Do you drink wine/alcohol and still maintain?

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  • LisaTcan
    LisaTcan Posts: 410 Member
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    I'm currently pregnant, but I was maintaining before and drinking 2 glasses of wine a few nights a week. If I don't have a glass of wine I have dessert instead so I find the calories even out. However I am careful to not have more than two glasses because I end up overeating afterwards or the next day and it messes with my workout schedule. Also - from a health perspective it's best to have less than 10 drinks a week and have a few dry days.
  • dlmciver
    dlmciver Posts: 149 Member
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    I lost 140 pounds and have been successfully maintaining for three months. I couldn't live without my wine, mostly red, 2 to 3 nights a week. I log it and plan for it.
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,521 Member
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    I have always had to limit alcohol to lose or maintain weight. A single pint of non-lite beer is ~225kcal, ~11% of my base calorie budget on maintenance. The real problem is that beer doesn't abate my hunger. Also, has anyone else noticed that beer is even better with fatty and/or salty snacks? (mmmmmm... nachos...)

    No judgement of other people's choices, but I think it is harder to lose or maintain if you drink even moderate amounts of alcohol daily (e.g., one drink). One tiny 6oz glass of wine is 144kcals, which is ~10% of many people's daily maintenance diet. Worse, it doesn't fill you up and you will be hungry soon after.
  • lesleyloo7879
    lesleyloo7879 Posts: 439 Member
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    sooo what if I just drink it out of a bottle with a straw does that count?!?!?!?!?!
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
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    Yes, every single week!
  • cyndit1
    cyndit1 Posts: 170 Member
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    Lost all my weight and had wine every day for the most part and have maintained very well but I am trying to squeak off these last few pounds finally and just can't get the scale to move. I'm actually realizing its time to stop imbibing. Maybe when I truly am on maintenance I can enjoy a little more frequently but until then, see ya Malbec.
  • liftzilla16
    liftzilla16 Posts: 59 Member
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    Yup, not daily, but I do on the weekends. Haven't had any problems so far, as long as the rest of your diet is pretty healthy you should be alright.
  • KareninLux
    KareninLux Posts: 1,413 Member
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    cyndit1 wrote: »
    Lost all my weight and had wine every day for the most part and have maintained very well but I am trying to squeak off these last few pounds finally and just can't get the scale to move. I'm actually realizing its time to stop imbibing. Maybe when I truly am on maintenance I can enjoy a little more frequently but until then, see ya Malbec.

    Oh, my. I am with you on this! Day three no wine and the scale has budged a little every day.
    Gotta get these last 10 lbs OFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • RWClary
    RWClary Posts: 192 Member
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    I gave up alcohol mostly as it stifled my goals.
    Of course, I was a heavy boozer, and today it's gone from my life except a beer out grilling or wine with a fine meal.
    As saintly as I am, a few vices won't bend my halo too badly...
  • powered85
    powered85 Posts: 297 Member
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    When possible I try to find room in the calorie budget on days I have alcohol. It does tend to make me hungrier when consumed and more prone to going slightly over budget though. However...

    Switched from drinking beer or wine over to scotch/bourbon and it's made a difference in helping maintain while occasionally enjoying. I think this has helped because:

    1. Tend to enjoy it outside of meals as it's a slow sipping beverage and tastes better w/o food. Beer and wine are very easy to have with dinner and snacks/appetizers!
    2. Less calories per drink as no carbs in it vs wine or beer which have carbs.
  • BroScience83
    BroScience83 Posts: 1,689 Member
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    i drink a lot....so......

    everyone is different
  • KareninLux
    KareninLux Posts: 1,413 Member
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    I know this thread is for maintainers - hope to be one soon. |In the interim while I stare at the last 10 lbs... have to mention i did NOT drink wine for four days straight this week (huge accomplishment for me) and dropped more than a pound after a week-long plateau! Have to try it again next week. Maybe I can make it a habit before I am in maintenance!
  • ReaderGirl3
    ReaderGirl3 Posts: 868 Member
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    I drink occasionally and I definitely log it ahead of time, so I can make the rest of my daily calories fit around it. Just logged the can of 200 calorie beer I'm going to drink tonight!
  • RWClary
    RWClary Posts: 192 Member
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    I gave it up.
    Once the buzz settles in, I become like a human shark in bloody water on a food frenzy.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
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    I maintain while having a few drinks a week (spread out, not all in one day, lol). I am low carbing so I prefer to choose drinks with lower or 0 carbs like pure spirits (vodka, whiskey, 100% agave tequila - my choices with no mixers) or dry wines. Alcohol does lower inhibitions though, so you are more likely to choose extra foods (go off your eating plan) causing you to have more difficulty maintaining or even possibly gaining.
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
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    Yeah and I don't log it, usually. 2-3 drinks on Saturday, one on Sunday and one on Friday, generally. Mixed drinks, we call them "fancy drinks" but often just whiskey and soda and lime, or whiskey and lemonade, or vodka and lemonade, with small additions of other liqueurs to add depth, stuff like that.

    Fiance used the same tactic as powered85 and switched from beer to bourbon, which in addition to helping him to lose some weight, smells so much better. Beer breath yuck, whiskey kisses yum.
  • skinnybythanksgiving
    skinnybythanksgiving Posts: 159 Member
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    Why pay a specialist if you aren't going to take her advice? It seems like a waste of time and money to me.

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