Wine Lovers!!!!! Advice?

I hear ya. Red wine is better for you as far as calories, you need to get something to measure, and you only need to have 5oz per glass. I wouldn't drink more than two glasses. You've got to find other, less caloric ways to have fun!

I say check out the individual portions of wine, maybe that would slow you down? I know there aren't hardly options with that though (I think like Barefoot and Berringer maybe?). My husband and I do the same thing but we stop at one bottle and we are splitting it so it isn't AS bad.

Try drinking white wine (that's my favorite) over ice with a splash of seltzer or diet sprite if you like it sweet. If you like that buzz, make sure you drink it on an empty stomach, that way you get buzzed with less wine. If you drink wine after a heavy meal you have to drink a lot more to feel it. I used to drink a bottle at a time when I drank, I wasn't comfortable with that and slowed way down by quitting alcohol for a month. I did it to just take some time and really think about when and why I wanted to drink. Now I never feel the urge to drink a whole bottle at a time. Hope this helps, good luck!

I totally understand. However, I allow myself something like 1 10oz glass, and then I drink some water. If after sitting with the water for a bit, I'm still craving wine, I'll allow myself a small glass more. But I'm learning to stop after that one big glass... slowly but surely. Best of luck with that

I love Wine too, but I have to say, I've only had 2 glasses in 18 days. =( I'm afraid to slow my progress, but I would really love to have a glass here and there. I know red wine is better for you, but I prefer Reisling. Cheers Reba971..

I don't really know for sure what it is that has slowed me down. My wife can't drink much anymore due to Crohns - so that actually helps. When those around you don't drink I think you just tend not to as much yourself.

But still love a glass or two - not very often I hit a whole bottle. And since I've gone from having 2 or 3 drinks 4 or 5 times a week to having 1 or 2 drinks once or maybe twice a week at most - it really packs the whammy.

I just see the huge cals and that discourages me from digging in so much too. But as with others if I feel like a few it's bourbon and diet gingerale - that packs half the cals as a beer or wine.

PS - If you want some more encouragement to curb drinking - I believe (haven't confirmed) that it's not just the calories that's an issue it is also that alcohol messes with your metabolism so you cop a double downside from bending the elbow.

im a red wine bottle a couple nights a week here - just up your exercise and up your water intake throughout the whole week...i refuse to give up my love of the bottle and im 14 lbs down...granted not overnight but hell, i want to LIVE too

I had to curb it, I used to drink the whole bottle and had a darn good time too, but I could just not lose weight with it. So I bought a vacuum pump with a special cork to preserve the wine so it does not oxidize and taste nasty the next night. It was tough in the beginning but I can make a bottle last 4 days with only having one glass per night.

I love alcohol, you name it, wine, tequila, beer, vodka lol.... im not drinking as much a before but now i just drink tekila with diet ginger ale and a lime juice few nights a week, thats it.

Step 1: Open
Step 2: take a 1 oz swig
Step 3: pour out a 4 or 5 oz. glass for yourself and your drinking partner
Step 4: splash some in whatever you're fixing for dinner
Step 5: throw another splash in whatever you're fixing for dinner
Step 6: Refill your own glass
Step 7: Bottle empty - Log your ounces