Hi, I like beer.

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  • amiableviking
    amiableviking Posts: 3 Member
    Cutting down has been a problem for me, but I'm finding ways to make it work. I'll definitely skip a food item here and there or workout a bit extra if I know that a beer reward is involved. I've also started budgeting more money-wise, and after I saw how much money I was spending on it, its easier to have incentive to cut back - still, that probably doesn't help you much since you get a free one after a shift. I just try to keep it around the house less (outside of the home brews, they don't have anywhere to go), and when I do, I try to stay away from six packs and buy a couple of singles or a bomber (helpful if you have good beer stores around), or have a pint or two with dinner out somewhere when I know I won't be sticking around to have any more than that.
  • krystina_letitia9
    krystina_letitia9 Posts: 697 Member

    I try and log everything (usually miss 2-3 days a week, on weekends) but something I run into a lot is that when I try and enter the beer I drank that day, there is no record of it in the search function for MFP and I don't know how to find out the exact calories for that beer! :/

    Thanks for the responses, everybody!

    Sometimes a more obscure beer won't be in the database but you can pick one that's similar!

    Agreed, I usually have pretty good luck finding most of my craft beers in MFP. But if I don't I try and find one that is a similar style. "Russian Imperial Stout" or "Black IPA" should be pretty similar regardless of the the brewer.

    I also agree with make sure you track everything. Make it fit into your daily calories. Beer is a HUGE source of empty calories. So keep that in mind when "making it fit".

    http://simplybeer.com/how-many-calories-are-in-my-beer/

    this is what I go by. because ABV can vary even between styles (Oskar Blues Ten Fidy = 10.5% versus Stone Farkin Wooten stout at.. what...13.2%) it's just better to take the time to count it if you're so inclined.

    the link above is what I use for everything.

    ETA: Another is: http://www.homebrewdad.com/beer_calorie_calculator.php

    Great link. Thanks!
  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    Free beer after work at an ale house?? Yeah. doom doom doom doom DOOM doom Doom.. taco... I'd really have trouble resisting. Maybe just try one beer a day and only allow yourself one day of serious drinking. At the end of the day its pretty hard to drink 4 beers a day and still get adequate nutrition while losing weight. I mean four 200 calorie beers. Another option is to just do a flight after work so you can drink several beers. keep your drinking to a maximum of 3500 calories per week and you should be able to find a balance. Thats the total upper end and would probably require additional exercise to balance it out. It would probably be much easier to manage something in the 2000 range which only gives you 10 beers a week. If you wanna get Fed up, start the night out with some good beer and move on to good booze.

    Im sure some of you health nuts wont like my suggestions. Well, shush. If I wanna drink I'll drink. Theres are far too many special occasions going on for me to say "sorry, I cant".

    I should also note that the TEF of hard liquor is 30%. That means that 30% of the calories from alcohol are burned while processing it. This does NOT apply to beer because the calories are mainly from carbs which have a TEF of ~5%. That being said, there is a pretty big difference between hard alcohol and beer. HUGE difference. A shot is more like 40 calories than 60. A 200 calorie beer is more like 160 than 200. Both have comparable amounts of ethyl alcohol.
  • RachaelRenk
    RachaelRenk Posts: 116 Member
    ...visiting certain websites over and over

    Like MFP?
  • RachaelRenk
    RachaelRenk Posts: 116 Member

    I try and log everything (usually miss 2-3 days a week, on weekends) but something I run into a lot is that when I try and enter the beer I drank that day, there is no record of it in the search function for MFP and I don't know how to find out the exact calories for that beer! :/

    Thanks for the responses, everybody!

    Sometimes a more obscure beer won't be in the database but you can pick one that's similar!

    Agreed, I usually have pretty good luck finding most of my craft beers in MFP. But if I don't I try and find one that is a similar style. "Russian Imperial Stout" or "Black IPA" should be pretty similar regardless of the the brewer.

    I also agree with make sure you track everything. Make it fit into your daily calories. Beer is a HUGE source of empty calories. So keep that in mind when "making it fit".

    http://simplybeer.com/how-many-calories-are-in-my-beer/

    this is what I go by. because ABV can vary even between styles (Oskar Blues Ten Fidy = 10.5% versus Stone Farkin Wooten stout at.. what...13.2%) it's just better to take the time to count it if you're so inclined.

    the link above is what I use for everything.

    ETA: Another is: http://www.homebrewdad.com/beer_calorie_calculator.php

    Awesome! Thanks so much for the links.
  • danomyte66
    danomyte66 Posts: 7
    Give up beer? I'm getting into shape, not going insane.
  • YesIAm17
    YesIAm17 Posts: 817 Member
    ...visiting certain websites over and over

    Like MFP?

    Yup and it is currently the biggest time suck in my life. But it's all fitness related so at least there's that.
  • RachaelRenk
    RachaelRenk Posts: 116 Member
    I liked the irony ;)
  • kravmark2
    kravmark2 Posts: 158 Member
    I love beer too! Ive been trying those Labatt 52 lately. and they are ok but not amazing. Feel like Bud Light or Coors light when I really want to kick back. Feel free to friend me and we'll all be mfp drinkin buds.

    Mark
  • wendyg311
    wendyg311 Posts: 239 Member
    Yup, gotta have them Friday night beers after work.
    I like Guinness but have found, surprisingly, I can drink an MGD 64.
    (or 2....or 3.)
    Here in CT there is a beer not so easy to find - Haffenreffer, that I really like. Only problem is, it only comes in a 40oz.
    I don't buy it anymore. If we don't drink the whole thing in one night, it gets a little flat by the next day. Pouring it down the drain is akin to alcohol abuse!!

    It's Friday:drinker: and I have already saved enough calories for 2, but only 2. I'm serious about this weight loss thingy
  • jconnon
    jconnon Posts: 427 Member
    Yup, gotta have them Friday night beers after work.
    I like Guinness but have found, surprisingly, I can drink an MGD 64.
    (or 2....or 3.)
    Here in CT there is a beer not so easy to find - Haffenreffer, that I really like. Only problem is, it only comes in a 40oz.
    I don't buy it anymore. If we don't drink the whole thing in one night, it gets a little flat by the next day. Pouring it down the drain is akin to alcohol abuse!!

    It's Friday:drinker: and I have already saved enough calories for 2, but only 2. I'm serious about this weight loss thingy

    Dear lord I haven't had a Haffenreffer in probably 30 years. I have never been so sick as I was on those things one night. Just the thought of it my stomach do backflips. I am sure mixing it with Southern Comfort wasn't my best move either, lol. That was an ugly night.
  • KelGen02
    KelGen02 Posts: 668 Member
    I too LOVE beer... I really enjoy a really good beer (blue moon, Stella, Grolsh, Yengling, Pumpkin ale) with dinner or when we are out with friends. obviously with a "lifestyle" change in eating I had to make adjustments to my beer intake. My husband and I go out on Sundays to watch football, since we are usually there all day, I will drink the light beers, coors light, miller light or miller 64's. I track my beers just as I do my food, not that I will be on track with my calories for the day but because I committed to tracking everything that goes into my mouth this time around. It doesn't stop me from drinking the beer because i track it, it's just mind over matter for me. I only drink beer once a week right now and when football ends I will most likely only drink beer when we go out ( we have 4 kids 18, 15, 14, 9 so we don't get out often ;) I don't drink to get drunk but now that my eating habits are different I do find that I am a little bit of a light weight when previously I could pick em up and put them down with the best of them. It's weird but when you make a decision to make a lifestyle change its just that, you change your lifestyle. I still go out and have fun, I'm just not getting wasted, I'm enjoying the taste of something I really like to drink.

    Good Luck!!
  • RachaelRenk
    RachaelRenk Posts: 116 Member
    I think this is my problem, I do not drink to get drunk (not to say it doesn't accidentally happen sometimes when there's a really good imperial or double ipa on tap, haha!)...it's more of an appreciation thing, like some day's I don't eat just to survive but because there is some really, really good food to eat! If it were a thing where I was getting wasted all the time I think it would be easier to say, "hey, this really bad for me in a lot of ways". Instead it's something that I consider myself to be moderate with and also that I have a passion for/interest in. For a while I tried only ordering 12oz instead of 16oz but then I would just get three 12oz glasses of beer instead of my normal two 16oz. Tricky, tricky. I think another good thing for me would be to not hang around at work so much if I'm not working. I could also use that time to work out...hmmm...

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