Clean eating and alcohol, possible?

Fit them into your calories/macros for the day. You don't have to cut them out to lose weight.

As long as you work them into your macros, and work out, I don't think it has to be all or nothing.

cut back on them.

part of my weight gain was from alcohol. i'd come home and have a beer or two. then two glasses of wine with dinner. then a scotch or two afterwards. a good thousand calories in booze alone.

so you like your craft beers? awesome. do you prefer them as soon as you get home, before dinner, during your meal, or after a meal? the answer is probably yes to all of them. but well, you probably shouldn't be having that many in a day. and i know, it's summer time. nothing like a cool drink after a hot day.

so find some ways to make the booze last longer. maybe only buy yourself a six pack at a time, so that you ration it out a little better. maybe only keep two beers in the fridge at a time. maybe you can say one beer a day. maybe you just say something like "no beers on tuesdays and thursdays."

i agree

80% clean, the other 20% whatever you want--

You either want to eat clean or you don't. Decide.

I love craft beers, seriously, and I will not give them up. I do limit my intake, however. Whereas I used to have one or two a night, I save that indulgence for the weekends only, and it works for me.

no doubt you'd do better without them.

but calories in calories out works even if you eating donuts (although would probably be better without those too).

just track everything accurately and honestly and you should be ok.

think about trying no alcohol for a week or a month just to see if its worth it.

if you like it, then do not cut it out,,,

Seriously. I like craft beers, and I'm unwilling to cut them out of my diet. What can I do?

There's getdrunknotfat.com, but a ton of craft beers are not on there.

Yes just get an average of other craft beers and log that for all your craft beers. Some may be higher, some may be lower but it might just all come out in the wash. That's what I would do anyways.

I love craft beers too, so I feel your pain. I've cut out all beer until I hit my weight loss goal, at which point I'll be able to add some calories back in for maintenance weight. It's been April since I had a good beer and it will probably be by the end of July before I have another one, as I'm trying not to cheat on this. So yeah, I'm missing out on the summer IPA's but my real love is for autum offerings like Octoberfests and Pumpkins. Even Wee Heavy's and such. To make it more difficult, I have several cases cellared right next to where I workout! It being growler weather, my beer snob friends are also trying to break me! Lol I tend to agree though if you work them into your macros you probably don't have to obstain. I just want faster results.

Who says drinking "good" beer isn't clean eating anyway. Give me a break. Beer is a natural product full of good stuff. Check it out:

1.Up to two beers a day for men (women should only have one), will help to reduce your risk of having strokes, and heart disease. Light drinking appears to reduce the risk by as much as 20% according to research in United States.
2.Beer can help to increase the level of HDL (beneficial cholesterol) in the body and decrease the likelihood of blood clots.
3.A couple of beers can raise the level of anti-oxidants in the blood stream. This enables the cells to carry more oxygen around the body. More oxygen helps better muscle activity among other things.
4.Beer contains vitamin B6 which is needed to make haemoglobin, the red coloring in blood. This carries oxygen around the body. It also helps maintain correct blood sugar levels.
5.It is fat free, aids restful sleep and promotes relaxation.
6.Beer contains vitamins B and B2 (as well as B6) and essential minerals like calcium, potassium, and phosphorus.
7.Dark beer is better for you than light. It contains more flavanoids which are natural oxidants that help to protect the body from disease.
8.For post menopausal women, beer may be a beneficial addition to the diet. Some hop flavanoids have properties like oestrogen and research suggests that this property may make it possible to produce a natural form of HRT to replace the current one.
9.Beer can help to reduce blood pressure and levels of insulin in the blood.
10.Beer drinking can also reduce the incidence of kidney stones. This may be due to the water, the hops, or the alcohol, but, whatever the reason, it seems to help.

Moderate.

I'll go with the "who said drinking beer isn't clean" category as well. Should it make the majority of your daily calories? Nope, probably not, but beer has been around a really long time, and I've heard it referred to as liquid bread on history and discovery channel programs.

Eating clean is a ridiculously vague and unhelpful term anyway, unless you aren't washing your produce or you are rolling your food on the ground before eating, it is probably "clean"