Can I still lose weight drinking wine?
n_green_l
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If I count it within my calories so I don't go over, would a glass of wine a night or every other night affect my weight loss?
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Read my username.44
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Nope, I have a glass most nights
As long as you hit your calorie target you'll lose weight. Enjoy!
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I drank wine (or bourbon) just about every night when I was losing weight. As long as I consistently hit my calorie goals, I was fine.2
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There is not one specific food or drink that will cause you to gain weight if you are within your calorie goals.8
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I would never have lost the weight, and kept it off, if I had to give up drinking, or anything else come to that.
Enjoy your wine.
Cheers, h.
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Nah wine is fine. Anything is fine so long as you stay within your calorie goal. I haven't had wine in awhile but I do enjoy a good red. I had a couple beers 1-2 months ago and stayed under my calories.1
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If you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight whether you drink wine or not.1
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I have a relatively small appetite for food so find it easy to fit in a glass or more regularly. I do drink extra gazoodles of water if I know I'm going to have a drink. Like the thought that I'm flushing it through and diluting it!1
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I've managed 35lbs so far with frequent wine drinking (and even more frequent gin drinking). Just remember to count the calories and you'll be fine.4
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You of course can lose weigh drinking while drinking alcohol (CICO) but it really messes up my macros with empty cals & carbs when I do, requiring me to do extra cardio 15 mins of rowing for each drink) in order to free up additional cals so that I can eat more in order to meet my protein macro.4
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Ready2Rock206 wrote: »There is not one specific food or drink that will cause you to gain weight if you are within your calorie goals.
Actually studies prove that sugar, especially refined sugar, can greatly affect weight gain. Example is that if you meet your caloric goal but the calories come from mostly sugars, then you certainly won't be losing any weight because the body will continue to store excess sugar as fat. The key is to remove these sugars from the diet so that your body produces the chemicals need to burn fat (Ghrelin) rather than store.31 -
Problem with drinking is that one drink leads to two leads to snacking etc. because your sugar levels get thrown out of whack with alcohol. I personally don't drink at all save for special occasions or the odd night out. One glass of wine a night could also mean the glass gets larger every day and pretty soon the glass you use for your "one glass of wine" is the size of a mixing bowl.
Ultimately if you have to ask the question, clearly you have a feeling that it may sabotage your goals and therefore you come here essentially looking for the "okay" to add a glass of wine per night.
Stay away from it if you can....17 -
Sorry, I have been drinking wine regularly for over 40 years and I have never progressed to one glass of wine =a mixing bowl.
My wine, like all my food and drink, gets measured and/or weighed when I am logging.
People ask if they can eat or drink a wide variety of things when they first start counting calories. The usual reply is- so long as it fits within your calorie goal, it isn't a trigger, you don't have any medical problems, and you are fulfilling your nutritional needs, yes.
Alcohol is no different.
Cheers, h.19 -
Every time I drink wine I go over my calories. Whenever I get to maintenance, with regular exercise, I'm sure I can fit it in more easily. It's hard to give up the calories from food when I'm eating around 1200 calories. I suppose if I limited it to one 5 ounce glass on days I exercised I could fit it in.1
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Ready2Rock206 wrote: »There is not one specific food or drink that will cause you to gain weight if you are within your calorie goals.
Actually studies prove that sugar, especially refined sugar, can greatly affect weight gain. Example is that if you meet your caloric goal but the calories come from mostly sugars, then you certainly won't be losing any weight because the body will continue to store excess sugar as fat. The key is to remove these sugars from the diet so that your body produces the chemicals need to burn fat (Ghrelin) rather than store.
The body will store excess calories of any kind as fat. If you eat in a deficit whether you eat sugar or not you will lose weight.8 -
Ready2Rock206 wrote: »There is not one specific food or drink that will cause you to gain weight if you are within your calorie goals.
Actually studies prove that sugar, especially refined sugar, can greatly affect weight gain. Example is that if you meet your caloric goal but the calories come from mostly sugars, then you certainly won't be losing any weight because the body will continue to store excess sugar as fat. The key is to remove these sugars from the diet so that your body produces the chemicals need to burn fat (Ghrelin) rather than store.
Actually, no.4 -
Problem with drinking is that one drink leads to two leads to snacking etc. because your sugar levels get thrown out of whack with alcohol. I personally don't drink at all save for special occasions or the odd night out. One glass of wine a night could also mean the glass gets larger every day and pretty soon the glass you use for your "one glass of wine" is the size of a mixing bowl.
Ultimately if you have to ask the question, clearly you have a feeling that it may sabotage your goals and therefore you come here essentially looking for the "okay" to add a glass of wine per night.
Stay away from it if you can....
Um, this may be true for YOU, but honestly, do you really think this is true for everyone, or even most people? I mean, I've been drinking 5 oz wine most nights for years, and am really not tempted keep increasing the quantity.6 -
Nope! Just log it and you'll be fine. Alcohol does increase your water weight temporarily though so just be aware in case you see a slight bump in the scale after consuming alcohol.0
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At 1200 calories the alcohol calories screw up my macros. I drank wine, then switched to 1.5 oz scotch a night. I finally just cut it out entirely except for very special occasions. With wine I can also fall into the munching and mixing bowl scenario. Not so with scotch. Easier with neither.1
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As long as you're eating properly and exercising to remain calorie deficient: wine is not a problem.
Hell, I just came back from a two week vacation in London in which I seriously drank my way though every beer Britain makes and still lost weight. (Okay, 1 lb in two weeks, but still...) I just did A LOT of walking, seriously, a lot. On my tracker, I averaged more than 10 miles a day!!!! I literally walked almost everywhere.3 -
So glad to read the replies, I love my nightly glass or three of red wine, it dulls the wife's WHINE :0 (did I say that out loud?) I include it in my calorie count.3
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Ready2Rock206 wrote: »There is not one specific food or drink that will cause you to gain weight if you are within your calorie goals.
Actually studies prove that sugar, especially refined sugar, can greatly affect weight gain. Example is that if you meet your caloric goal but the calories come from mostly sugars, then you certainly won't be losing any weight because the body will continue to store excess sugar as fat. The key is to remove these sugars from the diet so that your body produces the chemicals need to burn fat (Ghrelin) rather than store.
Actually that's not true at all.
Carbs (including sugar) are very rarely stored as fat in humans.
You don't need to coax your body to produce "chemicals" to burn fat, just a calorie deficit.
We store away excess energy as fat stores (primarily) when in a surplus and no special tricks are needed to use that stored energy when we are in a deficit.
Your body also can't tell the difference between refined sugar and sugar from natural sources. Sucrose is sucrose, fructose is fructose etc. etc.4 -
I drank wine when I was losing weight but alcohol was one of the things I cut down to create my calorie deficit.
Spending twice as much per bottle but drinking half the amount (sort of...) meant I still got the same amount of enjoyment.0 -
As long as it fits within your calories and you're not cutting out sensible stuff (meat, veg, fruit etc) to make space for it then its not a problem. I do make sure I log it all though - even on holiday, I still log it. (I go over my calories but I know where they've come from!) Keep measuring and logging, and you'll be fine. Throw in a little extra exercise if necessary! 0
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Problem with drinking is that one drink leads to two leads to snacking etc. because your sugar levels get thrown out of whack with alcohol. I personally don't drink at all save for special occasions or the odd night out. One glass of wine a night could also mean the glass gets larger every day and pretty soon the glass you use for your "one glass of wine" is the size of a mixing bowl.
Ultimately if you have to ask the question, clearly you have a feeling that it may sabotage your goals and therefore you come here essentially looking for the "okay" to add a glass of wine per night.
Stay away from it if you can....
Some people do want to snack more when they drink, but this isn't universal. Drinking never makes me want to eat more.
As for the problem with the "mixing bowl" of wine, why would this be an issue for someone who is measuring their alcohol? A glass of wine for me is five ounces. I know this because I use a measuring cup. There -- problem solved.1 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Problem with drinking is that one drink leads to two leads to snacking etc. because your sugar levels get thrown out of whack with alcohol. I personally don't drink at all save for special occasions or the odd night out. One glass of wine a night could also mean the glass gets larger every day and pretty soon the glass you use for your "one glass of wine" is the size of a mixing bowl.
Ultimately if you have to ask the question, clearly you have a feeling that it may sabotage your goals and therefore you come here essentially looking for the "okay" to add a glass of wine per night.
Stay away from it if you can....
Some people do want to snack more when they drink, but this isn't universal. Drinking never makes me want to eat more.
As for the problem with the "mixing bowl" of wine, why would this be an issue for someone who is measuring their alcohol? A glass of wine for me is five ounces. I know this because I use a measuring cup. There -- problem solved.
me too, and i have a glass i use for wine every time i drink it at home, so i know exactly where to pour to if the measuring cup isn't handy. my pour is 8oz, but my logging is 8oz so it all works out.2 -
jessiferrrb wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Problem with drinking is that one drink leads to two leads to snacking etc. because your sugar levels get thrown out of whack with alcohol. I personally don't drink at all save for special occasions or the odd night out. One glass of wine a night could also mean the glass gets larger every day and pretty soon the glass you use for your "one glass of wine" is the size of a mixing bowl.
Ultimately if you have to ask the question, clearly you have a feeling that it may sabotage your goals and therefore you come here essentially looking for the "okay" to add a glass of wine per night.
Stay away from it if you can....
Some people do want to snack more when they drink, but this isn't universal. Drinking never makes me want to eat more.
As for the problem with the "mixing bowl" of wine, why would this be an issue for someone who is measuring their alcohol? A glass of wine for me is five ounces. I know this because I use a measuring cup. There -- problem solved.
me too, and i have a glass i use for wine every time i drink it at home, so i know exactly where to pour to if the measuring cup isn't handy. my pour is 8oz, but my logging is 8oz so it all works out.
I'm just the world's worst at eyeballing. My husband can also tell exactly where to pour to in the glass, but he was a bartender for years.0 -
I pre-log my glass of wine. I enjoy it even more that way. 0
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I am definitely prone to the "one drink leads to two leads to snacking" trap. Many people aren't - you just need to know yourself. I switched to beer and cider at home (i.e. things that come premeasured) because it makes my life easier. I can't "just eyeball this time" or add "just a splash" nearly as easy that way! Just figure out what works to keep yourself within your calories.0
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I had lost 40 lbs about a year ago and when I looked back on my diary recently to see what I was eating I noticed I was drinking at least 1 glass of wine each night, sometimes 2, but I was logging it! I have heard that a dry red has less carbs because there tends to be less sugar than the sweeter wines so I try to choose those now knowing that 0
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