Do you drink alcohol?

Kristimcb

I have always loved to drive, so I dont drink and drive....but if I am somewhere were I know I can stay...I will have a few beers (Victorias) or wine (Moscato)....but this doesnt happen very often...and I wasn't a fan of beer until I had my first Victoria

drinking and driving is bad bad bad! excellent choice to make. i haven't owned a car in a decade. i love being a non-driver!

Non-driver...after my errands today, I'm thinking of parking the van and traveling on bicycle!

jollyholly1024

I do drink, once a week sometimes once every two weeks. I always incorporate the calories and try to watch the caloric intake from food if I know I am going to go out drinking. We can not live our lives by not living if you want to drink, drink just watch what you are drinking and how much. If you do not want to drink don't.

sandi228

Sure do, it's an part of my 8 glasses/day, isn't that where we count that?

megz4987

No.

My dad is an alcoholic and my fiance is a (recently) recovering alcoholic. I've seen what it can do to people and while I don't feel I have a problem with alcohol I don't ever want to be in the position where it could become a problem (not just over drinking, just drinking&driving, bad choices in general).

Queen_JessieA

I will have a drink now and then. Sometimes I will pop a beer with my husband...but honestly, I don't care for beer so much so I can never finish a bottle. I will have a fru fru drink with a friend. Recently I did shots with a few friends and I felt like crap the next day. I don't think that tequila is my friend anymore. LOL.

And before I get grief on being a Christian and drinking ~ I think it is ok in moderation. I love my Jesus...and my Jesus loves me. He knows my heart. I drink only every now and then and could totally do without it..

Speedy89

no...because it's literally poison.

I might have 1 beer if I'm out with coworkers/friends, so I don't look like a square, but I usually nurse it for about 4 hours, and in most cases finish less than half of it.

Also, even if I have one drink, my mood is noticeably different the day after...I researched this, apparently it's because it gets rid of a lot of the EPA fats in your brain, depressing your mood.

FaithHopeBELIEVE

I love a glass of red wine a few nights a week. I always account for it in my calorie intake. Red wine and chocolate - two things I refuse to give up but won't allow to control me either! In past diet attempts, I went full speed ahead and then crashed into a brick wall. I needed to learn that everything in moderation is ok. For me, wine and chocolate aren't derailing my efforts because I don't overdo it. If I gave up everything I enjoyed then I would fail.

Ditto here!

calliope_music

socially, maybe a couple times a week. i like beer, that's why!

BrewerGeorge

Absolutely. Beer is like water or milk or Coke to me - just another beverage. I used to think nothing of ordering a beer during a work lunch like anybody else would order iced tea. Beer is a healthful food as long as you don't overdue it.

I'm not drinking much while dieting hard, of course, but one of the things I'm looking forward to when I get to maintenance is putting some beer back in my diet.

Not a big fan of wine, but I like most spirits except tequila. If I'm drinking cocktails, though, it's with a purpose - to relax after a workday, or hanging out with friends. I don't drink spirits as an everyday beverage.

bllowry

Mum was Irish, Dad French so yes I still drink! I don't care for the tastes of hard spirits, but I'll have a couple glasses of red wine when we go out to eat. And I have to have a shandy once in a while, even though I'm not a pint drinker as a rule.

sugarbone

Alcohol is usually high calorie and disables your liver's ability to metabolize fat, so no I prefer weed. Every once in a while though!

fabalas_seanne

saturdays are my drinking day ill share a dance with Vodka or some laughs with beer hehee or vice versa.... i love having a drink with my friends & im not changing my lifestyle in this section if its what i love.... ill just work my butt of more

chippywelsh

Absolutely, I love it! I stick mostly to weekend drinking and holidays and I drink in moderation - well most of the time. I did give up entirely for 2 months and saw no benefits at all and just didn't have quite such a good time with friends.

fragilegift

not as a rule. Mostly its because I *can* drink..and get up fine the next day. When I think about it though, its a huge waste of money, for nothing (as in nutritional value), and like some others have said, I don't want to drink my calories.

ETA, plus I don't much like the taste of beer or wines. If I do have a drink, its scotch and coke, no ice. The pear cider was interesting though.

emmiee921

Rarely. Use to almost every weekend but would only have sugar free cruisers or vodka and diet soda. Now I don't go out much so haven't drank in about 3-4 months

Robin1117

I love a glass of red wine a few nights a week. I always account for it in my calorie intake. Red wine and chocolate - two things I refuse to give up but won't allow to control me either! In past diet attempts, I went full speed ahead and then crashed into a brick wall. I needed to learn that everything in moderation is ok. For me, wine and chocolate aren't derailing my efforts because I don't overdo it. If I gave up everything I enjoyed then I would fail.

Ditto here!

I love this comment, and am the same. Deprivation of something you love is silly, and in the long run is not sustainable. I lost the weight I needed to lose incorporating red wine into the mix, and have been maintaining for a year and a half the same way.......

meerkat70

I thoroughly enjoy a drink but don't drink heavily. I try to limit alcohol consumption to weekends, when my partner and I typically split a bottle of wine. I enjoy a single malt now and then. An occasional beer (I prefer real ale to the fizzy alternative).
I used to drink a glass of wine most nights, but stopped that when I started trying to lose weight again. It's my birthday today, and I will definitely be enjoying a couple of glasses of red tonight!

Alcohol definitely makes me retain water. After two glasses of wine, my weight is up 2-3 lb the next day, and it takes a couple of days for that to shift.

fionarama

I am a Kiwi so when younger was totally locked in to the weekend binge drink culture. Since i had a child it has cut back and I have been almost teetotal for most of the year. That said life gets soooooooo boring my husband works away, so its all work (I am a full time sales rep) and then being a mother and on top of that my mother in law died suddenly of a stroke at 58, then my father had a stroke two weeks later and we've had to put him in a home, all in all life has got too stressful to not have a glass or two of wine at the weekend.
I do think cutting it out has been the big factor in finally getting down to 60ish kgs from 65+ which has taken a decade of trying for me to achieve (oh that and NO social life due to work/mother thing!).
But I"ve decided to give myself a break and have a damm glass of wine when I want now.
And NO I'm not going to factor it in as then I don't even enjoy it I'll just feel guilty.
SO THERE!!!!

Swissmiss

I like to have red wine with my dinner. The motorvation to not drink is that I can't lose weight while drinking alcohol.

RuchikaPal

i occasionally had a drink or two...... may be once in 6 months or so...... but its been almost 2 years now since i had alcohol.... nor i intend to...... i love mocktails though... they are non alcoholic n soo yummyyy!!!!!! uummmm!!!!!! :drinker:

Tinks32

yes on the odd weekend, but am a bit of a binger, one or two vodkas usually ends up as lots more and drinking till loosing all dancing co-ordination :drinker: prob why im not loosing weight:ohwell:

georget84

I do drink - quite a lot. I find myself going in stages, sometimes I will go through a lot, other times not so much. It's very difficult to lose weight when you drink but not impossible. Exercise is the big thing, I doubt many people could drink/lose weight at the same time without some form of exercise thrown in. If you can work off the booze and let the food take care of it'self then you're well away. Having said that 3 pints being a quick 5k run, it's important to enjoy every last sip!

MDfour

http://www.leangains.com/2010/07/truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle.html

A fascinating article about alcohol and metabolism. AKA how to drink yourself silly without messing up your diet. (Eat low carb and extremely low fat on drinking days)

Edit: I've tested this on multiple occasions and it works like a charm. It's hard to keep the fat low enough, but do-able.

hyperkate

I love a glass of red wine a few nights a week. I always account for it in my calorie intake. Red wine and chocolate - two things I refuse to give up but won't allow to control me either! In past diet attempts, I went full speed ahead and then crashed into a brick wall. I needed to learn that everything in moderation is ok. For me, wine and chocolate aren't derailing my efforts because I don't overdo it. If I gave up everything I enjoyed then I would fail.

Ditto here!

I love this comment, and am the same. Deprivation of something you love is silly, and in the long run is not sustainable. I lost the weight I needed to lose incorporating red wine into the mix, and have been maintaining for a year and a half the same way.......

Same here and a couple of times a month I will indulge and wake up with a hangover! :-{

Breadoholic

Yep I drink! I love drinking. I only do it socially though. I probably drink a glass of wine a few nights a week with dinner and on the weekend I enjoy vodka, soda, cranberries with friends. I am not a beer drinker, but I do enjoy the odd cider. I try to steer clear of beer because of the number of carbohydrates. I never get a wine belly... beer belly, I do.

Christina

daydream58

Maybe once a month or once every 2 or 3 months at times, I used to have a glass of wine with dinner and then another glass the next night, but wine is a little high in calories for me right now, so I switched to diet tonic and bombay gin as that is only 60 calories... it's just a treat once every month or two though and just the one.

ladyluck4210

I'll drink a glass of wine with dinner after a stressful day every now and then. I used to drink a heck of a lot more though, but have found that it's not worth it. I find that after I drink I have a hard time getting my heart rate up where it needs to be the next day. I don't see any problem w/ drinking it once and awhile though.

~Becki

April_016

Unfortunately the drinking is my biggest weight problem. It's the sugar in the alchohol that turns to starch that turns to fat inside the body. I love beer and my ME time on the weekends. I'm not an alcoholic but I would say I have a drinking problem. I am my own worst enemy counteracting all the good I do by eating right and exercising at the gym. Some say it's a disease, I say it's a choice. Do I choose to be drunk and put on weight etc. NNOOO. But, does anyone else put the bottle to my lips and make me swallow. NO. Mine and everyone elses own demon and we are the only ones who know why and the only ones who can do anything about it. It is all mental.

BeeElMarvin

I drink, usually once a week. I can't drink nearly as much as I use to since losing some weight, I just feel like crap if i overindulge. I make mu own beer and my own wine - I use to like beer better, but I tend to lean more toward wine now, I guess. I also tend bar a couple of nights each week - it's there, I could drink easily those nights, but really do not want to.

Tinks2007

Engineman nice to see someone else that enjoys a drink, reading this post was actually starting to think hmmm maybe I have a problem as I enjoy alcohol way way to much haha:laugh: