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Originally Posted by Nessie  For now, I've stopped the wine, and am having a tiny bit of vodka in a pint glass topped up with either diet lemonade (which isn't that good as full of aspertame sp?) or sparkling water made a bit more interesting with a dash of real lime/lemon/elderflower juice. A couple of those lasts me the night and is only 2 alcohol units. |
I've heard of others that have lost lots of weight by switching to spirits instead of wine. Personally I avoid spirits as I get a bit carried away with my measures
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Originally Posted by janeyo I buy one nice bottle of wine for the week to drink on the weekend, and (don't laugh) measure out half (in a jug) and put it in one of those massive wine glasses. Put the rest back in the fridge for next night. Then I am not tempted to keep topping the glass up as I know what I am allowing myself.
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My mum does the same, she has a 1/3 of a bottle wine glass and she sipps it gradually over the evening.
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Originally Posted by Two_Sheds We are using an online planner, with graphs and everything. It works like the Grapevine, really easy once you get set up with a user name and password. The Times Health Club
The exercise chart with "calories burned" is very motivating. |
Thanks for the link. Two sheds.