zip106

Anyone know which alcoholic drink has the least number of calories per unit?

As I'm now on a fairly strict weight loss and building regime, I'd like to know which drinks to avoid.
I don't want to negate all the gains (and losses ) that I've achieved over the last few weeks.

Now, in the ideal world, I'd give up booze altogether, but I've got a few parties etc to go to in the next few weeks and I want to have a few drinks to be sociable.

I don't drink during the week (ever - I don't go out) or weekends unless I'm going out .

Any help will be much appreciated

LG John

I'm going to guess at vodka and diet coke or a watered down whiskey (or straight up if you are a man )

scoobyfirst

I think Spirits with diet coke are best, stay away from the wine, beer and cider makes you wider

j4ckos mate

bacardi and diert coke or some sort of white spirit with a mixer anyway

sti-04!!

Stella

zip106

Ha!
I've just found a website with calorie counter and Stella comes in at a whopping 256 cals per pint.
Guinness, of which I used to drink loads of, is a gargantuan 210 cals per pint.
Special Brew is 394 per pint

Vodka and slimline Tonic (a bit 'ladies', but needs must) is a steady 58 cals.

Way to go.

Thanks for your help, chaps.

Calories in Alcohol

what would scooby do

Drink meths and you'll be weighing 8 stone in no time (plus your heavy teeth will fall out)

sti-04!!

zip106

Hey, I don't want to put on any more weight, you know!

what would scooby do

oh yeah the beard and fleas add about 50g

zip106

Right, 'moff to have a shave and de-louse my pubes.

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

Spirits, as calories from alcohol cannot be metabolised into fat, it's beer and all that hops that turns you in mc fatty lard ***. Although whilst your liver is metabolising alcohol it cannot break down fat so it hinders fat loss.

sti-04!!

Would i be better off drinking a litre of voddie against 6 stella's ??

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

Your liver sure as hell would not thank you for it but from a fat loss point of you yeah. Your average beer contains 160 calories of crap that can be turned into fat as opposed to just 15 calories of alcohol which cannot. So 8 pints = 1290 calories

Windsor

No disrespect... but this is a load of old ****!

Calories from spirit alcohol can be turned into fat, amongst other things... and it doesn't directly 'hinder' fat loss... the 'other things' simply replace fat as an alternative fuel source.

If you drink 1,000 calories of beer vs. 1,000 calories of vodka a day the difference on your weight gain will be negligible.

It doesn't matter whether the intermediate energy stage is 'fat' or not... the same old equation still applies... calories in vs. calories out. Either it stores what you drink as fat, or it burns what you drink whilst it stores what you eat as fat!

Our bodies are designed to optimise storage over use and will use immediate sources of energy and store less immediate sources in any way it can. It is laughable to suggest that you can get bladdered on vodka and white wine spritzers in the hope your body will decide to randomly shed the excess calories!

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

Hmmm okay then try drinking a gallon of petrol that contains over 50000 calories and see how much weight you put on All substnces contain calories BUT not all can be metabolised by our liver into energy

ScoobyWon't

The simple answer is don't drink.

And do not even consider non-alcoholic lager as you may as well be drinking the stuff with alcohol in.

However, it's not easy passing up on booze - I know being ex-licensed trade - and having mates who think you've gone gay if you've stopped drinking.

It's either a case of not drinking, paying for tonic water (expensive) or the high-sugar content cordials which are cheap (ignore the fruit juices and J20s as they are filled with sugar and even more expensive).

Abdabz

Either lardburgercurrylager (which I have just made up but may be quite tasty) or a spiwit with diet curk (or pepsi)...

Oh and LOL at the "dont dwink" quote above... Quite possibly the funniest thing I have read on scoobinet in years

Varboy

You're correct, not all of the alcohol is converted into energy, some of the alcohol. My chemistry is a bit rusty after 12 years but it's broken down to lactic acid, CO2, water etc through it's metabolic process, only some of the alcohol eventually becomes energy through NADH etc etc.

This is unlike carbs (especially as sugar in beer) are easily broken down by the body to create energy ergo you get lard ***.

zip106

I'll just drink a glass of water, then.

timmy2take

iTrader: (7)

I think I read in the paper the other day Gin had the least calories. My ex used to drink it quite often and was only 8 stone. I used to drink Stella quite a bit and got to 20 stone.

Something like a pint or can of strong lager was 400 calories & gin was only 150 I think for a measure including a slimline tonic.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

"some sort of white spirit", f*ckin ell mate I knew you liked a drink but anything left over from decorating cannot be served with a mixer !

Turps and Ginger ale
Lemonade and Brush Cleaner
Gin n thinners
Nitromors and Coke

Saying that, you might be onto something....