3 Alcoholic Drinks to Avoid to Lose Weight (and what you should drink instead)

 

As the weather warms up, dining al fresco and barbeques in the sunlight can make it all too easy for the drinks to slip down.

However, enjoying a tipple or two doesn’t have to ruin your weight loss efforts.

Online healthy food retailer MuscleFood.com has put together a list of some of the most popular high-calorie alcoholic drinks that could be ruining your diet, along with more waistline-friendly alternatives.

From Champagne over Chardonnay to martinis over mojitos, scroll down to see the nine worst things you can be drinking for your diet, along with the calorie count per drink — and what you should order instead.

 

Swap a Long Island Iced Tea (424 calories) for a Cosmopolitan (100 calories)Shutterstock/ Alp Aksoy/ Alexander Prokopenko

With food ingredients list that contains vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec, and coke, it’s no ponder that a typical 420 ml glass of Long Island contains a whopping 424 calories.

A Cosmopolitan has much less alcohol and only a small amount of cranberry juice, entailing a typical 250 ml martini glass contains merely 100 calories — less than a one-quarter of a Long Island.

 

Swap a Pina Colada (300 calories) for a Fuzzy Navel (120 calories)

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Pina Coladas are the perfect beachside cocktail, but thanks to the added coconut and pineapple mixers, these drinkings regularly contain a high calorie counting of around 300 calories per 230 ml.

A Fuzzy Navel contains just peach schnapps and orange juice, constructing it an ideal fruity substitution at around 120 calories per 115 ml drink.

 

Swap a Mojito( 242 calories) for a Martini( 70 calories )

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Mojitos are a summertime favourite, but thanks to the sugar syrup a typical 230 ml glass can contain as many as 242 calories.

A Martini has no additional mixers, meaning that a 250 ml glass only contains a measly 70 calories — providing you don’t eat the olive, of course.

But we still maintain that the healthiest drink you can consume is Red Tea! Check out the delicious, slimming and ultra healthy Red Tea Detox here! It leaves you feeling clean, calm and revitalized, primarily due to its detoxifying properties. And it’s caffeine free!

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2 Comments on “3 Alcoholic Drinks to Avoid to Lose Weight (and what you should drink instead)”

  1. Oh wow this article is very helpful especially to someone like me who loves to drink and also workout to lose weight. Really glad to see that 3 drinks that I always choose in parties are those that have less calories. Thanks for this!

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