The healthiest alcohol? the ultimate oxymoron!! l

missnolder890
missnolder890 Posts: 72 Member
edited November 16 in Motivation and Support
What's everyone's favorite low cal beverage? After a day like today I could use a few drinks but I don't want to sabotage my diet.

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  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Water.

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    Just kidding. Coffee. After that stuff that wouldn't be considered low calorie. A good beer is at least 165 calories.
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  • JustSomeEm
    JustSomeEm Posts: 20,271 MFP Moderator
    edited April 2015
    Gin and tonic with a splash of lime. Yum!

    1 ounce gin - 70(ish) calories
    4 ounces tonic (the kind I use) - 45 calories.
  • tatinav
    tatinav Posts: 22 Member
    Straight liquor, though not so tasty, is healthiest if served neat (alone and meant to be sipped) or on the rocks (with a little ice). That means vodka, gin, whiskey, and scotch are all fair game. It's the clearer types of alcohol, however, that go easier on the body. They also go easier on calories.
    Cheers. ..
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    We make vodka drinks with diet Ocean Spray (5 cals/serving) and Fresca (no cals and I like a little fizz). So practically 0 calories in the mixers.
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    Whiskey with a drop of water
  • dawn_noelle29
    dawn_noelle29 Posts: 114 Member
    I usually choose a flavored vodka and soda water
  • TristaD611
    TristaD611 Posts: 5 Member
    I like a clear liquor or vodka with my favorite flavors of 0 cal Lifewater or diet soda or coke zero. But alcohol is 7 cals per gram, so not low cal in itself.
  • Mussronkey
    Mussronkey Posts: 28 Member
    White rum over the rocks with fresh lime was my go to. Now H2O only. Drinking would undo all the weeks worth of work.
  • Altagracia220
    Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
    edited April 2015
    The 'healthiest' I can think of, without having to drink straight liquor, is a vodka and club soda. I like to add 3 lemon wedges so it doesn't taste strong and has flavour. I believe depending on who's making your drinking, it should add up to 80-100 calories.

    God I miss binge drinking
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I mostly drink wine. It seems the most "worth it" to me because it tastes awesome to me, has antioxidants, and I like the warm mellow feeling it gives.
  • Mrsallen6_11
    Mrsallen6_11 Posts: 416 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    I mostly drink wine. It seems the most "worth it" to me because it tastes awesome to me, has antioxidants, and I like the warm mellow feeling it gives.

    Wine is my go to as well.
  • meganjcallaghan
    meganjcallaghan Posts: 949 Member
    I like a nice "shandy" which is half beer, half gingerale (or sprite....some clear beverage). I don't like molson but they do have a 67 calorie beer and when you mix it with a diet gingerale you're sitting at just under 35 calories for a very light alcoholic beverage and the gingerale takes care of any less than awesome taste a particular brand might have
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    Vodka with Club Soda and a lime. Club soda is 0 calories! Flavored vodka if you want a different taste.
  • CandyMonster160
    CandyMonster160 Posts: 153 Member
    Flavoured vodka (usually raspberry or grape) + water + squeeze of lime. I could definitely go for a couple of those right now!
  • Sydneyv13
    Sydneyv13 Posts: 5 Member
    My go to is Diet Coke and Bacardi or any white rum. It's pretty damn good with a squeeze of lime and not a total diet killer. I'll be having a couple tomorrow night :smiley:
  • djprice_69
    djprice_69 Posts: 115 Member
    edited April 2015
    davis_em wrote: »
    Gin and tonic with a splash of lime. Yum!

    1 ounce gin - 70(ish) calories
    4 ounces tonic (the kind I use) - 45 calories.

    ^ Exactly what he said.

    I also enjoy a good single malt scotch, neat. Right now I'm very slowly working my way through a Glenfiddich 12, coupled with a nice cigar. I only get to do this a few times a year, but boy is it great when I can!
  • Sydneyv13
    Sydneyv13 Posts: 5 Member
    One Bacardi and Diet Coke has 66 calories per Google search
  • missnolder890
    missnolder890 Posts: 72 Member
    My go to usually is shots of Jack Daniels with ice water in between shots. Or just Michelobe Ultra. I like white wines but I can drink enough to destroy a month of my diet lol. I wanna let my hair down and not feel horrible about it in the morning.
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    1-2oz of Vodka mixed with Diet Cranberry juice.
  • missnolder890
    missnolder890 Posts: 72 Member
    Mrsallen6_11 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    I mostly drink wine. It seems the most "worth it" to me because it tastes awesome to me, has antioxidants, and I like the warm mellow feeling it gives.

    Wine is my go to as well.

    I do love a good Mascoto!
  • calibeachbum2
    calibeachbum2 Posts: 6 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    I mostly drink wine. It seems the most "worth it" to me because it tastes awesome to me, has antioxidants, and I like the warm mellow feeling it gives.
    Agree. I still have my wine in moderation
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Wine. Or a nice vodka with club soda and a twist of lemon.

    fwiw, I drank wine the entire time I was losing.
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    I like a Guiness at 125 calories it is not too bad and does have some B vitamins and antioxidants.
  • TheDarkestStar87
    TheDarkestStar87 Posts: 246 Member
    Vodka and tonic water, with a slice of lime.

    Or vodka and diet coke if I fancy something sweet.

    My Polish heritage shows in the choice of drink...
  • geotrice
    geotrice Posts: 274 Member
    Lizzy622 wrote: »
    I like a Guiness at 125 calories it is not too bad and does have some B vitamins and antioxidants.
    This.
    Those lite beers have fewer calories but you'll blow through them faster. Choose Guinness if you're going with beer. You'll drink slower (fewer), get a better buzz, save money, and impress everyone around you who are drinking that pale stuff. Otherwise straight shots of whiskey. Maybe with a zero-cal soda if you need it.
  • jffrydale
    jffrydale Posts: 32 Member
    Depends on your goal, if you want a buzz without killing your calorie count then everclear with diet mixers, 7up lite juice etc is the best bang for the buck, but is not always the best tasting....
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Tequila--no carbs

    Sometimes I mix it with Stevia-sweetened ginger ale, or just sparkling water and a lime.
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