To those that don't drink alcohol...

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  • AdamVonWillis
    AdamVonWillis Posts: 4
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    I still drink, but I cut back a lot when I started MFP. Had no idea how many calories are in alcohol! I think every day I've gone over so far has been because I was out drinking.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
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    I break out in handcuffs... LOVE.

    ohamberx0 - are you saying you don't drink anymore or still do?
  • mlemonroe2
    mlemonroe2 Posts: 603
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    I can't stand being around drunks either :tongue: they annoy me to no end

    we can be pretty entertaining though!!!
  • JGARRABRANT
    JGARRABRANT Posts: 8 Member
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    I don't want to waste my calories on alcohol. There are too many other great calorie to choose from!
  • darrcn5
    darrcn5 Posts: 495 Member
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    I hate beer, but I love things like pina coladas, strawberry daquiris, bahama mamas, anything fruity and delicious. They are so high in calories, carbs, and sugar that I keep them as an occasional treat. Plus, alcohol makes me retain water just as bad as sodium, if not worse.
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
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    you would think that by age 40, there wouldn't be peer pressure. but all my girlfriends love a glass of wine or two, and are convinced that if they keep giving it to me, I will drink it. I had gingerale in my wine glass at my wedding, and only occasionally have a drink or two, and most recently, i make sure it is on a work out day, and it's woody's 99 calorie coolers if i have anything at all! my girlfriends just shake their heads. I say, i don't like wine. they say, what's not to like?
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
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    It gives me wretched heartburn - even when I take my Prilosec. I get weird headaches from it - as I'm drinking - so it isn't a hangover headache. I've seen too many people ruin their life and relationships because of alcohol. It isn't worth it to me.

    I quit drinking altogether in April 2010 and I don't miss it one single bit. I was never a big drinker so not doing it? No loss. :)
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
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    *sigh* i love beer....

    *tipping back a miller 64*

    this is *kitten* beer.... but it's still beer...
  • freeloaves
    freeloaves Posts: 281
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    I only socially drink and even then, it's once a month really. I get what i call "good drunk". Not wasted, never hungover.

    Will have maybe 1 beer with the boys at work on a Fri, but again, not often either.
  • MarynEve
    MarynEve Posts: 46 Member
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    1. Underage
    2. I don't think it tastes that great.
    3. I like not feeling sick in the morning and remembering what everyone ELSE did.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
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    you would think that by age 40, there wouldn't be peer pressure. but all my girlfriends love a glass of wine or two, and are convinced that if they keep giving it to me, I will drink it. I had gingerale in my wine glass at my wedding, and only occasionally have a drink or two, and most recently, i make sure it is on a work out day, and it's woody's 99 calorie coolers if i have anything at all! my girlfriends just shake their heads. I say, i don't like wine. they say, what's not to like?

    That would irritate me to no end. What's it to them if you don't want wine? sheesh.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
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    i just don't drink as much because I don't see the point of it. It's not like it tastes super amazing nor is the feeling of being drunk really amazing. I'd rather eat some brownies and smoke a cig. I mean I will still drink, but i honestly do not enjoy it.

    is that a drink in your hand in your pic??? :drinker:


    LMAO. WHY YES, YES IT IS.

    I never said I don't drink lol... I live in wisconsin! the state is a bad influence on me :P hahah
  • mlemonroe2
    mlemonroe2 Posts: 603
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    i just don't drink as much because I don't see the point of it. It's not like it tastes super amazing nor is the feeling of being drunk really amazing. I'd rather eat some brownies and smoke a cig. I mean I will still drink, but i honestly do not enjoy it.

    is that a drink in your hand in your pic??? :drinker:


    LMAO. WHY YES, YES IT IS.

    I never said I don't drink lol... I live in wisconsin! the state is a bad influence on me :P hahah

    i have friends from wisconsin. i live near chicago. it's always a crazy time when we drink together!!!
  • ohamberx0
    ohamberx0 Posts: 98 Member
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    I break out in handcuffs... LOVE.

    ohamberx0 - are you saying you don't drink anymore or still do?

    Once every month or two now

    However, football season.. I'll be drinking during Eagles games.
  • theba2il
    theba2il Posts: 548 Member
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    I don't drink alcohol because I can't. I'm Korean and in some Asian genetics there is a deficiency that doesn't allow my body to properly process alcohol and it makes me very ill when I do. I don't know if there's an actual name for it but it can be known as Asian flush. Google it. So anyway, that's why I don't drink. It has nothing to do with weight loss or addiction or personal choice.

    Same here.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
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    *sigh* i love beer....

    *tipping back a miller 64*

    this is *kitten* beer.... but it's still beer...

    lol 55 is DEF worse tho =/.. at 2% alcohol depresssing!
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
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    i just don't drink as much because I don't see the point of it. It's not like it tastes super amazing nor is the feeling of being drunk really amazing. I'd rather eat some brownies and smoke a cig. I mean I will still drink, but i honestly do not enjoy it.

    is that a drink in your hand in your pic??? :drinker:


    LMAO. WHY YES, YES IT IS.

    I never said I don't drink lol... I live in wisconsin! the state is a bad influence on me :P hahah

    i have friends from wisconsin. i live near chicago. it's always a crazy time when we drink together!!!


    haha yes.. it is a very special state [= !
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
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    i also live in the middle of nowhere, so i love going out to the bar with friends... it gives up something to do! lol


    Yup.
  • HopefulLeigh
    HopefulLeigh Posts: 363 Member
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    It makes me tired and ill. It tastes like perfume. Also, I breastfeed on demand, so I really can't.
  • audigal2008
    audigal2008 Posts: 1,129 Member
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    ooooooops! walked in on the wrong thread..........*backs out quietly so nobody notices glass of wine in hand

    :laugh:

    :wink:
    LMAO me too!

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