Weekend drinking
hammytimeahm
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Hello! So i was wondering if anyone had any advice about weekend drinking. I know I just shouldnt drink but im 21 so its hard to go out and not. Any tips, tricks or advice ? Thank you !
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Try not to over indulge.
Try to stay away from sugary mixed drinks and beer.
Try to drink water in between drinks.
Plain spirits is going to be the best calorie-wise, so stick with vodka, rum, whiskey, etc. Mix with diet soda or seltzer water if you can't drink it straight.5 -
Vodka soda and lime! Plan ahead your calories and have them logged before you head out.10
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Vodka is supposed to be the best alcohol to drink - for us fitness folks. And, as suggested already, drinking water along with the alcohol will really help with the dehydration (which will really help with the hang over the next day).
I don't drink too often......but when I do, it is Bourbon!4 -
I only drink 5 oz of red wine maybe twice a week cause alcohol is a weight crusher for me!3
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I drink every weekend, just work harder during the week. works for me3
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Just drink. Who cares about the calories.....you’ll be fine if you just work a little harder during the week.12
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I have the same problem
Like others have said i recommend either straight spirits or spirits mixed with diet drinks. Also don't be tempted to skip meals to 'save' calories for alcohol, always eat a substantial meal before you go out, because otherwise you'll probably wind up being starving later and going to get a late night takeaway since alcohol increases your appetite (I speak from experience). but in general i'd say not to worry about it too much, going a bit over your calorie limit once a week isn't going to completely derail your progress and its not worth missing out on going out for. 2 -
Let's do the math here. A heavy beer is about 150 calories. A light bear is about 100 calories.
Let's say you drank a 6 pack. That's 900 calories for heavy beer, and 600 calories for light beer. That's not that much in the grand scheme of things. You can just eat less on the day you go out, and still be at a deficient.
Let's take it a step further. You drink 12 cans, that's enough for most people to get completely trashed. That's 1,800 for heavy beer, and 1,200 calories for light beer. That's... still not that much. You can still easily offset that by eating a little less the day of, and the next day or two.
You also need to factor in when you go out with friends you will be moving around more, burning a lot more calories than if you stayed home and watched TV. If you go dancing, clubbing, etc.. you can burn most those extra calories that very night.
I don't see the problem unless you drink multiple times a week and/or aren't offseting for it.
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cahubbard6421 wrote: »Just drink. Who cares about the calories.....you’ll be fine if you just work a little harder during the week.
Uh, we’re here because we care about the calories. A weekend of drinking can wipe out a week’s deficit for some.19 -
cahubbard6421 wrote: »Just drink. Who cares about the calories.....you’ll be fine if you just work a little harder during the week.
Uh, we’re here because we care about the calories. A weekend of drinking can wipe out a week’s deficit for some.
Not unless you are drinking like 20+ beers, or running a very small deficit (like 100-200 a day). 100-150 calories a can isn't that much. Most people can eat to their deficit goal, drink 5-6 cans, and still be at a "maintain" level for that day. It doesn't undo an entire week of dieting, you just don't "lose" for that day.
Plus, if you drink more or want to maintain a deficit 7 days/week, it's as easy as counting those beer calories and offsetting them throughout the next week. It's easy to offset an additional 500-1500 calories over 7 days.7 -
Find friends who don't drink.14
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If you ENJOY drinking, just do it in moderation. I subbed beer for vodka soda and it's really helped. If I remember correctly, vodka is about 70 calories per ounce. Just work it into your calories for the day. Do an extra workout in the morning etc. You can have a few drinks and still lose weight.2
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cahubbard6421 wrote: »Just drink. Who cares about the calories.....you’ll be fine if you just work a little harder during the week.
Uh, we’re here because we care about the calories. A weekend of drinking can wipe out a week’s deficit for some.
Not unless you are drinking like 20+ beers, or running a very small deficit (like 100-200 a day). 100-150 calories a can isn't that much. Most people can eat to their deficit goal, drink 5-6 cans, and still be at a "maintain" level for that day. It doesn't undo an entire week of dieting, you just don't "lose" for that day.
Plus, if you drink more or want to maintain a deficit 7 days/week, it's as easy as counting those beer calories and offsetting them throughout the next week. It's easy to offset an additional 500-1500 calories over 7 days.
Unless OP is a female trying to lose less than 20 lbs or so. A 500 cal deficit per day already can put your daily calories quite low, trying to eat much less than that so you can drink 1,000 calories on the weekend is incredibly difficult, and possibly unhealthy.
OP, it really depends how much you typically drink. As others have said, hard liquor is easiest to fit in. Mixing it with diet soda can stretch it out. If you're a beer drinker, try to alternate beer with a water or diet drink. Personally I'd rather drink two "real" beers than 4 light beers lol. Honestly, I never would have been able to lose the weight while party drinking every weekend, I just didn't have the calories to spare. Not to mention the extra food id eat once ive had a couple. Try logging what you typically drink and see what it does to your weekly deficit. While you don't have to give it up, doing it less often and making better choices when you do will most likely be necessary. Good luck!4 -
Eat before you go out, and avoid bar snacks. Stay away from high-calorie mixed cocktails like these:
https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/weight-loss/eating-help/calories/worst-cocktails/?page=12 -
Offer to be the designated driver.
Drink water.
Go places that you can dance.
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I work Mon-Fri during the day and Saturday, overnight, every week. The only morning I don't have to get up early for work is Saturday morning so I have a few beers just about every Friday night. I average about a 6 pack (Coors Light) and, believe it or not, my weight is actually down when I weigh myself Saturday morning. I'm following a low carb diet so my lunch usually holds me over for quite awhile. Especially when I don't get my lunch until, sometimes, 3:00 in the afternoon. This past Friday, I had fried cauliflower for lunch and then, for dinner, I made myself a nice salad, after I finished my beers. I still came up 288 calories shy of my caloric goal and I was down 2 1/2 lbs when I weighed myself Saturday morning.1
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cahubbard6421 wrote: »Just drink. Who cares about the calories.....you’ll be fine if you just work a little harder during the week.
Uh, we’re here because we care about the calories. A weekend of drinking can wipe out a week’s deficit for some.
Not unless you are drinking like 20+ beers, or running a very small deficit (like 100-200 a day). 100-150 calories a can isn't that much. Most people can eat to their deficit goal, drink 5-6 cans, and still be at a "maintain" level for that day. It doesn't undo an entire week of dieting, you just don't "lose" for that day.
Plus, if you drink more or want to maintain a deficit 7 days/week, it's as easy as counting those beer calories and offsetting them throughout the next week. It's easy to offset an additional 500-1500 calories over 7 days.
Unless OP is a female trying to lose less than 20 lbs or so. A 500 cal deficit per day already can put your daily calories quite low, trying to eat much less than that so you can drink 1,000 calories on the weekend is incredibly difficult, and possibly unhealthy.
OP, it really depends how much you typically drink. As others have said, hard liquor is easiest to fit in. Mixing it with diet soda can stretch it out. If you're a beer drinker, try to alternate beer with a water or diet drink. Personally I'd rather drink two "real" beers than 4 light beers lol. Honestly, I never would have been able to lose the weight while party drinking every weekend, I just didn't have the calories to spare. Not to mention the extra food id eat once ive had a couple. Try logging what you typically drink and see what it does to your weekly deficit. While you don't have to give it up, doing it less often and making better choices when you do will most likely be necessary. Good luck!
What she said (about the *WEEKLY* deficit). I really focus on the weekly totals, with the daily stuff just simply being a single data point in the week. If you really enjoy drinking (and I do.....few and far between, but I still enjoy a Bourbon neat or two every blue moon) just make it work.....just like everything else.
If you look at your caloric intake like money then "budgeting" makes much more sense.
Just my $1.98....1 -
Prosecco! I order a glass of Prosecco (less calories than white wine) and a club soda with lemons & limes, not mixed...just two things to be drinking from and then most people don't pay attention to how much you are drinking or not drinking.
I use to drink diet coke with Malibu rum...but then I quit the diet drinks.1 -
cahubbard6421 wrote: »Just drink. Who cares about the calories.....you’ll be fine if you just work a little harder during the week.
Uh, we’re here because we care about the calories. A weekend of drinking can wipe out a week’s deficit for some.
Not unless you are drinking like 20+ beers, or running a very small deficit (like 100-200 a day). 100-150 calories a can isn't that much. Most people can eat to their deficit goal, drink 5-6 cans, and still be at a "maintain" level for that day. It doesn't undo an entire week of dieting, you just don't "lose" for that day.
Plus, if you drink more or want to maintain a deficit 7 days/week, it's as easy as counting those beer calories and offsetting them throughout the next week. It's easy to offset an additional 500-1500 calories over 7 days.
Unless OP is a female trying to lose less than 20 lbs or so. A 500 cal deficit per day already can put your daily calories quite low, trying to eat much less than that so you can drink 1,000 calories on the weekend is incredibly difficult, and possibly unhealthy.
OP, it really depends how much you typically drink. As others have said, hard liquor is easiest to fit in. Mixing it with diet soda can stretch it out. If you're a beer drinker, try to alternate beer with a water or diet drink. Personally I'd rather drink two "real" beers than 4 light beers lol. Honestly, I never would have been able to lose the weight while party drinking every weekend, I just didn't have the calories to spare. Not to mention the extra food id eat once ive had a couple. Try logging what you typically drink and see what it does to your weekly deficit. While you don't have to give it up, doing it less often and making better choices when you do will most likely be necessary. Good luck!
Thank you! That’s exactly who I am with a 250 cal deficit. Trust me, I love to drink but acknowledging that it was a big contributor to getting to 267 lbs was key. Losing 98 lbs meant cutting back 90% of my drinking and as I have gotten older, I’ve realized that is a good thing! 20 lbs to go means 3-4 drinks a week at most.7 -
Just log the calories and move on.
Try finding low calorie options that work with your taste buds and caloric budget.
Club soda/lime is a great zero calorie option that gives the appearance of drinking and my go to DD option.0 -
I drink every weekend and I grew up to be fine. Healthy living should not mean to give up things you enjoy. Try to make smarter choices and don't go for too many sugary drinks. Work harder during the week.
Don't drink and drive.
Don't get pregnant.
Good luck.4 -
I haven't cut out drinking at all and it hasn't hurt me.
Just make sure you count your drinks in your calorie counts and it's not going to hurt you. The thing that will hurt you is when you are drunk in the middle of the night and you think "hey, why don't I order myself 3 Domino's pizzas?"5 -
concordancia wrote: »Offer to be the designated driver.
Drink water.
Go places that you can dance.
This is good. I did the being the driver thing a few weeks ago.0 -
Order soda water/lime. Tip the bartender and drink for tip cost all night. Throw back once an hour at most.0
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Is your problem that you want to drink or that you want to be out being social with friends? If it's the second one I will pass along my trick from my college days...
So we all have those friends that are like "you need another beer!!" and if you say no everyone thinks you are no fun. I used to get one beer, drink it, and keep going to the bathroom and refilling it with water. This only works with cans or dark bottles. Then when someone would ask if I needed another..."nope just got one, still full!!"
No one ever noticed that I hadn't just gotten one mostly cause everyone else got progressively drunk and I kept sipping at my water the rest of the night. I was never dubbed a buzzkill, didn't have an excess of alcohol calories (and here's the now mom in me talking), was safe to drive home and never had a hangover!
ETA: I was also a champ at waterfall during circle of death.11 -
GemstoneofHeart wrote: »Is your problem that you want to drink or that you want to be out being social with friends? If it's the second one I will pass along my trick from my college days...
So we all have those friends that are like "you need another beer!!" and if you say no everyone thinks you are no fun. I used to get one beer, drink it, and keep going to the bathroom and refilling it with water. This only works with cans or dark bottles. Then when someone would ask if I needed another..."nope just got one, still full!!"
No one ever noticed that I hadn't just gotten one mostly cause everyone else got progressively drunk and I kept sipping at my water the rest of the night. I was never dubbed a buzzkill, didn't have an excess of alcohol calories (and here's the now mom in me talking), was safe to drive home and never had a hangover!
ETA: I was also a champ at waterfall during circle of death.
Kind of genius. Luckily i 1. Dont care if im a buzz kill if someone thinks i am for not drinking thats their problem not mine lol and 2. Have no friends LOL. But this little trick is noted in my brain now lol2 -
Did anyone mention "banking" calories for the weekend?2
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Did anyone mention "banking" calories for the weekend?
It's an idea however if the person is following a 1200 calorie diet.. and are probably only doing that because they set MFP to 2lbs per week then banking calories for alcohol is even less healthy then eating their aggressive calorie goal0 -
Good point. I couldn't bank on 1200. I bank on 1500 though!0
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I think drinking is fine as long as you are in control and are moderating. If you're getting fall-down drunk and waking up hungover, you're probably consuming thousands of calories over your target if you include hangover food. I know from experience that drinking on the weekends CAN undo a whole week's hard work. I used to box 4-5 days/week for years and got in really good shape, but then got into drinking heavily and started gaining weight back regardless. When I stopped trainig I was heavier than when i started. We're talking fat, not muscle.
If being social without drinking is a problem, maybe plan some events that don't revolve around it. Limit your drinking to a specific, planned day and have a drink limit in mind. Log the calories in advance. Good luck!1
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