Maintaining a diet while drinking wine

sgt1372

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.

Grimmerick

I used to jog to and from the bar to happy hour, it was a little slower on the way back.

Pastaprincess1978

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

I have between one and three drinks a week, and doing so reached my goal weight. Been maintaining for a while. Cheers!

ahoy_m8

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

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!