I don't often have alcohol but if I feel like a drink it's generally a spirit and diet cola. I don't know what impact it has on my weight loss as I don't do it very often.

Wine. 2 glasses sometimes, btu then I try to be REALLY careful withg the rest of the carbs. Sometimes I have wine and pork rinds for dinner

Embrace the jack and diet coke. Or a 7 & 7.
Or, if you are feeling classy that night, a martini with a twist. Or a manhattan.

Steer clear of Long Island Iced Teas. They sneak the sour mix in. I made that mistake the other week. NEVER AGAIN!

I don't usually drink, wine and me dont go well together, so if I have a drink I'll chose vodka and no sugar cranberry juice. I have not had a drink probably since XMas and have no desire. Those drinking days are pretty much over.

Note : once you get established at low carb, alcohol hits you harder. Drink plenty of water with it too.

Twibbly wrote: »

Note : once you get established at low carb, alcohol hits you harder. Drink plenty of water with it too.

THIS. Shees. I'm a real lightweight.

I only drink on Friday nights. (And I only drink coffee on Friday lunches.) It's very difficult to restrain myself the rest of the week as I have six kids and the stress mounts up. After bedtime, I either want a drink or a gallon of ice cream!! (I have been known to mix the two in the past!!)

So, my once a week cheat doesn't affect me too much. I usually have a glass of wine (which can be too much nowadays, if you can believe it!) or a shot of tequila.

I drink on the weekends and still manage to loose, I'm down 72 lbs since November 2014. Maybe I would have lost more if I didn't drink??. I was told if I'm going to drink to drink "white" liquor by a diet doctor. He stated there is carmalized sugar added to dark liquor to give it the brown color. He also said to use diet pop or other sugarless drinks if I'm not going to drink it straight. So I drink vodka with either diet 7up/sprite or sugar free packets that are added to water

Honestly, I've never been one to have this issue. Drinking never did anything for me, and I've barely managed a light buzz once before puking not much later. My father is an alcoholic, and I remember once as a kid being in the car behind him with my mom driving, watching him weave in and out of traffic, just praying the whole way home that he didn't hurt himself or someone else. Since then, once I was old enough to drink, I always swore I would never do that.

Luckily most of y'all probably don't have a story that traumatic! But because of this, I've often been told I have a mental block on it. I would rather sit down and read a quick story, read messages from all y'all, listen to some loud, angry rock music, go for a walk if it is daylight, journal, have a b!tch session with a friend on messenger, or the obvious - bang... Those things are far more relaxing to me than drinking, though I understand the average person does not have my hangup there.

I've always been able to let loose and get goofy when socializing (eventually, anyway) and so this has never been a major issue for me. My friends always loved having a built in designated driver.... So I hope that you can work in some suggestions above or find other outlets (I'll be honest, I'm biased, that last one is my favorite! LOL) that can help you!

P.S. Please know that the first paragraph above was not intended as a jibe against anyone - but as an explanation for my weirdness in this topic!!

I like crystal light with vodka, but I also have seen Canadian 66 beer is very low carb and then skinny girl coolers

@Stbarber1, that's what I mean about this way being less expensive. Those little things add up over time.!

My daily vice was a large sugar free caramel frappe (I had fooled myself into believing it was okay since it was sugar free). That was $8 with the tip! Don't miss them, at all!

JenniferCarter2015 wrote: »

I like crystal light with vodka, but I also have seen Canadian 66 beer is very low carb and then skinny girl coolers

Me 2! Glug Glug- and on low carb it def hits harder, alcohol making carb cravings go up so I always make sure I have gluten free back up snack so I don't go hay wire aaaand sometimes there's another Glug Glug in there too...

nikoba wrote: »

My favorite alcohol indulgence is tequila + coconut lacroix + a little bit of margarita/lime crystal light...it's a great margarita substitute. Otherwise I'm a vodka seltzer girl. Or a dirty martini.

This is the start of my second time around on low carb (I unfortunately fell off the wagon a couple years ago...I regret it tremendously)...but when I was on track the first time, I did notice two things when I drank. 1. I'd have a stall and maybe put on a pound or two. And 2. my will power was shaky. Most of the time I'd stick with drunkenly snacking on low carb food, but I'm sure I still went above on calories due to mindlessly eating.

The body sees alcohol as a poison and processes it first. Then it works on carbs, etc. So the delay makes sense for a stall. And for every drink you have, you should have an extra glass of water. Alcohol dehydrates you on top of everything else.

Willpower is finite and inconsistent. I don't depend on it. I depend on determination. Acting like I've already succeeded makes it easier to succeed for some reason. I don't know why it works...

Lrdoflamancha wrote: »

None what so ever.... No impact which is why I drink none. Sorry but " stressful week" is just a cop out. These words come from a very long term alcoholic.

Nothing worse than a reformed anything. My Dad is particularly bad with the cigarettes. He used to smoke 2 packets a day, now if he sees someone having a cigarette he carries on like they've murdered someone.

If you like a couple of drinks at the end of the week - alot of people who are NOT alcoholics do - then you could try red wine. I like a couple of glasses of red ON OCCASION and it has never thrown me out of Keto or caused any issues. If it was more than a couple, or every day, then it would be a problem I'm sure.