least fattening alcohol?

metrovelvet

I know this is a ridiculous question but I have to ask.

There are lots of parties this week, I want to have fun and want to minimise impact on the waistline.

Any advice other than asbstenence?

g'em

dry white wine spritzers

PullMyFinger!

I got loads of good suggestions here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=230534

Ive never been overweight but I notice if I go on a holiday bender for a week, say, it does make a difference on the waistline.

daveirl

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Superdub2

i wud suggest stick to the shorts as they will get you drunk but there is very little in them! more alcohol and less calories! (i tink)

maybe find a low calorie mixer

sobriquet

Ah, but you see, there's a false economy when it comes to calorie counting with drink - you'll drink a heap of low calorie drinks, and then with your inhibitions lowered you'll head off to the chippie at the end of the night.

The solution is to drink Guinness. Besides its' well established nutritional value (it's used by olympic athletes), it's made of reconstituted turf, so it leaves you feeling full and without any inclination to dump a kebab on top of it.

Disclaimer: this post may or may not be factually based, and may or may not be a delusional defense on the part of the poster of his drinking habits. Poster retains no liability for advice taken on the back of this post.

leche solara

Bulmers has nothing added but thyme...

nick23

The only thing about guiness is the morning after wen ur on the toilet 4 a few hours.... very nasty...

sobriquet

nick23 wrote:

The only thing about guiness is the morning after wen ur on the toilet 4 a few hours.... very nasty...

Ah, but that's just evidence of the sheer volume of nutritional goodness going into your system, and of it's bonus detoxification effect. See? You can't lose.

Previous disclaimer still applies.

dudara

Bulmer's light is a good drink of choice

t-ha

metrovelvet wrote:

I know this is a ridiculous question but I have to ask.

There are lots of parties this week, I want to have fun and want to minimise impact on the waistline.

Any advice other than asbstenence?

It happens. Try shorts with diet mixers, like vodka with diet coke etc. Not necessarily good for you but it won't impact the waistline much.

Personally though I find it doesn't give me an energetic buzz so there's not much point. I'ld just drink the few beers and have a good time and try and dance it off. Stay away from the chippies at the end of the night of course. A sports drink, some water and maybe a multi-vit before bed. Eat lean protein before bed if you're hungry.

irlirishkev

nick23 wrote:

The only thing about guiness is the morning after wen ur on the toilet 4 a few hours.... very nasty...

Ne'er a truer word spoken..

Seraphina

i usually drink vodka and blackcurrant. i know the ones in the pubs are loaded with sugar, but unfotunately i dont like coke, and there often aren't alot of other diet mixer options, especially if im just in my local.
however, i'd usually just be in a friends house or something, in which case i'd bring my own, sugar free cordial.

rubadub

Straight non-sugared spirits are best, or with a diet mixer or a twist of proper lime juice. Most doctors will say not to drink on an empty stomach. Truth is that you absorb the alcohol way faster so if you are sensible in your drinking you can drink on an empty stomach and get the same level of alcohol in your system with only half the amount of drinks.

Problem comes if you drink your usual 8 pints on an empty stomach.

I use it as an incentive not to eat much on days I am going to be drinking, you eat far less and spend far less in the boozer while taking in far less overall calories if you had been eating.

BlackWizard

Guinness gives you strength.

Proof.

Id like to see a man do that with Bud lite. Or woman.

TerrorFirmer

Anyone know what the likes of Smirnoff Ice/Barcardi Breezer are like for you then?

Being the pinnacle of masculinity I am, it's all I really drink...:o

Guiness.....yeeeeuck

BlackWizard

I drink alot of guinness. Say about one a day. If I go out id have about 3-4
on that night. I do alot of training and I really couldnt tell you if it does add
to my mass. But its what I was told to drink and it helps in other ways not
just physical.

Never had the toilet problem. Make sure you eat alot of fruit and excercise
often.

Just do shots for the night Get soo wasted that you get sick at the end
of the night and that will bring you back to square one.

rubadub

HavoK wrote:

Anyone know what the likes of Smirnoff Ice/Barcardi Breezer are like for you then?

full of sugar. & crap

smurfbaby

Make sure you eat before you go out to a) stop you getting too drunk too early and b) minimise the risk of you hitting the chippy at the end of the night.
As others have mentioned spirits with diet mixers are a good option eg vodka and diet coke, gin and slimline tonic, about 50 cals per drink I think
Ive heard that vodka and soda water is a good drink in general because as well as being low cal it helps you keep hydrated as you are drinking water with every shot of vodka

metrovelvet

I stay away from all those diet drinks and anything that has aspertine. You may as well be drinking strychnyne. Im also sticking to rum or tequila based drinks.

Dragan

metrovelvet wrote:

I stay away from all those diet drinks and anything that has aspertine. You may as well be drinking strychnyne. Im also sticking to rum or tequila based drinks.

The reason it's getting pounded lately is because someone discovered that it gets metabolised to wood alchohol in the body, which then gets converted to formaldehyde.

Although strangely enough you get more wood alchohol from an orange.

But there you go.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

The more alchohol in a drink, the less calories in general, so if you go with absinth or poitin thats abot 80+ percent alcohol, there's probably going to be very few calories, primarilly because most of the volume is made up with alcohol.

Ahhhh logic,

metrovelvet

I dont eat or drink oranges or orange juice either as its too acidic for me. Same principals.

g'em

metrovelvet wrote:

I stay away from all those diet drinks and anything that has aspertine. You may as well be drinking strychnyne.

I'm intrigued to hear your support for this. And I presume you mean aspartame..

metrovelvet

Yes that is what I meant. Well I have to maintain a non acidic diet [and this was before the PH miracle came out so its not a fad thing for me.] and diet stuff is a big no no for me.

http://home.bluegrass.net/~jclark/alkaline_foods.htm

I follow this pretty much as best I can although it can be a challenge

Here is a more detailed analysis of asperteme.
http://home.bluegrass.net/~jclark/sweeteners.htm

I stay away from grain based alcohol and wine just makes me vomit and asthmatic so I can forget that.