Alcohol what to drink and what not to
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nattyanne123 wrote: »Hi I have a 20 year hospitality background working in bars/bottle shops, and along the way read some facts about this. Barcardi is listed as the lowest in calories for spirits, beer is a lot lower in calories than spirits, and red wine has half the calories of white wine.
Hope this helps.... A good one to try is Barcardi with soda water (cutting out sugar instead from coke or lemonade) you can add natural juice in like lemon or lime juice, or cut a lemon or lime and place pieces into your glass, mint can also be added if you have a nice one for something different. Hope this is helpful.
good luck on your weightloss journey.
Appreciate your desire to help, but I'm afraid a lot of that is not accurate. Most 80 proof liquors are going to be around 70 - 80 calories per ounce, so a 1.5oz pour runs about 110 calories. Most beers are going to be 150 and up unless you're drinking light beer and even then it's tough to go under 100 without subjecting yourself to things like MGD64, to which no one should subject themselves, except in the most dire of circumstances. Red and white wine are pretty close calorically; white tends to have a bit less than red. Typical middle of the road wines would run about 120 - 125 calories for a 5 ounce glass.
As mentioned above, getdrunknotfat.com is a helpful source of calories for various brands and types of alcoholic drinks.
^^ SpongeBob knows what he's talking about...
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Let him (said I) drink red wine and white, good beer and mead—if he could get it—liqueurs made by monks, and, in a word, all those feeding, fortifying, and confirming beverages that our fathers drank in old time; but not whisky, nor brandy, nor sparkling wines, not absinthe, nor the kind of drink called gin.
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Vodka and club soda!! (NOT seltzer water) club soda has no calories. I usually get a stoli blueberry and club soda... Simple, easy, and low cal0
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weehogiebear wrote: »hi guys
I like a drink on a Saturday night and normally have a few beers and some rum and coke!
Just wanted to know what drinks would be better for me? Thanks
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I have 1 Bombay Gin martini over ice almost daily and that is 240 calories. I add it to my supper menu in the morning so I know how many calories I can have that day.0
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Many have already mentioned, but bourbon, good vodka or tequila on ice or neat is the best way to go. If you want to mix, do it in a low calorie way, like gin and soda with lime and/or mint, or bourbon and diet coke. Regular soda is a killer - absolutely terrible for your body.
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Tonic (unless homemade) usually has quite a lot of sugar in it. As a Type 1 diabetic, I pay attention to the number of carbs in my drinks.0 -
Whiskey is gooooood, neat, but I am a sipper0
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PerkisPower wrote: »arditarose wrote: »Whiskey. In a glass. Neat or on the rocks. Why complicate? Why soda?
Because the taste of liquor is awful!
You are either broken, or simply wrong. Or both.
Or you haven't had the pleasure of drinking good whiskey.
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PerkisPower wrote: »arditarose wrote: »Whiskey. In a glass. Neat or on the rocks. Why complicate? Why soda?
Because the taste of liquor is awful!
You are either broken, or simply wrong. Or both.
Or you haven't had the pleasure of drinking good whiskey.
No, I don't care for the taste of alcohol myself. It's too strong and tends to overwhelm my taste buds. Though, I have discovered Tito's isn't to bad as a sipping vodka.0 -
weehogiebear wrote: »hi guys
I like a drink on a Saturday night and normally have a few beers and some rum and coke!
Just wanted to know what drinks would be better for me? Thanks
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Anything you want, in moderation and log it.0
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PerkisPower wrote: »arditarose wrote: »Whiskey. In a glass. Neat or on the rocks. Why complicate? Why soda?
Because the taste of liquor is awful!
You are either broken, or simply wrong. Or both.
Or you haven't had the pleasure of drinking good whiskey.
Rather comical statement by you mam... you can't tell someone that they are wrong for not liking the taste of alcohol. If you don't like the taste of something, there is nothing you can do about it. And when I almost gag everytime I try to sip straight liquor, I'm pretty sure that means I don't enjoy it.
I have tried Makers, Woodford Reserve, Johnnie Walker , Jack Daniels, Patron, Grey Goose Etc. Etc. Etc.
All taste awful to me... still confused how you can say that i'm wrong about not enjoying the taste... didn't know it was possible to be wrong about what my body thinks taste good and what doesn't. .. guess you learn something new everyday. 0 -
Like everyone says, switch out the mixer for something lower calorie and you've done about all you can do to still have alcohol and have it taste good. I prefer coke zero instead of diet coke when mixing it. This despite the fact that I love my diet coke.
Also, I find if I drink the good stuff I drink less because I can savor the flavor.0 -
tequila=no carbs
I will occasionally use stevia-sweetened ginger ale as a mixer.0 -
PerkisPower wrote: »PerkisPower wrote: »arditarose wrote: »Whiskey. In a glass. Neat or on the rocks. Why complicate? Why soda?
Because the taste of liquor is awful!
You are either broken, or simply wrong. Or both.
Or you haven't had the pleasure of drinking good whiskey.
Rather comical statement by you mam... you can't tell someone that they are wrong for not liking the taste of alcohol. If you don't like the taste of something, there is nothing you can do about it. And when I almost gag everytime I try to sip straight liquor, I'm pretty sure that means I don't enjoy it.
I have tried Makers, Woodford Reserve, Johnnie Walker , Jack Daniels, Patron, Grey Goose Etc. Etc. Etc.
All taste awful to me... still confused how you can say that i'm wrong about not enjoying the taste... didn't know it was possible to be wrong about what my body thinks taste good and what doesn't. .. guess you learn something new everyday.
Reeelaaax....I'm pretty sure the comment was made in jest.
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Seltzer water has no calories either. It's tonic water that has calories.KarenJean91 wrote: »Vodka and club soda!! (NOT seltzer water) club soda has no calories. I usually get a stoli blueberry and club soda... Simple, easy, and low cal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/seltzer-vs-club-soda_n_1434891.html
The more you know...
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Tonight, I'll be drinking Coke and Parrot Bay 90 proof.
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PerkisPower wrote: »Showcase_Brodown wrote: »The best drinks for you are the ones you like. The worst ones are the ones you don't like. I say go for what you like and set aside the calories. What's the point of going out for a drink if you're not going to have what you want? That's what I think anyway.
I will respectfully disagree. He is on a website where the main goal is counting calories and attempting to be/stay fit.
There are plenty of great tasting unhealthy foods that we substitute out for healthier foods that don't taste as good. Why not do the same for alcohol?
And this is just silly talk.
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PerkisPower wrote: »arditarose wrote: »Whiskey. In a glass. Neat or on the rocks. Why complicate? Why soda?
Because the taste of liquor is awful!
ahhhhh - now we see your true colours.
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Cisco. DON'T.
I woke up in a dumpster once from Cisco.0 -
a dram or two of single malt scotch for me0
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nattyanne123 wrote: »Hi I have a 20 year hospitality background working in bars/bottle shops, and along the way read some facts about this. Barcardi is listed as the lowest in calories for spirits, beer is a lot lower in calories than spirits, and red wine has half the calories of white wine.
Hope this helps.... A good one to try is Barcardi with soda water (cutting out sugar instead from coke or lemonade) you can add natural juice in like lemon or lime juice, or cut a lemon or lime and place pieces into your glass, mint can also be added if you have a nice one for something different. Hope this is helpful. good luck on your weightloss journey.
Appreciate your desire to help, but I'm afraid a lot of that is not accurate. Most 80 proof liquors are going to be around 70 - 80 calories per ounce, so a 1.5oz pour runs about 110 calories. Most beers are going to be 150 and up unless you're drinking light beer and even then it's tough to go under 100 without subjecting yourself to things like MGD64, to which no one should subject themselves, except in the most dire of circumstances. Red and white wine are pretty close calorically; white tends to have a bit less than red. Typical middle of the road wines would run about 120 - 125 calories for a 5 ounce glass.
As mentioned above, getdrunknotfat.com is a helpful source of calories for various brands and types of alcoholic drinks.
^^ SpongeBob knows what he's talking about...
Except .. he forgot about Guinness (Draught). It's flavorful, and compares to any American mass-produced light beer in alcohol content and calories (bud light, coors light - I'm not talking about the ultra-light stuff here)
ETA: Sam Adams light is also tolerable. Has the same stats as Guinness Draught - 4% alcohol, 125 calories.
ETA one more thing .. OP: I saw the post where you mentioned you're looking for Spirits, not beer. Bacardi and Diet coke is an easy out.0 -
I like vodka with diet coke. It's certainly not healthy, but it's lower in calories than a lot of other choices!0
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PerkisPower wrote: »
I have tried Makers, Woodford Reserve, Johnnie Walker , Jack Daniels, Patron, Grey Goose Etc. Etc. Etc.
Ahhh, the T.G.I. Friday's flight.
I kid! Two of these border on decent.
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The tv show 'The Chew' did a segment not long ago about low calories drinks that taste better than soda water LOL. im sure its on their site (i dont drink enough to have paid any attention lol)0
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