Can't give up alcohol - started replacing meals with beer...

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  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    Ok, thanks for the replies

    To be honest beer fills me up pretty well so it's a pretty good substitute for dinner hunger wise.. anyway I am usually highly active - at work I am on my feet all day and on days off I am walking my dog and doing housework... but I have cheat days a few times a week where I go out to bars/clubs/parties and usually eat pretty badly on those days too. That's why my calorie goal is 1250 - to make up for cheat days.

    Anyway, I think I'll start drinking spirits then.. or maybe wine?

    Ok that makes more sense for the reason why you are eating so low. What I would do is consider aiming more for a weekly goal rather than a daily goal when it comes to the calories you gain from physical exercise. For example, if you gain 500 calories from running today, make that 500 calories usually any time during the week and not just on the day you worked it.

    Weight watchers is a great program and is also a calorie counting program like fitness pal. What WW does that is smart is it requires you to eat a certain amount per day, but allows you to exercise and save extra calories for parts of the week. In other wards, you can have a bad day once in a while if you save up calories for it.


    I agree - weight watchers is nice because it is based off of a weekly goal rather than a daily goal. MFP is great, but for those of us (I'm like you - i'm really great one day and then if i decide to go to the bar - holy hell) who don't have a very set schedule from day to day, it is nice to have a program that allows for spontaneity. I've done it before and would recommend it!

    I use MFP and I work on weekly goals (both calorie goal and macros) versus only daily. There is a way to track the week (more convenient on the phone app than the website, imo) so you still have flexibility.
  • sjaplo
    sjaplo Posts: 974 Member
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    dang! this is making me want a drink now and its not even 2pm!!(central time)....time to run out and get me some zero calorie margarita mix to add to my patron!!!

    Hey - it's always 5 o'clock somewhere. :drinker:

    Time of day doesn't matter!

    ummm - that would be the point. It's called irony?
  • sjaplo
    sjaplo Posts: 974 Member
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    or this!

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    I was disappointed by the whole voodoo line. I mainly bought them for the pretty bottles, which was all they were good for to me.

    Rouge's chocolate stout makes an amazing beer float though.

    Sad to admit, but I have to agree with you. I prefer a west coast IPA myself. Scullers IPA from Skagit River Brewing is most delish!
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    Apparently I also don't know how to post a link. Urban Chestnut Schnickelfritz. Delicious!

    I love Schnickelfritz. Are you in STL? Have you been to Urban Chestnut's new brewery? I haven't, but it looks fantastic.

    4 Hands Brewery has a summer ale called Contact High which is pretty good, hoppier than a normal summer wheat beer.


    OP:
    Agree with others that some of your comments are concerning about "needing" to drink, but with that said, I have days like that too, just not every day. I do however, have a drink almost every day, I just don't "need" to. I drink less since before I lost weight, but I drank while losing weight. It can be worked in, just like ice cream or pizza or whatever else you choose to work into your daily calories.

    I also agree with others that 1250 sounds really low, even if you are trying to offset your cheat days. Do you know when your cheat days are going to be? Like is it always a Friday night happy hour, or work dinners, or a girls night out that are known ahead of time and are not spontaneous?

    If I were you I would just get better at planning things. Figure out your TDEE based on your activity level and exercise. Reduce that by 10-15% since you don't have much to lose. Eat food and log it, don't eat back your exercise calories. If you know when the cheat days are going to be, and if you know how much you usually go over by (are we talking 500 cals over or 1500 cals over?) then plan to eat a little less than your daily goal each day leading up to that and exercise a little extra that day. Work the drinks in to your day, but maybe cut back or do it less frequently, just as sort of a sanity check that you don't have a problem or aren't starting down the path of a problem. If you find you really do struggle with cutting back on the drinking, then maybe it is time to re-evaluate things or seek help.
  • brager3
    brager3 Posts: 2 Member
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    Omgosh. Have a drink. I for one have worked hard on being able to fit in my beer. I like don't need but then everyone does something they do not need to do each day. I swear having a drink or two a day does NOT make you an alcoholic. I keep my calories from 1300-1600. I am 5'6 and fall 150-155. I am happy with myself and that is what my goal is. I will walk to make sure I earn calories for my downtime drink.
  • LifeWithPie
    LifeWithPie Posts: 552 Member
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    It amazes me how many people don't know of the power of Google for simplified informational inquiries like 'low calorie beers'.
  • ROBINSTL67
    ROBINSTL67 Posts: 50 Member
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    Apparently I also don't know how to post a link. Urban Chestnut Schnickelfritz. Delicious!

    I love Schnickelfritz. Are you in STL? Have you been to Urban Chestnut's new brewery? I haven't, but it looks fantastic.

    4 Hands Brewery has a summer ale called Contact High which is pretty good, hoppier than a normal summer wheat beer.


    I am in STL. Haven't been to the UC brewery yet. I like Contact High too. And UC's Zwickel is good too!
  • unixguy770
    unixguy770 Posts: 1
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    http://www.11points.com/Food-Drink/11_Best_Beers_To_Get_You_Drunk_But_Not_Make_You_Fat

    I like Michelob Ultra, but I haven't tried any of the others (except Miller Lite). If you go the mixed drink route, try Coke Zero as a mixer or try the Master of Mixes zero calorie mixers.

    Offsetting with salads, fruits, and fresh cooked vegetables helps with the numbers, but 1250 is tight. I did 1200 for a few weeks to accelerate the first part of my diet, but I always felt hungry. Good luck with the diet and with the other problems you are dealing with.
  • janiceclark08
    janiceclark08 Posts: 1,341 Member
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  • v6s30
    v6s30 Posts: 43
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    Hi OP, can I just ask which country you're from? I think having a couple of pints a night is pretty standard in the UK personally.

    UK :)
  • v6s30
    v6s30 Posts: 43
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    OP - how old is your pic...you look malnourished. Just concerned. Not trying to flame you.

    It is 2 years ago - me at 120lb (a little under my goal weight). Keeps me motivated. I am too ashamed of my current weight to have a current pic.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    I haven't read the replies....but must say: this looks like the perfect recipe for failure. Figure something else out. Even being an overweight drinker would be better.
  • DR2501
    DR2501 Posts: 661 Member
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    Lol at the people saying a couple of drinks is a drinking problem. A drinking problem is when you can't stop after a couple.

    OP try vodka lime and soda, 76 calories per glass.
  • v6s30
    v6s30 Posts: 43
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    I also agree with others that 1250 sounds really low, even if you are trying to offset your cheat days. Do you know when your cheat days are going to be? Like is it always a Friday night happy hour, or work dinners, or a girls night out that are known ahead of time and are not spontaneous?

    If I were you I would just get better at planning things. Figure out your TDEE based on your activity level and exercise. Reduce that by 10-15% since you don't have much to lose. Eat food and log it, don't eat back your exercise calories. If you know when the cheat days are going to be, and if you know how much you usually go over by (are we talking 500 cals over or 1500 cals over?)

    I hardly ever know when it's going to be unfortunately - my cheat days are unplanned, just when I lose self control or decide to stay on after the bar/pub
  • DR2501
    DR2501 Posts: 661 Member
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    Also see getdrunknotfat.com
  • v6s30
    v6s30 Posts: 43
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    OP - how old is your pic...you look malnourished. Just concerned. Not trying to flame you.

    How old is your pic? You look like a young child dressed as superman
  • amyx593
    amyx593 Posts: 211 Member
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    I'm not a drink-after-work girl, but I do like to go out for drinks regularly with my husband, as we both work from home and like to get out to do things besides the gym. For me while trying to lose weight, I keep drinking to 1-2x per week, but I do binge drink! Not just a couple. I drink a vodka press.... plain vodka with half club soda and half sprite.
  • amyx593
    amyx593 Posts: 211 Member
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    Oh, and we ride our bikes to the bars, so that helps negate a drink or two... :)
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,951 Member
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    I didn't expect to see an alcoholism thread here on MFP.

    wow.
  • Bpsulliv
    Bpsulliv Posts: 1
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    Mmmmm. Beer.

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