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Wine! ;)

lkitty633
lkitty633 Posts: 42 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Is it OK to incorporate a few glasses of wine into your diet as long as you count the calories?

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  • persian_star
    persian_star Posts: 197 Member
    Of course. Alcohol is (apparently) empty calories so it won't help you, and (also apparently) the liver burns alcohol before fat, so I doubt it will help in any way, but if you keep it in moderation and within your cals, there is no reason why you can't enjoy a treat. Red wine also apparently has useful things* in it, so not a complete waste on the nutrition front. I would not like to wake up tomorrow facing a whole life without wine, which I enjoy. Life is for living afterall, if you cut out everything enjoyable there's not much point in life!

    *Can't remember what, I'm sure it's googleable :o)
  • CoCoFluff
    CoCoFluff Posts: 36 Member
    I do - some days require a glass of good wine!
  • PinkAndSparkle
    PinkAndSparkle Posts: 324
    I am a firm believer in just eating within your calorie allowance for the day. If I know I'm going to have drinks, I will adjust the rest of my meals to make room for them. I try not to make it a super often occurrence.
  • craignev
    craignev Posts: 1,247 Member
    I think it's fine as long as its done in moderation (or in my case a binge at the weekend...hahaha) drinking-red-wine.gif
  • Milziemooxx
    Milziemooxx Posts: 104 Member
    I am a firm believer in just eating within your calorie allowance for the day. If I know I'm going to have drinks, I will adjust the rest of my meals to make room for them. I try not to make it a super often occurrence.

    This ^^^

    If I am going out for a few bevvies, I always log it first and then work out the rest of my day around this. It also helps to control how many you have :drinker: x
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    I never gave up wine. I logged it *most* of the time :blushing: and lost 30 pounds and met my goal. I still drink it as I maintain!
  • voodoo_lady
    voodoo_lady Posts: 15
    hell yes!
  • hilarysgiants
    hilarysgiants Posts: 132 Member
    Hell yes!! Enjoy :)
  • suzi38
    suzi38 Posts: 3 Member
    I save up my exercise cals. A 3 hours walk on a saturday afternoon gives me a enough cals for a bottle & a half of wine at night.
  • jodienc1
    jodienc1 Posts: 13
    Wine rhymes with fine, right?

    Just be aware there are studies that show that your body stops fat for 48 hours after drinking alcohol.
  • lkitty633
    lkitty633 Posts: 42 Member
    Thanks for the replys all! All of you said yes so I'm going with it!
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