Bottoms Up!

lloftus723
lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Friday night is my night to have a few drinks, after the kids go to bed. My go to is usually vodka and diet sunkist, but I am looking for something different. What are your favorite drinks that don't contain a ton of calories, or carbs?

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  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I enjoy a vodka on the rocks, a little dirty with a couple of olives or a glass of wine or a glass of prosecco.
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    I use to LOVE wine, but haven't had it in years. Is it typically lower in calories? Does one type have less than the other?
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    White wine has slightly fewer than red but the higher the alcohol content in the wine, the higher the calories.
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    Interesting. I did not know that! Thanks!
  • nickatine
    nickatine Posts: 451 Member
    Captain Morgan and coke zero, michelob ultra, Busch light, miller light.
  • kampshoff
    kampshoff Posts: 133 Member
    Manhattan, martini, mojito, and Tom Collins are all relatively low-cal cocktails. I usually go for beer, though, since it's a bit easier. :smile:
  • Amberlynnek
    Amberlynnek Posts: 405 Member
    White Wine Spritzer! You can use any wine topped with club soda or diet sprite. You can freeze berries to use as ice cubes too!

    If you like vodka - Moscow Mules are pretty friendly. Vodka, Ginger Beer and Fresh lime and a personal favorite :)
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    nickatine wrote: »
    Captain Morgan and coke zero, michelob ultra, Busch light, miller light.

    Captain is the love of my life...but my worst enemy!
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    Amberlynnek wrote: »
    White Wine Spritzer! You can use any wine topped with club soda or diet sprite. You can freeze berries to use as ice cubes too!

    If you like vodka - Moscow Mules are pretty friendly. Vodka, Ginger Beer and Fresh lime and a personal favorite :)

    Definitely going to have to try both of these!!!!
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    kampshoff wrote: »
    Manhattan, martini, mojito, and Tom Collins are all relatively low-cal cocktails. I usually go for beer, though, since it's a bit easier. :smile:

    Love beer, but isn't it relatively high in calories? I'm a coors lover. :/ is there one that is low? I'm new to the calorie counting world.
  • kampshoff
    kampshoff Posts: 133 Member
    lloftus723 wrote: »
    kampshoff wrote: »
    Manhattan, martini, mojito, and Tom Collins are all relatively low-cal cocktails. I usually go for beer, though, since it's a bit easier. :smile:

    Love beer, but isn't it relatively high in calories? I'm a coors lover. :/ is there one that is low? I'm new to the calorie counting world.

    I'm a craft beer nerd, so I make the sacrifice for the calories. It's not too bad, though. Mine usually run about 200 cals/12 oz. Your Coors Light will be quite a bit less than that, but for me, that's not worth drinking. :wink:
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    Lol hey now!
  • kampshoff
    kampshoff Posts: 133 Member
    lloftus723 wrote: »
    Lol hey now!

    Enjoy your 102-calorie Coors Light and pretend I never said anything. :smiley:
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I love Ommegang Rare Vos from Cooperstown New York!
    It's my new favorite-so good!
    195 totally worth it calories!
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    edited April 2015
    Brut champagne or prosecco (typically 100 calories per standard 5 oz glass). Love the bubbly. If I have extra calories, I will go with a heartier red like Nero d'Avola, Barolo, or Malbec.
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    Haha yes I'll take that.
  • kampshoff
    kampshoff Posts: 133 Member
    healthygreek wrote: »
    I love Ommegang Rare Vos from Cooperstown New York!
    It's my new favorite-so good!
    195 totally worth it calories!

    Try the Hennepin and Three Philosphers, also by Ommegang. So good.
  • kellyj0729
    kellyj0729 Posts: 44 Member
    Vodka and soda or vodka tonic with a lime, Smirnoff Sorbet Light with Sprite Zero, Parrot Bay Strawberry or passion fruit rum with Sprite Zero.
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    earlnabby wrote: »
    Brut champagne or prosecco (typically 100 calories per standard 5 oz glass). Love the bubbly. If I have extra calories, I will go with a heartier red like Nero d'Avola, Barolo, or Malbec.

    Champagne kills me the next day. :( I wish I could drink it. Even one glass and I am hung OVER
  • FatOldManMN
    FatOldManMN Posts: 1,116 Member
    Root beer soda.
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    kellyj0729 wrote: »
    Vodka and soda or vodka tonic with a lime, Smirnoff Sorbet Light with Sprite Zero, Parrot Bay Strawberry or passion fruit rum with Sprite Zero.

    The rum sounds yummy!

  • mom2nicknat
    mom2nicknat Posts: 56 Member
    Veev Acai with some diet ginger ale and a lime...
  • slp51
    slp51 Posts: 201 Member
    Sweet Reisling wine...LOVE. and 140 cals in one glass.
  • rachael00679
    rachael00679 Posts: 186 Member
    Scotch over ice.
    Frozen strawberries blitzed with champagne.
    Vodka diet jelly shots.
  • lddfsu
    lddfsu Posts: 38 Member
    Vodka soda with lime. I also like a Moscow mule. I love a dirty martini but I don't know how many calories that is.
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    kampshoff wrote: »
    healthygreek wrote: »
    I love Ommegang Rare Vos from Cooperstown New York!
    It's my new favorite-so good!
    195 totally worth it calories!

    Try the Hennepin and Three Philosphers, also by Ommegang. So good.
    Thanks, I will!
  • lloftus723
    lloftus723 Posts: 43 Member
    lddfsu wrote: »
    Vodka soda with lime. I also like a Moscow mule. I love a dirty martini but I don't know how many calories that is.


    Dirty martinis taste....dirty to me. Lol how do y'all drink those?!

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