Help I like to drink!

This is my first week of actually counting calories and so far, Im not doing so well. I cant seem to stay within my calorie range. I keep going over and to top it off we go out on Thursday and I like to drink! What do I do?

Well, when I was seeing my trainer, I wasn't able to lose any weight no matter how much I worked out or tried. It was because my metabolism was wayyyy too low for someone like me. I was drinking 3 days a week and having about 7-8 drinks each night. I go to college so I didn't see anything wrong with it, but she explained to me that alcohol lowers your metabolism and makes you fat. I mainly drank beer so that was my whole problem right there. My trainer told me to try to drink only one night a week and if I couldn't stay away from the beer, casually start having one or two vodka and waters (or something with low calories) each week that I drank. Her thought was that if she could get me drinking less days a week and less calories that what I was used to drinking each day, then she was doing well. I had been drinking like this for three years and it was very hard to change, but now I only drink one night a week, if that and I have lost about 7 pounds and I haven't been strict on my diet or exercise. Main thing I'm trying to say, drinking does make a significant difference, but it depends on how much you drink. If you go out one night a week and you have 5 drinks, I wouldn't consider that a big deal. You will almost always go over your calorie limit when you go out, unless you are aiming to stay sober when you go out....

What I would do is track the things you drink, but don't feel bad about it. It's only one night and you are set to a calorie deficit anyways. This means that you will have to eat healthier and work out more to make up for your drinking habits, but if drinking is something you really value then you will be able to do it.

Good luck! If you find a way to cut out drinking completely, let me know! lol

I drink every night of the week,,,I have found a low cal wine 40 cals per 125ml so it works in just fine with my 4 glasses a night!

I always put 4 drinks down but some days I have 1 somedays I have more depends how I feel if you cut everything you enjoy out of your life then you are prob not going to stick with it.

All the alchohol haters prob still have a little of something that they used to enjoy in bulk

Just work it into your cals and if you want to get rid of it later down the line then go for it!

Simple answer.. don't drink.

As a regular beer drinker it is hard to stop.. but two pints is more than a quarter of my daily calorie allowance, so I'm cutting it out until I lose another two pounds. That is good motivation for me.

Maybe 'treat' yourself to one drink after every pound you lose, and don;t cheat - or you are just cheating yourself.

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Michelobe Ultra has become my new drink of choice when I go out. 98 calories a bottle and taste like real beer!

I drink every night of the week,,,I have found a low cal wine 40 cals per 125ml so it works in just fine with my 4 glasses a night!

I always put 4 drinks down but some days I have 1 somedays I have more depends how I feel if you cut everything you enjoy out of your life then you are prob not going to stick with it.

All the alchohol haters prob still have a little of something that they used to enjoy in bulk

Just work it into your cals and if you want to get rid of it later down the line then go for it!

4 a day, every day, is a bit heavy... I mean 1 a day, most days, sure. But a minimum of 4 every day, and maybe more? That is pretty high, and really isn't healthy (even if you are counting it into your calories). And believe me, I am noooo alcohol hater.