Booze, booze, booze

I don't know why, but I'm in love with that word.  It kind of makes me giggle. 

I'm a drunk.  Not exactly a fact that I like seeing in words, but it's true.  I drink every night and usually over do it on the weekends.  I don't necessarily have a problem that needs intervention because I don't need to drink to get up and function.  It's just become daily routine to drink.  And I'm not alone.  I can think off hand at least a dozen people I know who do the same thing.  Do you realize how many calories are in drinks? It's a metric fuck-ton.  So not only have I not been eating the healthiest food, but I'm also overloading my body with empty boozy calories.  Awesome. According to the Franzia website (because I'm classy like that!) the Chillable Red has 105 calories per 5oz. serving.  5oz!!!! Are you kidding me?!  There are 8 fluid ounces in a cup.  Holy-portion-control Batman.  There is a major problem.  So let's break this down.  Say I drink out of a 22oz. Eskimo Joe's cup, then fill it with ice, then top with wine. How many ounces of fluid am I getting per glass?  That's the tricky part.  Even still, let's play devil's advocate here and say that on average, I get 15oz. of wine per cup, for the ease of math.  Then how many refills do I have a night?  I probably filled up my cup at least 5 times last night.  Oh Lord, here we go:

105 per 5oz. serving x 3 servings per cup x 5 times refilled = 1575.  Holy Cannoli.

So for an average weight loss, people are typically recommended to have an 1800 calorie diet per day.  Yeah, it's not rocket science here folks.  I think we're finally getting down to brass tacks here.  Booze is making and keeping me fat.  That sucks.  So if I'm really going to make a true effort here, I'm going to have to stop drinking. Period.