wine and weight lost

I only ever drink when I go out in the evening, never at home. I normally only ever go out for dinner once a week so I have 2-3 glasses of wine with my meal, or from time to time if I go to a bar (an additional night per week) then I'll have 3 or 4 drinks but I try to stick to low calorie drinks like wine.

Wine is hugely calorific! A glass of wine would set you back 200 calories whereas a rum and diet coke is only 53!

http://winefolly.com/update/calories-in-wine/

I've stopped drinking on the weeknights and also switched to these TINY wine glasses that only hold 4 oz. That way I can have "two" glasses if I want...but I find that I'm usually good after one.

DH does laugh at the tiny glasses, but it works for me.

I used to drink about 1/2 a bottle of wine a night. decided to cut it out during the week, not so much because of the calories from the booze, but because of the poor choices it lead to. I'd adapt the "I'll be fat and happy attitude" and eat way too much. But, now, do not try to take my wine (or margaritas) away from me on Friday and Saturday night.

My advice is to fit it into your calories and be happy. Sustainability is the most important factor of your diet. If you hate it, you're not going to stick with it.

I have this problem big time!
I'm use to drinking a bottle every night almost, but that calculates to almost $80 every week down the drain.
As well I hated waking up early to feel like crap.
Try to limit it greatly and my best advice: Keep yourself occupied so you don't think about it.
Everyday now I write a to-do list and this keeps me busy and by the time usually I have finished this I'm tired and its late at night.
Add me if you want more help.

My advice is to fit it into your calories and be happy. Sustainability is the most important factor of your diet. If you hate it, you're not going to stick with it.

This. I'd also add a few things I noticed in this thread:

Wine has a serving size. 4 oz for women, 8 oz for men. That's definitely enough for dinner, or a nightcap. Whatever.

If you're learning to try and make better choices in terms of serving sizes with food, why would you forgo this for beverages? Granted, I am addressing the "having a drink with dinner" crowd more than the "purposely going out to DRANK" crowd.

With that, certain people have certain problems with certain wine (should I say certain again?). Sweeter wines can make people bloat if they have issues with sugar; if you're dehydrated before drinking wine, this can also make you bloat. Red wines with high tannins can cause headaches and stomach discomfort for people that have difficulty with these (same with nitrates). Heavy alcohol indulgence (or just any alcohol, if you're sensitive to it) can cause sleep disruption; it's a well known side-effect of alcohol consumption.

Does that make it awful? No way. Certain wines have a host load of preventative health benefits, and if you enjoy it, you enjoy it. If you feel that you can't moderate the consumption of it (read: measure and limit), which in turn sets you up for poorer food choices, then by all means, try weeding it out.

Just wanting to make sure you're informed about it if you feel like it's "not worth it"; you have your cake and eat it too... just watch if the cake hurts you, or is too big a slice for sustainability

You can enjoy a glass of wine but drink in moderation. Don't do up to a bottle a night--try 8 to 16 oz if you normally do a bottle a night, gradully reduce down to where you're only taking in a "serving".

I'm a wine and craft beer sales rep for my career and all the booze definitely contributed to where I am right now- lots of belly fat to lose! But I love my job so I'm doing a few things: drinking less, having a huge glass of water between drinks, exercising harder on the days where I know I will be drinking, and measuring my wine. I can't and won't eliminate it altogether, so I'm finding balance. The days of 3 beers or 3 glasses of wine on a Tuesday are over. But I.can't eliminate the wine I sample during my average work day- not all of my.accounts have spit buckets lol. But I log it!

Props to you for not only finding a balance... but having probably the best job in the world.

I'm a wine and craft beer sales rep for my career and all the booze definitely contributed to where I am right now- lots of belly fat to lose! But I love my job so I'm doing a few things: drinking less, having a huge glass of water between drinks, exercising harder on the days where I know I will be drinking, and measuring my wine. I can't and won't eliminate it altogether, so I'm finding balance. The days of 3 beers or 3 glasses of wine on a Tuesday are over. But I.can't eliminate the wine I sample during my average work day- not all of my.accounts have spit buckets lol. But I log it!

Props to you for not only finding a balance... but having probably the best job in the world.

I'm very fortunate to have a job I love! It's been hard trying to balance all the delicious food and alcohol that is around me! Plus i drive 700 miles a week. Some days I lift a lot of cases and small kegs. I'm set to 1 lb/ week but its working with my lifestyle

i think if people know the difference between drinking and having a glass of wine it's no big deal

Having a glass of wine is not detrimental.

Getting drunk often is.

DRINKING usually leads to getting drunk.

Having a glass of wine leads to...well...enjoying a glass of wine.

I love a glass of rose wine or two in the evenings, and I know a lot of it is habit. I feel like I haven't properly relaxed until I've had one. I make sure it doesn't take me over my 1200 calorie limit, but I do wonder if there are other implications (weight loss wise) to drinking that glass or two, and whether I'd be better off using those calories for food instead.

I gave up drinking for all of January, it really helped me to just have a specific goal time. In the beginning I couldn't wait to have a glass of wine again, then you get used to it, and now I'm totally OK with not having a glass of wine with dinner, or meeting friends for a cup of tea instead of a beer after work!

I lost about 2lb per week when i wasn't drinking, which was a great motivator (I'd been struggling to lose anything before then), and I would say that before then I was drinking as a habit and not really appreciating it, whereas now I can really appreciate a fine glass of red wine, or an ice cold beer - because it's an occasional treat instead of a nightly occurrence!

I have an occasional free day (not as many as the health police say, but more than I used to ), and in addition I wait until I sit down to eat before having that glass of wine - then I can restrict it to one (or max 2) within my calories. If I start while cooking it can easily be 3- or even worse have a beer while cooking!

Husband is no help as he likes his before and during dinner, so if he gets home early the bottle is open when I get in:ohwell: And then no way will I have a free day.

I am exactly the same. I know that wine is the main contributor to my weight gain in last three years. I am trying to cut it down to 2 - 3 times a week.