alcohol and diets

nicolletitman68

I am a very healthy eater but I enjoy a glass or 2 of wine a night. Does it really help to cut all alcohol out completely? I still need to lose about 10 lbs. I track my food daily and even count in alcohol calories.....Any advise ?

janejellyroll

I lost weight while drinking regularly. I logged the calories. I don't know if I would have lost faster if I had cut out all alcohol, but since I met my goal anyway, I'm not too concerned about what might have been.

Some people have reported that their progress sped up when they reduced or eliminated alcohol. In my experience though, it was the calories that counted, not the alcohol.

Redbeard333

If you can fit it in your log, do it! Enjoy the fruits of life!! I've cut back to a degree, and have actually taken a liking to whisky/vodka since you can get the same buzz for fewer calories than a beer. The again, you can just budget out your calories or go for a walk after having that wine.

eliza8897

I'm s wine drinker. I do not log it but it's usually on my weekend where I eat freely and only log exercise and breakfast

Asher_Ethan

I'm a big drinker and I was so happy that I could still drink while doing MFP. If you can fit it in then you can drink.

jennarandhayes

Girl, I lost over 50lbs in college when I was partying like a mad woman. I would eat a bag of popcorn for dinner and use the rest of my calories on wine. You can adjust your calories to meet your needs.

JustMissTracy

I've lost just over 80 lbs over the last two years, while having drinks almost every weekend with hubby...I'm sure I could have lost more, faster...but...LIFE.

MelaniaTrump

I have never been able to drink just one glass of wine. How does anyone do this?

robertfhub

JanetYellen wrote: »

I have never been able to drink just one glass of wine. How does anyone do this?

LOL

ahoy_m8

JanetYellen wrote: »

I have never been able to drink just one glass of wine. How does anyone do this?

Right there with ya', JanetYellen.

nicolletitman68

Thanks for all the tips. I really appreciate it! I feel like not a lot of people talk about alcohol on these boards. I can give up just about anything. But, as a single working full time woman, wine helps me decompress.....and yes I do workout daily

lulalacroix

I enjoy my wine on a few nights a week. It has not affected my loss. I actually did a text one month last year to see if my weight loss improved if I gave up wine. It just so happens that I only lost 2 pounds that entire month. So, I think I will stick with the wine.

gumby101ca

nicolletitman68 wrote: »

Thanks for all the tips. I really appreciate it! I feel like not a lot of people talk about alcohol on these boards. I can give up just about anything. But, as a single working full time woman, wine helps me decompress.....and yes I do workout daily

Enjoy..

GsKiki

A glass of red wine a day will not hurt you as long as you don't forget to count it with your calories. But you say you do, so I don't see anything bad in it

callsitlikeiseeit

as long as you can make it fit in your calories, go ahead.

i have alcohol all the time.

20yearsyounger

I drink, I log, I stay under.

lynnstrick01

Alcohol has A LOT of empty calories, so if you are cutting nutritional calories to add wine that may not be a good thing health wise.. HOWEVER I too am a wine lover, used to drink daily, I had to cut it back to just the week-ends .. I like the sweet wines like sangria, so I just pour 1/2 glass of wine and fill the rest of the way with V8 splash or a diet soda, I still get my wine but cut the Calories. If you don't care for the super sweet try cutting it with maybe club soda. I have heard that beer is DEFINITELY off limits due to the carb and fat content. not sure about that I have never been much of a beer drinker.

20yearsyounger

lynnstrick01 wrote: »

Alcohol has A LOT of empty calories, so if you are cutting nutritional calories to add wine that may not be a good thing health wise.. HOWEVER I too am a wine lover, used to drink daily, I had to cut it back to just the week-ends .. I like the sweet wines like sangria, so I just pour 1/2 glass of wine and fill the rest of the way with V8 splash or a diet soda, I still get my wine but cut the Calories. If you don't care for the super sweet try cutting it with maybe club soda. I have heard that beer is DEFINITELY off limits due to the carb and fat content. not sure about that I have never been much of a beer drinker.

Beer definitely isn't off limits. There was a beer thread just like this last week. Every few weeks I rotate between vodka, beer, and wine. It's all the same. If you can fit your calories in, then it's fine. The problem comes when you can't stick to the limits of 1-2 glasses/beers/shots/name your alcohol.

samgamgee

If you're going to enjoy drinking alcohol for the foreseeable future, you should definitely factor it into your calories! If I stopped drinking to lose weight then reached my goal and started drinking again, I bet I'd put on weight again as I wouldn't have learnt how to include alcohol calories in my day to day life.

20yearsyounger

samgamgee wrote: »

If you're going to enjoy drinking alcohol for the foreseeable future, you should definitely factor it into your calories! If I stopped drinking to lose weight then reached my goal and started drinking again, I bet I'd put on weight again as I wouldn't have learnt how to include alcohol calories in my day to day life.

Can't say you'll gain weight because you automatically gain at least 250-300 calories by going to maintenance. Sounds like a good drink to me. However, you are right. You do have to learn hot to fit it in especially if you know that's a part of your life.

kirsteeeeenxo

I'm a student and drink A LOT, but I like to think the healthy eating and exercise kind of cancel it out. The only bad thing food/drink wise I'm putting into my body is vodka. I'd probably be a lot fitter if I didn't drink but I'd probably be more boring.