Wine

jasminegipson71

Good evening,
I am a wine drinker I prefer pink moscato. I can usually drink a whole bottle or the 4 pack coolers. If I am drinking wine will it slow my loss when I dont eat fast food junk or sweets I just like wine. Just want to know thoughts and get advice on this. I've lost 21 pounds after having my 5th child in may I started at 180 and I'm not at 158.8.

Rebecca0224

Do you count the calories in your wine?

snickerscharlie

jasminegipson71 wrote: »

Good evening,
I am a wine drinker I prefer pink moscato. I can usually drink a whole bottle or the 4 pack coolers. If I am drinking wine will it slow my loss when I dont eat fast food junk or sweets I just like wine. Just want to know thoughts and get advice on this. I've lost 21 pounds after having my 5th child in may I started at 180 and I'm not at 158.8.

You need to look at how many calories are in the amount of wine that you drink. Weight management is all about calories, regardless of where they come from. If having your wine is worth it, you'll have to compensate with your food choices.

Congrats on the new baby!

Old_Cat_Lady

If you are breastfeeding, talk to your doctor first about alcohol consumption. I saw a breastfeeding entry a couple of days ago.

mmapags

Wine?? Did someone say wine....??
Yes, mostly about calorie management. But there is also how your body partitions alcohol and effect on metabolism that can slow down or retard fat loss. Lyle McDonald has some good research based data on his website Bodyrecomposition.com But being an old italian, I do love me some wine!! Un giorno senza vino 'e un giorno senza sole'. (a day without wine is a day without sunshine. Old Italian proverb)

PS: Good work on getting the baby weight down and congrats on the new little addition to your family!

jasminegipson71

Thank you for all the great advice I will cut back on wine just twice per week and I will get with my doctor on the subject as well.

MidModJenn

I'm a red wine drinker myself... I used to have a glass every night with dinner. I finally had to cut it out at home because it was getting in my way. Wine has a ton of sugar in it (especially the sweeter ones like muscato or white zinfandel), and even with a dry red wine I found that it was spiking my blood sugar and keeping me hungry. I'm saving the wine for evenings out now, and substituting flavored seltzers. Good luck!

KendraS74

Wine does slow down weight loss. I had to cut back, as my weight was slowly creeping up -- and it made me crave carbs. Congrats on your baby!

meganw2020

I am a wine lover too, but have had to cut back. I drink maybe half the days out of the week (just a glass or two). Your body burns alcohol calories before it burns anything else so it can slow down your weight loss. Good plan to just stick to two days a week, something to look forward to right?

evergreenlake

I love having a glass or two of wine or a beer after a long day, but I noticed the calories were adding up, and you're body processes alcohol differently and hinders weight loss. So I've cut it down a lot and maybe have one drink a week.
Congrats on the baby and your weight loss so far! I'm sure it's nice to have the option of wine again after having your baby.

AnnPT77

I drank wine and beer sometimes while losing around 60 pounds.

It isn't very filling, and can affect my judgement negatively when it comes to how much other stuff I eat. Also, good nutrition is important for best health - I would think that might be especially important while breastfeeding? - so wine calories can drive needed nutrition out of one's eating when eating to a calorie goal.

For all those reasons, it has made sense to me to learn to moderate my beer and wine consumption, compared to when I was fat. I continue to do so while maintaining my weight, but it hasn't been necessary to cut it out entirely at any stage.

WendyLeigh1119

I was definitely a red wine drinker (my significant other is an Italian who cooks and doesn't eat dinner without wine). I had some tonight with ravioli... but I've cut that to about 1x per month. Mostly because I want to have a snack at night and sometimes the wine dehydrates after workouts.

Anyway... since it's still being debated whether 1 (small) glass of dry, red wine per day actually improves health and weight loss...theres hop. So there's that. There's also "Skinny Girl" Cabernet Sauvignon (dry, red, and low priced) that's 100 calories per serving. Try to stick with Cabs and Pinot Noir.

For myself, I hunted down a good line of organic (clear) liquors that have herbs, rhubarb and such and I just work a little harder at having a few drinks by muddling berries, limes, fresh mint (etc) and then adding only club soda or diet tonic. That gives you a solid drink for less than 75 calories. Stick with clear liquor like vodka and gin or white rum. Darks are more calories as well.

clicketykeys

I love moscato! Have you ever tried madeira? It's like a bottle of moscato had a baby with a pecan pie. Mmmmmmm!

Drinking wine won't slow down your weight loss any more than any other calories will. It's like having any other treat. Just find out how many calories are in the drink and budget accordingly.

bbell1985

I love wine. I do not drink often anymore. I need food.

TonyB0588

I'm much more likely to drink a glass of wine, rather than a whole bottle.

There's the possibility that alcoholic beverages will cause you to retain water weight in your body. But overall I'd say simply remember to record the amounts of calories consumed from your wine and all your other food and drink.

Maybe including a good exercise routine will compensate for any extra calories you take in.

JeromeBarry1

The calories in wine have to be counted, the color, flavor, and trade name of the calories don't matter.
The only problem you may encounter with including alcohol in your food choices is that if you forget to log the amount before you drink you might forget how much you drank.

spiffychick85

I drink...pretty regularly...love wine! It has not stopped my weight loss, I count it like everything else. Congratulations on the new baby

icemom011

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

The calories in wine have to be counted, the color, flavor, and trade name of the calories don't matter.
The only problem you may encounter with including alcohol in your food choices is that if you forget to log the amount before you drink you might forget how much you drank.

I think the baby, and if op is breastfeeding, is a bigger problem.

WendyLeigh1119

You can just pump it out and dump it. It's not that serious. This is one of the many reasons I opted to never breastfeed. Apparently a few sancti-mommies are going to start making motherhood judgements? Good lord, have some tact and stay in your diet-related lanes. She asked a question about her diet. Not motherhood, FFS.

Mr_Healthy_Habits

A few glasses a week will have an effect sure, but it's not going to stop you completely

trjjoy

WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »

You can just pump it out and dump it. It's not that serious. This is one of the many reasons I opted to never breastfeed. Apparently a few sancti-mommies are going to start making motherhood judgements? Good lord, have some tact and stay in your diet-related lanes. She asked a question about her diet. Not motherhood, FFS.

No need to pump and dump. Boob away, I say, if you're fine to drive after having had some wine.

AliNouveau

I would make sure to make room for a glass if wine when I was seriously logging and losing weight. It's nice to enjoy an indulgence.

AllSpiceNice

+1! And congratulations to the OP on her baby! :-)

WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »

You can just pump it out and dump it. It's not that serious. This is one of the many reasons I opted to never breastfeed. Apparently a few sancti-mommies are going to start making motherhood judgements? Good lord, have some tact and stay in your diet-related lanes. She asked a question about her diet. Not motherhood, FFS.