Booze...

journey_man
journey_man Posts: 110 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm new here, and have been doing ok so far. But I just found out that my favorite cocktail is worth 750+ cals (!)... Having developped a substantial resistance to booze over years of uh, practice, I need at least 3 of those to get anywhere when I'm out (which I've been trying to limit to once a week, but in this time of year it's rough).

How have drinkers been dealing?

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  • lngrunert
    lngrunert Posts: 204 Member
    One of the first things I ditched when I started logging was sweet cocktails, just way too many calories for the amount of resulting buzz. I stick to wine or beer.

    If you don't mind diet soda, a Jack and diet Coke isn't bad calorie-wise from what I hear. Bloody Mary's work too, if you don't get all that skewered food on them.
  • Cortelli
    Cortelli Posts: 1,369 Member
    I'm new here, and have been doing ok so far. But I just found out that my favorite cocktail is worth 750+ cals (!)... Having developped a substantial resistance to booze over years of uh, practice, I need at least 3 of those to get anywhere when I'm out (which I've been trying to limit to once a week, but in this time of year it's rough).

    How have drinkers been dealing?

    I am very curious to know what your favorite cocktail is that is packing 750+ calories.

    I am drinking a lot fewer microbrews and sipping straight tequila or bourbon. Interspersed with glasses of water. About 100 cals a shot (though not taking them as shots - slow sipping).

    EDIT: corrected to quote OP and not first response.
  • turtleball
    turtleball Posts: 217 Member
    Wow I am really glad I didnt get into the habit of drinking yet.
  • journey_man
    journey_man Posts: 110 Member
    The glorious, irreplaceable Long Island iced tea. Which I drink because of its potency.

    This one is gonna be hard.
  • Cortelli
    Cortelli Posts: 1,369 Member
    The glorious, irreplaceable Long Island iced tea. Which I drink because of its potency.

    How big a LI? That's pretty frightening.

    I shudder to think how many cals were in this bad boy I had last summer on vacation (at least 7 oz of booze). My wife saw the guy mixing the drink and decided a beer was a safer bet for her - so that's her pint next to my mason jar of LI iced tea. This was after drinks and dinner - so I only had one drink that night at the bar. :yawn:

    LIIcedtea_zps7b30ef93.jpg
  • monbot
    monbot Posts: 97 Member
    Cut back to lose the tolerance. That way you don't have the high cals, and when you do drink, you can stick to low cal, not so lethal drinks.
  • Bobbie8786
    Bobbie8786 Posts: 202 Member
    The glorious, irreplaceable Long Island iced tea. Which I drink because of its potency.

    This one is gonna be hard.

    I make mine using diet lime coke. It clocks in at 193 calories. I use 0.5 ounce each of tequila, captain morgan, vodka, gin and triple sec.
  • MsJulielicious
    MsJulielicious Posts: 708 Member
    So, choose a less calorie dense cocktail;
    Here is a good resource
    http://getdrunknotfat.com/

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