WINE

I drink wine (or whiskey depending on my mood) most days. Most days I make it fit just by saving up some extra calories and picking wine over an evening or late night snack.

williams969 wrote: »

I love my wine! I learned a while ago that I can fit one glass a night most days of the week, OR one whole bottle once a week (I bank 100 cals a day until 500 is "saved" for the indulgent day). Not both, just doesn't fit my goals.

One bottle a week is my limit. How fast I consume it doesn't seem to matter for me.

This is what I'm finding, too. The past month I've been moderately drinking a couple nights a week (1-2 glasses of wine) plus drinking heavier one weekend night. Doing both has definitely slowed down my weight loss, so I'm going to try to go one or the other depending on my plans each week.

KetoYear wrote: »

Suggestions on keeping a bottle of red fresh and tasting spectacular for a week or so after opening? I'm the only wine drinker in the house and though I'll still drink it - the open bottle loses something within a day.

You can always get a wine pump. They're pretty cheap and they take the air out. They sell them on Amazon. I bought mine at publix

If there is every something I know I will want to eat later in the day, I go ahead and log it in the morning so that all day I know how many calories I really have left. If you make it all about the calories, it is easy to fit in. You are either willing to eat less to drink as many glasses as you want, or you're not willing to eat less

On days when I know I'll be going to a party or drink a lot, I'll just plan to eat all of my super low cal foods (e.g., egg whites for breakfast, super low calorie vegetable soup for lunch, skip the hummus with my baby carrots, etc.), then skip dinner so I can graze at the party. I have found that intense exercise on days like those helps too. I've walked into parties with 800 calories left in my day, which felt very comfortable and unrestricted. For the everyday glass of wine, I make sure to budget enough calories to fit it in to my dinner.

wait, a bottle only has like 500-600 calories? My weekend just got MUCH better

LuckyNumbers wrote: »

For those worried about a bottle going bad, try out a boxed wine. I know, I know, it seems ... low-brow, but my Bota Box Old Vine Zinfandel lasts in the pantry for at least a month between me and my husband and the occasional friend who stops by. And it's delicious.

Ain't no shame in my game.

I was going to suggest the same thing. Trader Joe's has really great boxed wines, I especially like the cab. There's a designated place on my kitchen counter for it.

Cab Sauv or Merlot are my favourites too - can you tell I'm from the uk - favourites, not favorites .

I believe an average bottle is 570kCals. I try to walk during my lunchbreak everyday and average around 300Kcals, so over the week can easily burn 1500kcals which way more than covers my 'weekend indulgance'.

eh...if I'm cutting, I simply cannot fit a bottle of wine into my goals. I can do it now but I'm literally trying to gain weight and even then, it's definitely a decision I have to think about before I blow a few days worth of discretionary calories on wine.

When I'm in a deficit, 2-3 glasses is all I'm getting. That's the high end. I might do a little extra exercise for it, but probably not. I just have to make up for it elsewhere in my day over the course of that day, or even a couple days.