BEER???

bella98902
bella98902 Posts: 32 Member
edited November 20 in Food and Nutrition
I'm a beer drinking kinda girl. I like the taste and I know my limit. Unlike liquor that just creeps up on me lol my question is what beer is best? I found 55calories in Bud Select. Do u guys trust the calories on the box?
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  • janiceclark08
    janiceclark08 Posts: 1,341 Member
    I have never tried it, but 55 calories for a beer, is great, if it does taste good. I drink Budlight and it's 110 calories. I might have to try it.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    edited August 2017
    Not a fan of beer made from rice so I don't drink any Bud products. If you like it, go for it. I drink Miller Lite and they also have MGD 64 which I have tried.
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    I have a thing about drinking beer the same color as urine. Pass.
  • 2Racks
    2Racks Posts: 3,677 Member
    Bud light .
  • Polo265
    Polo265 Posts: 287 Member
    I drink MIchelob Ultra Light - 95 calories and 2.5 carbs. MFP counts the carbs as 3.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,345 Member
    I enjoy beer too much to try and swap it out for a low calorie one.
  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    tried it, didn't like it too much. Within the calorie range which is great. If you don't mind the low ac it's great. I like craft beers better so just make room for the calories...
  • RaeBeeBaby
    RaeBeeBaby Posts: 4,246 Member
    That's really low for beer, but the bottom line is if you like the taste. I make room in my calories for a Corona now and again if I'm really in the mood, otherwise it's wine spritzers these days.

    Also want to add that I have a friend who drinks the Michelob Ultra. About a 6 pack a day actually, so then the calories really do add up.
  • artbyrachelh
    artbyrachelh Posts: 338 Member
    Sometimes I budget my calories so I can have a beer with my husband. I like light beers, Miller and Budweiser. Yes you can trust the calories they print on the box. My problem is once I'm one beer in, I stop caring about losing weight, and the snacking begins! It's much easier for me just to skip the beer, and have herbal tea instead.
  • Sp1tfire
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    idk if I'd call it beer if its mostly water.
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,235 Member
    2.4% ABV. I'll pass. Calories in alcohol are directly tied to the alcohol percentage. The lower the calories, the closer to water...
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    I think a big issue w/ beer and losing weight/MFP is finding the calorie counts for newer or less popular craft beers. Sometimes you just have to estimate/guess. So what's some of your favorite beers or breweries?
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,142 Member
    I do intermittent fasting on weekends so I have more calories and enjoy a nice craft ale, might be 200-250 cals but I usually only have 1 or 2.
  • CyclingRoadie6
    CyclingRoadie6 Posts: 59 Member
    bella98902 wrote: »
    I'm a beer drinking kinda girl. I like the taste and I know my limit. Unlike liquor that just creeps up on me lol my question is what beer is best? I found 55calories in Bud Select. Do u guys trust the calories on the box?

    My suggestion is if you have a favorite beer you like to drink, then choose that over something that doesn't have any flavor. If you are picking a light beer because there is a belief that it is better for you and there are fewer calories, you may as well drink water instead. And what fun is that?!! Enjoy the beer you like best, but like you said, know your limit.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    bella98902 wrote: »
    what beer is best?

    Now that's a great question. According to Beer Advocate, Kentucky Brunch Stout from Toppling Goliath is the highest rated beer among its users. Those ratings are kind of skewed toward high-gravity "whales".

    My best beer is probably Ardea Insignis from Central Waters.

    My favorite "every day" beer would have to be Three Floyds' Zombie Dust or Bell's Two-Hearted.
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    The lightest beer I drink is Sierra Nevada Pale ale and also love IPA's. Drink bud 55?, never.
  • danselisabeth
    danselisabeth Posts: 1 Member
    edited August 2017
    Milwaukee's Best Light (or as i call it, beast light) has the best calories to ABV ratio of any cheap light beer, and not bad tasting. 98 calories, 3.5 carbs, 4.2% ABV.
  • chelllsea124
    chelllsea124 Posts: 336 Member
    edited August 2017
    Bud select 55 is only about 2.4% alcohol, which is half of a bud light. The more you cut calories in alcohol, the weaker it is. I could blow through a 12 pack of 55 and it would be an absolute waste. I have limited my drinking by a lot due to the fact that it doesn't fit my daily calorie consumption plans anymore... I just can't get myself to drink my calories anymore. It's not worth it.

    BUT if I absolutely insist on having a drink, taking a shot of liquor usually makes a better point and I don't have to drink so much. Lol.
  • liftorgohome
    liftorgohome Posts: 25,455 Member
    Cut the calories somewhere else or work out more and have a couple of Heinekins!!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/light-beer-truth-behind-label/
  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    Or switch to wine (100 cal for 5oz and typically 8-11% ABV)
  • kms234
    kms234 Posts: 132 Member
    janiceclark08 wrote: »
    I have never tried it, but 55 calories for a beer, is great, if it does taste good. I drink Budlight and it's 110 calories. I might have to try it.

    Bud Select is half Bud Light, half water. It's terrible. lol
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,635 Member
    edited August 2017
    Life is too short for bad beer. I save my beer calories for something delicious and usually hoppy, often IPA. The local brewpubs' craft beers are my faves.

    If I want something commercial and lower calorie, it might be New Belgium Voodoo Ranger 8 Hop Pale Ale (5.5% ABV, around 165 calories/12 oz). Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA is tastier (but more caloric, at 9% ABV). Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin is also on my current short list of widely-distributed tasty beers.
  • robm1brown
    robm1brown Posts: 71 Member
    Of generic brands Amstel is one of my favourites.
  • sinbad714
    sinbad714 Posts: 28 Member
    I'm a home brewer. I love Ipa's. I just stay within my carb allowance. I treat it like a snack
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