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Did you ever stop too think that maybe that weight you have been trying to shed in order to get ready for pool season, was directly related to how many drinks you are ingesting a week? Studies show that women tend to go for more fruity frou frou drinks then men, and also drink more wine. An 8 oz serving of wine, which is actually very small, can contain 150 calories per serving. If you look at several types of wine glasses, they are at least 2 servings worth. So those two glasses of wine are adding an extra 300 calories too your daily intake. One known fact is that “alcohol calories are digested as simple carboydrates” according to Lisa Young, Phd, an adjunct professor of Nutrition as New York University. This means that those liquid calories are will cause your blood suger too spike and then crash, just as if you ate a candy bar or a doughnut. Many people do not realize that liquid calories contribute to weight gain, simply because they are drinking them. Unfortunately, this is not the case. If you need to see how many extra calories you are ingesting just from alcohol, try an online food journal from a site like http://www.thedailyplate.com/. This a great free site to track and manage how many calories you need to lose weight, gain weight, and it even lets you enter in your excercise so you can have that extra margarita if you want to treat yourself. If you must treat yourself while watching your calorie intake, check out some of the great low calorie drink recipies, such as ones featured on http://www.hungry-girl.com/. Drinking less has also been directly related too sleeping better, clearer skin, lower stress levels, and on top of that, some unexpected weight loss from an unexpected source. Cheers to better bikini bods!