I've found that having one or two drinks a week is fine, as long as I count it in my calories.
Last week, however, I went out several times, having maybe one to four drinks/night about 3 nights that week--I found that even though I counted them in my calorie allowance, it stalled my weight loss. So that's something I can't do! Part of that is because of the bar food that came along with it! (All counted on my daily plate, and under my allowance, but just plain bad food!)
I periodically have a light beer, the new favorite is Rock Green Light (84 calories), a glass of wine, or if I'm feeling really frisky 3 oz. of Bailey's. The Bailey's is the worst, because of all the fat from the cream. The beer and wine doesn't really impact me much, the Bailey's often causes a little stall...
I like a glass of wine or a good microbrew now and again.
Ah, yes - DH makes incredible brews. And most of our vacations involve visiting several microbreweries. I just have to balance them out with really incredible choices (veggies, protein, etc.)
I've just kind of figured out that wine is a bit dangerous for me, although I love it!.
I've had some success on the Sonoma diet which allows a glass with dinner....and I did fine for awhile but I got less careful with the wine. I would have a little half glass while cooking, then a GIANT GLASS with dinner that now that I'm DUH MEASURING!! Was really almost 2 glasses (if glasses are 4 oz....I was def doing between 6 & 7 oz.)
Long story short, when I got kind of re-committed after vacations and stuff, am replacing the wine with water or unsweetened Iced Tea for the week days, and having a SMALL GLASS....truly a 4 oz on the weekends. Only one week of that got my stuck scale to budge.
I do and i track it. I sometimes dream of a cold beer all day and I think 94 calories is worth the happiness it bring vs the feel of deprivation that would otherwise stall my success.
I'm not a light beer person. If I have to drink light I'd rather have none at all. When I want a beer I tend to either count it into my calories or do extra that day to work off the extra calories. One beer every few days hasn't stopped any weight loss for me ever...it's the extra eating that does.
I'm a Fat Tire person. Sometimes you just have to make allowances.
I'm a Fat Tire person. Sometimes you just have to make allowances.
Ahhh Stephanie! I used to live a half mile from New Belguim Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado now I live in NY. sob no Fat Tire or Skinny Dip. I am definately more or a Microbrew drinker than a light beer drinker but there are a few light beers that I can tolerate like Corona Light and Hooker and Ladder Light. Please drink a Fat Tire for me!
Oh my Goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE Fat Tire!!!!!!!!! And Skinny Dip, too!!!!!!!! I just took my parents on the New Belgium Brewery tour a few months ago
My favorite general beer is Shiner Bock from Texas.
After college I moved to Portland, OR, and got hooked on some of the really really good microbrews up there.
There's some stuff available down here in the Atlanta area, but I still love my Shiner for just regular drinking!
