Dealing with Girl's nights?

I just go for it. I probably only go out with my girls once a month or once every 6 weeks. We like sushi or Mexican food so... I do take it really easy on the calories for breakfast/lunch and just deal with being a little hungry.. but yeah, I get into the margaritas or saki bombs, fish tacos, Las Vegas rolls.. mmmm. It's a huge, huge treat to myself and yeah, it takes me a couple of days of water to get the bloat off, lol.

It is true if you dont drink you wont get as tempted. as tempted to keep drinking or eat. You can always arrive full- have a drink or 2 and stop. Or arrive full dont drink- be the DD. Or eat no more than 3 or 400 calories leading up to your night then its not as bad of an overage. Of course some extra cardio or extra long work out the next day may ease your mind (and body!) as well.

I have a pool date today- we're all being mindful so it will be easier - however - I do not look forward to the first time out with friends where I will have to choose. Im on a month long streak of good choices at each meal and so dont want to break my flow.

Good luck to you!

im having one tonight! im just gonna have one and be done. haha.

How often do you go out like this? Because if it's not very often I don't see why you have to abstain from drinking if you think it will spoil your fun. We do only get to live once! When I know I have a night like this coming up I make sure I do more exercise in the days leading up to it, drink more water and try to have a calorie deficit of around 100 calories per day to try and absorb some of the blow I'll take on the night out. I can't drink spirits, I'm a pint of cider kind of girl so its not like I'm going easy on the booze calories either. But it works for me, and I've not put any weight back on as a result of it yet. I may not lose, but at least I'm not gaining.

I do girls night ALL THE TIME...luckily, it usually involves just gathering at one person's house and hanging, not going out to bars ('cause we're all old). It's really hard sometimes...they want to order chinese, and I'm stuck with the steamed veggies, or...stuff like that. I get around it though by making sure that if we're ordering food, there's something on the menu that I can order that won't totally wreck my progress. I have 1/2 calorie rum if we're going to do drinks. I just try to plan ahead as much as possible. And some nights, I go for the pizza and don't worry too much about going over.

I order a shot of vodka with a glass of ice, fill it up with my own (carried in) Crystal Light. I still, personally, generally keep it at a 2-3 drink max pretty much always. Every now and then I might have more than that... And I also try to plan ahead for it if I know I'll be drinking, and allow for extra calories. As far as the food part, that's hit or miss and I have no real advice other than what's all ready been stated, go there full, etc.

I only go out about once a month, but I tend to end up having about 8 shots of whiskey with mixers. I've lowered my calorie intake from that by switching to diet coke. I assume that I'm going to have at least that, enter it for the day and work my other meals around it, but I don't sweat it if I go over. My attitude now is "It's only one day a month, meh, so what?" I also do lots of dancing, generally having a good time and looking like a fool, so that burns some extra calories too

I went out last night, and I actually ended up netting around 1000 cals for the day, which wasn't my intention at all... I overestimated how much I would drink and underestimated how much a few hours of dancing / looking like a fool would burn lol. I even didn't buy anything from the takeaway because I thought I didn't have any calories left for it - doh! Oh well... I had a great night with some great friends and that's all that matters :happy:

this is a good post, i thought i was the only one that struggled ! xx

I agree - if it doesn't happen too often and you're within your calories most of the rest of the time, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Your weight might stall for a bit (or even go up a bit due to water retention) but in the long run these nights shouldn't have that much impact.

If you can, plan for it. Get a great workout in and eat really well for the few days before and especially on that day - and be sure to get right back on plan the next day (sometimes that's the hardest part). Get some high protein foods in so that you'll feel full and not be as tempted to eat. I know how it is, that's my biggest downfall with drinking too...get a buzz on and all of a sudden, eating lots of bar food or junk food doesn't sound like THAT bad of an idea, especially if you can justify it by dancing some of the calories off.

Another option is to have a night in with the girls instead. Plan for some yummy but healthy snacks and mix your alcohol with diet soda, light juices or diet mixers to keep the calories low. You'll spend a lot less money that way too!

P.S. forgot another trick for drinking when you're out - for every alcoholic drink, have one non-alcoholic drink to keep you from getting too buzzed and being more susceptible to those temptations. Preferably water but if your friends are going to razz you, go with a diet soda or seltzer water so it looks like you're still having a drink.

I hear ya, I'm going to one tonight and I know the wine will be flowing. As far as food, I plan on bringing shrimp cocktail to help me stay away from the cheese and crackers!

Going out tonight, as a matter of fact. On TOP of going out for lunch with friends. I'm just going to enjoy the day and not worry about it. I don't do it often (maybe once every 3 months), so I plan to enjoy myself!

I try to drink vodka waters with lots of lemon. It keeps you hydrated, and way less calories and sugar. As for the food part...just get a small app size plate and put what you want on it, then have the waitress take it away as soon as you are done with what you think is acceptable. That way you won't pick.

I drink Vodka with club soda and a lime OR just have soda water ... you can even put soda water in wine with some ice and drink that slowly.

If I know that I have a *girls night* or something planned for say Wed. night--I'll work out on Sun. Mon., and Tues. and only eat back NO MORE than half of my exercise calories. That way on Wed. night even if I'm technically "over"--which I still log because I don't give a crap whether someone gives me a bad comment or not--for the week I'm not really *over*. Also--I stick to one strong drink like a long island or a choc. martini or something big that will be good for the whole night---no shots or beer or anything like that. Maybe wine. Hope that helps!

I am in my 20s and don't have girls' night out because I don't have any girlfriends but I have a husband and we have tonnes of guy friends. When we do go out with friends and their dates I tend to drink (not just one) and then I can't get the weight off. For this reason recently, I have banned myself from partying for a while until I have more control.