What's your favorite low-cal alcoholic drink?

kharve09
kharve09 Posts: 13 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I guess I'm not too adventurous with my drinks because I always order/make the same thing. Either vodka tonic or a shot of vodka with crystal light. I love a good wine or craft beer (Cake Walk by Right Brain is magic in a bottle, btw) but lately I've been trying to keep my drink calories down.

Any suggestions??
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  • sophnickaly
    sophnickaly Posts: 5 Member
    Not very creative but I enjoy some of the skinny girl drinks. I add a lot of ice.
  • vegmebuff
    vegmebuff Posts: 31,389 Member
    Wine spritzers?
  • janetsilver31
    janetsilver31 Posts: 3 Member
    Vodka with diet tonic
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Pure blond beer - 92 cals/330ml
    And I usually alternate with a no-cal (no-alc!) sparkling water. In a tall glass with ice, lemon and a straw it's a nice option to have when I'm out at the pub and the mister is having another beer.
  • mom2nicknat
    mom2nicknat Posts: 56 Member
    Sugar free ginger beer with a little vodka and fresh lime juice.. Or Veev Acai with diet ginger ale
  • SarahSloth342634
    SarahSloth342634 Posts: 90 Member
    Sparkling wine or proceco. Roughly 500 calories in a bottle. Lasts me all weekend!
  • pompeyjosh1990
    pompeyjosh1990 Posts: 90 Member
    if your going to drink- stick to shorts
  • caradack1985
    caradack1985 Posts: 254 Member
    Vodka and soda, the only calories are from the vodka. Actually what I drink generally.
  • MoveitlikeManda
    MoveitlikeManda Posts: 846 Member
    im rubbish at this, I start with good intention and log the calories of a bottle of wine and maybe a few strawberry pimms and diet lemonade......all good.

    UNTIL the night gets going and iv drank the wine and then think mmmm a nice cold larger would be lovely, oh yer a few vodkas and diet coke wont hurt, oh oh oh tia maria.......ooooooooomore wine

    and before I know iv had a weeks worth of calories and Im eating cold chicken and bread :/
  • stellar222
    stellar222 Posts: 3 Member
    Diet 7up & Gin. I don't drink diet soda ever so on a weekend night I drink this combo. No good.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Jameson.
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    I typically drink vodka and diet soda. Any diet soda.
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Dry red wine usually runs 120ish.
  • thereshegoesagain
    thereshegoesagain Posts: 1,056 Member
    My summertime drink is to take some diet sprite, add a shot of coconut infused vodka, muddle some fresh basil, mash up a little pineapple and a splash of pineapple juice, ice, stir and enjoy. Super refreshing.
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    Whiskey or scotch on the rocks, enjoyed slowly!
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    Vodka with water...Vodka with lemon and water...Smirnoff makes some delicious Belini's that are somewhat lo-cal
  • MelMel1515
    MelMel1515 Posts: 16 Member
    I normally enjoy Jameson and soda water with a lime or lemon. However, lately I have been drinking vodka (Tito's) and Fresca.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    ccrdragon wrote: »
    Whiskey or scotch on the rocks, enjoyed slowly!

    Precisely this. I tend to prefer either Glenlivet, or Jameson. Something about that island just makes for good whiskey.
  • johnstone682
    johnstone682 Posts: 11 Member
    I can't drink spirits, lager wise I always opt for coors light 100 calories per can
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    I kinda follow you: a short or two of real alcohol (vodka, flavored vodka, spiced rum) with a 0-calorie mixer of some sort (sparkling water; diet soda; crystal light, water with lemon).
  • pmastro724
    pmastro724 Posts: 122 Member
    My go-to is vodka/club soda. Recently I've became fond of whiskey - shots mostly - WOW where has that been all my life!
  • hollygirl101
    hollygirl101 Posts: 93 Member
    I try not to drink at home anymore, it's far too easy to let one glass of wine turn into six and then I'm eating everything in the fridge. Most bars don't have diet tonic or many of the other mixers listed in this thread so far. My go-to lately has been vodka sodas, the only calories are in the vodka. Stoli Blueberri and soda with a lime is my current favorite!
  • kharve09
    kharve09 Posts: 13 Member
    All great suggestions, thanks! :) And I agree with those of you who said that you try not to drink wine at home...it's too dangerous! Like the other night, my fiance and I made BBQ chicken pizza and I decided to have a glass of wine with it. I ended up having two and half glasses and one too many slices of the pizza :worried:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    We get these gourmet mixers from our local liquor store...cosmo mixer, blood orange martini, etc...on their own in a vodka cocktail they're a bit sweet...we like to mix vodka with bubbly water and then just a splash of the mixer.
  • frankiesgirl21
    frankiesgirl21 Posts: 235 Member
    mom2nicknat wrote: »
    Sugar free ginger beer with a little vodka and fresh lime juice.. Or Veev Acai with diet ginger ale

    vodka and diet ginger ale with 1/4teasp of fresh ginger with lime..... yum!
  • mercuryinhell
    mercuryinhell Posts: 14 Member
    Bloody Mary (with gin)
  • FitEqualsSmile
    FitEqualsSmile Posts: 160 Member
    Watermelon in the blender with lime juice ice and then add a shot of tequila!!
  • petstorekitty
    petstorekitty Posts: 592 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    Jameson.

    This.
    On the rocks.
    with a straw.
  • petstorekitty
    petstorekitty Posts: 592 Member
    FitEqualsSmile wrote: »
    Watermelon in the blender with lime juice ice and then add a shot of tequila!!

    that sounds pretty tolerable!
  • chocolate_owl
    chocolate_owl Posts: 1,695 Member
    pompeyjosh1990 wrote: »
    if your going to drink- stick to shorts
    rosebarnalice wrote: »
    I kinda follow you: a short or two of real alcohol (vodka, flavored vodka, spiced rum) with a 0-calorie mixer of some sort (sparkling water; diet soda; crystal light, water with lemon).

    I haven't tried drinking shorts. They seem too solid and fabric-y. But with the glowing recommendations in this thread, I'll have to give them a try. Cotton or denim? Does solid go down smoother than plaid?

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