| "I'll just have a little..."If you are not | | | | just 2 drinks.And we have not even included |
| careful, this little phrase can be an | | | | the calories from the food, nuts and snacks |
| absolute killer for your weight loss plans | | | | yet! Once we add those in, can you see how |
| during this holiday season.And I'm not just | | | | easy it is for you to go over the daily |
| talking about the food.The hidden danger is | | | | calorie requirements, and start piling on the |
| in all the alcoholic drinks and cocktails | | | | pounds?Now, this doesn't mean that you should |
| that's being offered to you. Yes, those | | | | stay away from the alcoholic drinks. It's |
| party drinks can do more harm other than just | | | | just that when you drink, you should keep in |
| getting you intoxicated and embarassingly | | | | mind the huge amount of calories in the |
| uninhibited!Did you know that these drinks | | | | drinks.I want you to have fun this holiday. |
| contain an incredible number of calories?In | | | | So, if you are the sort that enjoys a drink |
| fact, alcohol is the number two most | | | | of two at your parties, I want to leave you |
| energy-dense food, losing out only to fat. | | | | with a couple of useful tips to help to |
| Fat has 9 calories per gram, and alcohol | | | | reduce the "guilt factor".- Fill up your |
| comes in a close second at a whopping 7 | | | | glass with lots of ice cubes. You'll not |
| calories per gram.What this means is that | | | | only get a nice cold drink, the water from |
| each alcoholic drink you consume will cause | | | | the melted ice has zero calories too.- Use |
| you to take in an alarmingly high number of | | | | soda water to dilute your drink. This helps |
| calories.Here's a sample of some of the more | | | | to fill you up quicker, and it means you |
| popular drinks, together with their calorie | | | | won't get tipsy too quickly.- And probably |
| counts...1 glass of Bailey's lrish Cream - | | | | the most important tip... Do not use the |
| 468 calories | | | | alcoholic drinks to quench your thirst. |
| | | | Remember, you should be drinking these party |
| 1 glass of Margarita - 453 calories | | | | drinks for fun. After the heavy meal or when |
| | | | you had too much salty snacks, go drink a big |
| 1 glass of Martini - 413 calories | | | | glass of water first to quench your thirst. |
| | | | Water works better for this, and it has zero |
| 1 glass of Pina Colada - 297 calories | | | | calories!I hope you have loads of fun... and |
| | | | Happy Holidays!Copyright 2005 Tracy LeeTracy |
| 1 glass of Vodka Cranberry - 250 calories | | | | Lee is the owner of the "Weight Loss for |
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