Do you add alcohol to your food diary
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I have the occasional glass of wine or beer and it gets logged.
If it's a special occasion and I'm drinking a lot more than usual, chances are I'm also eating more than usual too so it's a no-log or guesstimate day (and if the scales haven't moved that week then I'm well aware why!).0 -
yes how else will your keep up with your calories?0
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@janejellyroll thanks. And yeah I'd rather have wine than desert personally. Sure I go to wine tasting, whiskey tastings quite a bit and am brewing my own beer!
I guess the awareness is just a bit of a shock! But as some members said its still calories so to log it means I can make allowances for it.0 -
@janejellyroll thanks. And yeah I'd rather have wine than desert personally. Sure I go to wine tasting, whiskey tastings quite a bit and am brewing my own beer!
I guess the awareness is just a bit of a shock! But as some members said its still calories so to log it means I can make allowances for it.
Yes, I don't have dessert very often at all (I don't have much of a sweet tooth). The awareness is good -- I found it helped me make better choices.
Another thing that helps me is pre-logging. I log all my meals the day before so I know at the beginning of the day whether or not I have calories for wine or a cocktail.0 -
Yes! It actually helped in more than just the normal calorie counting way too! I have become a complete light weight and realizing that I am tipsy after one drink and metaphorically plastered after two is a good thing to know.0
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I log it all, and yes I have wine at weekends or if out socialising with friends. I treat this as a lifestyle, and therefore I got to be honest with myself, even though it kills me to see how quick alcohol stacks up. I do however not eat chocolates and hardly ever take aways so got to allow myself some treats. If you do not log alcohol, what else is next on the list to not log is how I treat it, it passes my lips and I log it. Only way this works for me
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janejellyroll wrote: »I drink almost every day and I did so while I was losing weight. I absolutely logged it -- you have to count the calories or it isn't going to work.
I imagine you're not seeing it in many diaries because many people prefer to eat food rather than have a drink. And that's understandable. But for me, having a glass of wine or a cocktail before dinner is a pleasure in life, a pleasure that I didn't really want to forgo. So I made room for it most days.
How does it make me feel? I guess I feel pretty neutral about it. At the very beginning it was a shock to see how quickly some types of alcohol added to my calorie count (and mixers too). I know the first time I measured out five ounces of wine, I was shocked to see how "little" it was (now it is second nature).
+1 on all of this. I usually wait till I get my kids in bed and I finally sit down for the evening and have one, sometimes two, glasses of wine almost every night.
It fits in my day. If I'm hungrier that day, I may have half a glass and some hummus but if you find a day in my diary without alcohol it's probably because I was ill that day...
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I have a glass of wine 3-4 days a week and I always log it. What's the point of logging if you leave stuff out? Especially high calorie things like alcohol. And like everybody else said, enjoying a drink now and then isn't something to be ashamed of
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I don't drink except on specialish occasions. The amount of calories it has is enough to keep me from doing it. Im having a hard enough tome coming to terms with the amount of calories that are in my coffee creamer.0
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WinoGelato wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »I drink almost every day and I did so while I was losing weight. I absolutely logged it -- you have to count the calories or it isn't going to work.
I imagine you're not seeing it in many diaries because many people prefer to eat food rather than have a drink. And that's understandable. But for me, having a glass of wine or a cocktail before dinner is a pleasure in life, a pleasure that I didn't really want to forgo. So I made room for it most days.
How does it make me feel? I guess I feel pretty neutral about it. At the very beginning it was a shock to see how quickly some types of alcohol added to my calorie count (and mixers too). I know the first time I measured out five ounces of wine, I was shocked to see how "little" it was (now it is second nature).
+1 on all of this. I usually wait till I get my kids in bed and I finally sit down for the evening and have one, sometimes two, glasses of wine almost every night.
It fits in my day. If I'm hungrier that day, I may have half a glass and some hummus but if you find a day in my diary without alcohol it's probably because I was ill that day...
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I do. A night out can cost me 1000 calories in alcohol alone (usually consumed over many hours, but still). Not to mention the mindless snacking that usually goes with these events. If I didn't track it and try my best to make up for it on other non-drinking days I would have never lost weight.0
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janejellyroll wrote: »I drink almost every day and I did so while I was losing weight. I absolutely logged it -- you have to count the calories or it isn't going to work.
I imagine you're not seeing it in many diaries because many people prefer to eat food rather than have a drink. And that's understandable. But for me, having a glass of wine or a cocktail before dinner is a pleasure in life, a pleasure that I didn't really want to forgo. So I made room for it most days.
How does it make me feel? I guess I feel pretty neutral about it. At the very beginning it was a shock to see how quickly some types of alcohol added to my calorie count (and mixers too). I know the first time I measured out five ounces of wine, I was shocked to see how "little" it was (now it is second nature).
Me too. Most of the time it is one glass of wine in the evening except Mondays when I go out to a local sports bar for their trivia night, then I have two 16 oz light beers. Both get logged. My wine gets measured in a measuring cup and logged per ounce.
I went about a year only drinking on a rare occasion like holidays because I just did not want to spend the calories. Now I can usually work them in. If I can't, I don't drink. I have had several trivia nights with diet soda only.
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So glad I asked. Finding huge support here and realised that I do not have anything to be ashamed about. I just wondered if people who were trying to lose weight were generally anti-alcohol. Delighted to see this is not the case.
Must say I love the MFP support and shared experiences!0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »I drink almost every day and I did so while I was losing weight. I absolutely logged it -- you have to count the calories or it isn't going to work.
I imagine you're not seeing it in many diaries because many people prefer to eat food rather than have a drink. And that's understandable. But for me, having a glass of wine or a cocktail before dinner is a pleasure in life, a pleasure that I didn't really want to forgo. So I made room for it most days.
How does it make me feel? I guess I feel pretty neutral about it. At the very beginning it was a shock to see how quickly some types of alcohol added to my calorie count (and mixers too). I know the first time I measured out five ounces of wine, I was shocked to see how "little" it was (now it is second nature).
Me too. Most of the time it is one glass of wine in the evening except Mondays when I go out to a local sports bar for their trivia night, then I have two 16 oz light beers. Both get logged. My wine gets measured in a measuring cup and logged per ounce.
I went about a year only drinking on a rare occasion like holidays because I just did not want to spend the calories. Now I can usually work them in. If I can't, I don't drink. I have had several trivia nights with diet soda only.
The measuring was and is very important to me. I'm terrible at eyeballing. I use a measuring cup for every single glass.
The other night my husband was teasing me, saying I must surely be able to pour five ounces without help. So we tested it. I poured what looked like five ounces to me and then we measured it. It was seven ounces.
Two ounces might not seem like a big deal, but when you're having one or two glasses of wine a night? That adds up fast.
It also confirmed that nobody should ever hire me as a bartender!0 -
I add mine, it helped to look at mixers or other drinks that aren't as high in calories or sugar.0
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So glad I asked. Finding huge support here and realised that I do not have anything to be ashamed about. I just wondered if people who were trying to lose weight were generally anti-alcohol. Delighted to see this is not the case.
Must say I love the MFP support and shared experiences!
Regarding alcohol, it really is all about what you can work in to your daily calorie targets. It is an easy thing to cut out when you are trying to cut down on calories so I think that is why you don't see a lot of it in people's diaries. They are not anti-alcohol, they are just trying to get their food macros in first.
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I drink a craft beer nearly every day I have the calories for it.0
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janejellyroll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »I drink almost every day and I did so while I was losing weight. I absolutely logged it -- you have to count the calories or it isn't going to work.
I imagine you're not seeing it in many diaries because many people prefer to eat food rather than have a drink. And that's understandable. But for me, having a glass of wine or a cocktail before dinner is a pleasure in life, a pleasure that I didn't really want to forgo. So I made room for it most days.
How does it make me feel? I guess I feel pretty neutral about it. At the very beginning it was a shock to see how quickly some types of alcohol added to my calorie count (and mixers too). I know the first time I measured out five ounces of wine, I was shocked to see how "little" it was (now it is second nature).
Me too. Most of the time it is one glass of wine in the evening except Mondays when I go out to a local sports bar for their trivia night, then I have two 16 oz light beers. Both get logged. My wine gets measured in a measuring cup and logged per ounce.
I went about a year only drinking on a rare occasion like holidays because I just did not want to spend the calories. Now I can usually work them in. If I can't, I don't drink. I have had several trivia nights with diet soda only.
The measuring was and is very important to me. I'm terrible at eyeballing. I use a measuring cup for every single glass.
The other night my husband was teasing me, saying I must surely be able to pour five ounces without help. So we tested it. I poured what looked like five ounces to me and then we measured it. It was seven ounces.
Two ounces might not seem like a big deal, but when you're having one or two glasses of wine a night? That adds up fast.
It also confirmed that nobody should ever hire me as a bartender!
I'm bad that way too. I think it is the shape of the wine glasses that makes it more difficult. Even many restaurants and bars (especially wine bars) have those little carafes that they use in order to measure out a standard pour. Too easy to pour out the profit or underpour and make the patron upset.
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Yes, and it feels crappy when I haven't accommodated it calorie wise in advance. I think I almost hit 3000 on two days last weekend (mostly from food, but a bunch of pints helped ) But it's got to go in!
The reason it has to go in isn't just to document your shame etc. It's for LATER, when you need to figure out what your TDEE really is based on your intake compared to your scale weight. (and if you're losing your TDEE is always changing). It might be higher than you think, for example. That way you can choose appropriate and realistic goals.
But did I love seeing my diary last weekend? Um nope.0 -
sure I log it... HIC...
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