Beer or Vodka?
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barblyons40
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I love Miller Lite (96 calories per 12 oz) but it's a diet killer. Is it better to switch to vodka (65 calories per 1 oz) for the waistline even though it has 35% alcohol vs 4.2% for Miller Lite? At what point do you trade calories for liver function?
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Just stop drinking. When you're dieting it's going to do more than just add calories to prevent fat loss. You'll be wasting your time unless it's very infrequent.2
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You don't have to stop drinking. If you like the beer, stick with that but just incorporate it into your calories. Everything in moderation after all! I love cider and red wine; I'd be miserable if I had to give them up completely while losing weight!17
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personally, i stick to vodka, higher alcohol volume means I can have like, 3 drinks to get a pleasant buzz (195 cal), vs nearly double that in beer to get the same effect (about 500 cal). So pretty simple to work out how this is better diet wise. Plus, saves money. And, if taste is what you're after, just mix it with loads of different diet friendly mixers, like diet coke, diet lemonade, etc etc.8
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also depends if you're just having one drink at home, say in the evening or with dinner, or if you're going out/having multiple drinks, if it's just the one, drink whatever you like1
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I would drink anything besides Miller Lite.16
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Neither, bourbon for me, in moderation of course. I know there's research that says alcohol kills fat loss, but I find I can do OK if I keep it to a couple of days a week.4
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patslitzker wrote: »Just stop drinking. When you're dieting it's going to do more than just add calories to prevent fat loss. You'll be wasting your time unless it's very infrequent.
No. Not at all. Please don't spread junk science.
OP, enjoy alcohol within your calorie goal. For me, I make a choice before consuming - am I out to casually socialize, or get tipsy? Beer or wine for the former, vodka soda with lime for the latter.
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It's not junk science. Alcohol has effects on fat loss, you just chose to believe what reinforces what you want to do. Anyone is free to enjoy alcohol but they have to accept that it comes with slowed progress. You people are brainwashed into think the human body functions like a mathematical equation and that calories are the only thing that makes a difference. Educate yourself.3
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patslitzker wrote: »It's not junk science. Alcohol has effects on fat loss, you just chose to believe what reinforces what you want to do. Anyone is free to enjoy alcohol but they have to accept that it comes with slowed progress.
It's junk science. Calories in, calories out.5 -
Calories in calories out is actually junk science lady. See how far it gets you.0
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patslitzker wrote: »Calories in calories out is actually junk science lady. See how far it gets you.
Well, it's gotten me to lose 26 pounds in about two months, so... yeah.
Peace out with your incorrect theories, friend.9 -
patslitzker wrote: »Calories in calories out is actually junk science lady. See how far it gets you.
Nope. It's a fundamental energy balance that drives all weight loss, weight maintenance, and weight gain. It's immutable, not junk science.
For what it's worth OP, I'm a wine drinker, and drank a glass pretty much every day while losing >30 lbs and now in maintenance I drink 1-2 glasses several days a week. With your vodka vs beer debate I would look at which you enjoy more and how much you normally drink. I used to love beer but I find it fills me up quite a bit so I usually only have one craft beer and then switch to wine. You don't have to choose one or the other, just make sure whichever you're drinking you log the calories.7 -
I lost a few pounds when I first started dieting too. When you don't have such a large amount to lose you have to actually use your brain and think about what foods you're putting in your mouth. Anyways I don't care if you take my advice or believe it, it wasn't for you.0
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patslitzker wrote: »I lost a few pounds when I first started dieting too. When you don't have such a large amount to lose you have to actually use your brain and think about what foods you're putting in your mouth. Anyways I don't care if you take my advice or believe it, it wasn't for you.
Using your brain is understanding the laws of thermodynamics.4 -
I heard if u drink alcohol...u stop your body from burning FAT...so if you're trying to lose weight beware.... I wish this was not true.1
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Love my booze.... Another MFP posted this website and it's great.
www.getdrunknotfat.com Basically you can calculate the booze to calorie ratio to get the best bang for your buck.0 -
What you're saying actually violates the second law on thermodynamics. It's not just one law, there are two laws of thermodynamics. The first law describes the conservation of energy which is where most people tend to quote from and the second law describes the efficiency of energy which when applied to humans instead of machines is applicable to the chemical reactions the calories you consume have on the metabolism. So using the law of thermodynamics to back up your opinion actually makes you look pretty damn stupid.-4
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barblyons40 wrote: »I love Miller Lite (96 calories per 12 oz) but it's a diet killer. Is it better to switch to vodka (65 calories per 1 oz) for the waistline even though it has 35% alcohol vs 4.2% for Miller Lite? At what point do you trade calories for liver function?
Vodka: 35% x 1 oz. = 0.35 oz alcohol
Beer: 4.2% x 12oz = 0.504 oz alcohol
I wouldn't drink Miller Lite if you paid me (rather have real water, thanks), but I'm not seeing the tradeoff. The beer has more calories and more alcohol.
But the difference is minor, on both fronts, if you don't drink lots of either, often. Drink what you enjoy, within your calorie goal. Don't let alcohol regularly drive out your nutrition to hit calories, or let alcohol drive out water either. You'll be fine.
But maybe I drank too much craft beer while losing 60+ pounds, ruining both liver and brain, thus ability to do arithmetic?2 -
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patslitzker wrote: »What you're saying actually violates the second law on thermodynamics. It's not just one law, there are two laws of thermodynamics. The first law describes the conservation of energy which is where most people tend to quote from and the second law describes the efficiency of energy which when applied to humans instead of machines is applicable to the chemical reactions the calories you consume have on the metabolism. So using the law of thermodynamics to back up your opinion actually makes you look pretty damn stupid.
Maybe you could enlighten us all then, on how weight loss does work, since you don't think it results from keeping calories in less than calories out...2
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