Real women drink beer.

female beer drinkers are the funnest chicks!

Plan Plan Plan... that's all that really helps... Extra exercise early on in the week to counteract when you have a few beers...

I'm the same... I tried to do the 55 stuff for awhile... but let's face it, it's never as good as a quality beer... and now I've become a beer snob...

Pick a day and that will be your cheat day... that's what I'm doing really... I've been well under calories and did lots of exercise this week to counteract today...

Beer of choice tonight: ShockTop: Honeycrisp Apple Wheat

I also love microbrews and dark, yummy, high-cal beer.

I do realize that they are calories and that the body can't burn fat very well if it has acetate (byproduct of alcohol) to burn off first. It will have to use that up before burning fat. (The study they mention is small, but is found in other studies, I think, unless the accumulated knowledge has changed - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/md19.htm)

So, I have a beer about 3 or 4 times a week with dinner and if I know I'm going to socialize, I make room for it with exercise so I can have two. I am always a driver, so no more than two at a time anyway.

Moderation, I guess is key.

Pliny the Elder, Black Butte Porter, Prohibition Ale... mmmmmmmmm.

I love beer too! At least when you're drinking "real" beer you don't usually drink as much!

I try to be very good during the week, knowing that I'll prob drink some on the weekends. I made a rule of drinking a glass of water between beers.

And more exercise always helps too.

I refuse to give up stuff I really like - when I do that I just get angry and quit.

It should be about finding what works for you in a way that will allow to enjoy your life and stick with it.

A "diet" is punishment - A lifestyle shouldn't be.

Good Luck.

I have a Coopers Pale in my hand right now

I make room in my calories for it, exercise for it, and frankly, pretend I haven't drunk it when I want 1-2 more than my calories allow LOL.

Love my beer!! Mostly the blondes or ambers.

I usually just make sure that I can fit one in to my daily calorie intake during the week (twice a week at most) and then 3-4 on the weekend. If I know I'm going to the bar, I'll have a salad for lunch and a bit more of a substantial dinner, but something like salmon, rice and lots of veggies. I just plan my calories for the day. Oh, and take a nice long run in the morning.

I don't drink beer. But I'm gonna go ahead and say do it the way you do everything else. Consume less calories than you burn.

you all are so awesome. I am so glad that so many others are beer lovers here as well. Deschutes Brewery has my . Currently sipping on some Red Chair NWPA. I am such a beer snob too The only time I buy cheap light beer is for beer pong or if I am supply for a large group. Nice beer is the one thing I trat myself or reward myself with. I guess tomorrow will be a very long visit with the gym.

Never met anything by Deschutes that I don't like- have Mirror Pond, Chainbreaker, RedChair, Black Butte...all in the house Love them.

Cheers!

Plan it & make it work....i'll have 1-2 during the week & 3-4 on weekends (that's with any alcoholic beverage). I try to work out extra & eat a little less (in terms of serving size). Hope this helps

I save my beverage-partaking for the weekend, and make it fit my goals. Whether that means cutting back on other things or exercising more, I make it fit. That said, I don't go overboard: 3 drinks at most really (or else it would cut into my food too much). Plan your day, put the good stuff in your diary early, and work around it

This, and I am a 330lbs 6'5" guy, I like IPAs and double IPAs so while they might be between 200-300 calories when they are 9-11.5% (12% is the highest you can sell in my state) 3 isn't too hard to budget for, a little extra cardio and skip a snack, and maybe skips the day before's snack. Also, while I try to stay under my calories daily I really aim to keep my weekly average under my goal so one day going over by a couple hundred calories. For example one of my favorites is Flying Dog Raging B**** it's a little below 9% coming it at 8.3% but it is delicious and 221 calories, not too hard to fit into my calories. Then again I am a giant dude

I just try to plan for it...but I also limit myself to one or two on Saturday (big workout day for me). I'm about to enjoy a yummy microbrewed IPA -- super hoppy and super delicious! :drinker:

To all you beer drinking ladies....prost!!!!

Me too! I moved the the PNW and got more active but also started loving Micros! I try to limit it to only going out nights because it is more expensive so i dont drink as much. Also, i work out as much as I can on the days i am going out. I don't buy beer to have at the house because it is a social thing as well for me and i like taps better, hubby on the other hand buys IPAs often but i dont drink them.

I am a beer lover, but now that I am in my forties I can't drink beer like I used to without major reactions in my body. Most all of my friends and many of my clients (in the same age bracket) say the same thing. It NOW makes us very, very bloated, gassy and full quickly. One day our bodies just have had enough, I guess. All good things must end That said, I have to red drink wine when I drink. Wine makes me feel no affects the next morning (except very thirsty). They have now come out with a "wine pill" because there is something in red wine which aids in fat loss. Works for me, I'll drink up.