I believe it's a myth that hard liquor has no calories. I can't rememer, but I think vodka and tequila are low in calories. I hate to recommend anyone drink hard liqour, I think there ate some low carb beers out there still, I know there were when I was drinking.
Sweet hard liquors have carbs...like Spiced Rum and whatnot. Plus, if you mix them, that's even more carbs.
There's one low-carb beer that I'm aware of, but I haven't really been looking for any yet.
Alcohol is a weakness for me and I'm pretty worried about that fact. I'm trying to cut way way back, but friends are constantly wanting to come over and drink with me/us. Hmm. I just have to be a touch anti-social until I get to a balanced way of dealing with it. I mostly want to lose weight...and drinking is keeping that from happening. It's actually causing me to balloon into a hippo.
When I quit drinking I became a hermit. I couldn't hang out with my drinking buddies for a long time unless I knew there would be no drinking. I don't recommend isolating yourself but it's the only way I could quit, but then I wasn't quitting to lose weight and I was going to meetings. I lost a few friends in the process. What's sad is that some of them talk about how much they want to quit drinking but they don't out of a fear of "life being boring". My philosophy has become that anything that becomes that important in your life can't be any good for you. And I didn't mean to preach on it.
Having said that, I admit I'm hopelessly addicted to nicotine, but it's my crutch. I don't smoke around other people so I figure I'm only hurting myself
I'm trying to put myself in the same mindset I had in college, before I discovered alcohol. It's a pleasant place to be where I smoke a clove outside and chat with whoever is with me...and then I go inside and do something creative or something I just need to get done. I did that last night and I actually enjoyed it. I painted my toenails and then did a crossword. There are so many projects that I want to get to that I've just been avoiding in favor of drinking instead, which is lame. I drink more alone than I do with friends, so if I cut out drinking alone, that's a good chunk of drinking that's out the window. I'll still see friends and I'll still enjoy a few beers, but I'm going to pace myself and watch how many I'm taking in. It's going to take getting used to, but I'm 26. It's time to grow the fuck up.
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Plus, if you mix them, that's even more carbs.
There's one low-carb beer that I'm aware of, but I haven't really been looking for any yet.
Alcohol is a weakness for me and I'm pretty worried about that fact. I'm trying to cut way way back, but friends are constantly wanting to come over and drink with me/us.
Hmm.
I just have to be a touch anti-social until I get to a balanced way of dealing with it.
I mostly want to lose weight...and drinking is keeping that from happening. It's actually causing me to balloon into a hippo.
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Having said that, I admit I'm hopelessly addicted to nicotine, but it's my crutch. I don't smoke around other people so I figure I'm only hurting myself
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I did that last night and I actually enjoyed it. I painted my toenails and then did a crossword. There are so many projects that I want to get to that I've just been avoiding in favor of drinking instead, which is lame.
I drink more alone than I do with friends, so if I cut out drinking alone, that's a good chunk of drinking that's out the window. I'll still see friends and I'll still enjoy a few beers, but I'm going to pace myself and watch how many I'm taking in.
It's going to take getting used to, but I'm 26. It's time to grow the fuck up.
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