the key.

brownsugar701

I do a lot of sport in the morning without breakfast and I often eat at 11:30 a.m. In the evening I drink wine and eat 800 calories.

Sinisterbarbie1

The key to what exactly?

drgeorgebrown

I like the wine bit ... ying and yang.

88AViva

The key.... To be Sad and hungry 🙁 during the day and Feel better in the evening.

BrightEyedAgain

I'm glad you've identified something that will work for you.

brownsugar701

Sinisterbarbie1 wrote: »

The key to what exactly?

my key is wine, no frustration and fun to lose weight

brownsugar701

88AViva wrote: »

The key.... To be Sad and hungry 🙁 during the day and Feel better in the evening.

Im not sad and not hungry in the morning. I eat nuts and drink coffee, at least Im not syarving.

88AViva

Yea but what about lunchtime?
乁( •_• )ㄏ

Hiawassee88

brownsugar701 wrote: »

I do a lot of sport in the morning without breakfast and I often eat at 11:30 a.m. In the evening I drink wine and eat 800 calories.

Im not sad and not hungry in the morning. I eat nuts and drink coffee, at least Im not starving.



Thank you. I needed this.

Rodney_Mckay

This has been exactly my day so far. Minus the wine. I'm going to drink some wine.

HTMTM

Wine is incredibly high calorie. All alcohol is basically sugar.

erickirb

only 800 calories? that isn't enough at all, depending on your stats shouldn't get less than 1200 or 1500 or 1800 plus exercise calories

88AViva

Oh well, all that matters is that he isn't starving and he has coffee and nuts and he isn't sad! And he has found the key! Wine 🙂

AnnPT77

Every lock requires a unique key, and they aren't all the same.

Glad to hear you've found yours, OP!

I hope you're eating enough calories in total for decent health, and getting in basic nutrition.

HTMTM wrote: »

Wine is incredibly high calorie. All alcohol is basically sugar.

Actually, no. It's somewhat calorie dense and quite nutrient sparse. It's got somewhat more calories per ounce than typical grape juice, but fewer nutrients (not zero, necessarily - wine typically has some micronutrients).

And alcohol's not "basically sugar": It's metabolized very differently from sugar. Alcohol is like its own pseudo-macronutrient. It has calories (about 7 per gram), but it's not carbs, fats or protein. Alcohol is basically poison, but possibly enjoyable somewhat safely in low doses. (I drink some myself.)

Wine typically does contain some sugar, though (residual, i.e., from the grapes, most often, rather than added - but sometimes added, mostly to increase the alcohol content rather than to sweeten the end product).

HTMTM

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Every lock requires a unique key, and they aren't all the same.
Wine typically does contain some sugar, though (residual, i.e., from the grapes, most often, rather than added - but sometimes added, mostly to increase the alcohol content rather than to sweeten the end product).

It generally has a lot more than "some". I make my own wine, and a dry homemade wine is a LOT drier than a shop bought one.

A very common recipe (for making wine from fruit juice - substitute in real fruit that you juice yourself if you like, but be aware you'll need to add more sugar) is a packet of yeast (winemakers yeast is different to the normal kitchen baking stuff, for anyone who wants to try this at home), half a kilo of sugar, a litre of fruit juice, and water. That will make 5-6 bottles of wine. As it matures, you may need to add more sugar to taste.

The ingredients for pure alcohol are sugar and yeast.

It's TOTALLY fine to still drink alcohol. I do too. I just think it's important to know what goes in it, and I would advise OP against substituting food for alcohol consumption if they are calorie counting.

sijomial

@HTMTM
There's a big difference between saying "alcohol" and alcoholic drinks. Plus alcoholic drinks are very varied in how they are produced and what they contain.
The statement "All alcohol is basically sugar" is false.

Yes some alcoholic drinks will have a lot of sugar, some will not, some will have none at all.
e.g. vodka has zero carbs, zero sugar.

Life_On_The_Lake

Hiawassee88 wrote: »

brownsugar701 wrote: »

I do a lot of sport in the morning without breakfast and I often eat at 11:30 a.m. In the evening I drink wine and eat 800 calories.

Im not sad and not hungry in the morning. I eat nuts and drink coffee, at least Im not starving.



Thank you. I needed this.

Me too! I laughed out loud to myself while reading the dialog between these two.

Nuts & coffee in the morning, the key to happiness haha

Bcohen1983

HeartlessHanna wrote: »

coffee in the morning, the key to happiness haha

This part is actually true.

rcouret3

I find it's best to wait till lunch to eat anything, there just isn't enough calories allowed (1500 + Exercise) for 3 decent meals. This way I can have a pretty big lunch or dinner depending how the day goes.