{"id":7581,"date":"2009-04-25T01:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=7581"},"modified":"2009-04-23T12:06:05","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T17:06:05","slug":"consider-calorie-impact-of-alcoholic-beverages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/consider-calorie-impact-of-alcoholic-beverages\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider Calorie Impact of Alcoholic Beverages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/users\/JLP0328\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7669\" title=\"jamie-lyn-pittman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/jamie-lyn-pittman.gif\" alt=\"jamie-lyn-pittman\" width=\"100\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a>Jamie Pittman is currently a graduate student at East Carolina University where she is obtaining her MAEd in Health Education.\u00a0 She also works full-time as a grant coordinator at the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NCAAHPERD) in Raleigh, NC. Jamie is also an active member of <a title=\"jamie lyn pittman\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/users\/JLP0328\/\" target=\"_self\">MyDIR<\/a>, the DietsInReview.com community.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Week after week friends complain to me that they \u201ccan\u2019t <a title=\"lose weight\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/lose-weight-at-any-age\/\" target=\"_self\">lose weight<\/a>,&#8221; that they are doing \u201cEVERYTHING!\u201d and their weight just won\u2019t budge.\u00a0 These same people go out and drink five or more drinks at least one to two nights a week.\u00a0 You might think&#8211;what\u2019s the harm in a little social drinking?\u00a0 You should be allowed at least one \u201ccheat\u201d day a week where you can eat and drink whatever you want, right?<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol contains calories (I promise\u2014all alcohol contains calories!), 7 calories per gram to be exact and they add up quickly.\u00a0 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (<a title=\"CDC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/alcohol\/faqs.htm\" target=\"_self\">CDC<\/a>) cites that the average <a title=\"alcoholic beverage calories\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/alcoholic-drinks-pack-on-the-pounds\/\" target=\"_self\">alcoholic beverage<\/a> is 13.7 grams, or about 96 calories.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to drinking alcohol, you must consider the food choices that result from the late night out and the potential hangover the next day that keeps you from hitting the gym.\u00a0 I think it is safe to make the generalization that most people are not going to choose an apple over pizza, or <a title=\"workout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/how-to-achieve-the-perfect-workout\/\" target=\"_self\">workout<\/a> after a heavy night of drinking.\u00a0 It\u2019s a snowball effect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/low-carb-margarita\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7582\" title=\"Margarita\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/margarita.jpg\" alt=\"Margarita\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s consider a typical night out for the average person with friends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8pm: Makes a drink while waiting for friends to arrive\n<ul>\n<li>Vodka (one 80 proof shot) + Club Soda = 96 calories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>9pm-11pm: Friends arrive; Drink socially until its time to go to the bars\n<ul>\n<li>3 light beers (12oz each) = 288 calories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>11pm-1am: Hang out and drink with friends for a few hours\n<ul>\n<li>2 light beers (12 oz each) = 192 calories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1:30am: Hungry upon arriving home; Share frozen pizza with friends\n<ul>\n<li>1\/3 of frozen pizza = 300 calories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Total Calories Consumed Between 8pm-1:30am = 876<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong\u2014I love to go out and have a good time like everyone else.\u00a0 However, I know that if I am going to be serious about losing weight then drinking more than a drink a day is not a possibility. Try to find alternatives to going out to bars and stay focused on your goals.\u00a0 Eventually, it will all fall into place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><em><strong>Guest Blog Series:<\/strong> Look for the following badge on your favorite health sites to see if they have been a featured guest blogger on <\/em><a title=\"diet reviews\" onclick=\"pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/');\" href=\"..\/..\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>DietsInReview.com<\/em><\/a><em>. See other posts in the <\/em><a title=\"diet blog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/category\/guest-blog\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>Guest Blog series<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 120px; height: 60px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/category\/guest-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/images\/diet-weight-loss-blogger.gif\" alt=\"Diets in Review - Weight Loss and Diet Blog\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you would like to apply to be featured as a guest blogger, please <\/em><a title=\"guest blog\" href=\"mailto:help@dietsinreview.com?subject=guest%20blogger%20application\" target=\"_blank\"><em>contact us<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Pittman is currently a graduate student at East Carolina University where she is obtaining her MAEd in Health Education.\u00a0 She also works full-time as a grant coordinator at the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/consider-calorie-impact-of-alcoholic-beverages\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[136,2877,240,23,1455,29,74],"class_list":["post-7581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-alcohol","tag-calorie-counting","tag-empty-calories","tag-guest-blog","tag-jamie-pittman","tag-nutrition","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7581"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7668,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7581\/revisions\/7668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}