Goodbye wine...I'll miss you

Greenbomb
Greenbomb Posts: 89 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
It is very hard for me to have just one glass of wine, so until I lose 10 lbs, no more wine. Are there any other "winos" out there?
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  • allison1983weber
    allison1983weber Posts: 126 Member
    lol, YES!!! I have had 2 glasses in 53 days...such a sad sad state I am in! It's ok because the weight is coming off!
  • wyattj99
    wyattj99 Posts: 454 Member
    I need to adapt this rule too! I love wine.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I love my glass of wine, I just make it work into my calories for the day if I can. :smiley:
  • JSurita2
    JSurita2 Posts: 1,304 Member
    edited February 2015
    I love my wine as well as other spirits. I don't plan on giving them up for now.
  • Smallc10
    Smallc10 Posts: 615 Member
    I can't give up my wine. I'd rather have the extra 5-10 pounds, lol. I go through phases of a glass a night to no wine for 4 weeks but that's due to my rotating shift at work. For me giving up wine wouldn't be able to be a permanent thing so I won't do it. I did give up soda though! That was really hard, but I'm glad I did it.
  • sjaplo
    sjaplo Posts: 974 Member
    Silly - prelog your wine and work your calories around it.
  • WendyFlynn
    WendyFlynn Posts: 139 Member
    I made a way for wine to fit into my weekly calorie budget.....If I had a bottle I would cut back by 90 calories per day :) If I had more I would seriously have a hang over
  • shattrdillusion
    shattrdillusion Posts: 35
    sjaplo wrote: »
    Silly - prelog your wine and work your calories around it.

    this! although I've been known to have my wine and get on the elliptical afterwards!
  • RavenLibra
    RavenLibra Posts: 1,737 Member
    I collect wine... not lots.. BUT a few bottles...at the moment I believe I have around 60... Hmmm that's like 5 cases... the good thing... is I only open a bottle about every 2-3 months... when I reach for a bottle it could be a 50 dollar bottle or a $500.00 dollar bottle... SO I am very picky about what and when I op-en a bottle... :)
  • sw33tp3a11
    sw33tp3a11 Posts: 4,646 Member
    I haven't had wine since New Year Eve :(. I've had beer since so I don't know why i'm torturing myself.
  • Atarahh
    Atarahh Posts: 485 Member
    Try the skinny wines. Skinny Vine moscato is delicious and only 95 calories per 5 oz. I felt drunk off one glass!
  • kaseyr1505
    kaseyr1505 Posts: 624 Member
    How are you going to drink it once you lose the weight? If you don't find a balance now, how will things change? Calories still count after you hit your goal weight.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    Greenbomb wrote: »
    It is very hard for me to have just one glass of wine, so until I lose 10 lbs, no more wine. Are there any other "winos" out there?
    I replaced it with a nightly kombucha for the time being. It's a surprisingly good substitute.

  • thismamarox
    thismamarox Posts: 105 Member
    I have to give up alcohol for a little while also. Its just one of those things that I cannot do in moderation. My one glass turns into 4. I am a much better weight maintainer than loser when alcohol is involved. The last 2 weekends for me have pointed that out pretty clearly. I just need to buckle down and lose the weight, and then enjoy a couple of glasses of wine here and there when my calories allow it. 1300 calories a day is not enough to factor in my wine right now :(
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    Troutsy wrote: »
    I love my glass of wine, I just make it work into my calories for the day if I can. :smiley:

    Me too. I call for the winebulance every Friday.
    Last Thursday Friday called to say she would be over, and she brought wine.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    WINOS ADD ME!!!!
  • jcmichel65
    jcmichel65 Posts: 1 Member
    I feel your pain. I find I'm more successful when I eliminate wine altogether, because I tend to make better food choices when I'm not drinking wine. And yes, for me too one glass leads to two, which usually leads to late night snacking.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    sjaplo wrote: »
    Silly - prelog your wine and work your calories around it.

    How many calories a day do you "get"?
  • butterfli7o
    butterfli7o Posts: 1,319 Member
    Yes! :'(
  • Cladf
    Cladf Posts: 60 Member
    Fellow wino here...I struggle to have just one glass (and that's a large one, at that!) and I end up making terrible food choices after a few. I really should try to cut it down - and for me it might be cutting it out completely for a while.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    sjaplo wrote: »
    Silly - prelog your wine and work your calories around it.
    And the part about it being hard to stop at her pre-determined amount...? Pre-log a bottle and just forget dinner and plan to spend some years later on in AA? ;)

  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    kaseyr1505 wrote: »
    How are you going to drink it once you lose the weight? If you don't find a balance now, how will things change? Calories still count after you hit your goal weight.

    In reality, wine calories could be the difference between losing and maintaining, if one has 150-250 calories of wine a night.
  • aislinngg
    aislinngg Posts: 6 Member
    Girl, I am with you.
  • LyssaJ1
    LyssaJ1 Posts: 240 Member
    Eh, I'd rather walk/run 5k *and* have my wine...but I usually top-out at two glasses anyway. I've turned into a wine wuss, but I'm good with that. ;)
  • troutrouter
    troutrouter Posts: 62
    Greenbomb wrote: »
    It is very hard for me to have just one glass of wine, so until I lose 10 lbs, no more wine. Are there any other "winos" out there?

    I with you on this, except with me it's beer. I generally at least have a 6-pack if I have one. Not to mention it seems to be a trigger for me to eat more.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    Blacklance36 wrote: »
    Troutsy wrote: »
    I love my glass of wine, I just make it work into my calories for the day if I can. :smiley:

    Me too. I call for the winebulance every Friday.
    Last Thursday Friday called to say she would be over, and she brought wine.

    lmao I've been cheating on wine with beer lately :o
  • ThePilatesPrincess
    ThePilatesPrincess Posts: 25 Member
    edited February 2015
    I love my wine but I have not had a drop for 4 weeks. I'm not having any refined sugar either but that's a whole other story. I agree it's difficult to have just one glass, it's just so yummy and for me it leads to more snacking or chocolate. Cutting out the wine & sugar has helped me I've been loosing a steady this past month.

    My replacement drink has been sparkling water with lime or blood orange in a wine glass to make it more fun :) Also, with all the money I'm saving I'll have more to spend on new clothes!
  • karaboo20
    karaboo20 Posts: 33
    Greenbomb wrote: »
    It is very hard for me to have just one glass of wine, so until I lose 10 lbs, no more wine. Are there any other "winos" out there?

    Ohhhh soo glad to know I'm not the only one. Wine in moderation is impossible for me :-(
  • karaboo20
    karaboo20 Posts: 33
    JSurita2 wrote: »
    I love my wine as well as other spirits. I don't plan on giving them up for now.


    This has become a big problem for me. We have a bar in our house and like you, I love my wine and spirits. A beer gut on a female is not sexy though. I'm definitely having to take a step back and look at my priorities. My alcohol intake definitely contributes to my weight gain. :-(
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    Greenbomb wrote: »
    It is very hard for me to have just one glass of wine, so until I lose 10 lbs, no more wine. Are there any other "winos" out there?

    It's not so much the wine as the alcohol munchies. And I do like my alcohol a bit too much lately, so I've banished it for a month or three. Don't want to become a lush!
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