I eat healthily – but I love wine

rosstefer
rosstefer Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I enjoy exercise – when I'm not on deadline and can find the time. And I eat healthily. What I've realised by being on myfitnesspal.com is that if I didn't drink as much wine as I do, I'd be losing weight much more rapidly.

Anyone else having trouble with this?

Any tips for how to phase too much wine out?
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  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Alternate a glass of water after each glass of wine maybe? Or chose a more expensive bottle and make it an indulgence to savour.
  • asaw00
    asaw00 Posts: 1,904 Member
    I have a glass every night with dinner. I also have a big glass of water so I don't guzzle my wine. Water first then wine, slows me down. good luck!
  • mborchle
    mborchle Posts: 1 Member
    If you love wine, you should accept that your weight loss will be slower. Don't ever give up what you love.
  • zissou
    zissou Posts: 10
    This was a big challenge for me too. I went from drinking a glass of wine with dinner every night to now having a glass or two a week, its made a big difference in my weight loss. I try to indulge in wine only at get togethers or special occasions now.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Drink slightly less wine? Save a few extra calories to make up for it? Work out a little more for extra calories?
  • lcyama
    lcyama Posts: 209 Member
    i preplan my meals for the day. if there are calories leftover, there's room for wine, otherwise, it's water or tea. :-(

    one glass of dry white wine is 104 calories. (HA! i have it memorized!)
  • gerirojas
    gerirojas Posts: 101 Member
    You sound like me, I love my wine love, love, love it, I eat extremely healthy and exercise everyday I know it slows my weight loss down need to cut back
  • Melissakay1222
    Melissakay1222 Posts: 74 Member
    I am an avid wine drinker myself and I've dropped 25 pounds in just about 90 days here on MFP. I workout about 5 times a week and still eat out pretty regularly too. I don't think I've noticed that drinking wine has slowed my weight loss down at all but one thing that I do is incorporate my wine into my daily workouts. If I know I'm going to enjoy a few glasses at night, I may work a little extra on the treadmill that day. Once you get closer to your goal weight, you will noticed that the wine doesn't make a difference at all in your weight! I can pretty much eat and drink what I want, within reason, and still stay at goal or even a few pounds under! Good luck to you . . . and CHEERS! :)
  • silverinc13
    silverinc13 Posts: 216 Member
    I booted it completely for a couple weeks and now have returned to my glass a night habit. It's good for the heart right? And I can afford it in my daily calories so what's the harm? I like to pour it after dinner, dishes are done and lunches are packed for the next day so I'll be hitting the hay relatively soon and can just savor that one glass to end my night.
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
    <---- Loves wine! Gotta make room for the things that you love, that's the name of the game. Just make your goal to want less of it.
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    Welcome to my fresh hell. But you know what? I'm not giving up wine. Eff that. I get to change my habits and still enjoy my life, damn it! Have a glass at dinner -- it's 100 calories at most (for a red; I don't know what you drink) and it's freaking delicious. If you make it fit into your daily calories, then what's the problem? A little extra sugar? Pfft. Wine never gave anyone Diabetes. ...Right?
  • rassha01
    rassha01 Posts: 534 Member
    Treat yourself after a good week, but keep track of the calories!!

    Mmmmm, beer!
  • Liatush
    Liatush Posts: 627 Member
    I have a glass of wine nearly daily - I LOVE my wine and will not give it up for faster results. If you are drinking very heavily, I would alternate water/wine, sip slowly, etc. Workout more so you have enough calories to drink, but if you try and give it up, you will give up on this journey.
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    Any tips for how to phase too much wine out?

    Just cut it back slowly.

    Also it should be mentioned that there's nothing wrong with running for an extra 10 minutes to enjoy a glass or two of good wine.

    In fact it's the only reason I do any cardio at all.
  • stetienne
    stetienne Posts: 560 Member
    Agreed with most...don't give up what you love. Just plan for it within your diet.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I cut out food to leave room for the booze.
  • sunman00
    sunman00 Posts: 872 Member
    we're on a lifestyle change, not a diet, so we eat and drink what we want, just less of it

    and wine fits right in :wink:
  • Amyp7777
    Amyp7777 Posts: 79
    I used to make fun of this drink, but now I swear by wine spritzers. Good for the pocketbook, because you can get away with cheap wine that would not be good on its own, and cuts down on consumption because you can enjoy a few drinks at half or less than half the calories. After working all day, working out, working in the garden and fixing dinner, I want to spend what's left of my evening with a drink in my hand, and this is a good sippin' drink. I like pinot grigio with sparkling water. Of course, I still enjoy straight wine, just try to leave that to the weekends. Then again, I'm not losing any weight so I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about.
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    My rule is that my basic calorie budget is for nutrition. If I want alcohol, I have to work for it.
  • stephaniecaine82
    stephaniecaine82 Posts: 117 Member
    I have the same problem. At the begining of my weight loss I could still drink a couple of glasses a night and fit it in my calories. But once I plateaued, I had to cut it out. Now I find when I drink it.....my weight loss slows a lot. So I try to just drink on Thursdays (greys Anotomy nights!) and then on Saturday nights! Helps a little!
  • mmsilvia
    mmsilvia Posts: 459 Member
    I LOVE LOVE LOVE my wine & beer!!! I work it into my regular calories (most nights). Otherwise, I tend to use wine & beer as my cheat night :)
  • K_Serz
    K_Serz Posts: 1,299 Member
    I enjoy exercise – when I'm not on deadline and can find the time. And I eat healthily. What I've realised by being on myfitnesspal.com is that if I didn't drink as much wine as I do, I'd be losing weight much more rapidly.

    Anyone else having trouble with this?

    Any tips for how to phase too much wine out?

    Nope. I gave up wine for a weekend to see if it made a difference. It didnt at all. In fact, weeks Ive drank wine ive lost more weight than weeks that I did not. Hooray for meeeee
  • HotMummyMission
    HotMummyMission Posts: 1,723 Member
    My auntie gained mass just by drinking wine it's got 500 cals a bottle so you can still have it just keep it in your macros xx
  • vhallam
    vhallam Posts: 4
    Wow, clearly you are not the only one who enjoys wine. Thank God I'm not alone too!
  • CubicCutie
    CubicCutie Posts: 53
    Pure sugar & empty calories. It really does add no benefit and all that effort dieting to be thrown out of the window in a couple of gulps.

    I used to drink out of boredom and habit and know its hard to give up.

    How about drinking that 1st glass later than usual. Instead of topping up the glass as you go along (if you do) take the bottle back to the fridge so you have to make a conscious effort to measure another full glass. That way you will keep track of exactly how much you are drinking instead of having an empty bottle the next day as evidence of over drinking.Once you get into the mood of drinking and get tipsy one can lose track of how much you've actually swilled down the gullet.

    You could also just have a drink only when you eat food (which is advisable anyway) and have a glass of water too as the Europeans do to prevent dehydrating, getting thirsty and reaching for another glass to quench your thirst only to get you more dehydrated. Just think of the hangover in the morning and how smug you will feel not having one because you didn't drink too much.

    Fizzy water fills you up more.

    Cheers!
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    i love it....i fit it in....i won't give it up....
  • gottigirl32
    gottigirl32 Posts: 3
    I used to drink a glass or two a night before MFP. I cut it out for two weeks completely and now I just have one glass once or twice a week. It actually has helped me enjoy the wine more and savor every last drop:-) Good luck!
  • sweetpea03b
    sweetpea03b Posts: 1,123 Member
    You are not alone my friend! Honestly, before I started back up on MFP I didn't really eat too bad... if I just cut out those bags of potato chips, fried chicken tenders and the BOTTLES of wine I would drink every night I probably wouldn't need to log at all!

    Since I've started back up logging and really trying to lose the weight I have limited myself to only 1 glass of wine a few nights a week... and I sip it (I drink water with my dinner - "washing" down the food tended to make me drink more). So... I can sip a glass all night and I am good :)

    I also try to only do it on the weekends when I have more free time to work out longer but that's just me :) Good luck!
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
    Welcome to my fresh hell. But you know what? I'm not giving up wine. Eff that. I get to change my habits and still enjoy my life, damn it! Have a glass at dinner -- it's 100 calories at most (for a red; I don't know what you drink) and it's freaking delicious. If you make it fit into your daily calories,

    this^
  • mdinardo73
    mdinardo73 Posts: 15 Member
    This is a funny topic to come up today... Yesterday evening I commented on my profile "Today... my wine is calorie free". Clearly it's not, but I do believe that you have to enjoy the finer things or you will go MAD!! I can't ALWAYS get in extra exercise to allow for the calories in a glass... or two... of wine, but I try to do my best as often as possible... even if you just walk to run errands, or take the stairs instead of the elevator, or do stairs on your breaks, a quick 10 minutes a few times a day of Yoga Sun Salutations... and THERE, my friend, is your glass of wine :)

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