Beer

I drink beer/wine on the weekend, occasionally during the week but I always make sure I have enough calories, or I do an extra workout to fit a few in. Don't skip a meal to have a few beers, just park farther away when you pick the beer up, so you have to walk far hehehehe.

I think if you could limit yourself to one low calorie beer a day, and maintain the recommended goals, it shouldn't hurt you. If you're knocking back 4-5 beers a night, then thats 400-600 calories extra, which is excessive. Stay towards Guiness - it's actually one of the lowest calorie beers, despite its thick texture like chocolate milk (and it happens to be amazing!).

Earn it.. I love beer as well, walk, quick 20 min circuit training, lower calorie meals throughout the day.

Day 2 of being on MFP. It's really addicting in a good way. I can now plan my most of my day to keep me on track with my eating. However, I'm trying to figure out how I plan for beer. I'm born and raised in WI, so II just can't give it up lol. Especially when all the cheer parents get together for a few beers while the girls are at practice or competition. I don't want to skip a meal just to have a few beers.
Any advice?

eat a little less during the day, or exercise as you earn those cals back.

I drink anywhere from 5 to 10 beer a week, depending on what is going on and such. I just make sure it fits in my daily caloric intake.

Walk or ride your bike to the beer store. Limit the total amount. I'm a big fan of beer, too, so I force myself NOT to drink unless I've had a workout that day. And then I make sure it's only one "good beer," and not 2 or 3 inferior quality.

I understand your pain, I'm near Chicago, and like many WI beers, Chicago area beers.....beer in general.

Work out so you can intake more calories.

I essentially gave up drinking since starting my transformation program. I used to have a daily beer or Sapphire and tonic. My nutritionist suggested I start drinking the ultra low-carb beers but I would rather just drink water than sacrifice my taste buds on those "fake" beers.

Every now and then I will have a "skinny margarita" at Chilis when I know I will have enough carbs left over for the day.

Good luck in your decision and in meeting your goals!

I beer in only about 160 calories, you should be able to make it fit your intake and macros if you really want one. Just plan for it.

Michelob Ultra is 95 calories. Not sure if it's the best beer, but I always grab that instead of my beloved Blue Moon, which is almost 200 calories!

I go to a pub quiz every Tuesday. To help stay on my calorie target I log the beer well in advance so that it's clear how much I can eat or need to exercise during the day.

Don't skip the beer...If I want beer, i'll save room in the diet for it. Typically I drink red wine...4-5 nights a week...

I love beer. (My fiance and I spend our anniversaries at the Dogfish Head Brewery) We usually split mixed sixpacks of craft beer and if we split each beer, we sip taste and savor and only have 3 each. I get sad thinking about eliminating it. I just now save it for special occasions. If I'm tailgating, camping, etc I will drink Keystone Light or Yuengling Light, but I'm starting to realize drinking (guzzling) those light beers is kind of a waste. I'll drink 5 without realizing it. I'd much rather drink a delicious seasonal beer with a higher ABV (and alas, more calories) and really experience what I'm drinking.
I don't know. Seems like it's something that really should be eliminated or kept to only one based on other's responses. But for me, losing weight is me adapting my life around my new exercise and eating habits, and craft beer is a big part of my life. Gotta find a way to make that work for me!

Beer. The source of, and solution to, all of life's problems. I think beer in a diet needs to be handled two ways:

1. Beer as a beverage: if you normally have a beer with your entree in order to accent it, just treat it like any other beverage on your list. Most sodas, and even fruit juices, have the same or more calories, so if you can squeak those into your diet, or other bete noir's like dessert or condiments like mayo or butter, you should be able to work a nice alcoholic beverage in without too much fuss. If your diet is all gerbil food, its going to go down in flames, and the same applies for your beverage choices.

2. Beer as a mood enhancer: no real way to tap dance around it: beer gets you drunk, and being drunk is usually fun. Having a social event, and including alcohol, is not a coincidence. Alcohol usually is used to enhance it. Some may object, but I personally don't feel this to be a personal failing. So, treat beer as you would a special event: you need to plan for it (save some calories before and after, plan extra activity to offset it) and make smart choices in how you enjoy it. Lower calorie beers are not all trash (Beck's light is only 64 cal. and is quite good if you like German style pilsners) and can help to achieve the nice glow you're looking for at a low cal budget. But realize this: offsetting has its limits. You cannot starve yourself the day before and after and solve a binge, your body doesn't work that way. Its also impossible to spot erase high consumption. If you take in alot of calories in one sitting, your body WILL store it as fat. You can't target specific calories with exercise. You need to decide a reasonable, tolerable level of sacrifice, and if your beverage count is going to be high, sorry micro brew lovers, you're going to have to go low cal or pay the price.

The biggest problem is confusing the two events. If you're going to be having more than 2, you are most likely not in category 1. Its hard to imagine a meal that requires the accenting of 3 beverages that would not crash a diet anyway (sorry 5 course tasting meal, I'm talking to you.) I love butter or cream, but if a meal needed 3 servings of those to be enjoyable, its obviously not on my diet. So, its all about correctly making the call. Don't assume you're drinking for taste when you expect to be drinking in quantity, unless you like being miserable.

I am a beer and wine snob lol.

I just budget beer & wine into my calorie intake for the day or plan to work it off. One or two drinks once in a while isn't going to totally derail you. Treat it like you would treat any other snack.

Beer. The source of, and solution to, all of life's problems. I think beer in a diet needs to be handled two ways:

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