Anyone else gone off alcohol?

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hmg90
hmg90 Posts: 314 Member
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Anyone? I have decided to drop it while I'm dieting. First of all, I can never have just one glass of white wine...and in the past, even though I've calculated in a gin with diet tonic, I've just never lost weight.
If I were to try and fit two drinks into my 1200 cals I'd hardly have room for any food as well.

It's a little ****ty as I'm used to having wine with dinner, and I'll have to skip on going out with friends as well.

Anyone in the same boat? Do you notice that the weight loss is more effective?
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  • SwampWitch666
    SwampWitch666 Posts: 110 Member
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    I used to drink 3-6 beers (casually) a night for almost a year. I started quitting January 16th, I weened myself off in about five days. My anxiety shot up like no one's business and my stress levels have definitely risen. But my bloating has gone down, so I'm sticking to it. All in the name of progress!

    I've thought about trying a glass of red wine at night, but I've never really been much of a wine person. I wouldn't know where to begin with brands. And I always hear mixed reviews about it health-wise. *shrug*
  • charlisobel
    charlisobel Posts: 31 Member
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    I think if left to my own devices I wouldn't drink much. Whilst tracking there have been three evenings in the last six weeks where I've had a drink because I'd rather eat my calories!
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
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    Not quite, but my performance at the gym doesn't degrade as much and my sleep isn't disturbed. I found that even 1 or 2 pints consumed several hours before bed gave me a real hard time sleeping.

    I used to drink once a week, about 3 pints at a local bar. Now it's usually once every month or 6 weeks. I've been like this for over a year and don't mind it.

    And if I do drink now it's home alone because none of my friends can be bothered being synchronized with my diet :P
  • SwampWitch666
    SwampWitch666 Posts: 110 Member
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    I'd rather eat my calories!
    ^This!
  • momtastic2014
    momtastic2014 Posts: 99
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    I like having wine with dinner often and shots a couple times a week at home. Since I have benn working out, by the end of the day I feel so relaxed that I'm fine without it.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
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    Anyone? I have decided to drop it while I'm dieting. First of all, I can never have just one glass of white wine...and in the past, even though I've calculated in a gin with diet tonic, I've just never lost weight.
    If I were to try and fit two drinks into my 1200 cals I'd hardly have room for any food as well.

    It's a little ****ty as I'm used to having wine with dinner, and I'll have to skip on going out with friends as well.

    Anyone in the same boat? Do you notice that the weight loss is more effective?

    Good luck to you.

    I'm struggling to do the same with red wine.

    I keep slipping up though. Dinner just is not the same.

    I'm definitely keeping an eye on this thread for some helpful tips.

    Keep up the good work????
  • lemur_lady
    lemur_lady Posts: 350 Member
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    I do miss having the odd drink but I would rather get food for my calories than drink them. I love my food so much its not much of a battle to decide between them lol

    I will however have them on special occasions where I am just not counting calories that day lol.
  • SARAHOC89
    SARAHOC89 Posts: 3
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    I've stopped drinking while I'm dieting as well... My friends like to drink beer with everything and I told myself, I wont be losing any weight while drinking beer.. So I completely cut it from my diet. Its been 2 strong weeks lol I think I will slowly bring it back with the more weight I lose. Good Luck :)))
  • metalloz
    metalloz Posts: 77 Member
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    I gave up 51 days ago. It's been hard but if I exercise enough it curbs a bit of stress and anxiety
  • PuckBunny1919
    PuckBunny1919 Posts: 50
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    I've stopped. I do like to drink, but my health is more important than that.
  • Dreamingallday
    Dreamingallday Posts: 47
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    I stopped because I could just keep taking down rum and cokes like water. Empty calories and I was worried I was going to develop a serious drinking problem...
  • amblight
    amblight Posts: 350 Member
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    Sort of. I used to be the first to suggest to get hammered, but now, having calculated that the amount I used to drink on a night out tskes up more than my daily calorie allowance, I'm not so inclined. I think I've been drunk three times since I started MFP in late december.
  • vsprocket04
    vsprocket04 Posts: 26 Member
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    I don't miss it, first week (6th jan) I was so bored at night I would go to bed early! I used to drink a few glasses of wine a night, my stomach is defiantly going ( lost 5inches in January) but I'm putting that down to diet and gym 3x week .
  • Rak0ribz
    Rak0ribz Posts: 177 Member
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    Anyone? I have decided to drop it while I'm dieting. First of all, I can never have just one glass of white wine...and in the past, even though I've calculated in a gin with diet tonic, I've just never lost weight.
    If I were to try and fit two drinks into my 1200 cals I'd hardly have room for any food as well.

    It's a little ****ty as I'm used to having wine with dinner, and I'll have to skip on going out with friends as well.

    Anyone in the same boat? Do you notice that the weight loss is more effective?
    Diet tonic is _so_ not worth it.

    I've had better luck with exercise when I don't drink so much, so I've backed off a bit lately. I'm also fortunate to be a pretty big guy, so my calorie allotment has more wiggle room in it.
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
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    I am not sure I could sustain an eating regime with no wine in it so that makes giving it up at the moment a bad idea. I have cut back a lot though
  • TamsinEllis
    TamsinEllis Posts: 293
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    I've had two shots in the past 13 months (one for my 21st and one at my work Christmas party). I found when I stopped drinking I lost the weight much quicker (I used to drink a pint nearly every night though so it added up to a lot of extra calories per week). I found when I stopped drinking I felt better, had much more energy the next day, and the two times I've drank since the next morning I had awful (like really gut-wrenching) stomach pains and felt like I'd just recovered from the flu, so I'm definitely off alcohol.
  • rebeccaaa_elizabeth
    rebeccaaa_elizabeth Posts: 56 Member
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    I've cut back some, but will never completely eliminate anything I enjoy. Alcohol included. That's just not realistic.

    I do find that when I drink it's not so much the drinks themselves that make me take a hit calorie-wise, but rather the yummy bar food I end up eating afterwards. :smile:
  • abhull14
    abhull14 Posts: 50 Member
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    I love to party and would drink quite a bit on the weekend, I felt like death the days that followed so I decided to quit cold turkey, suprisingly I was not having with drawels or anything. I still go out with friends, I can DD and I just have water. I still think its important to live a normal life and socialize!!
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,141 Member
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    No. I drink most nights, beer or vodka and for me alchohol calories don't seem to affect my weight. Sounds weird I know, but they just don't, if I ate the same amount in I would definately put on weight.
  • littleburgy
    littleburgy Posts: 570 Member
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    I have decreased drinking quite a bit with age but I still drink a little sometimes on the weekends when I have the extra exercise calories. Too much alcohol really slows me down.

    Whenever I have been limited to 1200 I don't usually drink, because I'd rather use those calories on food. That said, going for a brisk walk for an hour you could bump your calorie allowance up a little to include that glass of wine on occasion so you don't feel so deprived.

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