In Vino Veritas

CassidyScaglione
CassidyScaglione Posts: 673 Member
edited November 28 in Health and Weight Loss
How do you all work Alcohol into your diet plans... just wondering... I really like the occasional drink now and again, and in particular, i like dry red wine ( which is just packed with calories, holy *kitten*!)

I've been doing fine on keeping to my daily count when it comes to food, but every time it comes to having a drink, i go over... I don't want to eat less and feel hungry just so i can have a glass of wine or two....

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  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Heck. I managed a glass a night on 1200 and still lost the weight.
    Just work it in. My calorie eat back from exercise bought me mine, as well as a piece do chocolate. Wine= 110, chocolate=50 total= 160. 1hr exercise=185.
    My 1200 were very nutritious.

    Just make it work. h.
  • CassidyScaglione
    CassidyScaglione Posts: 673 Member
    I'm finding 1200 sufficient for food... i'm not too hungry after eating 1200 all day, but on days when i want to drink, i always wind up exceeding the 1200. I just feel like i'm starving otherwise.
  • blakedebo
    blakedebo Posts: 130 Member
    I have gone through periods of time where I drink red wine daily. I just decided I was going to cut back to 3 days a week- I just had to decide to sacrifice my wine time in order to adjust to fewer calories.
  • CassidyScaglione
    CassidyScaglione Posts: 673 Member
    hm. I don't even drink that often... probably once a week, or even once every two weeks... i'm just wondering how i should deal with it.... adjust what i eat and go hungry... or accept the overage on occasion.... I'm not familiar with counting calories, so i'm not sure what's best.
  • CassidyScaglione
    CassidyScaglione Posts: 673 Member
    I'm still coming in under maintenance... just closer to 1400 or 1500 then 1200
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    edited January 2016
    If you are exercising you should be eating back your calories.
    1200 (sedentary) is good for small, light older women who are pretty sedentary; like me - and I still ate back exercise and lost!!
    If you have my stats keep with the 1200; if not, recalculate so you lose slower and enjoy treats.

    Cheers, h.

    Just read your cross posts. Just accept the occasional overage. No biggy.
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    edited January 2016
    You can do like @middlehaitch did and exercise to keep your deficit consistent. Or...if you're OK with going into the red, knowing you're still under maintenance, then have the wine anyway. It'll slow down your rate of weight loss, and, depending on what your body does when you drink, you might see the number on the scale jump up/down in an extreme way. Don't panic & just stick with it!

    You could also be a touch under some days and over unders, looking at calories over a week.

    Alcohol is one of the things I choose to pretty much skip when I'm trying to lose weight. I like it well enough but I don't love it enough to always work it in. If it's worth it to you, make it fit!

    ~Lyssa
  • CassidyScaglione
    CassidyScaglione Posts: 673 Member
    Well, I'm Italian, so if we don't have some wine now and then we die! :p
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Budget your calories for it, just like any other fod/drink.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    I basically gave up drinking, except for rare events like Christmas, new year parties.

    I have thought about checking out the calories again, see if I can find room for a few drinks of a Friday night etc

    But honestly I can live with out it.

    One of the reasons I haven't bothered drinking is because it's a lot of calories and when you take 8-14 standard drinks to feel anything it gets expensive calorie wise.

    Maybe now that I'm a fair bit smaller I'll take less to feel the effects.
  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
    I like keeping room in my calorie allotment for wine. But I fill my wine glass with ice, then add 2-3 ounces of wine, and top off with sparkling mineral water. If I have 2 of these, it's only 4-6 ounces of wine and I feel like I'm having a real wine drink. And sometimes I drink the wine straight. Lol.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    @Merkavar my SO, a tall man, was dumbfounded at how his alcohol tolerance dropped after losing 35 lbs. (235-200).

    Mid party he turned to me and said 'h, I am pi$$ed!' Being half his weight I had never been privy to this phenomenon before.

    Cheers, h.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    @Merkavar my SO, a tall man, was dumbfounded at how his alcohol tolerance dropped after losing 35 lbs. (235-200).

    Mid party he turned to me and said 'h, I am pi$$ed!' Being half his weight I had never been privy to this phenomenon before.

    Cheers, h.

    I lost closer to 135lb.

    Maybe now I will have trouble after 1 drink.

    Sniff a wine and fall backwards out of my chair?
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    @Merkavar my SO, a tall man, was dumbfounded at how his alcohol tolerance dropped after losing 35 lbs. (235-200).

    Mid party he turned to me and said 'h, I am pi$$ed!' Being half his weight I had never been privy to this phenomenon before.

    Cheers, h.

    I lost closer to 135lb.

    Maybe now I will have trouble after 1 drink.

    Sniff a wine and fall backwards out of my chair?

    Don't mind me chiming in here....my boyfriend was a lightweight when he was 80lbs+ heavier and that hasn't changed a lick as he's lost weight.

    It's cracked me up the whole time since I'm half his size (well, less now) and could out drink him.

    I'm sure my tolerance has changed by now, though.

    ~Lyssa
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Wow, well done @Merkavar. You could be a 2 glass of wine light weight like me now - inexpensive inebriate that I am.

    Cheers, h.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Here is a helpful guide about selecting which wines that might be helpful.
    http://winefolly.com/tutorial/guide-to-low-calorie-wine/
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Hey, thanks for that @RodaRose. I spend hours looking for 'lighter weight' wines. I really hate having to limit myself to 2 glasses, or a spritzer.

    Cheers, h.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Actually, the more body fat a person has the less it takes to get them drunk. Fat more readily absorbs alcohol than muscle.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    jennifer_417 wrote: »
    Actually, the more body fat a person has the less it takes to get them drunk. Fat more readily absorbs alcohol than muscle.


    I'm no expert but isn't being drunk about alcohol in the blood? So if it's absorbed by the fat it's not in the blood?
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    jennifer_417 wrote: »
    Actually, the more body fat a person has the less it takes to get them drunk. Fat more readily absorbs alcohol than muscle.


    I'm no expert but isn't being drunk about alcohol in the blood? So if it's absorbed by the fat it's not in the blood?

    I'd have to go back to my textbook to look up the exact mechanism, but I believe fat allows alcohol to more readily pass into the bloodstream than lean tissue.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    I don't know the science, I do know I can get legless awfully fast nowadays- and I am lighter.

    Cheers, h.
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