Alcohol and Diet

CSC

I am on a diet at the moment and trying to eat as healthy as I possibly can.

I have a party to go to next week and unsure what to drink at it. Before the diet I would just drink bottles or pints of beer but I don't want to next week as I know the calories they contain. I also don't want to drink water all night as I don't think it would be an enjoyable evening.

Can anyone advise what alcohol would have the least affect with adding on those extra calories?

flashforward

Id imagine something like vodka with a zero cal mixer, Coke Zero.

Mellor

This is prob the lowest cal alcoholic drink, in relation to amount of alcohol any

corkcomp

JD + diet coke FTW

--Kaiser--

Gin and Tonic or Whiskey and Soda would be good bets

El_Dangeroso

Chivas Regal and soda if someone else is buying, Jameson and soda if I am.:)

pinkypinky

I heard at weightwatchers that martini (the bottled brand rather than the coctail) is half a ww point per glass, so that would make it very low, if they had it available. Westcoast cooler is also another low calorie drink.

rubadub

pinkypinky wrote: »

I heard at weightwatchers that martini (the bottled brand rather than the coctail) is half a ww point per glass

Be careful of that, I have seen many WW points which were for UK measures, e.g. a UK shot is 25ml, a Irish one is 35.5ml also a baileys in Ireland is 50ml, I think martinis are larger also.

pinkypinky wrote: »

Westcoast cooler is also another low calorie drink.

Like many "low point" items they are really just small portions. Just like you see curly wurlies, snack crisps, malteasers etc listed in the WW threads. They are the same points per 100g as other bars/crisps etc.

A westcoast cooler is only 4%

http://www.westcoastcooler.ie/blog/about-west-coast-cooler/
Calories per 250ml: 151k/cal

While bulmers light is 4.5% and
28kcal per 100ML

so 70kcal per 250ml, so westcoast cooler has over twice the points/calories of bulmers light and is actually even worse that that when you take into account it has less alcohol.

I made a long post about alcohol here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57902740&postcount=10
in short spirits with diet mixers are the best bet, but very expensive.

lubie76

rubadub wrote: »

Be careful of that, I have seen many WW points which were for UK measures, e.g. a UK shot is 25ml, a Irish one is 35.5ml also a baileys in Ireland is 50ml, I think martinis are larger also.

Yep, martinis are a double measure, so 76ml.

ApeXaviour

Good site that lists calorie to alcohol ratio of a lot of drinks:


http://www.getdrunknotfat.com/


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