Best alcoholic beverage?

I had the same problem and im 41 soon 42.. and i have finally talked myself into the wine and beer you can buy with the alcohol taken out. Its not bad.

I found that if i gave into 1 drink it would interfere with my judgement and ill give in to more.

Otherwise my friends that r on diets i ve seen them have a light ginger wine and soda.
It really is up to u how u react to it.

Hope this helps. Xo

Try a flavored vodka with a flavored seltzer water. At home, I'd do a shot of watermelon vodka with a watermelon flavored seltzer water. Nice, light and just under a hundred calories. If you are drinking in the bars, then find out if they have flavored vodkas...many do. Get seltzer water (zero calories) instead of tonic water (which has ~120 calories).

Otherwise a light beer or a glass of wine are usually around 100-125 calories. If you want to stretch the wine (since you only get 5 oz for 125 calories), add seltzer water to that also to make it more of a spritzer.

If you like the hard liquor, then do a shot with either seltzer water or a zero calorie soda. That way only the shot is calories that you have to count, and most are just under a 100 calories for 1.5 oz.

As legs1968 said too, make sure you order a glass of water when you order your drinks. That way, drink the water between each alcoholic drink you have. You stay hydrated (good for warding off a hangover), you don't drink as much alcohol, and your friends probably won't even notice that you're slipping in the water into the line up. Another option is to have one drink, then switch to water or the zero calorie soda for the rest of the night.

Just like with food, moderation is your friend. Figure out what works for you to moderate the intake.

How good are you at practicing moderation once you get started?

If you can make it work, I find one good beer or glass of wine is pretty easy to fit into my day.
In general, hard liquors like vodka or whiskey are a good choice and if you mix them with plain seltzer or a diet soda you get pretty low cal per drink.

If you tend to go through several rounds, try to alternate drinks with water or diet soda.
And watch the nibbles. I tend to limit my alcohol fine, but a table full of apps and bread baskets are easy to over-pick at when you're drinking and chatting!

johnjohnsonejt3 wrote: »

Drink what you like your in your 20s

Why in your 20s but not any other time? Why should people in their 20s disregard the potential impact the extra calories in mixers or alcohol may have on their weight or fitness goals?

boehle wrote: »

I like white wine but they can add up.
I have been very much into Bai drinks and think they'd go pretty well with Vodka.

Ounce for ounce, white wine has fewer calories than alcohol. Obviously the serving sizes are often different, but white wine is a very reasonable choice for a calorie-conscious drinker.

As mentioned above - I would recommend sticking to vodka or other clear liquors.

White wine and clear liquors, such as rum, vodka, tequila, and gin, have fewer congeners. Therefore have fewer impurities and are easier for your body to process out. Keep in mind you should always use moderation when it comes to alcohol consumption because your body will process the calories from alcohol out of your body before it does calories from food.

Personally my drink of choices is Tito's with a splash of lime juice also known as a vodka gimlet.

BTW - enjoy your 20's (-:

At home I like the calorie free sparkling rasberry flavored water with raspberry rum

I mix vodka, diet Sprite or 7Up, and flavor packets. Yum!

I don't know how much you drink, but I decided to cut back on alcohol greatly. I was drinking a lot of liquor on the weekends. Now, I try to keep myself busy and maybe just have a couple of malt beers. My doctor told me there is life outside of the bottle. I had drank since 21 heavily, to 31 now. However, diet soda and whiskey or vodka is low calorie.

I always do vodka & soda with 2 limes. Tastes good (though the soda water could take time to get used to, at first I didn't like it but now I do) and the only calories is the vodka. Plus you drink water at the same time (the soda water) and it seems to help me feel less crappy the next day.

Many of the discussions in the MFP forum involve matters of opinion on which reasonable and intelligent people can disagree. But Best Alcoholic Beverage is not one those. There is only one possible correct answer to the question. It is Old Charter 10.
Unfortunately Salamarooni, you are too late, they don't make it anymore.