To log calories from alcohol or to not?

missmacsays

What's the general opinion on this topic? Do you log the calories you consume from drinking? Does it depend how much you drink? How often? Or do you consider it a freebie? Just trying to get some ideas on how that works. Honestly if I'm out drinking, tracking the drinks is the LAST thing on my mind. But maybe I should be worrying about it when I'm out still. Help!

sarahmoo12

I log when I drink, its mad the amount of cals in alcohol!

lauramacaroni

Absolutely you should track these. There are significant calories in alcohol.

1 glass of wine is approx 120-140 calories
1 ounce of rum is 65 calories.

Now if you mix anything with fruit juice you're really going to increase calories quickly.

rainghirl

Alcohol is high in calories, if you don't track it then you have no idea how many calories you've had in a day. I always track it as closely as possible - it's quite scary how many calories there are, this helped me cut down the amount I had.

Mind you I'm off to a beer festival tomorrow, so I'll be over... again.

Kimjanebrooks

What I do is stay as close to my 1200 calories a day that I can but "save up" my exercise calories so I can go out for a drink on a friday night. I have swapped drinking large glasses of wine to drinking Vodka and diet coke (only 60 calories). That way I dont go over my weekly calorie allowance.

Its worked so far.....

sarahmoo12

o also I kind guess if im out on a night out I dont sit at the bar with my app on the go lol but having a drink in the house I log properly

EmmaM2211

Yes I log it - alcohol has an insane number of calories in it!

If I go on an all out bender I'll usually log it the next day...as close as I can remember anyway lol x

elyelyse

calories are calories. you can easily undo your good eating behavior from the day if you then indulge in several drinks. Taking that into consideration, I'd log alcohol the way i'd log anything else with calories.

sarahsummers12

I can imagine it would be the last thing on your mind, but there are a LOT of calories in alcohol, so I would definitely be tracking it to a degree and keeping an eye on it - the last thing you want is to be watching your food and doing really well with that, only to have your weight loss efforts hampered by consuming huge amounts of calories from drinking. Even if you work it out before you go out and make an allowance for it, so you know you can have x number of drinks without hurting your calories too badly - knowledge and preparation and big keys for success! Good luck with it.

Bex2Bslim

Definitely log, alcohol is the second worst thing after fat! Maybe logging every drink isn't practical, but try comparing the drinks you like and sticking to the less calorific ones, or exercise on the same day but don't eat those cals back. But YES, definitely log!!!

Illona88

calories are calories.
Log all of it.

dallasfloyd

I log them. they add up greatly

IbiH

Definately log........ I normally have a glass of red wine in the evening and I'm still losing but I'm also within my calorie allowance.

Jen_ht

Hiya, I think you REALLY need to track when you're drinking. In my work there is a massive drinking culture (we work hard and play hard) and I have to plan really carefully what I drink and how much so I don't go over my cals. It's in NO way a freebie as most drinks (apart from something like vodka lime and soda) have a very high calorie content. I like a nice pint after work but straight off that's 250 cals, a large glass of wine is about the same...it really depends on what your favourite tipple is but even if you have to estimate I would try and log it (even the morning after is fine, as long as you are keeping track)...Hope that helps! :drinker:

girl_afraid82

Definitely log them! Most alcoholic drinks are hugely calorific, so if you don't log them you are going to be really underestimating your intake.
I don't go out drinking much anymore (maybe once every couple of months), so I tend to have a day off from logging if I'm having a big night out, just because it's such a rarity... but if it's a regular thing, they will definitely affect your rate of loss if you don't account for them.

You could always try to stick to lower calorie drinks... spirits with diet mixers, or soda water.

KANGOOJUMPS

OF COURSE!, i find i always have extra calories left if i am paying good attention to it all,,, so then i use that on BOOZE! YUM! I AM A BOOZEHOUND!

rm7161

I always log alcohol. Always. Loads of calories in it.

vickylee26

definitely log alcohol is basically liquid fat, its full of cals a lot people are over weight due to too much consumption of alcohol sorry def not a freebie

dallasfloyd

OF COURSE!, i find i always have extra calories left if i am paying good attention to it all,,, so then i use that on BOOZE! YUM! I AM A BOOZEHOUND!

Thought i was the only one on this site.. lol

missmacsays

OF COURSE!, i find i always have extra calories left if i am paying good attention to it all,,, so then i use that on BOOZE! YUM! I AM A BOOZEHOUND!

Thought i was the only one on this site.. lol

Oh you guys aren't the only ones. I'd like to NOT log my drinking calories because I'm pretty sure I can easily go over a day's worth of cals on a night out. Drinking's the one bad habit I've not broken myself of. At least I don't drink everyday. Just Fridays and Saturdays. But last Friday I logged what I drank and cringed at how many calories 88oz of beer packs. Gosh that sounds bad...haha.

BamsieEkhaya

unfortunately I log alcohol...hence why todays going to be a horrible diet day because I'm going out tonight