Do you drink wine/alcohol and still maintain?

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  • BroScience83
    BroScience83 Posts: 1,689 Member
    i drink a lot....so......

    everyone is different
  • KareninLux
    KareninLux Posts: 1,413 Member
    I know this thread is for maintainers - hope to be one soon. |In the interim while I stare at the last 10 lbs... have to mention i did NOT drink wine for four days straight this week (huge accomplishment for me) and dropped more than a pound after a week-long plateau! Have to try it again next week. Maybe I can make it a habit before I am in maintenance!
  • ReaderGirl3
    ReaderGirl3 Posts: 868 Member
    I drink occasionally and I definitely log it ahead of time, so I can make the rest of my daily calories fit around it. Just logged the can of 200 calorie beer I'm going to drink tonight!
  • RWClary
    RWClary Posts: 192 Member
    I gave it up.
    Once the buzz settles in, I become like a human shark in bloody water on a food frenzy.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    I maintain while having a few drinks a week (spread out, not all in one day, lol). I am low carbing so I prefer to choose drinks with lower or 0 carbs like pure spirits (vodka, whiskey, 100% agave tequila - my choices with no mixers) or dry wines. Alcohol does lower inhibitions though, so you are more likely to choose extra foods (go off your eating plan) causing you to have more difficulty maintaining or even possibly gaining.
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    Yeah and I don't log it, usually. 2-3 drinks on Saturday, one on Sunday and one on Friday, generally. Mixed drinks, we call them "fancy drinks" but often just whiskey and soda and lime, or whiskey and lemonade, or vodka and lemonade, with small additions of other liqueurs to add depth, stuff like that.

    Fiance used the same tactic as powered85 and switched from beer to bourbon, which in addition to helping him to lose some weight, smells so much better. Beer breath yuck, whiskey kisses yum.
  • skinnybythanksgiving
    skinnybythanksgiving Posts: 159 Member
    Why pay a specialist if you aren't going to take her advice? It seems like a waste of time and money to me.
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