Beer :(

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  • ceebs9
    ceebs9 Posts: 511 Member
    I cut way back on the beer, but when I do have it I'm with Taso. Have to go for the good stuff.
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    did you see my st pats log? i had 1200 cals of Guiness alone lol
  • novakayne
    novakayne Posts: 6 Member
    I drink light beer if necessary & then up the exercise to enjoy a good one now & again. My husband jokes that I should have a shirt that says "will walk for wine"


    :laugh: such a great idea..

    God you husband found a good woman. My wife hates beer and I love beer. Not that pissy no flavor beer like the "low calorie" or light beers. I love full flavored big body beers which cramped my style when I first started my dieting. Best bet leave it alone. Drink occasionally. It's harder than leaving the sweet alone for me but pure willpower helps. Clearly some days you just need a beer, have one =). One a couple times a week won't hurt in my opinion.
  • pyroxian
    pyroxian Posts: 99
    did you see my st pats log? i had 1200 cals of Guiness alone lol

    Speaking of Guinness, it is SHOCKINGLY "light" on calories for such a tasty stout.
    I'd take one Guinness over 2 MGD 64 or Bud Select 55's (for darn near the same calories) any day of the week.
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    i dont drink wine but i do like the odd alcoholic cider.

    as with everything i put in my gob, if i want it, i eat it. so long as i am within my calorie goal 90% of the time then all is good.

    im not even too fussed if i go 50 - 100 over.

    if you cut it all out, you will end up binging on it later.
  • ohnuts14
    ohnuts14 Posts: 197
    You don't have to give up beer, or suffer the 'light' crap. I know I can't stand the taste. If I'm going to down a beer and take in those calories I better really enjoy it. Why waste even half the calories if I don't like what I'm drinking? You don't have to give it up, just cut back. Limit yourself to one or two a week. Beer isn't bad for you, it actually has a lot of health benefits, such as helping to prevent cancer, decreasing your risks of heart disease, helps to lower high blood pressure, strengthens your bones, etc. In fact, I've read some articles in health and fitness magazines that you can have one a day and that's great for your body. Unfortunately when trying to lose weight, that may not be the BEST idea. Two or three a week though certainly won't hurt you, the calories aren't THAT bad. I look at a beer more as a snack than a beverage, and in terms of snacks, especially considering the health benefits, the calories really aren't bad at all. =)
  • dixedreg
    dixedreg Posts: 276 Member
    Ok I have to stop looking at this thread now. All the people posting about the lite "beer" is making me want to vomit. That garbage has almost nothing in common with beer :tongue:

    Agree 100%. The lite beers might only have 55 calories but to me the taste is awful! :sick:
    I'll just drink a real beer and log it.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member

    Ok I have to stop looking at this thread now. All the people posting about the lite "beer" is making me want to vomit. That garbage has almost nothing in common with beer :tongue:

    I'd go further than that. I can't imagine that any of the names of brews bandied around here could properly be called 'beer'. Horrid corn/wheat based flavoured water.....

    give me some good old English hops in a glass with some malt anyday.......


    :)
  • david_swinstead
    david_swinstead Posts: 271 Member
    I think looking for light beers is overthinking it. Probably not something that many will agree with but in my book the best way to avoid the calories from drinking beer is to drink less beer.

    Sure you can work out extra before or after drinking, and this will make up for the extra calorie intake, but the thing is, you have to consider not only the calories and carbs etc of drinking, but also the nasty effect it has on your body in countless other ways. Drinking lots of beer and healthy living are not two things that go hand in hand.

    So you like beer? Tough luck. It's bad for you.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member

    Ok I have to stop looking at this thread now. All the people posting about the lite "beer" is making me want to vomit. That garbage has almost nothing in common with beer :tongue:

    I'd go further than that. I can't imagine that any of the names of brews bandied around here could properly be called 'beer'. Horrid corn/wheat based flavoured water.....

    give me some good old English hops in a glass with some malt anyday.......


    :)


    I think my husband would agree, what you Americans call 'BEER' is not even given that name here, we call it 'lager' pale and watery stuff, what my Husband likes is English Beer - Ale, dark and hoppy and he loves it. I HATE it with a passion, hate the smell and the taste, but I grew up in a time and a place where you kind of had to have a beard and a deep voice to drink beer.......
  • judswi
    judswi Posts: 73 Member
    I love beer too my pick is micelob ultra 12 0z. is 95 calories and 2.6 carbs, I like the taste. I only drink beer Saturdays when we go to the restaurant to eat, I use to drink a lot more before dieting.
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,616 Member
    I love beer, drank Budweiser since I was 2 ... couple of yrs ago discovered real beer (Mack 'n' Jack's African Amber) with imaginably disastrous waistline results (on top of everything else). Like others on this thread, won't give it up but am limiting it to weekends and trying to keep it at 16 oz each day. When I think I really want a second, that's when I reach for the Miller Chill, not too bad and can pretend its lager and lime... ;) and yes yes yes I alternate beer days with red wine days sometimes, but I won't run for anything.... :tongue:
  • sammybey
    sammybey Posts: 72 Member
    I LOVE beer (microbrews!) but I've had to cut most of it out. I was drinking an avg of 3-4 per night for a while before joining....

    Now I've switched mainly to wine, and I may only have a glass 2-3x a week. :(
  • jennifer3998
    jennifer3998 Posts: 144 Member
    Beck's Light only has 55 calories and is much better than most of the other super light beers.
  • DeadlyDame13
    DeadlyDame13 Posts: 197 Member
    I feel u! im not a alcholic but beer is my baby :*( geeze i love it all all irish german beer hef,pale ales all of it! :*(((( and i yet to find a way to avoid it :*( it would help me really lose weight since high carb beer +high fat late night foods= me :*((((
  • merrillfoster
    merrillfoster Posts: 855 Member
    If I'm going to have a beer (or 2, or 3, or....well, you get where I'm going with this), I'm going to make it a good one. I'd rather drink 1 good beer than have 3-4 'light' beers. At that point, why even bother? I'll work out harder, eat less, or just figure that one day, in the grand scheme of things, is not going to undo all my hard work and work harder the next day to account for it. I see no point in depriving myself of the things I love (on occassion, not nightly like I used to!). This is, for me, a lifestyle change, and I can't (and don't want to!) imagine a life without beer or wine.
  • TNGURL
    TNGURL Posts: 89 Member
    Ok, I hear ya chic.. love my beer & not always for the buzz... I drink Miller Lite & it has 96 calories. During my healing process I couldn't work out. I have gained 10-15 extra lbs due to alcohol.. it sux! Before, my injury I ran 5x a week & worked out.

    My MRI has came back good & I am starting my slow jog this week. I have to learn to drink in moderation... & it's gonna be tougher because warm weather is here! Love my cold beer in the summer, riding 4wheelers, fishing, etc....

    Good luck girl... I too am learning to drinking in moderation.... it's empty calories... & hell to get them off!
  • kevbrinks
    kevbrinks Posts: 42 Member
    Set a personal rule that you can only have 1 beer for every hour you work out each week.

    Budget for whatever your "usual" beer consumption is at breakfast (throw your dinner beer on MFP right away) and that way you don't reach "dinner beer time" and have no calories left for it
  • ohnuts14
    ohnuts14 Posts: 197
    I think looking for light beers is overthinking it. Probably not something that many will agree with but in my book the best way to avoid the calories from drinking beer is to drink less beer.

    Sure you can work out extra before or after drinking, and this will make up for the extra calorie intake, but the thing is, you have to consider not only the calories and carbs etc of drinking, but also the nasty effect it has on your body in countless other ways. Drinking lots of beer and healthy living are not two things that go hand in hand.

    So you like beer? Tough luck. It's bad for you.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/31/earlyshow/health/main5200448.shtml

    http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/14/beer-drink-health-forbeslife-cx_avd_0317health.html

    http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/healthy-beer

    http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/alcohol-and-weightloss

    http://www.womenshealthmag.com/nutrition/beer

    these articles a long with many others i have read would disagree. anything in excess is bad for you, but in moderation beer has an abundance of health benefits, and does in fact support healthy living, in moderation.
  • david_swinstead
    david_swinstead Posts: 271 Member
    I think looking for light beers is overthinking it. Probably not something that many will agree with but in my book the best way to avoid the calories from drinking beer is to drink less beer.

    Sure you can work out extra before or after drinking, and this will make up for the extra calorie intake, but the thing is, you have to consider not only the calories and carbs etc of drinking, but also the nasty effect it has on your body in countless other ways. Drinking lots of beer and healthy living are not two things that go hand in hand.

    So you like beer? Tough luck. It's bad for you.

    ://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/31/earlyshow/health/main5200448.shtml

    http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/14/beer-drink-health-forbeslife-cx_avd_0317health.html

    http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/healthy-beer

    http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/alcohol-and-weightloss

    http://www.womenshealthmag.com/nutrition/beer

    these articles a long with many others i have read would disagree. anything in excess is bad for you, but in moderation beer has an abundance of health benefits, and does in fact support healthy living, in moderation.

    Go back to the first post. This thread isn't about a beer here or there, it's about people who drink it a lot because they love it. And so was my reply.
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