alcoholic nutritional values

I have searched and searched and cannot find a site that gives the
nutiritional values for certain alcohol (i.e. vodka, 99bananas, ect) or for
mixed drinks by name (i.e. long island ice tea, sex on the beach, ect). If
ianyone out here can help me, I'd really appreciate it. I have a drink
everynow and then on the weekends, and it drives me crazy not being able to
add the points and having to go by the 'best of my knowledge' :-o So, with
this being said, all help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance,
Ryanne

You could try buying your own cocktail books - that way you could see what
was in each cocktail and point it accordingly. Recipes vary so much from
place to place - ratio of ingredients may stay the same, but the quantities
don't necessarily, so you'll probably only still be able to guess - but
guess more accurately than before........

--
krys

UK 157/128.6/126
Started March 1st 2001
GOAL August 16th 2001
....going down?...

"ryanne" wrote in message
...
I have searched and searched and cannot find a site that gives the
nutiritional values for certain alcohol (i.e. vodka, 99bananas, ect) or
for
mixed drinks by name (i.e. long island ice tea, sex on the beach, ect).
If
ianyone out here can help me, I'd really appreciate it. I have a drink
everynow and then on the weekends, and it drives me crazy not being able
to
add the points and having to go by the 'best of my knowledge' :-o So,
with
this being said, all help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance,
Ryanne

"ryanne" wrote in message
...
I have searched and searched and cannot find a site that gives the
nutiritional values for certain alcohol (i.e. vodka, 99bananas, ect) or
for
mixed drinks by name (i.e. long island ice tea, sex on the beach, ect).
If
ianyone out here can help me, I'd really appreciate it. I have a drink
everynow and then on the weekends, and it drives me crazy not being able
to
add the points and having to go by the 'best of my knowledge' :-o So,
with
this being said, all help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance,
Ryanne

Fitday has some drinks in its database, although the choice is somewhat
eclectic -- it includes a tequila sunrise, but not plain tequila for
instance.

CalorieKing.com also has some alcoholic drinks.

HTH

Anny

www.nutritiondata.com has US-style nutrition labels for a variety of
foods and drinks. If you are on the US plan and calculate based on
calories/fiber/fat, this gives you all the info to figure out points
yourself. They've got some standard mixed drinks listed, like whisky
sours, pina coladas, etc., along with info for the alcohol itself. I
think Dottie's site (www.dwlz.com) also has a section with alcoholic
beverages. The only ones I can remember off the top of my head a
lite beer=2 points/bottle, regular beer=3 points/bottle, and
margaritas are 5 points/4 oz. (yikes!).



"ryanne" wrote in message ...
I have searched and searched and cannot find a site that gives the
nutiritional values for certain alcohol (i.e. vodka, 99bananas, ect) or for
mixed drinks by name (i.e. long island ice tea, sex on the beach, ect). If
ianyone out here can help me, I'd really appreciate it. I have a drink
everynow and then on the weekends, and it drives me crazy not being able to
add the points and having to go by the 'best of my knowledge' :-o So, with
this being said, all help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance,
Ryanne

"T. Lists" wrote in message
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www.nutritiondata.com has US-style nutrition labels for a variety of
foods and drinks. If you are on the US plan and calculate based on
calories/fiber/fat, this gives you all the info to figure out points
yourself. They've got some standard mixed drinks listed, like whisky
sours, pina coladas, etc., along with info for the alcohol itself. I
think Dottie's site (www.dwlz.com) also has a section with alcoholic
beverages. The only ones I can remember off the top of my head a
lite beer=2 points/bottle, regular beer=3 points/bottle, and
margaritas are 5 points/4 oz. (yikes!).

If you like margaritas (and I certainly do!) get some Baja Bob's low carb
margarita mix. You can buy it online and the Baja Bob site lets you find
local retail outlets that carry it. Four ounces has 10 calories and
therefore 0 pts. Add 2 points for a jigger of tequila and you got a
delicious drink for the same points as a light beer.

Not that I don't enjoy a bottle of light beer, too, but Sunday we had nachos
and margaritas for lunch. Nachos just cry our for a 'rita, don't they?
Nachos had baked chips, reduced fat cheese and turkey chili, so the whole
lunch with the margarita came to 7 pts.

Anny

I have a Bartenders Bible and never once thought of doing that... thank you
so much, Krys!
"krys" wrote in message
...
You could try buying your own cocktail books - that way you could see what
was in each cocktail and point it accordingly. Recipes vary so much from
place to place - ratio of ingredients may stay the same, but the
quantities
don't necessarily, so you'll probably only still be able to guess - but
guess more accurately than before........

--
krys

UK 157/128.6/126
Started March 1st 2001
GOAL August 16th 2001
...going down?...

"ryanne" wrote in message
...
I have searched and searched and cannot find a site that gives the
nutiritional values for certain alcohol (i.e. vodka, 99bananas, ect) or
for
mixed drinks by name (i.e. long island ice tea, sex on the beach, ect).
If
ianyone out here can help me, I'd really appreciate it. I have a drink
everynow and then on the weekends, and it drives me crazy not being able
to
add the points and having to go by the 'best of my knowledge' :-o So,
with
this being said, all help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance,
Ryanne