Like Minded Lushes March 2011

Yeah, dealing with annoying Jillian is allowing me my red wine for the night.
I swear though..that woman makes me want to drink an entire bottle of tequila.
I have to mute, mute, mute that woman. she's horrible.

Yeah, dealing with annoying Jillian is allowing me my red wine for the night.
I swear though..that woman makes me want to drink an entire bottle of tequila.
I have to mute, mute, mute that woman. she's horrible.

Don't you think in 2011, she would have decent music...I, mean, it's like an 80's Bun of Steel workout

Faith, congrat on the new job...wooooo hooooo, you must be stoked

Robin, glad that you have the St. Thomas goal...I LOVE St. Thomas...the blue beautiful crystal water...JEALOUS (in a good way)

OK, I cracked: Wednesday, 3 margaritas, premenstral, and, I think, menopausal (sooooo *****y) hubs is totally suffering thru it all.

However, side note, went to Nordstroms rack and found Prada boots for $79.00 with a gift certificate that I had for $25.00 making them $57.00. That alone, is worth celebrating.

Hi all again.
Nothing for a few days then several Vodkas today. Don't feel too bad about it because I left room. Lots of room, lol.

So I'm wondering if its ok to save calories and use them for another day, i.e. weekend drinking??? I'm curious if net calories can be averaged throughout the week???
Thanks!

So I'm wondering if its ok to save calories and use them for another day, i.e. weekend drinking??? I'm curious if net calories can be averaged throughout the week???
Thanks!

I may be wrong here, so someone correct me if I am...but I don't think you can "save" calories. It is a daily thing. Calories in and Calories out for that day.

It's be awesome if we could though!

Idk about "saving" calories for another day, but I am DEF. trying to save my calories for some green beer tonight :P

So I'm wondering if its ok to save calories and use them for another day, i.e. weekend drinking??? I'm curious if net calories can be averaged throughout the week???
Thanks!

I may be wrong here, so someone correct me if I am...but I don't think you can "save" calories. It is a daily thing. Calories in and Calories out for that day.

It's be awesome if we could though!

Yeah, mixed messages on this. some people zig-zag calories so they are not over for the week but the up-and-down is supposed to keep the metabolism high, I don't know. See what works for you. Certainly some people lose with weekend drinking binges, but sometimes the body treats alcohol calories differently.
Happy St. Patty's Day! I plan to have some fish and chips and beer, but I will try to earn it through exercise first.
Kim, yah on the Prada boots-that is a great deal and I love getting a great deal. I rarely splurge because things I spent too much for don't make me happy.
Last night I had two coors lights at home then I went to the improv show and the theater sells different beers for $4 so I could have had a coors light but the fat tire and 5-barrel are better deals since they cost more, and I'd pay the same! so there I am trying to get the best deal for $4 so I drank 2 micros.

Oh yea, I had heard about zig zagging. My body doesn't recognize that...it's like...extra calories? These are going straight to the @$$!

Wish I was lucky enough for that to work! :laugh:

Enjoy the fish and chips and green beer! :drinker:

I love this thread and am brand new to the Lushes! Alcohol has always been my primary - and pretty much my only - diet derailment. I drink 3-4 nights per week and have 3-5 drinks (usually wine) every time. That's around extra 2,000 calories a week! Not including the extra food I consume when under the influence and my willpower is low. And yet even while knowing this I found it nearly impossible to cut back. My job brings me to a lot of open bar situations - client dinners, networking events, etc. Plus when I'm social my friends just want to chill on a patio with some wine or go to a restaurant/bar on the weekends. How can I resist in those situations?? Instead of cutting alcohol I gradually bumped up my workouts to 4-5 days per week for a solid hour to try to counter the effects.

I've found it difficult to balance - I'm either all or none. So in January this year I decided to simply implement a "no drinking week" once per month to get my average alcohol intake down. It made a difference almost immediately in my weight loss progression. And it also motivated me to give up alcohol for Lent this year. So it's been a week with no booze so far! I have to admit, I'm feeling GREAT. I am sleeping like a rock and I feel like my workouts are making a bigger impact. My energy is better...in short I'm discovering what I always knew on some level. That I feel better and make more steady progress physically when I'm not contstantly roller-coastering between working out hard, drinking a lot, being mildly hungover, then working out hard again to try to counteract the alcohol calories. I feel like my metabolism is just gearing up. Hope I get a nice weight loss during Lent as a bonus!!

I find McCains Seasalt fries are good and popchips

Thanks for the tips....
crazycat-good for you not eating all your calories in a day, I just had lunch about 1 1/2hrs ago and I'm starving, haha!!

Love this thread!! I am a boozer and proud of it. :drinker:

My weaknesses: wine with a nice dinner or on a date night with my hubby, beer with anything grilled (like burgers, bratwurst, etc.), and drinks with friends when we go out. I just can't turn down good booze with great food and great company!

I try very hard to fit booze calories into my daily goal--if I know I'm going to be drinking, I figure out how much I can eat or how much extra I'll have to burn to fit it in my goal. It doesn't always work out for me--there have been several times where alcohol has sabotaged my daily calorie intake by a hundred or few--but I am getting better at figuring out what I need to do to make it work.

Check out my diary from last night--almost 1800 calories at dinner--five courses with booze to go with each one! I worked so hard to make that fit into my goal for the day. :blushing:

You guys rock! I am glad to find a group on this site of guys and gals who like to drink! I have read so many posts about how you should just cut out all alcoholic beverages because they are empty calories. Well, booze may not provide much good nutritional value, but the mental and emotional value for me are well worth it.

I know what you mean Kblue! I eat raw carrots or cauliflower for snacks if I start getting the munchies. Here's one of my typical "low" cal day. If I'm "good" like this for 3 days, I can indulge a few more beers. :happy: Seems like it works IF I stick to it. LOL Some days it's all the daily calories, THEN topped off with beer calories....not so good to do more than 1 or 2 days for me! :sad:


Breakfast
Quaker Oats - mix w/water, cinnamon Old Fashioned Oatmeal, 1/4 cup 75
Large Grade A - Egg, fry no stick skillet 1 egg 70
Natures Own Whitewheat Bread - Sandwich Bread, toasted 1 slices 60
Put egg on toast
Lunch
Publix - Fresh Frozen Grouper, 3 oz 100
Squash - Zucchini, includes skin, raw, 1 medium 3
Radishes - Raw, 5 medium (3/4" to 1" dia) 4
Onions - Raw, 0.5 medium (2-1/2" dia) 23
Generic - Fresh Basil Leaves, 1 Tbl. chopped 1
Pompeian - Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 0.25 tbsp 30
Pace - Medium Picante Sauce, 1 tbsp (30mL) 5 Quick sautee of veggies, broil fish
Dinner
Corn bread, homemade 1/4 7" pan, 0.5 serving 111
Great Value - Unsalted Butter, 1 tbsp
Great Northern Beans, canned 2/3 can container (1 4/5 cups ea.) 254
Onions - Raw, 3 tbsp chopped 13

Totals 877

Well, booze may not provide much good nutritional value, but the mental and emotional value for me are well worth it.

Yes! ^That^ is my mindset completely!! Welcome!

Just depends on the booze haha. As we know, red wine has lots of antioxidants, pair it with dark chocolate and you've got an antioxodant powerhouse =] Not that you should justify this way all the time but I don't feel badly about my wine or beer consumption.

Beer has a little bit of protein. Yes the rule of thumb from doctors is one drink a day is good for you, few or more not so much. But hey, if we work hard during our work outs and eat well, I say why not indulge in some liquid calories. Wine and beer is proof that God wanted us to be happy.

I just logged my exercise for the day and have about 1500 cals left. It'll put me at a total of 2,095 for the day with a net of 1250. I'm sure plenty of those cals will come from wine tonight, as I am Irish, I enjoy St. Patty's and why not kick back, relax with my pups and have a few glasses while the boyfriend is stuck at work haha.

Sounds like me today! Had Low sugar oatmeal & coffee for brkfast... and thats it!! Ready to drink my calories up come 5 o'clock!

Elizabeth...lol sometimes I have only the toast and egg!!! Oh beautiful afternoon, having drinks and in the hot tub!!! :happy: :drinker: