drink 1 on the weekdays that I drink, that is a huge improvement, and I have seen it in the scale. I think when you are maintaining, it is probably okay to drink every day, but when trying to lose, sadly it works better without the alcohol. :sad:

ivygirl328

I am so glad I am not alone here. I, too, am jealous of you Kim. I would love to be back in Chicago right now. I'm not from there, but my husband is and we try to go as often as we can. Usually to hang out at the clubs and drink :drinker: . We have trips planned in September and December already. Can I bank calories now to be used then? There is no way that I will be able to go and not indulge.

My personal goals are to get through the week without drinking and seriously cut back during the weekend. I'm considering, gasp, switching to the MGD 64 or the Bud 55 calories. It's either that or rum and diet coke. Those always go to my head a lot faster though.

tex43

I am so glad I am not alone here. I, too, am jealous of you Kim. I would love to be back in Chicago right now. I'm not from there, but my husband is and we try to go as often as we can. Usually to hang out at the clubs and drink :drinker: . We have trips planned in September and December already. Can I bank calories now to be used then? There is no way that I will be able to go and not indulge.

My personal goals are to get through the week without drinking and seriously cut back during the weekend. I'm considering, gasp, switching to the MGD 64 or the Bud 55 calories. It's either that or rum and diet coke. Those always go to my head a lot faster though.

I tried the MGd 64,not bad tasting,but I could drink like 20 and not have a buz,and my stomach was so full I could hear it sloshing when I walked.Miller Lite has and is my drink of choice,only 96 calories.

LisaKC

I like the Mich Ultra Amber. Still light, but tastes like beer.

tex43

I like the Mich Ultra Amber. Still light, but tastes like beer.

haven't tried that one,I tried the ultra and didn't like it,how many calories are in the Amber?

LisaKC

Not sure, maybe a little more than Lite? In any case, I'm willing to trade off for more beer flavor. Try one.

tex43

I will,thanks for the tip!

georgespelvin

Saved my liver AND my diet, I know, we did Vegas last year and I'm pretty sure I had a week-long hangover from that. WORTH IT.

geri1geraldinesuzanne

when i started to log in to mfp i stopped drinking for a month and a half, i didn't miss it at the beginning but now i do allow myself the odd day, especially at weekends!
:drinker:

although i do try not to weigh in until at least two days later when its all out of my system.

naturebaby

Yesterday was day two of not drinking during the week. It really seems to have jump-started my metabolism again as I feel great and I've lost 1.7 lbs since my last weigh-in. It's also a LOT easier to be under my calorie goal - and I get to eat more.

Day three might be a bit harder since I'm supposed to play a quick round of golf with co-workers after work tonight . . . at a course with their own brewery . . . with beer shacks scattered around the course.

Cheers! :happy: :drinker:

I had the exact same experience. It almost defies logic that so little of a change can make such a difference so quickly.

And my god I want to play that course! I retract everything bad I ever said about your city (it's a hockey thing)!

you gotta have aiming fluid for golf!

I'm super competative,and unlike a bunch of dudes I play with,who actually get better with every beer,I get much worse,so I generally wait till at least hole 9 to open the first beer.

This is my problem also! I'm a competitive player and it hampers my game to drink..but after I've played I love love a cold amber or glass of white wine. I play 3-4 days a week ( i know sad huh) and a drink helps me get over a bad round or celebrates a good round!!

dragonfly74

Hi Kim ~ I will be doing to opposite of you next week. Leaving Chicagoland (home) and leaving for vacation in the Northwoods of Minnesota where I plan on indulging a little. :drinker:

I am right there with ya and definitely was drinking 4 + drinks a day. Last week I went Monday through Thursday without anything and I am doing the same this week. So you are not alone and found a great board. Welcome!

Thanks! Too funny you are going to MN...what part are you going to? I am going to try and not do the weekday stuff definitely...we go to baseball games 4/5 weeknights and end up eating out a lot which always tastes good with a few beers...baseball ends weekend of July 10th...Thank God

We are heading up to little Longville, MN. It is around 3 1/2 hours north of the cities. Hopefully the weather will be nice!

PixieGoddess

When I first started using MFP in '08 (and lost most of my weight in the first few months) I was drinking Bud Select. I think it's a good balance of taste and calories, but I've always been a fan of the wheat beers and other light-colored beers. I can't take the lagers and dark beers. :sick:

Lately, though, I've been drinking little enough that I feel it's fine to drink my fave beer, Blue Moon.....that works that way, right? :blushing:

dragonfly74

I like the Mich Ultra Amber. Still light, but tastes like beer.

Oh my gosh I think I am in love with this light beer already! Well, let me take that back, I already liked it but now comparing it to other light beers it is even better!

Michelob Ultra Amber beer stats:
12oz bottle
5% alcohol
114 calories
3.7g carbs
1.2g protein
0.0g fat

blackdove1

I personally am in love with Budlight 55....two of those and I can relax at night with no guilt.

rjadams

I gotta say I like the fact that I now have a stock of many different beers to choose from when I want one. I used to drink the whole six pack before so I never could stock up. Now I have many different ones ( I am a beer snob and I like good beer so I only drink one when i have one) Now if I could get DH to slow down on the hard stuff like I did we could stock the liquor cabinet too. :ohwell: Oh well someday. two days down this week. but I must say Friday can't come soon enough. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

dontpanic1984

I looooove microbrews, so I've decided to occasionally ride my bike to the bar, have a beer or two, then ride it back home (after I feel reasonable sober). I think a 6 mile round trip bike ride makes a few pleasurable empty calories excusable.

yvonnej1

Hello barstool my old friend
I'm here to drink on you again
A full cocktail I see before me
but soon in my glass nothing will be
But the sound.... Of ice cubes

Woa Dave.... that's deep. (I feel like I'm in a 1960's coffee shop)

So, I cooked beer brats tonight. Really, what are the chances that I wouldn't drink while my brats were simmering? Yes, I indulged in a cold one while the sausages were on the grill. But I only ate about a quarter of a brat, so I saved a lot of calories. (Which earned me my second beer! :blushing: )

Jen

OK so please excuse my ignorance but can someone explain to me what brats are? I've seen them mentioned more than once on these boards. In the UK a brat is a naughty precocious child and I don't think for one minute you are actually cooking misbehaving children

marthauchino

Me, too. I'm a children's librarian and after a long day of screaming kids in what is supposed to be a quiet place, I want that glass of wine or 2. Besides, if I give up drinking to lose weight and I start back after the weight is lost, I will just gain it all back. I've done it before--quit drinking during the week. So, now, I'm going to try just more exercise and a sensible diet and keep my wine drinking ritual every evening. It's the time when my husband and I connect after a long day's work. We enjoy it. I'm NOT giving it up. The weight loss is slow, but I've lost 7 lbs. It'll happen.

mamaturner

I personally am in love with Budlight 55....two of those and I can relax at night with no guilt.

I'm with ya... I do go back and forth tho sometimes with that and mgd 64

mamaturner

Hello barstool my old friend
I'm here to drink on you again
A full cocktail I see before me
but soon in my glass nothing will be
But the sound.... Of ice cubes

Woa Dave.... that's deep. (I feel like I'm in a 1960's coffee shop)

So, I cooked beer brats tonight. Really, what are the chances that I wouldn't drink while my brats were simmering? Yes, I indulged in a cold one while the sausages were on the grill. But I only ate about a quarter of a brat, so I saved a lot of calories. (Which earned me my second beer! :blushing: )

Jen

OK so please excuse my ignorance but can someone explain to me what brats are? I've seen them mentioned more than once on these boards. In the UK a brat is a naughty precocious child and I don't think for one minute you are actually cooking misbehaving children

Brats (br-ah-ts) are delicious tubular sausage (but skinnier) shaped meats with seasonings. Have great flavor, best simmered in beer with onions and then grilled! Serve in brat bun (larger than hot dog bun) Most common and old school way to eat is with mustard and onion or just saurkraut. DELICIOUS!

rjadams

OK so please excuse my ignorance but can someone explain to me what brats are? I've seen them mentioned more than once on these boards. In the UK a brat is a naughty precocious child and I don't think for one minute you are actually cooking misbehaving children

Its a sausage. its short (slang) for Bratwurst.

yvonnej1

Thanks, I've heard of bratwurst, from Germany originally aren't they? I just didn't make the connection to brats, doh!

mamaturner

Thanks, I've heard of bratwurst, from Germany originally aren't they? I just didn't make the connection to brats, doh!

yea, a lot of German immagrants came to WI area when first colonizing.. I'm told the land type and seasons are very similar. Lots of Irish too... helps explain the amount of beer too. :laugh:

dawn_eichert

So now here is a good dilemma....I apparently am not consuming enough calories with my food intake today and MFP recommends I consume more to not put myself into starvation mode.... I think this means I get a glass (or two) of wine tonight with dinner....YEAH!!!!!! :drinker:

naturebaby

oh yum! have a glass of red for me please!

XFitMojoMom

Tomorrow my friends from Chi-town leave, and my liver will have a chance to recover.
Yesterday, I managed to be "ok" to it - 2 vodka/perrier/limes & 2 Bailey's.