Wine

lanhaml1
lanhaml1 Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
If I save calories and have a glass of wine every night...will it slow my weight loss? Anyone do this?
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  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,512 Member
    I have two. :)
  • lanhaml1
    lanhaml1 Posts: 4 Member
    And still lose?
  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,512 Member
    Yes. I've gone from 149 to 122 drinking wine pretty much every night. Now, I'm not recommending you drink two glasses a night, but one should be fine if it fits your calories.
  • oliverngus
    oliverngus Posts: 15 Member
    I also save calories for a glass of wine-It's my big treat each day. I'm still losing, though I've read it slows down your metabolism. I do make sure to measure it out and try to keep it to 5 fl oz or less (which is not the full pour I prefer :wink: )
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Many people here do this. If you're within your calorie budget you will lose.
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    240 to 176 here. Wine most every night...Actually, wine every night.
  • freyjabibby
    freyjabibby Posts: 18 Member
    People on here are always pretty good at pointing out that calories are calories, doesn't matter where you get them from as long as you take in less than you use. So, theoretically, you could live off wine and chocolate and still lose weight as long as you had fewer calories than your body uses. You'd feel terrible and be super unhealthy but you'd lose weight.
    I think I actually have more 'bad' foods now that I'm tracking calories than I did before, but I'm still losing. So enjoy the wine!
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    I've never been able to drink just 5 ounces.
  • charpat58
    charpat58 Posts: 13 Member
    Just track it and enjoy. I find that I am always very low in potassium in my diet. Well, good news...red wine has a fair bit of potassium in a glass so I figured out 20 glasses a day should get my potassium levels up. lol
  • oscarinbolt
    oscarinbolt Posts: 4 Member
    But drinking every night.... could it create a little bit "dependance"? I mean, drink occasionally, yes, but every night? I feel a bit fear D:
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    oscarinbolt wrote: »
    But drinking every night.... could it create a little bit "dependance"? I mean, drink occasionally, yes, but every night? I feel a bit fear D:

    It depends upon the amount.
  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    oscarinbolt wrote: »
    But drinking every night.... could it create a little bit "dependance"? I mean, drink occasionally, yes, but every night? I feel a bit fear D:

    I think that would definitely depend on the individual. But if the OP wants a glass of wine (whether daily or occasionally) and it fits their calories, then go for it.
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    RobD520 wrote: »
    oscarinbolt wrote: »
    But drinking every night.... could it create a little bit "dependance"? I mean, drink occasionally, yes, but every night? I feel a bit fear D:

    It depends upon the amount.

    Though to be clear, I am not endorsing any specific pattern. I am just pointing out that it can be fit in.
  • RaeBeeBaby
    RaeBeeBaby Posts: 4,246 Member
    I enjoy my wine nearly every night. I get plenty of exercise and drink lots of water during the day. As others have said, as long as it fits within your calorie deficit you will still lose. My metabolism is just fine (except for the post-menopause thing). :D
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    Yep. I lost 65 pounds in 23 months (half of it in the first 7 months) with a cocktail before dinner most days, and often a glass or two of wine with dinner, especially on weekends. I suggest measuring carefully, because it's easy to drink a lot more calories than you intend. A 5-oz. pour is about 128 calories for a typical wine; unless you're drinking a very light wine like vinho verde or a not-very-potent Riesling, avoid database entries that are lower than that.

    Alcohol does relax inhibitions, which can make it harder to stick to your calorie goal. (Restaurants make a lot of profit on booze, but they make a bit more from the food people order after a drink that they wouldn't otherwise have ordered!) So pay attention, and if having a glass of wine means that you regularly exceed your goal, then it's worth reconsidering.
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  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    oscarinbolt wrote: »
    But drinking every night.... could it create a little bit "dependance"? I mean, drink occasionally, yes, but every night? I feel a bit fear D:

    There are places where it's normal to have a glass or two of wine with dinner every day, like France and Italy—not that everyone does it, mind you, but where it's within social norms—but getting drunk is frowned on. And then there are places like Scandinavia where regular drinking is frowned on, but when you do drink, getting drunk is within social norms. (Not everyone agrees, of course: I had a tour guide in Stavanger who said she would prefer it if Norway reintroduced Prohibition, and I have Norwegian friends who'll have a bit of brandy and a glass of wine every day.)

    And then there are places like England, where it's normal to get drunk every night! :D Just kidding, folks, although the behavior I witnessed as an exchange student and then visiting scholar in Cambridge, and talking to my wife's cousin's friends about their social plans, suggests a grain of truth.
  • lanhaml1
    lanhaml1 Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks everyone!!
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Would love to hear if anyone can have just a 5 oz glass.
    Can it be done?
  • tiffkittyw
    tiffkittyw Posts: 366 Member
    JanetYellen wrote: »
    Would love to hear if anyone can have just a 5 oz glass.
    Can it be done?

    I can't. When I have wine it's always 1/2 the bottle so I limit wine to once a week. Yeah, yeah I know how much food I can eat for 300 calories but sometimes you just need your wine! :)
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Not me. I'm abstaining entirely.
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    It depends, of course, on how many calories one has to work with. I'm at 2600 to 2800 (with the help of exercise) to lose my last 7 lbs so it's not tough for me to integrate moderate wine consumption.

    At 1200 calories it would be much harder.

  • stephinator92
    stephinator92 Posts: 162 Member
    I save drinking wine for when I want to split a bottle with my boyfriend on date night :)
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    That's exactly it. At 1200 to lose one pound a week...there's not enough leeway for the second glass that I will definitely want or the snacks afterwards.
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    I have a few small glasses once or twice a week. No biggy. Im sure its not true but it actually helps me get rid of built up water weight it seems XD I always lose weight the day after, And it doesnt seem to come back. Not suggesting it or anything, Just an observation of my body XD
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    JanetYellen wrote: »
    Would love to hear if anyone can have just a 5 oz glass.
    Can it be done?

    At home, I generally have a 3 to 4 oz. serving.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    JanetYellen wrote: »
    Would love to hear if anyone can have just a 5 oz glass.
    Can it be done?

    Yes. I am in maintenance now so its usually 2, but when I was losing I often had a single 5oz glass. It did not hinder my weight loss.
  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
    I try to save like 200-300 calories a day, so that I can drink and eat heavily on the weekends...not saying it's the best way to go about things, but weekend socoal gatherings have kept me sane =)
  • corsayre8
    corsayre8 Posts: 551 Member
    Hmmmm, I can't do it, mostly because I hate the taste of wine that has been open for more than a few days. So while technically I have the will power to only drink one glass, I feel guilty for wasting good wine by not drinking it.

    I may have to start dropping some of my wine clubs as I'm beginning to have a storage issue :-(

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