No will power with wine - give up completely?

I've given up vodka drinks for the same reason! I stick to beer or wine these days, but often times at parties I just sip flavored sparkling water in a cup, and I feel just as festive!

Two things:

1] if you love something, don't give it up. That's lame.

2] if you're only drinking it at parties or while out with friends, workout extra that day and enjoy the wine.

Bonus third thing:

Seriously, if being fit is important to you, you'll find a way to make it work.

Just drink a small glass! It's all you need!

That 's at I did. No wine till I hit my goal weight (although I did have a binge weekend). I think I'll borrow your sparkling water idea plus I have added tea to my regime. Good luck!

I say have the wine and do more cardio that day. Being tipsy makes the elliptical kinda fun, anyway

I totally understand what you are going through! We make wine and that makes it even worse for me! I really have to fight to keep control of the food urges and I'll be honest, I don't always succeed. Last night I wanted to open the Halloween candy & eat the Almond Joys, but I didn't:happy: I'm not going to give it up though. I do log it.

I am considering giving up wine completely until my mini-goal (my birthday on nov. 19th) - it puts me over almost everytime I drink because I can't stop at just one glass. I never get drunk, but when I'm at a dinner party or entertaining at my house, I find it really hard to limit myself. I am so careful with food intake and I eat a healthy diet.

I think I may just be an all or nothing type when it comes to calories from wine.

I'm going to start brining sparkling water to dinner parties and just not even having one glass.

My sister's birthday is the 19th! And mine is the 13th. I am trying to not drink wine until my birthday too. It's so hard. We keep wine in the house. When I am home, if I really want a glass I actually measure out like 6 oz and then force my BF to drink the rest or cork it and put it in the fridge. I love big bold reds, so I could drink the whole bottle myself!

wine IS THE ONE THING i will not give up. I need it for my sanity

Agreed! I drink wine by the bottle, not the glass. On days when I know I'll be drinking, I'll put the cals into my food diary right away, eat lesser calorie foods, work out 20 mins longer, and drink a lot more water.

Oh that is a good idea - putting it into my calories right away. Also I didnt realize there was such a big difference between red and white - I like both, but have been drinking more white with summer temperatures and foods, maybe moving into red will help. 530 for a bottle of red?

I drink the menage a trios red wine which has 102 calories per 5oz. There are about 25 oz in a bottle so I'm looking at about 510 calories. I didn't find it in the database, but the one that they have in there is close enough.

I am considering giving up wine completely until my mini-goal (my birthday on nov. 19th) - it puts me over almost everytime I drink because I can't stop at just one glass. I never get drunk, but when I'm at a dinner party or entertaining at my house, I find it really hard to limit myself. I am so careful with food intake and I eat a healthy diet.

I think I may just be an all or nothing type when it comes to calories from wine.

I'm going to start brining sparkling water to dinner parties and just not even having one glass.

If you are only going to give it up until you reach a mini-goal what do you think will happen after that and you begin drinking it again?

I would suggest either working out more to earn the extra wine calories (my personal preference) or try making sangria with diet drinks (fruit slices and diet sprike/7-up and/or diet cranberry juice). By mixing the wine with low/no cal mixers you can drink twice as many glasses for the same calories.

You could also alternate a glass wine then a glass of water when drinking.

wine IS THE ONE THING i will not give up. I need it for my sanity

Agreed! I drink wine by the bottle, not the glass. On days when I know I'll be drinking, I'll put the cals into my food diary right away, eat lesser calorie foods, work out 20 mins longer, and drink a lot more water.

I think we may have been separated at birth.......

I gave up wine for 1 week and it was a terrible week for me. I have a glass of wine right when I am ready for bed. That way, I still get my glass but I am not tempted to drink more because I am sleepy. LOL!

I can't stop at just one glass.

get yourself a bigger glass...

I have 16oz glasses.....2=bottle. LOL

I'm with you Jenna! As long as it's red, I tell myself it's good for me and it's ok-lol

I love wine but I've given it up for now. It's not just the calories from the wine it's also that it makes it easier to say "what the hell" to the cookies or you name it. On the upside, work outs in the am on the weekend are so much nicer.

DO IT! I was the same. I gave it up for A WHOLE MONTH! After that I went from having it 3-4 times a week to having it 1-2.

It really helped my initially. I've only just started my friday night drinks again but for a long while there I gave them up.

Good luck!