Anybody drink alot and lose weight

I track what I eat during the day to ensure a calorie reserve the night I go out. Eat a little something before you go out so you don't get sick. Vodka and soda water is my favorite drink, vodka has the highest alcohol content/lowest calories 90 or so, soda water has 0. Try infused vodka for more flavor, I always add lime. A light beer and a shot is also good. Just try and stay away from sticky sweet mixers.

I drink a lot- my social life is super active and I'm not a lightweight...here are my tricks.

ALWAY ask for or use sugar-free or diet mixers- bring your own to parties. Be prepared
Never Jager
Vodka and Tequila are the least caloric for shots- do them chilled with muddled lime.
Take your vitamins.
If you're a beer drinker, save it for special occasions and stick to good beer, make those calories worth it.
Stay on your feet, burn extra calories walking or dancing while drinking
Don't drink wine
Don't drink Mike's Hard, even the "lite" kind is crap
Don't drink Joose, Four Loko, etc. Not worth it.
Don't drive drunk.
Tip your bartenders well

If you drive why not be the designated driver and ensure your friends get home safely and then you will be the only on to actually 'remember' what happened on the nights out !!

Thanks for the advice! So do bars have sugarfree or diet mixers? If not what should I order when I go out?

They should have diet soda- at least diet coke and usually they'll have sugar-free energy drinks. You'll have to ask your bartender, every place is different. Worst case scenario, order tonic and limes for a mixer.
Here's what I normally order.

Cherry vodka with sugar-free Red Bull
Vodka tonic with limes
Tequila tonic with limes
Chilled vodka or tequila shot with muddled limes
Diet Sierra Mist and tequila
Diet rum and coke <

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I'm actually not a rum fan, but this is like 64 calories
Diet Jack and coke
Diet Dr. Pepper and Fireball

I drink vodka waters with lemon wedges...simple and not too many calories and you only need 2 too feel a great buzz

I too am in college and have friends who want to go out on a consistent basis. I'm still figuring out how to balance it all out and some night I do end up going over with my calories, but for the most part I've learned to plan for it. If you know that your friends are going to want to go out try and save up some calories for the drinks. Also, check the calorie content in drinks before you actually go out that way you know exactly what you should order at the bar and won't get blindsided by ordering a drink that you didn't know had such a high calorie count. Trust me this happened to me the first night I went out after joining MFP... it was not pretty. Haha

Also, as some people have mentioned offering to be the DD for the night is a good idea. I do that quite a bit, and I just tell my friends I'll drive because I'm low on cash and don't want to spend a lot of money on drinks. Also, alternating drinks with water is helpful and it keeps you hydrated which you will be very thankful for the next morning. I also am just by nature a very fast drinker, but I've learned how to sip my drinks slowly so that they last longer. You don't have to give up nights out with your friends you just have to learn how to balance that with making smart choices when you're out at the bars or parties. Oh and remember it's a learning process, if you have a night where you end up going over don't freak out about it. It won't completely ruin your weight loss goals. You just have to get back on the wagon the next day.

I used to drink A LOT and I couldn't shred the weight.

These days I usually do a shot of tequila and then a tequila mixed with soda water which I drag out.
After that I just drink soda water and pretend I've got tequila in it still cause people want you to drink haha

(tequila and vodka have the fewest calories and no sugar that I'm aware of)

Alcohol and parties are also my biggest enermys T__T Being 23 and styding + wanting to be social is really hard while trying to lose weight. I try to drink the light soda with vodka if posible and stay away from beer as much as I can do (but it is just so much cheaper XD)

(please add me as a friend, so we can help each other have a healthy way to party Hard )

Have some calorie-free recreational drugs instead.

Good idea, except that just makes me eat all the food :sad:

If you drink regularly chances are you will gain weight.. I remember the days..I put on 40lbs in 6 months of partying..just drinking and eating out...I did loose it all but over years it crept back on and now that it has been 20 years later it don't come off as easy...

They were fun times..can't say I would do anything different just be ready when the weight adds up.