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If I am looking for low"er" cal I go for a Captain and diet coke. I also enjoy a glass of wine!
Now, if I am drinking whatever I want...either a lindtini or a chocolate espresso martini...yumm!!!
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| I would have to say a glass of wine also
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GEORGIA1959
11/15/07 5:35 A
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| A good glass of wine......either red/white/sweet or dry...all depending on what meal we are having....
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My drink of choice is Diet Coke-- a close second is Iced Tea.
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JAZZLOVER2
11/14/07 4:17 P
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| Wine is definintely my drink of choice. Both red and white. Love having a glass of wine with a nice cooked meal. It is just so relaxing to me.
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| I agree...nothing can beat a good red wine. But, I also am a huge fan of the white wine. I like very sweet wines so I am not such a fan of chardonnay.
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HOVABESHINCO
11/13/07 4:36 P
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Margaritas are good, but too caloric. I may try the recipe below, but I try to stay away from Equal and Splenda.
Wine is it for me. I never acquired a taste for beer, and thank goodness, because it's so fattening. I like enough things that add pounds! I can only drink one glass of wine; any more than that, I fall asleep. My husband says I'm a cheap date!
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MYSHARONANY
11/12/07 1:52 P
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| A really hearty red wine. I love Italian, French, Chilean, Spanish . . . I don't really discriminate. But it's gotta be GOOD, otherwise, just not worth it for me.
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someone posted a while ago in another thread about Baja Bob's. Its a lo cal mixer for drinks.
http://www.bajabob.com/
I havent tried it yet....but I am going to order some soon.
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KISSMYLILYWITE1
7/11/07 9:09 P
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| If I'm having dinner out, I'l order anything with rum in it, but at home I'm a wine girl. My friends son makes EXCELLENT wine and he keeps me stocked.
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DAMIENDUCKS
7/11/07 3:49 P
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| A good dark (guinness, moose drool) or a hefeweizen any day, but lately I've also been enjoying tequila sunrise (I know, not terribly low-cal by any standard)...for low cal, a shot of vodka with soda and a twist of lime is pretty tasty...
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| BEER! I like to have parties for "one". LOL
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SHAMROCKY2K
7/3/07 8:53 P
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| Gin and diet tonic with lime.
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| vodka + soda with a twist of lime
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LADYREDROSE5
7/2/07 10:00 A
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| I like a Margurita in the evening or a glass of Sangria. On a hot day working out side, gimmie a BUD LIGHT!
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SHELLYRENEE86
7/1/07 3:52 P
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| Wow! I tried that recipe for the low cal margarita, it was great! Thanks for the recipe
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BASICMOUTH
6/24/07 9:14 P
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I'm a Guiness girl myself, but have found a beer called Chemay, made by monks, that I reaally like.
For low cal, however, Mimosa's are pretty good: 1/2 and 1/2 champagne and orange juice.
Or a wine spritzer.
Lately, I've been mixing club soda with Sugar Free cranberry juice. It tastes like a Madras, but without a single calorie at all.
I think my Father-in-law left a beer in my fridge. Now I want it.
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| Will say, I'm not a big beer fan, but I too am liking Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat, VW4LIF....yummerlicious.
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I love love LOVE this very healthy alternative to the standard margarita and it tastes very similar to one too! Here's the recipie! :)
"(Entire recipe: 105 calories, 0g fat, 58mg sodium, 2g carbs, 0g fiber, 0.5g sugars, 0g protein = 2 Points)
Ingredients:
6 oz. Sierra Mist Free (or Diet Sprite Zero, or your other fave no-cal lemon-lime soda)
*1.5 oz. tequila (I use Jose Quervo Citrus--takes the alcohol flavor away)
1/2 tsp. Crystal Light powdered drink mix, Lemonade (I use the raspberry lemonade mix--it makes the drink taste like pink lemonade)
1 oz. lime juice
Optional: lime slice for garnish and salt or no-calorie sweetener for rim of glass
Directions:
If desired, run some lime juice along the rim of the glass and dip into a dish of salt or sweetener. Mix all ingredients together. Pour over 1 cup of crushed ice (I use half of a blender worth of ice--it makes one 16 oz margarita). Optional: Garnish with lime slice. Enjoy. Serves 1!
*You can also make your margaritas alcohol-free. Each recipe, without tequila, contains around 10 calories!"
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| Coffee with Bailey's Irish Cream.........
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| I am a fan of cruzan flavored rum and diet coke. I also enjoy Corona Light with a lime.
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VALENTINEWIFE
6/12/07 3:05 P
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VALENTINEWIFE
6/11/07 2:46 P
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| Bacardi came out with a Mojito cooler - very yummy but I don't know the calories - anyone know?
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If I was not watching my weight, I would enjoy 1 or 2 straight up Manhattens. But they make me extremly hungry. Not so good!!
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| My new favorite drink is a Passionfruit Mojito! I went to this great restaurant the other night craving just a Mojito--Passionfruit Rum is the best! It's Captain Morgan's Passionfruit Rum, Cavo Wine and Fresh mint. Makes me want to go right out and buy the ingredients to make them at home!
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I stick to wine (preferably red and no more than 5 oz.). I find since I'm training for a marathon that alcohol goes straight to the head these days!
As a special treat, I really enjoy Bombay Sapphire Gin and tonic (and not the diet tonic either -- the aftertaste is too much for me).
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| Try drinking vodka and diet mountain dew . It is great!! I used to love wine but way to many calories!! Tracy
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I love me some smirnoff triple black. i think a whole bottle is something like 140 calories or something like that and its yummy.
when I want to be bad I go for the parrot bay or malibu and diet sprite. or diet coke w/ lime and jack.
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| I saw a rachel ray episode where she made a margarita type drink (called them margarita slushes) by combining lime juice, lemon sherbert, lime sherbert, tequila and triple sec..havnt tried it but they looked pretty delicious to me!
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| I like all kinds of alcohol...when Im still trying to be good a gin and seltzer is good (only calories are from the gin). also i recently found a no calorie cosmo mixer which i found kind of surprising...the idea was much better than the taste though, tasted a lot of crystal light with vodka in it :( they have other ones, but im guessing they are probably similar...
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Dark, heavy beers such as stouts and porters.
Which, unfortunately, are very high calorie and will have to become a rare treat if I actually want to lose any weight 
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STATUESQUEONE
6/2/07 3:32 P
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Anything fruity with alcohol! Mai Tai, pomegranate margarita, strawberry daiquiri... you get the picture. And I recently read on Lime.com that they are actually good for me. Here's the link if you don't believe me:
http://www.lime.com/blog/savasthi/11131/cheers_to_healthy_cocktails_
Enjoy and be healthy!
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sloe southern screws
sloe gin
southern comfort
orange juice
or ...
southern comfort and cheerwine
YUM!
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OUCH!!!!!
Parrot Bay Malt Beverages average 256 calories per bottle...no more for me.... I could have 3 miller lites...Boy did those calories surprise me..didn't think they had that many..
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Miller-Lite is the one, two , three or more for me.
I have been trading off with Parrot Bay- Does anyone know how many calories are in the Parrot Bays? Can't seem to find it anyhwere-maybe I don't want to know! Anything that tastes that good must be bad for you. LOL
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I love vodka as well.
Has anyone tired useing frozen fruits with tequila,
Can we count this as a fruit serving? tee hee
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| I like vodka with diet tonic or diet 7
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tanqueray & Diet tonic water or diet lemon lime soda
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Maybe not low calorie, but my favorite relaxer is a glass of California Chardonnay. 
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It is all about the BEER!!!!!! The particular variety will depend on the moment and the food being consumed. My favorite as of late has been the Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat. 
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CHRISSMITH
5/19/07 8:27 A
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I love them all...especially the ones high in calories such as Long Island Ice Tea.
Wife and I have wine with dinner 3 or 4 nights/week. Napa Cabernet is a favorite.
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MALIAWEINHAGEN
5/18/07 7:33 P
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Mojito!!! 
~ Light rum
~ Crushed mint leaves
~ lime juice from 1/2 lime
~ Simple syrup
~ Club soda
YUMMY... Light and refreshing!!!
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TRACYPALERMINI
5/16/07 8:36 P
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| Grey goose and cran-raseberry juice. Or Whiskey Sours. I LOVE my whiskey sours.
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SANDYGAGE
5/16/07 12:36 P
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Vodka and cranberry with a splash of tonic........
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MILWAUKEEMOM
5/16/07 11:23 A
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| Raspberry Vodka with Seltzer and a splash of lemon.
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BOGARTSMOM
5/15/07 11:44 P
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BETTYFFINCROCKR
5/14/07 6:44 P
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Any kind of fruit coolers
or arbor mist wines
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crystal light lemonde with tequila
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TICKLEMEPINK!
5/13/07 10:58 A
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margarita frozen or on the rocks yum
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Favorite all around-Frozen Mudslides, hands down. Good golly I love em. BUT, not so good for the figure. SO, IF I have anything 'adult' it's generally a light beer or a rum and diet pepsi/coke w/lime. Rare thing these days, as I'd rather spend calories on food, lol.
~Tika
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LESLIE8666
5/11/07 4:02 P
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SRICHARDSON2
5/10/07 8:28 P
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parrot bay wave runner
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BIKINIWANNABE
5/10/07 4:34 P
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I LOVE my beer - and I am a beer snob. But I have been enjoying Michelob Ultra Amber and it makes me feel like I am drinking an Amber with less calories (I am sure it isn't that much less!). I also love Meyers Rum and Diet Coke. I have knocked out sodas (I used to drink diet coke everyday at least twice a day...at least) but I will have an occasional cocktail with it on the weekends. That is the plan - only on the weekends can I enjoy a cocktail...
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TIEFSCHNEE
5/8/07 11:21 A
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Guinness 
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| Glass of merlot, or a margarita on the rocks!
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Diet tonic is a wonderful thing - great mixer for gin, vodka or rum.
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PHEDRAVOODID
5/7/07 10:39 A
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| Oh, get-out!!! If this wasn't our last week of work for the summer I'd go and get the limeade and vodka and have a blast! I've never heard of that cocktail before but I'll soon have 2-1/2 months to check it out. I just love the sound of it! I don't do Vodka but a lot of my friends to Vodka and grapefruit juice. In the famous words of Homer Simpson, "ummmm beeeerrr". Peace.
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PHEDRAVOODID
5/7/07 10:29 A
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| Funny, one of my close friends (we graduated from the same university - our mascot is beer) and I go out to eat once every other month and we both said (in April) if we would stop drinking beer we would be Twiggies. Oddly enough we both said at the same time, "ain't happening"! But.... I also believe it has something to do with age because I use to party a lot more than I do now and I was a bone. People use to tell me I need to eat because I was so skinny. Now, that I'm surprised I'm still alive" I figure I have out lived some of my friends, so I can do whatever I want, but the beer is saying "not!". I'm looking for an alternative but I can't handle anything stronger than beer and some wines. Peace.
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I neverused to like beer, but now I am into Rolling Rock Light when I do feel like an adult beverage.
Low Cal
Low Carb
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| Mine is pinnacolodas ( bahama breeze resturant makes the best!) but way to high in calories! so now it is wine :(
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AMYWILLSUCCEED
5/7/07 12:30 A
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I like to have a chocolate mik shake from Dairy Queen but will only have once or twice duirng the summer.
Amy
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| gin and diet tonic with lots of lime!
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when i used to go out a lot, twice a week, i loved a large brandy Martel, with a sweet babycham on the rocks about 8 of those and i slept very well, don't know who with, but slept well "JOKE" well now i only drink occasionally and wine is very nice, very kind with the calories silly lilly
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| Captain Morgan Parrot Bay with Diet Coke.
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| 1996 Comte Armand Pommard 1er cru Clos de Epineaux
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| I love mixed drinks but even one can really blow your day. For something sweet that won't, try grape vodka and sprite zero..tastes like bubblishious (sp) Good stuff!!
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| I love mixed drinks but even one can really blow your day. For something sweet that won't, try grape vodka and sprite zero..tastes like bubblishious (sp) Good stuff!!
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RAVENLYNNE
4/30/07 8:43 A
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I love wine! And living where I do (southern italy for 3 years) I get to sample some great one! Luckily they're not that bad...When I want a glass, I get NO soda that day.
I also love Bailey's Irish Cream...REALLY love it...but that stuff is deadly to a diet.
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SLINKIECAT
4/30/07 8:01 A
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| A glass of wine -- makes me feel fine... But--- I have decided to leave it out of my food plan, as the calories are unwelcome right now. I will allow myself one glass of Pinot Grigio when we go out to dinner, which is usually once a week.
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| Southern Comfort, no doubt about it.
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| That's a great tip about the seltzer. I love just sipping on a glass of wine. It's hard to drink fast so it lasts me a lot longer than either beer or sugary mix drinks.
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RICKIEBETH
4/28/07 10:52 A
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I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a lower-cal recipe for a margarita. I miss my fresh margs like nobody's business!
Mixed drink tip: anything that can be mixed with tonic (10 calories per ounce, so generally 60 or more calories per drink) can just as easily be mixed with seltzer, which is calorie free.
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AHERRINGTON
4/27/07 10:46 P
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| Just camping??!?? Ice cold beer is good any time! For summer try mixing 3 cold beers, 1 can of limeade frozen concentrate, and 1/2 of the empty limeade can of vodka. Can't even tell it's beer! Taste like a mock margarita! Great!
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| Nothing like an ice cold beer when you go camping!!!
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PHANTASMBUNNY
4/27/07 2:29 P
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My favourite? It is bad--Disaronno or Frangelico over ice. Or a mix of both.
My "good" favourite? It's still pretty bad, since any alcoholic beverage is basically empty calories, but it's also red wine. It has health benefits, but if I'm being honest with myself I know that I'd be better off drinking 16 oz. of water.
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| I like red wine. I can sip 4 oz and it doesn't blow my calories for the day.
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Mine is beer, hands down, and it's also the weak point in my nutrition tracker. There really isn't any way to make beer have less calories (light and ultra beers may have a few less, but it's not worth giving up the taste of a good microbrew).
A friend of mine switched to drinking Bacardi and Diet and was able to cut out a lot of calories that way too. Clear liquors tend to have fewer calories than dark ones. I'm not entirely sure why that is, but it seems to be true. Just something to keep in mind.
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REDTENTGAL
4/22/07 9:36 P
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my favorite is really a margarita....but that has way way too much sugar and calories. plus, i can't drink just one...or two.
so here's what i do: take 4oz. red wine and add 4oz. peach citrus fresca. tastes like sangria! really fruity and lots to drink especially if you use ice in the glass. you can even blend it to make it frothy and add fresh fruit slices. enjoy!
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| Coffee, water is a close second or is it the other way around........
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| Dry white or red wine or a bloody mary with only 1/2 oz of vodka, the spicier the better!
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SUPERSTAR321
4/20/07 11:42 P
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So it's a Friday night and my first thought is:
Now that I'm dieting and actually loosing weight what kind of adult beverage can I enjoy without becoming a bloated  moo-cow by morning? I decided to stick with Vodka and Cranberry juice. Not very low-cal but I'm watching what I consume and making sure I don't have 1000 cal's worth. Done that before, YUCK!
So what's your favorite low-cal adult beverage?
Good Luck Everyone and have a FANTASTIC weekend!!!
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