Whats a good tasting alcohol beverage that tastes good but is low on calories? (I hate my beer belly!!!)?

Answer 1

Tom Collins

Answer 2

Anyone who responds with any alcoholic drink is going to be giving you something with lots of calories :) Alcohol is one of the four main calorie sources in the world, the other 3 being carbohyrates, protein and fat.

I have a whole page on determining the calories in any alcoholic beverage -

http://wineintro.com/basics/health/calories.html

Here are some samples -

5oz Wine: 100 calories
5oz "Lite" wine: 80 calories
12oz Wine Spritzer: 120 calories
12oz Wine Cooler: 215 calories
12oz can of beer: 146 calories
2.5oz shot of rum/vodka/etc: ~100 - 120 calories

So even a small shot of rum is say 120 calories, and usually if you're making a rum-and-diet-coke you are using more than a shot :)

In any case you can certainly try some of the "low carb" wines on the market, there are several options. Really though the solution is to kick up your activity level so that you are burning off the alcohol calories you are consuming. Otherwise if you have a diet plan - and then add *in* alcohol to it - it's going to affect your plan. You need to account for those alcoholic calories.

I run both a low carb site and a wine site, and I always go for wine (not the low carb stuff, but real wine because the difference is really tiny and the flavor difference isn't worth it). Wine is low in calories because it's lower % alcohol than mixed drinks, and it's got all the antioxidants etc. which will help with your health. So you get benefits in two ways.

Lisa Shea
WineIntro.com

Answer 3

You need to get down wit dem Heineken Lights. They are deliciouis and you will love them. They are only 90 calories and they taste so good you will be knock'n back 12 a day and your beer belly will turn into a what the hell happen belly. haha!! The only way to fight a beer belly is thru proper diet and exercise and if you do none of that then you have to except your belly as part of the family. haha!!

Answer 4

Get an O'Douls. It has a very tiny amount of alcohol in it and a fraction of the number of calories in a regular beer or a can of soda.

It tastes just like regular beer.

Answer 5

all alcoholic drinks are high in cals, because alcohol is made from sugar. It also encourages food cravings and binges, so if you're trying to diet, give alcohol a break for a while.

if you must drink, try a white wine with soda, or a "lite" beer. there is also a "low carb" wine on the market, sorry i cant remember what it's called.

Answer 6

Vodka and gin are always the lowest in calories. Stay away from the flavored stuff though.

Answer 7

Vodka, Club Soda, and a splash of cranberry juice.

Answer 8

A white wine spritzer....basically white wine and club soda

Answer 9

scotch and water; the lowest calorie drink at 36 calories!

Glenmorangie---yum!

Answer 10

Gin and tonic very nice, warning though on a hot day can get really drunk really quick. or Gin and dry.
both very reffreshing also.