Damn you, alcohol!

JoshMaz
JoshMaz Posts: 419 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
Yeah, I was doing do well today until those 800 calories of whiskey. At least I manage to keep the extra mixer calories out of it by drinking my booze on the rocks, but still...
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  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
    350 for my fireball whiskey and rum chata. Could have easily had downed 4 of those.
  • JoshMaz
    JoshMaz Posts: 419 Member
    Well, doesn't that sound yummy? I'll down the other four for you.
  • JossFit
    JossFit Posts: 588 Member
    Alcohol should still be limited if fat loss is your goal, regardless of whether or not you account for the calories.

    Your body actually changes the way it metabolizes food when you drink; essentially it sees the alcohol as a toxin that must be dealt with immediately, and therefore pushes anything else (mixers, the chips and salsa you snacked on, etc.) aside and into your fat stores for later use so it can deal with the booze first.

    It also dehydrates you, interrupts your sleep cycle, and causes spikes and crashes in your blood sugar, possibly triggering more cravings and overeating.

  • scaryg53
    scaryg53 Posts: 268 Member
    MamaRiss wrote: »
    350 for my fireball whiskey and rum chata. Could have easily had downed 4 of those.

    Oh my god, I know! I love mixing them though, they are fantastic.
  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
    JoshMaz wrote: »
    Well, doesn't that sound yummy? I'll down the other four for you.

    It was yummy, like cinnamon toast crunch with extra cinnamon

  • maschauer1
    maschauer1 Posts: 14 Member
    I am in my 60s. Sorry to tell you that my body just doesnt metabolize alcohol right anymore. I suffer when I drink, and who has just 1? Not me. So I have given up alcohol. Darn.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    800 in whiskey...neat? That's a lot! For me anyways. I drank wine out of the bottle in my underwear at 3:00 in the afternoon today so I feel you.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    I was way under on my calories today so I treated myself to 240 calories of apple pie moonshine. Still have another 375 calories remaining at my 1 pound per week goal.
  • JoshMaz
    JoshMaz Posts: 419 Member
    edited February 2015
    Yeah. @JossFit has some good points, but funny how well I will ignore them. Guess that's my current issue. Yes, @arditarose‌, it really is. Thank you for being there with me today!
  • daniellebearuk
    daniellebearuk Posts: 23 Member
    it's too easy, especially as often it's on top of the food you;ve eaten for the day...i had four glasses of wine last night - 400 calories...then i got home and had to have toast to soak it up...another 200...600 calories on nothing basically...:(
  • Bry_Fitness70
    Bry_Fitness70 Posts: 2,480 Member
    It is never about the alcohol calories with me, the problem is what I consume at the end of the night/morning to try to mitigate a hangover the next day!
  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
    bw_conway wrote: »
    It is never about the alcohol calories with me, the problem is what I consume at the end of the night/morning to try to mitigate a hangover the next day!

    Exactly! !
  • JoshMaz
    JoshMaz Posts: 419 Member
    I've decided (again) to limit my alcohol consumption to just the weekends. I've been under my calorie budget for the few days since then, but by Tuesday it sure felt like a long way to go until Friday!
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    I'm a lightweight, I get drunk on less than 200 calories of vodka. Then I get the drunken munchies, though. So I have to curtail my drinking, too.
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    *adds Fireball Whiskey and RumChata to shopping list*
  • goddessofawesome
    goddessofawesome Posts: 563 Member
    Yup.

    Alcohol calories definitely add up which is why (for the most part) I have limited my alcohol intake to the weekends.
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    I do this every weekend haha.
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    I cut way down on my alcohol...except for yesterday. Yesterday was a bad day and I went back to my old habit of comforting myself with wine. I am sicker than a dog today. :\ I told myself this morning Never Again! Ugh!
  • mugofire
    mugofire Posts: 110 Member
    What I have found in the past, when I drank alcohol, the weight gain didn't happen until several days later... like they are trying to catch up. Do other people have that happen?
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    mugofire wrote: »
    What I have found in the past, when I drank alcohol, the weight gain didn't happen until several days later... like they are trying to catch up. Do other people have that happen?

    Yep. I think the alcohol dehydrates so next morning you think your drunken feast didn't do too much harm, then a couple days later you see the real damage.
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    mugofire wrote: »
    What I have found in the past, when I drank alcohol, the weight gain didn't happen until several days later... like they are trying to catch up. Do other people have that happen?

    Yes! In my experience it really screws up things.
  • CoriannMichelle
    CoriannMichelle Posts: 8 Member
    Alcohol was one of the problems of my weight gain, so I have really cut back on it. Because I have cut back, it now doesn't take as much to get a buzz. I usually try to stick with a can of light beer (approx. 96 calorie per 12 oz) or glass of wine in the evening. (approx. 125 calories per 5 oz). I also try to limit drinking calorie/sugar-laden achololic mixes/speciality drinks to occassionally like one of my favorite drinks is coke and crowne royale. Nothing like having the right liquoer for my coke. I tell people that alcohol is my enemy/my weakness in my weight mgmt.
  • mhook760
    mhook760 Posts: 42 Member
    I've totally cut alcohol, I'd rather have the calories for food. Instead I have a very diluted 'grown up' squash/cordial made with sparkling water and ice and sipped through a straw - at the times when i usually would have had booze
  • CaitlinW19
    CaitlinW19 Posts: 431 Member
    JoshMaz wrote: »
    I've decided (again) to limit my alcohol consumption to just the weekends. I've been under my calorie budget for the few days since then, but by Tuesday it sure felt like a long way to go until Friday!

    This is exactly what I've started doing. I love a glass of wine (or two) at the end of the day, but I've decided I just don't need it, so now it's only Friday-Sunday that I can have a drink unless it's a special occassion or something. I've found my weight loss is going much quicker. I think a big part is that when I have 200 calories left over for the day I don't decided to use them up with a big glass of wine...instead I just don't consume them if i'm not hungry.
  • Deena_Bean
    Deena_Bean Posts: 906 Member
    I didn't even have to read beyond your title without saying, "I know, right?" I've cut way back on my alcohol indulgence. I much prefer to eat my calories than drink them. Sometimes, though, it can't be helped.
  • outtamyweigh
    outtamyweigh Posts: 47
    edited February 2015
    If only it were the alcohol calories...after 3 or 4 beers I'm in the munchies, pizza, anything I've been holding off on..into my mouth, then its more beer and all of a sudden another 60 pregnancy lbs....errrr ya don't tell my kids that ba ha ha..
  • annemie1124
    annemie1124 Posts: 32
    I switched from beer to gin and light tonic. One glass has 50 calories, perfect after work drink :D
  • Cortelli
    Cortelli Posts: 1,369 Member
    edited February 2015
    annemie1124 wrote: »
    I switched from beer to gin and light tonic. One glass has 50 calories, perfect after work drink :D

    That must be a small G&T! Gin alone is going to run you around 65 - 75 cals per ounce (and in the US a shot is 1.5 ounces). And tonic runs about 10 cals per ounce (assuming not diet).

    Edit: I see you said light tonic, so maybe ignore the tonic comment. But be forewarned that while liquor is very efficient calorie-for-buzz wise, you generally are going to bottom out at around 65 cals per ounce for an 80 proof liquor.

  • annemie1124
    annemie1124 Posts: 32
    Cortelli wrote: »
    annemie1124 wrote: »
    I switched from beer to gin and light tonic. One glass has 50 calories, perfect after work drink :D

    That must be a small G&T! Gin alone is going to run you around 65 - 75 cals per ounce (and in the US a shot is 1.5 ounces). And tonic runs about 10 cals per ounce (assuming not diet).

    Edit: I see you said light tonic, so maybe ignore the tonic comment. But be forewarned that while liquor is very efficient calorie-for-buzz wise, you generally are going to bottom out at around 65 cals per ounce for an 80 proof liquor.


    I have to admit that I have no idea how much an ounce is :( - I use 20cl Bombay Blue Sapphire, 150ml Schweppes Tonic & Elderflower Low Calorie and 1 tsp lemon juice and according to MFP that comes down to just over 50 calories. It's a small one but I don't want to get hammered several times a week :P
  • luv_lea
    luv_lea Posts: 1,094 Member
    Story of my life...every Friday/Saturday.
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