Alcohol
LavishLife_CEO
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What Are your thoughts on drinking alcohol.. I am I huge fan of Samuel Adams and blue moons.. But I know
Now me and those two have to break up if I wanna continue my weight loss goals.. lol :noway:
With that being said, what about shots of alcohol like tequilla or Vodka...
Do they have any caloric value? And if not, what effect do you think going out having fun drinkin shots is goin to have
on my diet??
Cheers :drinker:
LavishLife_CEO
Now me and those two have to break up if I wanna continue my weight loss goals.. lol :noway:
With that being said, what about shots of alcohol like tequilla or Vodka...
Do they have any caloric value? And if not, what effect do you think going out having fun drinkin shots is goin to have
on my diet??
Cheers :drinker:
LavishLife_CEO
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Shots do have calories--all alcohol does for it all comes from sugar. (70-90 calories for a shot of bourbon). That being said, shots are better than mixed drinks or beer for there are fewer carbs which can be converted into fat. Alcohol itself cannot be converted into fat, but your body will use it up for energy first. As such, drinking often can stall your weight loss goals.
Those are my understandings of how it works, anyway. If I'm off base, someone correct me.0 -
Hard liquor usually has 70(ish) calories a shot - not 100% sure since I am a beer girl usually. I don't drink as often as I used to, but I still drink and have still lost 42lbs in 3 months. With liquor it's usually the mixers that are bad, shots or no cal mixes and having a few drinks every now and then shouldn't hurt you (hasn't hurt me - I drank a 12 beers and a few shots in one night last week and still lost 3.5lbs)0
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Flavored Vodka + Water+ a fresh lime or lemon slice= 60cals for a single, 120 for a double well!0
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You have to limit and you have to log it - count those calories and as long as they can fit in once in a while (for me on weekends) - you'll do just fine.0
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If I chose to drink I chart my calories on here and try to stay below my calorie limit even with the drinks. Stick w/ light beer, diet soda in mixers. Etc. Vodka is in the calorie bank. Try it.0
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Shots do have calories--all alcohol does for it all comes from sugar. (70-90 calories for a shot of bourbon). That being said, shots are better than mixed drinks or beer for there are fewer carbs which can be converted into fat. Alcohol itself cannot be converted into fat, but your body will use it up for energy first. As such, drinking often can stall your weight loss goals.
Those are my understandings of how it works, anyway. If I'm off base, someone correct me.
Those are pretty much the same things I have heard except it's 70 calories for an ounce of distilled liquor. Most distilled liquor shots (1.5 ounces) will be about 105 calories and no carbs. When mixed with something zero calorie (club soda, diet cola, etc.) you won't do too much damage to your calorie goals but you will slow down your weight loss a bit; more significantly if you don't drink in moderation.0 -
What about the low cal beers? MGD 64 and Bud Select 55. The only reason they have that calorie amount is because they drop the alcohol levels. They are very light but not to bad in taste.0
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'Tis better to drink than to murder!!!
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Alcohol does have calories
What I do is use my extra exercise calories for my drinking
I figured if I'm going to drink I have to earn it
I also switced from Kessler's whiskey to a Mount Royal Light which helped out alot0 -
I heard that Alcohol will effect your metabolisim which in turn will hault your weight loss progress.
Does any one know anything about that?
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Don't get rid of it all!! Just do it as a treat sometime. I prefer vodka, so I normalyl pair that with some low cal/sugar.0
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Have a beer, friend! Here's an article by a guy at UC Davis who knows his shiz about beer:
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=75250 -
Have a beer, friend! Here's an article by a guy at UC Davis who knows his shiz about beer:
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7525
Niiicee.... I'll have a beer then, a light one...
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I drink vodka and diet tonic. only 60 calories per drink!!!!! no carbs. if you really like beer, don't cut it out altogether. i drink beer sometimes. just fit it into your daily calories. it does slow down your matabolism so just drink beer once a week and if you go out another day or feel like a drink, just have vodka and diet tonic!!!!!0
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What about the low cal beers? MGD 64 and Bud Select 55. The only reason they have that calorie amount is because they drop the alcohol levels. They are very light but not to bad in taste.
Hmm well Im gonna have to try some of these light beers... I hope they measure up lol0 -
I love it!!!!!'Tis better to drink than to murder!!!0 -
What about the low cal beers? MGD 64 and Bud Select 55. The only reason they have that calorie amount is because they drop the alcohol levels. They are very light but not to bad in taste.
I actually like the Bud Select 55 and I'm a bit of a beer snob. :laugh: I can't drink the MGD 64, it's far too light for me. I do like the fact that I can have a few 55s, look like I'm "partying it up" and not have to worry about whether or not I'm too impaired to drive.0 -
What about the low cal beers? MGD 64 and Bud Select 55. The only reason they have that calorie amount is because they drop the alcohol levels. They are very light but not to bad in taste.
Hmm well Im gonna have to try some of these light beers... I hope they measure up lol
they don't. GROSS!!!! i like most beers, not these though. coors lite is not bad in calories (95) and tastes way better than the mgd64. i also love shlitz! yummmmmmm0 -
What about the low cal beers? MGD 64 and Bud Select 55. The only reason they have that calorie amount is because they drop the alcohol levels. They are very light but not to bad in taste.
Hmm well Im gonna have to try some of these light beers... I hope they measure up lol
Not at all, they are my desperate measure! :0)0 -
i drink tequila shots when i go to the bar; they are (and most alcohol shots) 70 calories then i get a lemon wedge with it. The trick is to not eat while drinking because after 1-2 drinks your metabolism goes down 25%, after 2-4 drinks, its below 50% and by drink 6, you have no metabolism at all!!
Its really hard to drink alcohol while dieting; st. pattys day i drank 10drinks and it didnt make me gain but it put me in a plateau for over 2 weeks after... and i followed ALL the rules--drink 1cup water for every drink (plus your daily recommended amount of half your body weight in ounces a day), plus not using diet coke cuz it bloats you and adds more dehydration to your system, drinking light beers instead of full calories, and drinking 2shots 100% juice cranberry to 1 shot whiskey so im having a healthy juice and only small amounts at a time to limit calorie intake from juice, and didnt eat while drinking, and didnt have any sugar based alcohols such as jager, peach schnapps, triple sec, etc, and didnt go over my calorie allotment and logged every sip i took, and i still went into a plateau.
the only thing ive learned is ive went out for drinks and had 1-3drinks, but no more than that because i dont need a self induced plateau in my life, and when im done losing weight and at my goal, i then, at that time, can follow all these rules to make sure i dont gain, but who cares if i hit a plateau at that time because i dont have anymore to loose. Im just taking a 1year break from my lifestyle to loose this weight, and can drink at the end!! (as long as i keep myself in check when i do).. i havent given up alcohol, but just taking 1 year break from getting **** faced and focusing on myself and feeling good after 1 to 3 drinks and skipping drink 4, 5, 8, 10, or 12...0 -
Alcohol does have calories
What I do is use my extra exercise calories for my drinking
I figured if I'm going to drink I have to earn it
I also switced from Kessler's whiskey to a Mount Royal Light which helped out alot
I usually do the same thing :drinker: If I want to drink I have to earn it and burn off the calories first.I heard that Alcohol will effect your metabolisim which in turn will hault your weight loss progress.
Does any one know anything about that?
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I personally haven't had that problem, but a lot of people say that! I drank a lot last week and one day it was a 'binge' day (and I went way over my calories) and I went out to the bar and had 12 beers and a couple of shots (jager bombs) and still lost 3.5 lbs. I think it really depends on the person, and I went running right before I went out so maybe that helps, not sure...0 -
i drank TWO beers on friday, and I gained 3 pounds =[... i can take shots & it not effect me, but beer is an instant weight gainer unless it's like super light beer.0
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What about the low cal beers? MGD 64 and Bud Select 55. The only reason they have that calorie amount is because they drop the alcohol levels. They are very light but not to bad in taste.
Hmm well Im gonna have to try some of these light beers... I hope they measure up lol
they don't. GROSS!!!! i like most beers, not these though. coors lite is not bad in calories (95) and tastes way better than the mgd64. i also love shlitz! yummmmmmm
i could be wrong but coors lite i think is 100 or 105 calories, and remember if you get a draft at the bar its 16oz, not 12, so a draft coors light is like 130ish calories.0 -
i drank TWO beers on friday, and I gained 3 pounds =[... i can take shots & it not effect me, but beer is an instant weight gainer unless it's like super light beer.
Alot of times if i step on the scale in the morning (Usually with a hangover lol) I would have lost weight...
and I wondered why.. and then I realize its not actual weight.. Its water weight.. The alcohol
Dehydrates my body making me piss out all my water and Im like a deflated water balloon lol0 -
i drank TWO beers on friday, and I gained 3 pounds =[... i can take shots & it not effect me, but beer is an instant weight gainer unless it's like super light beer.
Alot of times if i step on the scale in the morning (Usually with a hangover lol) I would have lost weight...
and I wondered why.. and then I realize its not actual weight.. Its water weight.. The alcohol
Dehydrates my body making me piss out all my water and Im like a deflated water balloon lol
Usually the loss of weight the next day is from dehydration
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When I go out I bring my favorite Crystal Light packets and order vodka and water. Then I just add about 1/2 packet or to your liking. Also, you said you lije Blue Moon......Bud Light Wheat is awesome with an orange and you'll hardly be able to tell the difference!0
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i drank TWO beers on friday, and I gained 3 pounds =[... i can take shots & it not effect me, but beer is an instant weight gainer unless it's like super light beer.
Alot of times if i step on the scale in the morning (Usually with a hangover lol) I would have lost weight...
and I wondered why.. and then I realize its not actual weight.. Its water weight.. The alcohol
Dehydrates my body making me piss out all my water and Im like a deflated water balloon lol
Oh yes, forgot to mention; dont weigh yourself the next day, and drink tons of water day of drinking and day after. I use to (way before mfp) use gatorade as my mixer because i would never once get a hangover if i did that; idk what calories look like in gatorade, or the sugar/sodium level, but it might be worth looking into.
As i already mentioned, your suppose to drink half of your body wight in ounces of water a day everyday anyway, but when your drinking, you want to be sure to do this especially, and then a good rule i gave myself is one extra cup of water for every alcoholic beverage (in additional to my normal water)--at the time of st. pattys day i was talking about i was suppose to drink 20cups a day, and had 10alcohol drinks, so by the end of the day I had 30 cups of water.
You can also eat light during the day; and put in a work out that day, to gain extra calories for drinking.0 -
Well i'm sticking with my beer, can't have my body in total shock now...exercising loads, cutting calories, cutting down on chocolate, eating healthier than ever...to give up beer too???! Nah.0
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What about the low cal beers? MGD 64 and Bud Select 55. The only reason they have that calorie amount is because they drop the alcohol levels. They are very light but not to bad in taste.
Hmm well Im gonna have to try some of these light beers... I hope they measure up lol
they don't. GROSS!!!! i like most beers, not these though. coors lite is not bad in calories (95) and tastes way better than the mgd64. i also love shlitz! yummmmmmm
Give them a try first, doesn't hurt to try them once and decide if you like or don't like.... I like the 64's but not th 55's, it's a matter of taste... everyone is different.:drinker:0 -
When I go out I bring my favorite Crystal Light packets and order vodka and water. Then I just add about 1/2 packet or to your liking. Also, you said you lije Blue Moon......Bud Light Wheat is awesome with an orange and you'll hardly be able to tell the difference!
crystal light has caffeine, as well as sodium, as well as chemicals of fake sugar--caffeine helps dehydrate your system, so does sodium and helps to bloat you, and the fake sugar chemicals can eventually lead to cancer and such (but i still have them, so whatever)---but when your drinking, avoid caffeine, or sodium, because both will dehydrate you.
Blue Moon is 170calories for one beer (12oz). A light beer would be much better calorie wise, but if its your favorite, you could easily work in an extra 170 calories for just 1 of your favorite ;-)0
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