Like Minded Lushes April 2011

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  • chrisyoung0422
    chrisyoung0422 Posts: 426 Member
    Pulls up bar stool and sits down......

    Monday 0

    Hoping to keep the ball rolling and make it a drink free work week. I am not looking forward to Thursday night because that is Volleyball and we usually hang back at the sponsor's and get toasted.

    Oh well we will see....:sad:
  • sisterlilbunny
    sisterlilbunny Posts: 686 Member
    All this talk of beer makes me think I'll be getting some Blue Moon for this weekend. Can't wait for Sam Summer and Coastal Wheat =]

    Mmm...that was my Saturday night! I'm still trying to figure out how the heck I got, well, tipsy Sat/Sun with three bucks to my name. I either have great friends/family or I'm the worlds greatest mooch.

    Seeing the calorie count for my favorite shot really opened my eyes so yeah, I'm learning. ;D
  • erin_kercheval
    erin_kercheval Posts: 37 Member
    I would first like to say that I love this thread. Secondly, I made a wonderfully boozy discovery while at my local ABC store (for those of you that live in normal places where you can go to the grocery for liquor, this is where many of us in the south have to go buy the hard stuff...and no, it's not open on Sunday). Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka comes in a "Skinny Tea" version that is sweetened with Truvia. Delicious with Crystal Light Pink Lemonade for a summery, refreshing, guilt free, drinky-poo. Bottoms up!

    I love, love, LOVE Sweet Tea Vodka! It has been one of my fave summer drinks since discovery 2 years ago. I am excited to look for this version of it to try out, so thanks for posting it! :)
  • erin_kercheval
    erin_kercheval Posts: 37 Member

    Seeing the calorie count for my favorite shot really opened my eyes so yeah, I'm learning. ;D

    My friends love Jagger Bombs!! I rarely go to bars late anymore, so shot type nights are pretty limited, but when we celebrate, this usually what people order. I don't remember the calorie count, but I know Jagger is terrible. I don't even wanna know at this point!! hahaha
  • erin_kercheval
    erin_kercheval Posts: 37 Member
    yesterday I bought a growler of my favorite microbrew. I can't wait to make love to it this week. I'm going to try to limit myself to one glass/night. I'll even account for it in my calories.

    mmm...microbrew

    also one of my former vices.... sniff sniff

    What I would not give for a growler of Rowlands IPA or pumpkin.....:sad:

    I am missing Microbrews as well. I started getting hooked on them about a couple of years ago, then when I met my boyfriend, that is all he drank. So it became our "thing" to try new microbrews, or grab a growler to take home & enjoy - then I saw my tummy growing and growing... I finally had to limit myself to one if we go out (well, *try* to, haha) and often just order Miller Lite to save calories. I know the microbrews are stronger and you are getting a tastier beer & more bang for your buck.... however it seems when I am "social drinking" I am going to drink the same # of drinks, regardless of the alcohol content, so I need to stick to lowers calorie stuff. :(
  • Just_Dot
    Just_Dot Posts: 2,283 Member
    Robin, why did you have an interview with a recruiter? Is the current job not going well or are you just keeping your feelers out there?

    Um, I forgot everything else. :laugh:
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    HEY LUSHES,

    Monday, 5 drinks (1bottle of red)
    Tuesday, 0
    Wedsnesday, 0
    Thursday, 0
    Friday, 5 drinks (bottle of skinny margs)
    Saturday, 0
    Sunday, 0


    Why is it, that I felt I needed to finish the whole bottle?

    I was kind of done at 3/4 of the way...but, I just couldn't cork it and put it away.

    Anybody else like that????
  • Just_Dot
    Just_Dot Posts: 2,283 Member
    I do that, Kim. It's like, "Why waste the space?"
  • elizabeth9474
    elizabeth9474 Posts: 54
    Im convinced that it will go bad if it stays open for more than a day... :tongue: Not sure how true that is... I never wait to find out :laugh:
  • Better_Balance_2011
    Better_Balance_2011 Posts: 3,711 Member
    It is very regular for me to drink a whole bottle of wine. But I count it as 4 drinks. :wink: 750mL = 26 ounces so is 6.5 oz a glass. Most of the amounts I see on here are for 5-6 oz. I have had nights though when I try to find lower calorie glasses. One night I was logging 85 calorie glasses of wine. Seriously....not the way I pour a glass but after several glasses my brain was thinking I would "stay within my limit" if I chose the lower calorie glasses. I typically use 130 calories per (big) glass for wine. What do you all use?
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    Monday-2 bud lights
    Cross-fit was a killer workout, I am sore today and I am sure I will be more sore tomorrow. I would describe what I did as like, High Intensity Intervals, 20 minutes of a circuit that included rowing (300yards), then kettleball swings(15), then squats (25). I got through the circuit 4 times.
  • yummy♥
    yummy♥ Posts: 612 Member
    HEY LUSHES,

    Why is it, that I felt I needed to finish the whole bottle?

    I was kind of done at 3/4 of the way...but, I just couldn't cork it and put it away.

    Anybody else like that????

    yes, exactly like that! and my husband is a beer drinker so he's no help at all ...
  • kblue2007
    kblue2007 Posts: 2,564 Member
    I definitely used to drink a whole bottle of wine myself....I have since started to behave myself! Sometimes food is more important to me (W-T anyway, I hardly eat anything on the weekends so I can enjoy some wine/beer/vodka) :laugh:

    I didn't drink last night, but will definitely be having some wine tonight AND I'm still under calories.....maybe more wine!!!! :drinker:
  • AnnThereseRN
    AnnThereseRN Posts: 44 Member
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/419236-seven-drinks-that-wont-derail-your-diet/?utm_source=aprilnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110412

    Decent article on some lower cal drink options. They even comment on how light beer may not be the best option because you would tend to drink more due to the low alcohol content.

    Had a Razz with Soda water and it wasn't too bad. I can't do the aspartame in the diet sodas so it was a decent option. Martini's aren't a bad option either if you take them into account with your daily calorie count.
  • ItsTerriC
    ItsTerriC Posts: 436 Member
    Hello fellow Lushes,

    Last night turned in to more drinks that I planned on. Funny how they just go down so quick & easy sometimes. I'll keep it down to just a night-cap tonight. I think.....
  • kblue2007
    kblue2007 Posts: 2,564 Member
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/419236-seven-drinks-that-wont-derail-your-diet/?utm_source=aprilnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110412

    . Martini's aren't a bad option either if you take them into account with your daily calorie count.

    Great thanks :smile:
  • kblue2007
    kblue2007 Posts: 2,564 Member
    I definitely used to drink a whole bottle of wine myself....I have since started to behave myself! Sometimes food is more important to me (W-T anyway, I hardly eat anything on the weekends so I can enjoy some wine/beer/vodka) :laugh:

    I didn't drink last night, but will definitely be having some wine tonight AND I'm still under calories.....maybe more wine!!!! :drinker:

    Totally meant Mon-Thurs....just in case anyone cared :laugh:
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    It is very regular for me to drink a whole bottle of wine. But I count it as 4 drinks. :wink: 750mL = 26 ounces so is 6.5 oz a glass. Most of the amounts I see on here are for 5-6 oz. I have had nights though when I try to find lower calorie glasses. One night I was logging 85 calorie glasses of wine. Seriously....not the way I pour a glass but after several glasses my brain was thinking I would "stay within my limit" if I chose the lower calorie glasses. I typically use 130 calories per (big) glass for wine. What do you all use?

    I have BIG red wine glasses and I drink BIG glasses of red wine. I use the one that is called "Beverage-Red Wine (House Glass 300ml)" in the MFP database. 300 ml = 10 ounces, which that has at 222 calories.
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    HEY LUSHES,

    Monday, 5 drinks (1bottle of red)
    Tuesday, 0
    Wedsnesday, 0
    Thursday, 0
    Friday, 5 drinks (bottle of skinny margs)
    Saturday, 0
    Sunday, 0


    Why is it, that I felt I needed to finish the whole bottle?

    I was kind of done at 3/4 of the way...but, I just couldn't cork it and put it away.

    Anybody else like that????

    Yes!! I have some really cute wine stoppers...they are purely decorational as they are never used. :blushing:
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Glad you are feeling better Amy. And awesome on the workout (other) Amy.

    Looks like everyone is making some progress this week! :drinker:

    Monday 0
    Tuesday hopefully continueing the trend!
  • atomiclauren
    atomiclauren Posts: 689 Member
    For wine i look it up here:
    http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

    and here are a few listings:

    http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/food-facts/wine/calories-in-wine.htm
    http://wine.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Wine_Calories

    ETA - Sat (throughout the afternoon/evening) I managed a six pack - but it was watery beer :blushing:
  • Kat120285
    Kat120285 Posts: 1,599 Member
    I measure my glasses of wine at home so I know how many calories to log.

    Franzia or a lot of other whites are 105 for a 5 oz glass, the reds I drink are 125 for 5 oz.

    Beer is so much easier because it's either a tall or a bottle so you know how many oz they are and can log accurately.

    As for drinks, 0 yesterday, 0 today, 0 until at least Friday and then, I want beer!! :drinker:

    As for water 20 glasses yesterday, 10 so far today.
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    The Beer Prayer

    Our lager,
    Which art in barrels,
    Hallowed be thy drink.
    Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk),
    At home as it is in the pub.
    Give us this day our foamy head,
    And forgive us our spillage's,
    As we forgive those who spill against us.
    And lead us not to incarceration,
    But deliver us from hangovers.
    For thine is the beer, The bitter, The lager.

    BARMEN
  • chrisyoung0422
    chrisyoung0422 Posts: 426 Member
    The Beer Prayer

    Our lager,
    Which art in barrels,
    Hallowed be thy drink.
    Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk),
    At home as it is in the pub.
    Give us this day our foamy head,
    And forgive us our spillage's,
    As we forgive those who spill against us.
    And lead us not to incarceration,
    But deliver us from hangovers.
    For thine is the beer, The bitter, The lager.

    BARMEN

    I literally knelt down and went into auto prayer as I was reading that! haha awesome! :drinker:
  • chrisyoung0422
    chrisyoung0422 Posts: 426 Member
    HEY LUSHES,

    Monday, 5 drinks (1bottle of red)
    Tuesday, 0
    Wedsnesday, 0
    Thursday, 0
    Friday, 5 drinks (bottle of skinny margs)
    Saturday, 0
    Sunday, 0


    Why is it, that I felt I needed to finish the whole bottle?

    I was kind of done at 3/4 of the way...but, I just couldn't cork it and put it away.

    Anybody else like that????

    It is a sin in our house to put away a bottle of any wine when it drops below 3/4 and oddly enough neither of us will touch it later.

    The booze is a little different and tends to last longer. Not by much though....
  • casey1974
    casey1974 Posts: 18
    too, funny. Unless we cook with the wine it is gone too. Don't really have much need for the cork! I love rum and it is way less calories but, alas, it is bad for my marriage...lol so, beer and wine it is.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Robin, why did you have an interview with a recruiter? Is the current job not going well or are you just keeping your feelers out there?

    Um, I forgot everything else. :laugh:
    I love my current job but it is a contract position and I need benefits, (vacation, sick leave, retirement etc) and a little more security as to my career. I love Boeing but getting on Direct is hard so I have to look at other options.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    The Beer Prayer

    Our lager,
    Which art in barrels,
    Hallowed be thy drink.
    Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk),
    At home as it is in the pub.
    Give us this day our foamy head,
    And forgive us our spillage's,
    As we forgive those who spill against us.
    And lead us not to incarceration,
    But deliver us from hangovers.
    For thine is the beer, The bitter, The lager.

    BARMEN

    I :heart: Kim!!!!!
  • sisterlilbunny
    sisterlilbunny Posts: 686 Member
    The Beer Prayer

    Our lager,
    Which art in barrels,
    Hallowed be thy drink.
    Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk),
    At home as it is in the pub.
    Give us this day our foamy head,
    And forgive us our spillage's,
    As we forgive those who spill against us.
    And lead us not to incarceration,
    But deliver us from hangovers.
    For thine is the beer, The bitter, The lager.

    BARMEN

    I :heart: Kim!!!!!

    *Adds the sign of the Bunny* Barmen!
  • SoCalWoman
    SoCalWoman Posts: 2,384 Member
    I love my current job but it is a contract position and I need benefits, (vacation, sick leave, retirement etc) and a little more security as to my career. I love Boeing but getting on Direct is hard so I have to look at other options.
    My husband works for another company, along side boeing on their 787 project and travels up there often. he isn't always pleased with the progress of the project but enjoys visiting WA. He went to school up there.

    I'm in a bit of a exercise rut. someone kick my *kitten* please. :grumble:
    I'm doing ok with the calorie intake..but i've been so horribly lazy since spring break.
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