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

Yah I say I cut back but is it really cutting back when you just drink all your drinks in one night instead of 2 or 3? lol idk maybe we get to lie to ourselves because we arent drinking every night like we used to!?! Ok so YCC is youth correctional counselor, its with the State of California! Im super excited! And for those who dont know. I will be working with youth in the "prison system" not "jail".... as for the difference jail is for people who have less than a year sentence, prison is for more than a year.  Anywho the job is a long process but i am finally starting my background check, I believe, which is usually the longest part of any hiring process! Anywho I hope that answered the questions! Happy weekend to all! and screw it, lets have a drink! :o)

nat

this has got to be the best thread i've ever read in my entire life. i'm such a lush, it's terrible. margaritas are my FAVE but i've cut back on them significantly because a) they give me heartburn and b) they're like...400 calories a pop!! BOO!!!

i just went through and read the entire thread. there were two posts that i enjoyed more than the others: things that are impossible to say while drunk, and the story about sticking your entire hand into a jar of peanut butter and waking up with it still caked to your hand. that story reminded me of my own work christmas party, and one of my favorite drinking stories of all time:

i worked in a bar, which is automatically no good for my waistline. but for christmas this past year, my boss decided to close down the restaurant and have a party for employees and regulars. he made a whole buffet of food. including chicken wings. and ooooooh, how i love chicken wings. well, about 11 drinks into the evening, i got the munchies. i sat on the stage and ate probably 25 wings. there is a picture of me floating around with my face COVERED in wing sauce. i even made one of the guys go make me more when i ran out. after gorging myself with chicken, i promptly passed out. in my christmas dress, jacket and heels. still wearing my reindeer antlers. i woke up the next morning (still at work) and decided that cracker barrel was in order. i went to the bathroom at cracker barrel before breakfast and noticed that there was still wing sauce ALL OVER my face. no one had bothered to clean me up, or even to tell me, and i'd been awake for two hours and talked to probably ten people. i still get made fun of for that night. but it was totally worth it. those were the best damn chicken wings i'd ever eaten.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That's the best story I've heard in here in a little while! How embarassingly fantastic!! That totally sounds like something I'd get myself into. My friends actually get let down when I don't get crazy drunk because they love seeing what I'll end up doing. Jerks! Haha!!

Anyway, welcome to the forum - a place where we proudly embrace each other's drinking hobbies! 

Jennifer 

Another good crystal light drink is Watermelon Vodka with Crystal Light Lemonade!!! I drank soooo many of them in college that i can't drink crystal light lemonade anymore because i still taste alcohol in it, even when i don't put any in lol

One trick i used at school was to put one shot in a water bottle then fill the rest of the large water bottle with lemonade....that way people still think you're drinking but with wayyyy less calories....then once the others are drunk they won't notice what you're doing haha

also - i plan on being the DD this friday....im hoping it works, so i dont have to waste calories....i'm on a roll and don't want this to be the end of it

Cool thread. Sorry that I'm just  now jumping in. I challenged myself to give up drinking for one month, April 5-May 5, just to see if I could do it. Being 21, I've never gone a full month without drinking. Sometimes 3 weeks, but never 4. What can I say? I like to party.

So I've been to my first kegger since I started the challenge and am still on track. This weekend will be tricky because I'm attending a friend's housewarming party, and he's one of my favorite drinking buddies, and I'm half in love with him. I decided at the start I was allowed one glass of wine to cheat, so I hope that won't open the door drinking more.

*Fingers crossed* We'll see how it goes.

Welcome thmonbon & yourfavoriteblond!  The more the merrier.  Man I miss out on some updates b/c I don't the once a day email I'm supposed to.  I get some periodically.  Not sure why. 

Yep, I had the same interest in understanding what YCC was, so thanks for the explanation. 

As for my current habits, I think I'm doing a tiny bit better.  Why do I think that?  I'm glad you asked!  I actually go one or 2 day's a wk w/o a beverage of choice.  I've been waking up on the couch around 10:30-11:30 instead of 3 a.m.  Tonight is going to be a dry one for me.  I'm out of wine anyway so if I keep myself from stopping at the grocery store on the way home, I should be good to go.  I also have a bunch of errands to run after work, so that usually helps me out too.

Wish me luck!  Chat with you soon.

I dont drink very often now, I just smoke pot instead (healthier overall in my opinion, but to each their own).

Although pot has no calories like alcohol does, it still leads to the same problem - munchies! Why cant bars sell fruit and veggies sticks? sigh.

I think the food is the culprit for weight gain more than the alcohol calories. Although if youre drinking really sugary drinks, thats bad... but theyre so good! Nothing like a sweet margarita on a hot day. If I do drink, its vodka with low-cal juice, sugar-free energy drinks or diet coke. Ick.

Just try to move around a lot when you go out to burn off the cals. Hit the dance floor!

Hey ladies,

I just wanted to drop a few quick lines to let you all know that I'll be going out of town again for a few weeks. I'll try to check in when I can, but it may be a few days before I get a chance. Take care and I'll chat again soon!!

Jennifer

Well ladies, last night was an epic fail for me. I had too many drinks and it ended in me consuming 3600 calories for the day. Oops!! Between the margaritas, the french fries and the potato chips. I was pretty much doomed. But today is a new day!! I've already drank my weight in water today, with no plans to stop. And let me tell you, I'm swimming in the food remorse, but on the whole, I don't regret it. It was damn fun!!!