Question about drinking

Mrandy1 · Post by **Mrandy1** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:15 pm

Does no S vanilla include 2 drinks (alcoholic) a day?

gratefuldeb67 · Post by **gratefuldeb67** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:24 pm

yes as long as they are not sugar laden S type drinks like pina coladas and mudslides.. wine and beer etc are ok in normal amounts.

chentegt · Post by **chentegt** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:27 pm

The 2 alcoholic drinks maximum per day is a separate system (glass ceiling). Technically, in vanilla s you don't have a limit, unless they are sugary alcoholic drinks (counted as S).

Mrandy1 · Post by **Mrandy1** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:55 pm

1 had one scotch. That's it.

Dinner will be shortly which will be one plate.

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:57 pm

Yes, Glass Ceiling is a separate system from No-S.

However...

Alcohol is very calorically dense. I do enjoy my wine, but I'd probably lose faster if I didn't drink it at all. Since I'm more worried about lifelong habit than short term loss, I'm cool with that.

librarylady · Post by **librarylady** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:57 pm

One of the things I like about No S and that makes it a real system for me is that drinking wine (or beer) is allowed. Other diets seem to exclude them - "empty calories! empty calories!" - so therefore do not really offer themselves as a long term solution to weight loss or maintenance - at least to me! I must have a "sustainable" solution (to use a popular buzzword).

And a nice dinner tastes better with wine!

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:38 pm

Alcohol IS mostly empty calories. There's no doubt at all about that.

But so's ice cream. It's all about moderation.

librarylady · Post by **librarylady** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:03 pm

Not sure where my initial post went?

Anyway what I said was that I figure that at least some of those famous Frenchwomen who don't get fat must drink wine. I mean it can't only be the Frenchmen! (50 million of whom must be right! - or at least can't be wrong )

I'd rather the empty calorie of a glass of good Bordeaux than an approved "Weight Watchers snack" any day!

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:47 am

No S doesn't say you can't have these things because it's about the long term. However, it can't defy the laws of chemistry. If you take in more calories than you use, you won't lose weight.

That being said, just eat your plate of food, drink the amount that doesn't make you feel too full, and see what happens. It's easier to adjust downward after a few weeks than to get used to small amounts to start. And you may not even have to be purposeful about it.

BrightAngel · Post by **BrightAngel** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:56 pm

Your Choice....but remember...
Alcohol is not a nutrient.

librarylady · Post by **librarylady** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:08 pm

Yep it's not a nutrient, but it makes food taste better! Life IS more than nutrients after all. And my 100 year old grandma (who weighed about 100 pounds) had a shot of whiskey every night. Actually all my family enjoyed its alcohol - and none were alcoholics and they never got drunk. It was about pleasure and enjoying life a bit! As long as one is moderate -

Slainte!

Thalia · Post by **Thalia** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:30 pm

I love a glass of wine (or hard cider, in the fall!) with dinner. It's good for your heart, and it's good to add pleasure, satisfaction, and elegance to your meal.