Wow, I drink a lot more wine than I thought
 

Hello featherweights! I post infrequently but read a lot. 2 years ago, I got down to 122 by exercising and counting calories in my head, but I've since creeped up to 130. My username isn't so accurate anymore! :mad:

The problem I think I had with counting calories in my head is that my head gets fuzzy after drinking a couple of glasses of wine! LOL!

Now I'm trying to count calories online to keep better track of things. That's made me realize that I often drink 2 LARGE glasses of wine per night!!! :o One while making dinner, one while eating dinner. It adds up to around 200-250 extra calories. Cutting back on wine alone would get me on track to goal.

Any tips to reduce but not eliminate wine? For those who drink a glass of wine most days, do you drink it while making dinner, while eating dinner, or after dinner?

abstaining is the only way for me.
 

You might want to try using a smaller glass (no I'm actually NOT kidding). There are "cordial" glasses (yes, I'm old) that are quite a bit smaller than regular wine glasses.

I also found, back when I did indulge, that if I drank before making dinner there was usually a longer delay until dinner and I ended up eating waaay more than if I just had a glass with dinner.

After dinner drinking usually meant that we killed the bottle.

Dagmar (not giving up my diet Pepsi!!)

I hope you don't mind me jumping in here, but life without wine is not worth living for me!

Measure your wine! A serving is 4oz. I drink one glass usually, with dinner.

Smaller glasses and measuring the wine is a good idea ... I prefer to have my glass while watching tv around 8 or 9 pm... :cheers:

:love: wine !

You could also do a wine spritzer(white) which can be less calories, and stick to only one small glass.