Booze Goggles | Magna Health and Fitness

The weather is getting warmer, thirsts will need to be quenched and chances are you will be partaking in some good ol? adult beverages this Summer while enjoying the great outdoors. While the drinks go down so smooth on a sweltering day, don?t lose sight that you are indeed ingesting calories and sugar that add up way more quickly than you may have thought, or choose to remember. Oh, that?s not to mention your body stored the calories as triglycerides (a type of fat) that are mostly hanging out around your abdomen, the most crappy place to feel the chub during the scantily clad months.

1 gram of alcohol has 7 calories, compared to only 4 calories for a gram of carbohydrates or protein and calories add up even more quickly for mixed drinks than for beer and wine. The standard 1.5 ounce serving of 80-proof alcohol has 96 calories even before you add any mixers. A 6-ounce serving of orange juice has 84 calories, then add a shot of alcohol to make it a screwdriver, and the calories more than double.

Most glasses of wine contain 125-150 calories, but that can double depending on the size of the glass, how full it is and how many times your friend refills it for you before it is empty.
Beer can range from 64-198 calories per 12 ounces, and is easier to keep track of since the amount is generally consistent.

A good way to save calories, and perhaps ingest more water (wishful thinking) is to
mix cocktails with bubbly water ( I love the natural lime flavor for my vodka ?soda?), club soda, low calorie juices, stevia, or sugar-free syrups for calorie savings. Fruit and vegetable juices in moderation can be OK choices because they are lower in calories than some other mixers, but be careful of fruit juices because the calories and sugars can add up quickly, not to mention the crappy food you crave when you drink too much sugar due to an insulin spike, which may lead to eating salty, fatty foods you?d normally avoid.

Good Mixers

Diet soda or diet tonic: 0 calories
Orange juice (6 oz): 84 calories
Cranberry juice cocktail (8 oz): 136 calories
Light orange juice (8 oz): 50 calories
Light cranberry juice (8 oz): 40 calories
Light lemonade (8 oz): 5 calories
Coffee, tea: 0 calories
Lemon or lime juice (1/2 oz): 10 calories

Below are calorie counts for popular alcoholic drinks, based on popular recipes, but may vary depending on ingredients and portions.

Reality

Rum and Coke (8 oz): 185
Rum and Diet Coke (8 oz): 100
Mike?s Hard Lemonade (11 oz): 98
Vodka and tonic (8 oz): 200 (use diet tonic to save 100 calories !)
Screwdriver (8 oz): 190
Mimosa (4 oz): 75
Gin and tonic (7 oz): 200
Long Island iced tea (8 oz): 780
White Russian (2 oz vodka, 1.5 oz coffee liqueur, 1.5 oz cream): 425
Pina Colada (6 oz): 378 calories
Mojito (8 oz): 214 calories
Cosmopolitan (4 oz): 200 calories
Chocolate martini: (2 oz each vodka, chocolate liqueur, cream, 1/2 oz creme de cacao, chocolate syrup): 438
Margarita (8 oz): 280
Skinnygirl margarita (4 oz): 100
Green apple martini (1 oz each vodka, sour apple, apple juice): 148
Martini (2.5 oz): 160
Port wine (3 oz):128
Bloody Mary (5 oz): 118
Red wine (5 oz):120
White wine (5 oz): 120
Beer (12 oz): 150-198
Light beer (12 oz): 95-136
Ultra-light beer (12 oz): 64-95
Champagne (5oz): 106-120
Wine spritzer (5 oz): 100

Believe me, I am all for celebrating for pretty much no real reason at all, but just be smart when doing so, I swear you and your brand new tankini will thank me. Try alternating your alcohol with a glass of water to stay hydrated, lower your calorie consumption and possibly prevent making a decision you would rather forget (no judgement here !)

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