Wine...I can't seem to give it up
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What everyone said about fitting it into your calorie cap. I've had some luck buying those little bottles that come in four packs. A regular-size open bottle of wine calls to me until it's empty, but I can track it better in the small bottles. YMMV.0
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A lot of people on the site fit wine into the calorie goals. If you like wine, there's no need to give it up.
If you're having trouble self-limiting, have you considered pre-logging your food for the day? Plan out your meals, and budget your calories to allow yourself enough food to leave yourself satisfied while saving yourself some calories for the wine you love. Have what you've allowed, and then move onto the next day... when you can have more wine.0 -
Like a few have already said, try something bubbly or save up the calories throughout the week and reserve a day to splurge. Weekly total calories I think are more important than daily total calories.0
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Hi hun I just try to work it into my diary, but making sure you have a full glass of water nearby too is always good, then just sip the wine and quench your thirst with the water. It definitely slows me down (because I drink like a fish on a night out) ;P
When I've had a few too many though I like to think I dance some of the cals off ;D lol0 -
Thank you so much for all the tips everyone...I know i can get this under control, now that i'm armed with the knowledge.0
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spingirl605 wrote: »Check out my diary! There is wine in it every day! I cannot give it up, and if I don't lose the extra 10lbs I'm struggling to lose, then so be it. I will continue to try and fit it in, but when it doesn't fit, I just drink it and move on. I am a Shiraz lover as well!! With 2 small children at my age, it's what keeps me sane.
This is awesome... I am going to have to follow your lead. I need to burn the calories to make room for the wine!
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Aaah. I love my wine! To begin with (a year ago) I stopped drinking midweek altogether. I was doing Weight Watchers and used all my extra weekly points for wine at the weekend. Sometimes I had a few points left over at the end of the day so would use those to buy one of those mini bottles of wine on my way home from work. I know that I struggle to have a full bottle open and not drink it so this worked well. As I lost weight, my daily points decreased so I no longer had room for wine treats during the week. Now I've lost 82lbs and am maintaining. I find I often have calories left in the day as I do a lot of exercise. So if I fancy some wine midweek I buy 3 mini bottles for £4 at Asda. This a. Saves me £1 on buying a full bottle and b. Saves me 156 cals on a full bottle.
Because I aim to stay at least 500 cals under my maintenance cals each day in case of errors, this works pretty well as I can have wine and still stay under my calories! Job done. I also run 1000 steps in front of the TV for every half a glass of wine I drink at home to try and offset some of the calories! Then I feel I've earned it!
Was so annoyed with myself yesterday when it roughed 5 chocolate digestives in the staff room at work and realised I could have had 3 mini bottles of wine for the same calories! Not a good swap at all!0 -
This thread is my saviour. So nice to know it's not just me
I made it work before when I lost through slimming world by doing the save it up for a the weekend thing. It can work.
For me it's just about choices - when I'm at home in the evening do I want a glass (or three) of wine? Or do I want to stick to water and save it for a night out with the girls?0 -
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Make yourself pay for it. If you are going to drink 500 calories of wine, make the price 500 extra calories of exercise.
If it's still worth it, then keep it. If not, lose it.0 -
Either make room for it in your calorie count, or don't keep it in the house at all.
If you have no off-switch, you either need to not start, or find a way to impose (healthy) limits on yourself.
Agree with this. If I have room, I have a glass or two. And most of the time I refrain from drinking during the week. But a lot of people on here have no problem fitting it into their lifestyle. It just depends on you.
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Oh, and definitely measure! I was bummed when I saw that what I thought was 4oz of wine was actually closer to 6oz.
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spingirl605 wrote: »Check out my diary! There is wine in it every day! I cannot give it up, and if I don't lose the extra 10lbs I'm struggling to lose, then so be it. I will continue to try and fit it in, but when it doesn't fit, I just drink it and move on. I am a Shiraz lover as well!! With 2 small children at my age, it's what keeps me sane.
Your diary is private.
OP: I have wine most days as well. I have a small carafe that holds 12 ounces. Some days I have that. Some days I have one glass. Some days I have more (social events, PMS etc lol).
But my general "max" is that carafe.
ETA: I'm basically at maintenance, but drank wine most days when I was losing too. In fact, while I was losing, I asked my doc about having wine most days. She said "what about the other days"? lol0 -
My problem is my favorite wine is a local sweet wine. No idea how many calories but I'm sure it's high...it's a sweet blackberry merlot. Omg. I told myself no wine till I lost 25 lbs. Then a treat of my favorite wine...but I may have to go back on that lol0
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Make room in your allotment, or move more to earn extra calories.0
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I fit one drink a night, with dinner, into my calories. Wine and beer fit in just fine on days I work out. The nights I want cocoa with Baileys are a little harder
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Well, if it doesn't stop at one glass what about only buying one of those teeny bottle at a time? Forced portion control!clairebelle222 wrote: »Is anyone out there having a hard time giving up Wine? for me its shiraz and it doesn't stop at 1 glass...any suggestions for me? Help...
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I enjoy wine and yes a couple of glasses end up being a bottle but I don't do this every weekend anymore since trying to diet just on special occasion so why not save some calories so you can have the wine once in a while0
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Yummmm wine! I've cut down quite a bit. One thing that helped is drinking a large glass of water before drinking the wine. That way I'm not chugging (lol) a glass because I'm thirsty.0
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Why would you give up wine?
I was on a kick where I had a glass with dinner almost every night. It's delicious, has some health benefits...
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Malbec
Pinot Noir
My favorites. I would never give up red wine unless I became deathly allergic.0 -
29g (two tablespoons) of wine:
Calorie Information
Amounts Per Selected Serving
Calories 24.5 (103 kJ)
From Carbohydrate 3.2 (13.4 kJ)
From Fat 0.0 (0.0 kJ)
From Protein 0.1 (0.4 kJ)
From Alcohol 21.3 (89.2 kJ)
Read More http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/beverages/3846/2#ixzz3QzWWRPcu
Wine definitely isn't "free".
But it's basically fruit!!!
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Oh, you can't give up wine, it's the only thing that's truly worth the calories!
This!
I am an amateur orchardist and vintner - grow my own grapes and trees to ferment my own wine (and strawberry wine ( and blackberry + elderberry wine ( and hard apple cider ( and pear brandy ( and peach schnapps (and moonshine )))))
Life without wine/alcohol would suck.
That being said, I (mostly) abstain during cut/loss cycles because there are too many calories and I'd rather have food to fill the belly ... but I always come back when calories arent so tight ... always.
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Not a wine drinker but I used to have a 6-10 pack of scotch and coke most weekend.
I just stopped drinking, not worth the kj. So in the past 6-8 months I have drunk 3 nights. 2 of those I kept it in my calorie limit and 1... well the weekly energy graph in mfp looked like a giant middle finger
Don't buy it, don't have it in the house or find the will power to not drink, or to stop before the end of the bottle.0 -
I lost twenty pounds last winter and drank wine only on Friday and Saturday nights. Then I maintained my weight through 2014 drinking moderately, but daily. This winter I decided to lose the remaining ten or so pounds, but never stopped with my few glasses of wine each evening. I just upped my workouts. Have been losing steadily, and enjoying life. I suspect that one of the reasons we dieters are encouraged to give up alcohol is because when you catch a buzz, you might be inclined to chow down on junk food late at night. The key there is not to have any junk food around. Once in a while I will eat one Triscuit late in the evening. One dry Triscuit washed down by a gulp of wine. Lovely.0
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I will never give up wine. I drink it in moderation and plan ahead for splurges. Yesterday my husband and I went to a great wine tasting event at Domaine Drouhin and had a blast. We have enjoyed and collected wine for about 20 years now and have a fairly large cellar. This is what happens when you live in one of the best wine growing regions in the world...we consider ourselves lucky.
One thing that helps me is to enjoy it only on weekends (outside of some special event or celebration). It also helps me focus on eating under my target calorie goal the other 5 days. So in a sense, the glass or 2 of wine is my reward. And I'm still able to lose weight, albeit slowly, which is what I prefer anyway.0
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