night out,what can i drink??

[Collymoley]

Hi getting on very well on atkins, but got a night out on sat night, i love red wine how bad is that on atkins???

 

[dizzydelly]

I think your better off with dry white wine or vodka. You will probably find you dont need much to get tipsy!

 

[Collymoley]

can only drink wine or beer, canna stomach vodka, gin etc. reall don;t want to gain weight after being so good x

 

[Scamp]

I read that red wine was a lot less carbs than white I dont know if thats right, 0.5g for red 1.5g for white, but Im sure someone on here will know better than me as I only started low carbing yesterday.

 

[*Michael*]

I always, perhaps incorrectly, thought dry white wines like chardonnay, sav blanc were lowest in carbs amongst wine. Happy to be proven wrong tho.

Since starting Atkins (and not drinking for 4-ish weeks) I found I got super squiffy super quickly when i went out last weekend. Good for the wallet but not so good on the head the next day. I didn't actually realise how healthy I was feeling after not drinking for so long. Not that I'm advocating abstinence (far from it!)

Just stay away from beer and mixers other than slimline tonic/soda water and you'll be fiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

In fact you might notice a slight weight drop the next day (if you stay off the kebabs) - but probably just from dehydration tho...

 

[Jim]

Reds and whites vary, but any dry wine is going to be OK, just factor in the carbs for the day, Gin, Vodka and any pure spirit with a low carb mixer are OK as well.