Maintaining a diet while drinking wine

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  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I enjoy beer and wine but one of the reasons I got fat (twice) was that I drank 3-4 cans of beer a day w/o regard for the calories consumed.

    Now that I am carefully monitoring my calorie intake, I am very selective as to when I drink beer and wine because the 100-300 calories consumed in 1-2 glasses of beer/wine is nutritionally empty and throws off my macros (limiting the amount of protein that I can eat) unless I burn an additional 100-300 calories exercising.

    So, I am no longer drinking very much beer or wine anymore.

  • Pastaprincess1978
    Pastaprincess1978 Posts: 371 Member
    This mightn't work for you but I drink wine out of a sherry glass (only about 2 oz max). One of those a day doesn't hurt much.
  • Booksandoceans
    Booksandoceans Posts: 38 Member
    I have between one and three drinks a week, and doing so reached my goal weight. Been maintaining for a while. Cheers! :)
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    Grimmerick wrote: »
    I used to jog to and from the bar to happy hour, it was a little slower on the way back.
    The only way I can get DH to walk (not jog!) is if we go to the nearest Mexican place and have a margarita. I read somewhere the fancy name for that is “temptation bundling,” or bundling something you’re tempted to procrastinate (exercise) with something you’re tempted to indulge (margaritas). It works!
  • chesves
    chesves Posts: 224 Member
    It's all about balance - if it's important to you, find a way to work it in. For me, when I know I'm going to have more than a glass or two, I ensure I am moving a lot more that day and burning more calories. I also try to make a conscious effort to eat lower calorie meals that day to fit it in my daily allotment as much as possible!
    It IS doable!

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