best alcoholic beverage to drink whilst trying to lose weight
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Sorry I'm saying glucose/sugar is.
Thought so, I was just a little confused... it's my age
http://www.nutramed.com/alcohol/ethanol.htm
Beer is worse because it has a lot of non-alcohol calories but don't kid yourself that shorts or sugar free mixers are the answer.
Your only answer is to drink less alcohol and not to replace it with sugary drinks.
My advice would be cut down to one night a week of only 5 pints, the rest of the week have none (not even a half, it ruins your body's ability to burn fat or build muscle). If you offset your one night out with a couple of nights exercise, a big walk on Sunday and generally eating healthy sensible portions, I don't see it being a problem.
Beer is worse because it has a lot of non-alcohol calories but don't kid yourself that shorts or sugar free mixers are the answer.
Your only answer is to drink less alcohol and not to replace it with sugary drinks.
My advice would be cut down to one night a week of only 5 pints, the rest of the week have none (not even a half, it ruins your body's ability to burn fat or build muscle). If you offset your one night out with a couple of nights exercise, a big walk on Sunday and generally eating healthy sensible portions, I don't see it being a problem.
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When I was losing weight, I went tee-total for 3 years. I'm back on the grog now, but what it taught me was to have the self-confidence, personality and disco moves of someone that's a little bit tipsy, with the stone cold control of a monkey heart-surgeon.
What's more important. Losing weight or drinking booze?
What's more important. Losing weight or drinking booze?
Amazing what you drink can do for your size…
Missus wanted to lose weight a few years back, she was dumping three sugars into tea, and drinking lucazade fizzy orange before bed, as well as drinking lots of other fizzy drinks mixed with vodka etc – none of them sugar free and wondered why she was gaining and not losing..
She cut her sugar in tea down to just half a tea spoon, as she just can’t take the blandness of none sugared tea, dumping the lucazade for water, swapped the fizzy for sugar free orange juice you mixed with water and drinks Pepsi Max as a treat. She also has a small bottle of wine on occasion for Sunday lunch.. Hasn’t touched vodka since.
Those sugar free orange juices aren’t as good as good old plain water, but its not as bad as drinking coke and vodka or high sugared energy drinks.. so to me much improved and she has lost weight.. Amazing eh??
Cold turkey on the booze, more water or if too bland mix with sugar free orange juice..!!
Good luck
Missus wanted to lose weight a few years back, she was dumping three sugars into tea, and drinking lucazade fizzy orange before bed, as well as drinking lots of other fizzy drinks mixed with vodka etc – none of them sugar free and wondered why she was gaining and not losing..
She cut her sugar in tea down to just half a tea spoon, as she just can’t take the blandness of none sugared tea, dumping the lucazade for water, swapped the fizzy for sugar free orange juice you mixed with water and drinks Pepsi Max as a treat. She also has a small bottle of wine on occasion for Sunday lunch.. Hasn’t touched vodka since.
Those sugar free orange juices aren’t as good as good old plain water, but its not as bad as drinking coke and vodka or high sugared energy drinks.. so to me much improved and she has lost weight.. Amazing eh??
Cold turkey on the booze, more water or if too bland mix with sugar free orange juice..!!
Good luck
That's the nub of it right there.
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No booze will do you any good if trying to lose weight - glucose and sugar important in all alcohol
just drink beer ... sure you'll die at 82 instead of 86 be really who cares.
You will; when you're 81.
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Vodka & Slimline tonic is my weapon of choice. If you feel it is a bit girly just start drinking it by the pint.
Champagne,
Average calories in 100ml of champagne: 76.0kcal
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/calories/calorie_counter/alcohol.htm
Average calories in 100ml of champagne: 76.0kcal
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/calories/calorie_counter/alcohol.htm