Do you count alcohol in your calorie goal?

Personally I dont - when i drink I put it in my notes for the day that way i don;t have to spend a night out counting how many i've had and freaking out about it
I don't drink everyday i drink some weekend and when i do i see it as a treat to myself so I don;t freak about the calories im adding cos i've been under for the rest of that week
I would not be wasting a third of my calories on beer daily though - seriously not healthy lol
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Might want to think about that how daily drinking affects your liver as well as your weight

I count everything. EVERYTHING....that is the only way to be accountable for what you put into your body. I also limit myself to drinks - #1 it makes me bloaty, #2 its expensive, #3 it cuts into my calories!! Shoot I tracked my candy corn last night.!

1200 is low, but I eat 1200 and sometimes a little over, 800 you gotta be starving!!!

Since I've started MFP and realized how many empty calories are in beer and alcohol I have definitely cut my consumption way way down. I don't drink a glass of wine every night, however maybe every couple of weeks I get a little crazy. I work it off the next day though and make sure I count whatever I drank. I'm not trying to judge, but if you are here looking to get healthy, I would say maybe cut down how much you drink. Maybe 1-2x a week instead of every night. Also if you do drink, work out a bit harder than you normally would. Good luck.

Try drinking only two days a week like Friday and Saturday if those are your days off. I don't think you should eat less because you plan to have a few drinks twice a week.

Gotta count em, they are calories!!!!

Don't drink EVERY day. That's a huge waste of calories. I allow drink calories once a week. Sometimes twice but even then I try to limit it as much as I can. If I'm planning on having drinks with my husband or friends one night, I eat light through the day and try to get in a workout.

Count it. Cut back a beer a day, then put those other 6 or 12 on a 'great cheat day'! Also remember the great saying: "work hard, play hard".

I will go out with my girls like once....maybe twice a month and I don't count the calories I drink simply because I dance my *kitten* off when I go out. I am talking like 3 hours of non-stop booty shaking-hand up in the air-going crazy dancing. Dancing is such a stress reliever for me and is just soooo much fun! I prob burn more calories when I go out then I do in any workout, even with comsuming my vodka and coke zeros. LOL.

Drink 2-3 Bud select 55. Now you have more room. Do it in secret - not a manly brew :happy:

I really think you may need this link to go to the AA Site

Here is the link http://www.aa.org/?Media=PlayFlash

I realised why I had gained weight when I started MFP and recording my daily glass of wine or 3. I now try to limit alcohol to 2 days a week (sometimes 3), and compensate with extra exercise. I find having alcohol every day, is just too calorie intensive for me.

Ditto. I'm a big wine drinker and hubs and I were opening a bottle almost every night. I made room for the calories, but decided that food would better suit me than wine, on most days. So I have cut back on the wine, it's hard because it's basically part of my nightly routine, but it's still doable.

Well.... yeah....

Make room for them and count them.

From someone who used to drink 7 bottles of wine a week, yes 7, i would take my drink over my food, so my calorie intake in alcohol before i started a healthier weight loss programe would be much higher than food intake, was i an alcoholic? NO.. at the weight i was my body got used to it,

How rude some people can be to think we need AA numbers etc.. please give support not criticise, were all here to try & make a healthier lifestyle & learn about counting calories etc...

It's the whole putting alcohol over basic nutritional requirements that indicate some sort of issue. Alcoholic...I don't know, but definitely some issues if you're choosing alcohol over food!!!!!!!! I'm here for a healthy lifestyle so I may be a harsher judge...not understanding why people aren't doing this for basic health reasons. Just my opinion. Maybe she's not ready for AA...but she's definitely got her priorities mixed up!