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Healthy drinking while out...

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  • 21-11-2004 11:31pm
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    frantic_mel
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    Ok Im going to start tomorrow trying to lose weight and tone up my body. My boyfriend is in a band and plays 3 gigs every week, which is costing me a fortune on bacardi and diet coke (6.50 each), what other alternative drink can i have that would be healthy but also to get me in the mood for a good night out. I heard cranberry juice and vodka is good....any other suggestions.

    for those healthy people or people sticking to a diet what do you normally drink while out....


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    test999
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    sneak a hip flask full of vanilla vodka into the place, all the old people do it!


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    simu
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    What about good ol' sparkling mineral water with a slice of lemon (add some spirit like gin or vodka if you want).

    Diet Coke contains aspartame - I've heard it's been thought to have dodgy effects but I'm not sure.


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    #4
    I am MAN
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    How's about just not drink for a while, thats the best option.


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    Scubachick
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    I know some of the Weight Watcher points, so if it helps:

    Bacardi and a diet drink - 1.5 points
    Vodka and Cranberry juice - not sure, Vodka=1.5 and unsweetened juice perhaps 0.5 (same as an apple).
    Coors light - 2.5 -same as a bottle of Bud or Miller. The light refers to colour or taste, rather than calories!
    Bulmers light - 1 point
    Pint of Guinness - 3 points
    Pint of larger - 4 points

    Watch out for fruit drink mixers, as they often have added sugars.


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    Tiriel
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    what about gin and slim-line tonic with lemon?


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    Scubachick
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    Gin & Slim is only 1.5 points, but it would be the same price as the Barcadi and diet! Anyone else have a cheap and low cal options?


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    Blisterman
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    Coors Light?


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    Tiriel
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    or Bulmers lite.. what's that like? In Cork a tonic etc. is cheaper than a mineral like 7up.. no idea about up in Dublin sorry!


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    fragile
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    Whiskey, no need for a mixer, just plain ol' sippin whiskey ;) and I have no idea how many weight watchers points it is, but the Irish and Scotch kind are particularly palatable


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    Cake Fiend
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    simu wrote:
    Diet Coke contains aspartame - I've heard it's been thought to have dodgy effects but I'm not sure.

    I've heard it makes testicles shrink... so she's probably OK :eek:


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    Scubachick
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    Blisterman wrote:
    Coors Light?

    Coors light is not light in calories - just light in colour, so it's the same as drinking a bottle of bud or miller. Larger is also one of the highest calorie drinks. I think it is scandlous the way people can market their products in this way - it is very misleding. :mad:


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    Lexie
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    What about wine. Dont think it has as many calories as other alcoholic drinks.


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    Blue Duck
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    Just to set you all straight on the weight watchers points

    Pint of larger - 4 points no tis actually 3

    Cranberry juice is really high in points there are 2 in a 250ml glass

    Coors light is light in calories and a bottle has 1 point

    Bulmers light is 1 point per 300mls not per bottle.

    Wine: a bottle is 7 1/2 points, quarter bottle is taken as 2 points.

    On the asparatame note, appartently is makes rats testicles shrink, wonder if the same happens to men??!!


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    Stark
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    Aspartame is nasty nasty stuff, testicle issue or not. And it still produces an insulin response leading to weight gain, despite being calorie-free. In fact this makes it worse than a calorie laden drink as it can lead to hypoglycaemia. Sucralose is fine though (it's used in Bulmers light and the new Diet Club Orange/Lemon). In deciding what to drink I weight up the sugar in the drink before I weigh up the alcohol. So lager is out. Bulmer's light is fine. Wine is okayish too(but can be quite addictive for those of us with a sweet tooth). Corrs light is lower in sugar(maltose) than normal lager I heard, is that true?

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    Bri
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    What's the difference in taste between Bulmers Light / Bulmers Original? Do they come in the same quanitities too?


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    Blisterman
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    What does diet coke contain?


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    #18
    I am MAN
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    calpol and heroin


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