Did you stop drinking??

Nope! I usually drink 1000-2000 calories a week I log it and just make sure that I am under for my net weekly goal. I eat/drink my exercise calories back though.

a calorie is a calorie whether it comes from a cran vodka or a cookie. you're not going to plateau because of one night. just eat normally and up the workout that day to get some extra calories to "drink back" rather than eat back if you're worried about it. i have a few drinks a week and am still losing, just don't let the potential morning after hangover deter you from staying on track the next day.

I cut down on my drinking quite a bit. I'll still have a glass of wine or mixed drink now and then but for the most part I save that for special events like hanging with my girlfriends or a nice dinner out with Hubster. In general I don't like drinking my calories - it's just not worth it to me. No different than my choice to cut down on sweets or anything else, really. I'd rather use my calories to eat real food.

When i first started i quit drinking altogether too which was a bummer cos i like my alcohol.But booze is what made me gain 4 dress sizes in under 3 years!

At the moment i'm currently completely sober (doing a sponsored thing for Macmillan) but i fully intend to drink again from November, just this time i will make smarter choices like avoiding lager & cider and sticking to spirits instead as they have fewer calories. eg a single vodka and diet coke is something like 65/70 cals so i could have almost 4 of those compared to a pint of strong cider. Wine isn't THAT bad either, rose tends to be about 500-550 per bottle so i think as long as you moderate the amount you have and chose lower calorie drinks then you should be fine.
Of course, it is personal preference and if you want to pass on the drinks then that is your choice but i personally wouldn't have the will power, especially if i was going out.

Stop drinking? That sounds completely awful. I just make it fit.

As long as it fits within your calories and macros. Just remember though: drinking can make you binge eat. Not everyone, but most. Just be aware of that and make sure the" little snacking" that goes along with the drinking fits your macros, too. One more thing. Have one for me, will ya? :drinker:

I will say that I don't drink as much as I was previously, but I still enjoy a few on the weekends.

Me too

Sorry...what?....why?
Just count the cals. All things in moderation!

I never drank a whole lot, but I have sort of changed what I drink instead of stopping totally. Years ago, I liked all of the sugary girlie frozen drinks with fruit juice and Malibu and whatever else. I shudder to think of the calories & sugar I drank with those!

Partly to cut back on calories and that "sloshing around in your belly" feeling, I switched over to Jagermeister, Patron, and/or vodka shots in my late 20's. I still like those, but rarely feel the desire to get totally blitzed any longer.

Now in my 30's I've started enjoying dry red or white, Korean or Japanese plum wine, and the like. I'm also a fan of Redd's Apple Ale. I find it takes very little these days to get me happily buzzed and they tend to fit into my daily calories if I don't have dessert or a heavy dinner.

I let myself drink one night a week, which always means going over my calories (up to maintenance level, or sometimes higher). I don't eat back my exercise calories during the week, so I'm basically using them on this one night of drinking! I wouldn't recommend saving calories up for a bunch of drinks to stay within your calorie limit for the day because that can mean too little food and inadequate nutrition (and so much hunger that I end up eating drunk food!). Despite going "over" my calories significantly one night a week by drinking a lot, I've been losing a pretty steady 2 lbs per week. But do what works for you! I definitely don't think you'd stall your progress by drinking one night, if that's what you decide to do. Because I go over my calories on Fri or Sat, I wait to weigh myself for a day or two until things even out, and I usually don't see a loss for a few days, but then it will be a big one- like 0.8-1 full pound "all at once." I usually expect most of my "loss" for the week to show up on the scale on Wed or Thurs

I drank regularly while losing. I drank regularly while maintaining. I still drink regularly.

I'm a practicing Irish-American, and cannot imagine a world that doesn't include drinking. Like many have already said, account for your drinking calories, and don't compound the problem by eating badly (pub food, greasy spoon diners, fast food) when you are drunk, which I think is more of a dietary problem than the alcohol itself

Nope! I stopped buying alcohol that I keep at home, but I still go out and drink. I also drink less because my tolerance has gone down, which is a nice money saver :P I just log it and don't really care if I go over. It's so occasional that it hasn't effected my progress.

I do recommend you drink a lot of water that day, or at least before bed. It helps process everything a bit faster and less chance of hangover if you get more than tipsy.

Yes. Just until I reach my goal. Then I will make it fit into that days calorie goal.

I don't drink often, but I've found that when I do it hasn't been detrimental as long as I log the calories and fit it into my goal. I had a couple glasses of wine Thursday night with dinner and still lost weight when I weighed in on Saturday.