Guinness

roseswales92
roseswales92 Posts: 13 Member
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Help! I can't quit Guinness.

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    The beer?

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  • roseswales92
    roseswales92 Posts: 13 Member
    Yeah the beer. I don't believe it's the alcohol. I believe it's the social idea that if thats what I like why not have what you like. I've always drunk Guinness. But now I'm trying to drop weight everyone at my local pub is quizzing me on why I'm not drinking it. It's hard being judged on not being the same as always.
  • DresdenSinn
    DresdenSinn Posts: 665 Member
    edited June 2016
    I don't always drink beer but when I do I prefer Guinness. Seriously, as long as you only have 1 or 2 day during dieting you should be fine, they only have 125cals/14.9oz, plus you get bioflavonoids and probiotics..it's the yogurt of beer!
  • roseswales92
    roseswales92 Posts: 13 Member
    I've tried my very best to only have one or two. I've actually had the calories left over to have one or two every few days. But when it comes to the weekend and most people have no worries about drinking I get quizzed about limiting myself . I know it's silly and I should have confidence but I've been the same for so long it's hard to broach t he subject.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    I'm with Dresden - if you don't feel you drink in an uncontrolled manner, then a Guinness is a pretty good choice alcohol-wise. Not too high in alcohol or calories.

    Can you just make it a treat drink - like a couple days a week?
  • roseswales92
    roseswales92 Posts: 13 Member
    It was a year for me when I was first starting my weight loss. Now though I'm struggling to not revert to my old attitude about it.
  • roseswales92
    roseswales92 Posts: 13 Member
    Treat not year. Bloody auto correct sorry.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    I quit drinking alcohol myself. Not because of weight loss, though. I quit because of the cost/benefit ratio.

    If people quiz you that's their problem (maybe they have a drinking problem, too.) Regardless, I find if I simply say, "No, thanks," most people will drop it - if they persist I have a wide array of comebacks. Ain't nobody gonna make me feel bad about what I do or don't put in my body. ::shrug::
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Why would people ask you about limiting it to one or two drinks? That's asinine.
  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    [quote="roseswales92;36914338"But now I'm trying to drop weight everyone at my local pub is quizzing me on why I'm not drinking it. It's hard being judged on not being the same as always. [/quote]

    What if you stopped going to the pub :)

  • roseswales92
    roseswales92 Posts: 13 Member
    Thank you. To be honest I was feeling rather low and sorry for myself yesterday. I think I just need have some backbone and and be a bit stronger. Thank you everyone.
  • 2metraninja
    2metraninja Posts: 17 Member
    Ahhhh, ye ole good Guinness. Best drink on the Island.
    I have to deal somehow with social drinking too. And I hate that I must refrain from going out and seeing friends and other people just because I want to avoid drinking alcohol. :(

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