And Now The Beverages

Here are more easy ways to lose weight - this time with drinks. The ONLY liquid your body needs is water. Mine wants some red wine and occasionally a beer, but needs only water. We all like something different from time to time, but it is a good place to look for some easy pound savings.

Let's start with me. I like my red wine. An average bottle of wine is 750 ml or about 4 6 oz servings of 150 calories each. I generally have 2 glasses per night or 300 calories of wine. If I cut that to one glass per night I would save over 50,000 calories in a year or about 14 pounds.

Duck now my Rum and Coke drinkers. A Rum and Coke - 1 shot and 6 oz coke is 160 calories. I know you're not having one because that would leave a flat half a can of Coke. An easy switch is to wine or beer, but if it must be Rum and Coke make it diet and save 100 calories each drink. Since we know you are having 2 every night that means 200 calories or over 70,000 a year for about 20 pounds.

Margaritas used to be my favorite drink but they are 550 calories each. I was always good for 4 or so in a night, but luckily not every night. Since they are a once or twice a week drink lets count the benefits that way. If you switched to Bloody Marys you would save 475 calories each. A mojito will save you 300 calories each. If you have 2 a week and you switch to Mojitos you will save over 30,000 calories a year or 8-9 pounds.

If you are drinking Bud Light to try to save calories switch to red wine. At 120 calories per BL you are drinking tasteless crap for no apparent reason. The worse micro beer you can drink calorie wise is maybe 200. It seems hardly worth it to save calories there. Do this instead - swap every other beer with water and drink good beer. That will save you 20 calories and you'll enjoy the product better and NOT look like an advertising lemming.

The water switch every other drink is great for a ton of reasons. First, alcohol dehydrates you so the water helps there. Second, it is filling causing you to not eat or drink as much other stuff.

Just some ideas you might find useful - or not - your choice.

More soon....