Weekend cocktails ruining your progress?

They sure are ruining mine. Last week I started coming to this site and soon became obsessed. I love having a place where I can be held accountable for everything I put in my mouth. HOWEVER, come every Thursday or so, I love to relax with a few drinks. For the calories, I've decided to drink Bacardi Limon w/ Fresca (68 cals). This worked well Thursday night, but then fast forward to Saturday. I was so stupid to "save" my calories from lunch in order to party big, but as the night wore on, hunger kicked in, pizza arrived, and I indulged. Between Friday and Monday, I put on nearly 5 lbs. I still lost a pound last week which puts me right at my goal, but I could be progressing so much faster if only I could put the drinks down! This is the downfall of every diet I get on. Sorry about the rant, but maybe putting it out there might help me have the control to leave the drinks out for a while. Anyone else have this issue?

Jennifer

I need to confess!!  I said in my post two weeks ago I was only going to have to Bacardi and Diet cokes and 5 olives.  I didn't have the olives but I did have only 2 Bacardi and Cokes! 

Then I had three Buttery Nipples-and not shot-size either.  I love Bailey's and Butterscotch Schnapps!!  I did okay on the food though-just chips and salsa-better than the cheeseburger I really wanted!  I felt so bad about the Nipples it kept me from doing too bad on the eating.  I'm going to try not drink this weekend, but I teach middle school and Fridays are so...well, you remember.

Plus, we're going skiing next weekend and I'm supposed to be bring the stuff for Margarita's.  IT's not looking good-and I don't plan on skiing so so much for exercising it off!!

I view it like a balancing act. I wanna drink on the weekends but i also want to lose weight. We all know these things don;t complement each other so i look at it this way. If i want to do the crime i must put in the time. I have to push my cardio way up.  It is not fun but it is still not unpleasant enough to stop my drinking.

HELLO FELLOW INDULGERS OF THE BOOZE!!! I'm finally back home! And let me say this, if you've never been to Key West, get there now! It was so nice to get out of the cold weather for a few days.

Anywho, I'm having a little problem that some of you might be able to relate to... don't you hate it when you stock up on booze on Wednesday night, decide to get drunk on Thursday night, then find that you've exhausted your supply by Friday night? I don't know what to do with myself! I might have to go on a run (NO, not the cardio kind!). Hope everyone has a great weekend!!! 

Jennifer 

Good to have you back liljdoll!  I gave up counting calories (1st time since I started in November) on Thursday thru Sunday.  Had tons of wine & beer and no excercise for the first time after my solid 3 weeks. But, today's monday morning and my hopes are high for a better week.  Take care all.

Hey hasta,

Good to chat with you again too! I know exactly what you're saying... I guess the trip to KW was a nice break for me, but I feel completely stressed about my lack of progress. That, and I have this overwhelming urge to drink right now. I've already had 2 light beers tonight. It's like wanting to do good isn't enough, ya know? I am planning on getting into the gym more this week for the next few months (mainly because of the military fitness test coming up), but I think it'll do me some good... shed a few of these ol' pounds! Hope you don't have as much trouble getting back into the groove as I am.

Jennifer

who's gonna have a hard time with fat tuesday tomorrow?? ME ME ME ME ME!!! lol plus im going outa town this weekend... i dont forsee a great alcohol free week in my future... BUT i have doing ok on my weight loss... each week i have been down a pound or two, so really as long as im still progressing in the right direction that is all that matters right?

 good luck to everyone this week! :o) 

*natoo321 You're absolutely right! And more power to ya if you don't have to skimp on the drinks to keep making progress! I haven't really noticed that it hinders my weight loss that much as long as I count it into my calories. Now, while I was away, the fact that I ate mass amounts of crab legs while consuming my tasty beverages definitely put a hurtin' on me. It's good to be back at home with my trusty calorie diary and this site.

Are you going to be in New Orleans for Fat Tuesday? I wish I was!!! Hello hand grenades! MMMMMMM!!!!!!!

Jennifer

Jennifer- no im not gonna be in new orleans, i wish! ive never been but that has to be an amazing experience! id love to go there for a good couple weeks and help all the katrina victims, and party a little too! and to your trip to key west, i believe, who cares about a little slip up! i am going to meet up with like 14 or so friends from college this weekend, and im gonna guess i wont be a perfect angel! how often do we get vaca time! lol 

Natalie 

Hi doll! 

I tried to send you a message but was denied cause I had already sent 2 today :( 

I totally understand - social times are my weakness!  I also love a glass of wine or two a couple nights a week.  it's hard huh!?

We seems to be along the same kind of track.  I'm 26, 5'3" - but weigh more than you did when you started... I'm a crummy 165!  But, on the right track now!

Let me know if you want to keep in touch about the beverage pressures!

Rae

*natoo321 If you do ever get the chance to go to New Orleans, GO! I tell ya, there aren't many times that I had more fun than partying on Bourbon St. I don't know how it is now after the hurricane, but back in the day it was a great time. Did you know that their happy hours AT EVERY BAR are 5 for $5?!! Yes, that's 5 drinks for the price of one. And they bring all 5 to the table... talk about a way to start the night! Hope you have fun with your friends. Where are you guys going?

Jennifer

Jennifer-

Seems i didn't get back to you before my trip, but i am back now and i must say that i had the time of my life! i totally slacked on the diet and drank anything i wanted... gained back a pound or 2, but id do it all over again in a heartbeat! we went to lincoln city, oregon, we being 13 of my girls from college/softball. we rented a very nice beach house, and got lucky enough to crash another even nicer beach house full of 20 or so boys there for a bachelor party! awesome time but now those cocktails are much harder to say no to. i enjoy my alcohol, and now i must say no! BOOOO!!!! lol but its ok ill figure it out eventually!

*natoo321: I'm totally with ya on the trying to say no to the booze for a little while. These past couple of weeks have been totally stressin me out... to put it plainly, I was more drunk than sober in the past 14 days. Luckily, hard times are passing, and I think I'm ALMOST tired of drinking (quite as much). Can't see myself ever being tired of the drinky drinks totally. Glad to see you had a good time on the vaca!!

Jenn, (can i call you Jenn?, or is it Jen?) 

 Haha ok sorry sometimes i make myself chuckle! but about giving up the drinks for a bit, i am so with you, i feel like im talking to my twin at times! I have had a couple bad days, drinks did the trick for a bit.. but somehow i always feel like more of an ass after a drunk week than i do a sober one! so im back on the "no thank you" wagon... sometimes its fun to see everyone's face when they find out the life of the party will be entertaining them sober! :o) good luck with your journey of less drinks! i know I will need it!!

natoo

ps i had the best time on vaca EVER! thanks! 

I have the same problem.  I'm a male though and dropped a considerable amount of weight over the past year and a half.  I feel that as long as im good during the week, eating right, healthy, working out, 1 night a week usually saturday, going wild is a good thing.  The week is stressful so if a few hundred extra cals means releasing a week full of stress im not complaining.  I'm also in more of a maintenance phase, but while i was cutting i still gave myself 1 night.  I also tend to eat MASSIVE amounts of food after a night out, so lately ive been eating popcorn after, its healthy, tasty. 

hey guys.  Did I tell you that I gave up alcohol for Lent and the only day so far that I haven't had drinks was Ash Wednesday.  I lack such self control when it comes to this aspect of my life.  Seems like I kick myself every morning.

Jen, natoo, & slash, how did you all do last night?  I didn't see your posts until just now but I going to commit right here and now "no drinks tonight!!!!"  I'll check back in and let you know how it goes.

Jen is your military fitness training helping to keep the lbs. off?

giving up alcohol is so very difficult. Ive managed to get it down to once per week, and only a few drinks at that, but its so hard to give it completely up while losing weight. Its like, as as college student my choices are drink or stay home alone with the cats, LOL.

But the good news is i've lost another 1.5 lbs from last week!

*natoo You can call me Jenn! Good luck to you too on cutting back on the booze!

*slash4221 The stress thing is what I think the drinking binges really boil down to. I happen to work with a few select people who are dumber than rocks, and after a day of listening to all that blah blah blah, I just gotta relax!! I am trying to do better during the week and it is rough! I find that taking a nap through the 'witching hour' (shoutout to my girl HASTA!!) seems to help curb the craving. Nothing beats a nice cold drink (or 7) after a long day's BS.

*hasta Nice to see you back on the forum! I'm sure you already read the message I sent you, but good job on trying to abstain! I actually haven't had a drink since, um, Monday. HOWEVER, Friday, Sunday, and Monday I only had one drink which is great for me! Saturday night I downed two econosize (the two-in-one size, if you're not familiar) bottles of wine though. That, I must say, was a pretty heavy night. I'm trying not to have a cocktail tonight, but I did some heavy workouts yesterday and today so I kinda need a liquid muscle relaxer, if you know what I mean. hehe Good luck to you though, and remember, one day at a time. (ok, that was a total AA statement)

I really like to limit myself to drinks during the week when I know im going to have a fun time.  You know, out with a group of friends, meeting people, hanging out.  But nothing beats those nights where you have a few cocktails and just let out the days stress.  I guess it really just comes down to where you are on your "diet quest".  Now im more of maintaining so a couple drinks as long as i excercise each day isnt going to kill me.  If you have to have those few drinks, make sure there low in calories, diet soda, rum.  Maybe even try drinking them slower, feel the ease set in a little bit more instead of just chugging them down.

Well so far I have done pretty well on saying no to drinks. I have had a drink, or a shot here and there when Im out but nothing like normal. Blake Shelton sings a song about how if he has one drink then before he knows it he has 13, thats me. So for me to have one or two group shots im doing good! I even went out on wednesday for a huge going away party for my best friend (from childhood), and i only had 2 shots. which one was purchased for me without my say so lol and the other was a cheers to my best friends! cant say no all the time! Long story short I have done really well this week! I think that I am going to try to continue on that journey! I work thursday friday and saturday at the bar so looks like that will help :o)  Hope everyone else is doing well!