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To have a beer or not to have a beer???

Lori0534
Lori0534 Posts: 208 Member
edited January 23 in Motivation and Support
SO, my diet has been going EXCELLENT!!! I have not had a beer in a couple of weeks, but the warm weather has me really wanting a patio drink!!! Soooooooooo, should I have a couple or curb that craving?!?! Will it kill my diet??? My plan says to LIMIT or AVOID alcohol and I have completely avoided it for two weeks! So, help me out here! Tell me what to do!
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  • Sav_Sky
    Sav_Sky Posts: 82
    I feel exactly the same as you!! With the warm weather, we invited friends over for a drink. I made sure I worked out in the morning and had 1 lite beer that night. After having that 1 beer, I kind of felt bloated and icky the next day. I would just limit the amount of drinking to 1 or 2. An amount that would fit into your daily calories or just make yourself a non-alcoholic blended drink like a smoothie with lots of fruit (Yum!).
  • Sav_Sky
    Sav_Sky Posts: 82
    p.s. I have always been a big patio drinker too.... ;)
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    You could try Miller 64 (64 calories).
  • MorgueBabe
    MorgueBabe Posts: 1,188 Member
    have a beer! And not a gross light beer, or a Coors or Bud or Miller.

    Have a real honest delicious cold beer.
  • patrickblo13
    patrickblo13 Posts: 831 Member
    Have a beer...actually have 2, I mean 3.....just drink a six pack!!!

    That is usually how it plays out in my head....
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    have a beer! And not a gross light beer, or a Coors or Bud or Miller.

    Have a real honest delicious cold beer.

    ^that.
  • lorcart
    lorcart Posts: 406 Member
    Have the beer. Just log it and keep it within your limits.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    You could try Miller 64 (64 calories).


    ewww no, gross.
  • Beckboo0912
    Beckboo0912 Posts: 447 Member
    I have a beer or two when the mood strikes, especially with the nice weather...it won't kill your beer since you get what it does
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Another vote for drinking beer. :drinker:
  • abenardini
    abenardini Posts: 43 Member
    DRINK THE BEER!!! Just make sure it fits in your caloric limits and ENJOY!!! Life is just TOO short..Now I want a beer! :drinker:
  • MorgueBabe
    MorgueBabe Posts: 1,188 Member
    I know right.
    I think I'll think have some my Vanilla Porter beer in the fridge. NOM
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    Drink the beer. A real beer. Then have another.
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    Rum and coke zero on the rocks, or whiskey.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    thinkl aBOUT YOUR LIVER AND DIET
  • Curleycue0314
    Curleycue0314 Posts: 245 Member
    Just Do It and drink whichever kind you like. Just log it! the scanner with the app finds tons of them and its supper easy! It finds my wine!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    thinkl aBOUT YOUR LIVER AND DIET

    I like to kickstart my liver.

    Just like kickstarting my metabolism by eating breakfast.

    And then cleansing it all with a weekly voluntary enema... Or something.
  • ktliu
    ktliu Posts: 334 Member
    Now is the time to learn about good beer vs bad beer. One beer is not going to kill you, so if you can only have 1 beer that day, what would it be. I'll buy Stella Artois. or some good Saint Arnold's beer.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Guinness provides some great vitamins & minerals, fwiw.
  • mreeves261
    mreeves261 Posts: 728 Member
    I do Happy Hour every Friday with my friends and family. I'm sure i could lose faster without it but it's our fun time together. Frankly I can't imagine a life without beer in it. I just make sure my weekly calories balance out and try not to focus so much on day to day.

    Bottom line......DRINK THE BEER!!!
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    The answer is always beer.
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
    The answer is always beer.

    The better answer is always 2 or more beers.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    thinkl aBOUT YOUR LIVER AND DIET


    you must be fun at parties
  • Lori0534
    Lori0534 Posts: 208 Member
    LOL Thank you all for the beer drinking support!!! hahahahaa My problem is I always have to have like 4!!! I do love Michelob Ultra though! Ummm thinking I'll just have a couple tonight!!! WHOO HOO!!!
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    You could try Miller 64 (64 calories).


    ewww no, gross.

    A bad beer is better than no beer at all.

    If you are going to drink a real beer, go for a good micro.

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  • nvpixie
    nvpixie Posts: 483 Member
    I'm having some later too :drinker:
  • NikNakNoNo
    NikNakNoNo Posts: 13
    You go girl. Drink it, log it, think about what you have done and move on.
  • Jackson4590
    Jackson4590 Posts: 145 Member
    I'm about to have about 5 pints tonight.

    Good luck to ya!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    HELL TO THE YEAH!
    LETS HAVE 5 ,,
    I will drink yours if you do not want it..
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    thinkl aBOUT YOUR LIVER AND DIET

    1) You shouldn't be on a diet. Diets don't work.

    2) Your liver has a job to do. Process alcohol. NO FREE RIDES! GET TO WORK!! EARN YOUR KEEP!!!
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