I budget 1 glass of wine in my daily calories. I was wondering if any of you Berserkers cut down on wine if you “go on a diet”. Being ITB I doubt I could cut it out completely even when using a spit bucket. I guess the easiest answer would just be to exercise more, but I do quit a bit of walking and exercise in my basement gym already.
Although it is getting colder… I may regret losing weight.
Too many. Explains my obesity.
But antioxidantssss right? You’ll never age.
Depending on day and wine maybe 300-600. Dry wines and lower ETOH helps with calories.
We usually just work(winery/vineyard/ranch), or ride MTB more.
Make sure your portion sizes of food are more euro than US too to have room in your calorie count for wine. Water or wine for us no juice/soda etc except the occasional margarita.
Yeah, my veggie game has to go much higher when I open up bottles at home. My GF was offended by the frozen lasagna we got that was marketed as “family size” because it seemed small LOL! Yes, portion control is key.
I have found the best diet for me, when i want to drop 20 pounds, is intermittent fasting. Works well, and I can eat all my normal foods & portions - just not all the time. I will typically avoid calories from 10PM until about 4-5PM the next day (skip breakfast & lunch). But this still allows me to continue to drink wine with dinner and in the evening! Win!
The beauty about intermittent fasting is that it doesn’t rely upon prolonged body chemistry change (like atkins/keto) that takes a long time to get into, and is f**ked by cheating, and so it truly can be done intermittently - whenever you want to do it. I have found that if I’m doing it daily, and then decide to go off it on the weekend and indulge/engorge normally, that when I go back on it Monday I’m pretty hungry all afternoon - but by Tuesday my body is used to it again. (Reliably eating 3 meals a day was not the norm throughout most of human history)
I am old: 74. I have also literally lost 100 or more pounds three times in my life. The last time was the late 1970’s when I started walking. 25-30 miles a week, every week. For 40+ Years. I kept the weight off. Now, after two back surgeries my walking is restricted but I bought the best recumbent bike you can get (Matrix R 50) and pedal 200+ minutes a week.
I have counted and recorded calories obsessively every single day since 1979. (!) (I have-the pages are yellowed!)
Wine is part of this. Calories in a glass also increase with the percentage of alcohol. Lately, I have discovered the 15.6% Jaffurs petite Syrah which is about 700 calories a bottle instead of 600.
I drink a half bottle of wine a day, every day, in retirement. (Two and one half glasses which look almost empty since I pour into fishbowls…) After 40+ years my calorie counts are accurate.
If you are concerned about calories in a glass you may share some of my concerns and obsessions.
And, there is a solution to allow a second daily glass: eat more vegetables! Broccoli, carrots, spinach, etc. can allow the second glass. They are really low in calories! And will add a few years to your life.
As I type this I am steaming broccoli and…pouring a second glass🍷
I used to IF, but at work I’ll notice my energy dipping quite low so I’ve needed to bring at least a salad to get through the day.
This is beautiful. Yes, I used to track my food religiously for over 6 years to the gram. I had to stop doing that to keep my sanity… but when I fall off the wagon I start roughly tracking my intake again. My weight fluctuates a lot similarly due to unforeseen stresses or health issues.
Hard agree on the veggies. I eat about 1/2 a Costco salad bag a day of lettuce.
When I read your thread title I stuck my fingers in my ears, tightly closed my eyes, starting shaking my head back and forth while loudly chanting, “I DON’T WANT TO KNOW, I DON’T WANT TO KNOW!” over and over again.
Don’t know. Don’t care.
I lost 55 pounds by addressing my food intake - quality (only snacks are literally fruit and nuts) and quantity (no more second helpings at all). The wine has remained constant through that time.
Yea, I used to IF since I don’t like eating breakfast at all / don’t enjoy breakfast foods compared to lunch and dinner options.
I chuckled. I feel that.
I am working on making the switch from IPA’s to more wine daily. I find beer tends to expand the waistline fairly quickly. 1-2 glasses of red wine per night is about perfect for me, with a little more than that on the weekends.
I limit to one glass a day or 7 glasses a week total. After going through the open heart surgery event this year, it allowed me to step back and look at things and to an extent, like David, I don’t care about the calorie intake (my weight has/is fine) but instead decided to attack it (I suppose indirectly) with a budget for ‘glasses consumed per week’.
I hope you’re recovering smoothly FM3.
“Wine only turns into calories if you let it sit”
Just going through this in the past couple of weeks as I’m trying to lower my triglycerides. Turns out drinking 2-4 glasses of wine a night on top of a big dinner is a lot of extra calories to sleep on. Now I’m trying to space out the wine from the food so that it’s more balanced over the evening and can be burned off before bed.
Wayyy too many to admit to the MD.
Don’t count calories and only drink wine 2-3 nights a week (and only half a bottle then). Portion control, rigorous exercise keeps the pounds off.