Why is beer so good?

dtoms10
dtoms10 Posts: 6 Member
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Just started using MFP last week and could use some friends! My goal is to get my butt in shape before my wedding over the next few months. And, if anyone has any ideas on how to NOT drink beer during football season, please enlighten me.
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  • Joannesmith2818
    Joannesmith2818 Posts: 438 Member
    Thats not a problem for me. How would i describe beer....its what id image water would taste like if you left a bunch of rusty nails in there for a few days LOL.

    I really dont no any beer replacements, but maybe just drink less of it. Who said you have to stop?
  • mcibty
    mcibty Posts: 1,252 Member
    My two favourites used to be beer and red wine (depending on the weather!).

    I swapped to gin/slimline or vodka/diet coke. I've only just learned to have singles.

    It's hard, but eventually you learn to pace yourself and once you're off it for a short while, you'll struggle to finish a whole pint. I had two recently and it wrecked me.
  • AnninStPaul
    AnninStPaul Posts: 1,372 Member
    My two favourites used to be beer and red wine (depending on the weather!).

    I swapped to gin/slimline or vodka/diet coke. I've only just learned to have singles.

    It's hard, but eventually you learn to pace yourself and once you're off it for a short while, you'll struggle to finish a whole pint. I had two recently and it wrecked me.

    ^^This. I rarely finish a beer. And even then, it's good for a pound of water weight the next day.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Just make the beer fit in your calories. Or enjoy it once a week on game day and live guilt free.

    Beer one day a week is not going to sabotage you. Don;t cut it out completely and it will make dieting much easier! Everything in moderation.
  • Winston1717
    Winston1717 Posts: 184
    Love beer...not light beer...but stay away from it to be honest. Will enjoy it once in a while but know too many people mg age 49 that keep drinking and are grossly overweight. Feeling fit and healthy is a far better trade off. I seem to enjoy red wine more...especially with meals...
  • kkattles
    kkattles Posts: 5
    Be the official DD and always split a beer with a friend , it helps
  • KY2022runner
    KY2022runner Posts: 72 Member
    Just switch to dark beer. A Guinness will make you feel much fuller than 3 light beers. Plus light beers suck, so there's that too.
  • fooninie
    fooninie Posts: 291 Member
    :drinker: mmmmmm....beer.... No help from me. I refuse to give it up ESPECIALLY once football gets going. This might bring on haters, but rather than cut beer out, I will increase my exercise component. That way, I fee that I have earned my beer cals... I've lost over 60lbs in a healthy way so I must be doing something right.

    cheers
  • dtoms10
    dtoms10 Posts: 6 Member
    Just switch to dark beer. A Guinness will make you feel much fuller than 3 light beers. Plus light beers suck, so there's that too.

    hahahaha I agree!
  • georgann1114
    georgann1114 Posts: 30 Member
    Sorry but beer and football season go hand in hand.... I have no advice, I actually encourage it. :) I have lost over 25 lbs and still enjoyed drinking beer
  • georgann1114
    georgann1114 Posts: 30 Member
    :drinker: mmmmmm....beer.... No help from me. I refuse to give it up ESPECIALLY once football gets going. This might bring on haters, but rather than cut beer out, I will increase my exercise component. That way, I fee that I have earned my beer cals... I've lost over 60lbs in a healthy way so I must be doing something right.

    cheers

    Agree 100%
  • Mcgrawhaha
    Mcgrawhaha Posts: 1,596 Member
    i could never abstain from beer... i drink miller 64
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Beer is the nectar of gods...I've lost 40 Lbs while continuing to drink beer...not that nasty *kitten* 1/2 calorie bull**** either...real beer. Just fit it in.
  • ksy1969
    ksy1969 Posts: 700 Member
    i could never abstain from beer... i drink miller 64

    ^^^^^ This is not beer
  • TribeHokie
    TribeHokie Posts: 711 Member
    Not only is it almost football season, but also fall beer season. Oh the oktoberfests and pumpkin beers....I get a homer simpson drool level going just thinking about it.

    I'm thinking it will be okay if I plan for it in my daily calories, buy the heavier bitter stuff (can't stand to have more than one or two of those), and maybe go for the splurge $12/bottle varieties so my wallet won't let me binge. Southern Tier Pumking anyone?
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    You just have to make it fit. I drink beer. A lot. All the time. Almost every day. A lot of my friends do the same. It can be done.
  • Mcgrawhaha
    Mcgrawhaha Posts: 1,596 Member
    i could never abstain from beer... i drink miller 64

    ^^^^^ This is not beer

    it is when your trying to to fit it into your calories. i dont just want 3 - 4... i want 10-12... so miller 64 it is...
  • AlistairBernardNormal
    AlistairBernardNormal Posts: 999 Member
    Instead of pre-game beer or snacks, do a pre-game football game with friends or family.

    The beer will taste so much better after you’ve dropped your neighbor who’s trying to catch a pass across the middle and then you wag your finger at them and say ‘Not in my house. No; I mean literally: not in my house.’

    Then pop that top guilt-free!
  • mleech77
    mleech77 Posts: 557 Member
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    Beer is still part of my regular diet. Just need to drink in moderation (never been a problem for me) and count it against your calories.
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin
    Beer is good! Beer is good! Beer is good! And stuff! - Psychostick
  • Deebautista
    Deebautista Posts: 51 Member
    Budweiser Select 55. Only 55 calories! :drinker:
  • Firemansam79
    Firemansam79 Posts: 416 Member
    I refuse to give up beer. Beer gets logged and its painful sometimes. I tried the 64 cal beer and it tasted like I left my glass of beer out in the rain. I drink craft beers now and just couldn't stomach the light stuff anymore. It works well cause Its spendy so I buy and drink less, but what I drink is really enjoyable!

    Like any of my treats, I'd rather eat less of what really makes me happy and tastes good, than a bunch of artificially sweetened wood chips.

    The days I know I will have more than 1 are the days I pedal my bike for 30 min longer or eat even better. I try to still remain close to my calorie goal.
  • TheBitSlinger
    TheBitSlinger Posts: 621 Member
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  • TheBitSlinger
    TheBitSlinger Posts: 621 Member
    Beer, beer, beer... the more you drink, the less you feel, the less you feel, the better you feel. Let's have beer for every meal.
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    I too have a wedding coming up that I want to get in shape for...and well football and beer do go hand in hand...Add me if you want.
  • deedzzz
    deedzzz Posts: 220 Member
    Light beer?!
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    The only light beer I like is Miller Chill, and only because the lime flavor is so nice I don't really notice how weak the beer is. That's my go-to beer when I don't have enough calories for the real stuff.
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    No TV and no beer make Homer something something...

    I drink beer somewhat often. I brew my own and drink craft beers, so I do have to work them into my daily goals if I feel like one (some of the beers I have are close to 300 calories for 12 oz, and there are others with more). So I drink less of it than I used to before I started watching my calories.
  • MustangUSN
    MustangUSN Posts: 28 Member
    Never been a problem for me - didn't like the taste, couldn't see the sense in having to learn to like the taste and decided on a hard and fast rule, don't drink anything that is the same color going in as it is coming out (in it's various forms). Feels like it is just being rented. Also, have MANY other vices to $pend the money on! :)
  • Jonesingmucho
    Jonesingmucho Posts: 4,902 Member
    Beer is so good because it tastes yummy when it is ice cold on a hot day OR when you have already had two ice cold ones the rest can be room temp in a dirty glass and you won't care. It must be the alcohol.

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