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  • #1

    question about alcohol

    how many of you drink every once in a while - and if you do, is it a very low carb beer (such as mich ultra) OR a vodka and diet coke?

    please don't tell me not to have ANY alchocol - it's something i'm looking forward to and it's technically allowed on rung 5 - right? i need something to look forward to, lol - but do any of you drink the low carb beers? or is it just something like vodka/diet (i don't like vodka and i haven't drank pop in over 2 years...)
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    Re: question about alcohol

    I drink vodka/diet coke, vodka/diet tonic, s/f Coolers (Mike's light or Smirnoff Ultra 1), or dry white wine. though not all at the same time LOL.

    Unfortunately we don't have low carb beer in Canada, even our regular light beer is 13g's per bottle.

    Though in maintanence I do have an occaisional beer.
    Last edited by sadie147; January 29, 2009, 05:45 PM.
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    • #3
      Re: question about alcohol

      Almost all bourbons are carb free.
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      • #4
        Re: question about alcohol

        Hiya, I drink vodka with crushed ice and water with a bit of lemon a few times a week. More than one will stall me so it's not worth it to me to have more than one....
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        • #5
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          Im a vodka & club soda with a little lime kinda girl... try not to do it too often as I have noticed weight gain if I go a little overboard with it... The low carb beers have always made me feel icky... I'm sure some can have it just fine, but doesn't agree with my tum tum

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          • #6
            Re: question about alcohol

            Hiya

            I have either Vodka and diet coke, but mainly whiskey and diet coke... I too have to have it on occasion. I understand that it might slow my wieghtloss down a tad, but as long as its on occasion I really don't think its too bad.
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            • #7
              Re: question about alcohol

              If I do drink, I make it bourbon with diet sprite or diet 7-up. That's throwing in a non-approved sugar substitute, but keeps the caffeine away. I usually cut way back on the drinking if I'm induction though.
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              • #8
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                since i'm usually a beer girl and i do NOT drink pop (or diet pop) at all - what else can I mix with vodka or bourbon?...

                i also used to LOVE all the very SUGARY drink mixes (amaretto & sour, margarita, etc...) so I honestly don't know what else I could mix with any non-carb/low-carb alcohol that's NOT pop.
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                • #9
                  Re: question about alcohol

                  gin and tonic
                  or vodka tonic

                  you can buy diet tonic water for these. I too am a beer girl. You like those sugary stuff? Man they gave me a tummy ache like no other!
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                  • #10
                    Re: question about alcohol

                    Originally posted by dewdropinn View Post
                    gin and tonic
                    or vodka tonic

                    you can buy diet tonic water for these. I too am a beer girl. You like those sugary stuff? Man they gave me a tummy ache like no other!
                    Yes it has to be diet tonic as tonic is as high carb as regular pop (25g's per serving).

                    How about diet coolers (they're pretty sweet IMO)? Here we have Diet Mike's Hard lemonade and Hard Cranberry (though they're 4g's per serving still), and Smirnoff Ultra 1 which is 1g per serving.

                    I would imagine if you are in the US you'd have a few options? Usually you guys have more brands than we do. I know when I was last in the US on vacation I bought Mikes light, though it was a bit different from the one here..instead of being a vodka cooler it was a 'malt' liquor/cooler, whatever that is?

                    There are s/f margarita/daquiri etc drink mixes available online, and I've lucked out and found them in the stores a couple of times too. Though i'm not a fruity drink person myself..they were too much for me.
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                    • #11
                      Re: question about alcohol

                      Originally posted by sadie147 View Post
                      Yes it has to be diet tonic as tonic is as high carb as regular pop (25g's per serving).

                      How about diet coolers (they're pretty sweet IMO)? Here we have Diet Mike's Hard lemonade and Hard Cranberry (though they're 4g's per serving still), and Smirnoff Ultra 1 which is 1g per serving.

                      I would imagine if you are in the US you'd have a few options? Usually you guys have more brands than we do. I know when I was last in the US on vacation I bought Mikes light, though it was a bit different from the one here..instead of being a vodka cooler it was a 'malt' liquor/cooler, whatever that is?

                      There are s/f margarita/daquiri etc drink mixes available online, and I've lucked out and found them in the stores a couple of times too. Though i'm not a fruity drink person myself..they were too much for me.
                      yeah - while i like "sugary" drinks like the ones i mentioned - i'm also not a fan of "teen alcohol" as i call it - the smirnoff tastes like PURE sugar. but i haven't tried the "ultra" or any of the other lower carb ones you mentioned...

                      course there's always that new mgd 64 - but i don't like miller products either! lol
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                      Committed to Atkins January 2009.

                      ~I lost 1 pound 30 times!~

                      "Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyways; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."

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                      Current Month: February 2010 - 163lbs
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                      • #12
                        Re: question about alcohol

                        Rum and diet coke! Some of the rums have a hint or lemon or lime.
                        Much lower in carlories and carbs than the Irish Creams I was addicted to before Atkins.
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