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Welcome to my blog!

I'm using this as a little outlet for my thoughts and general happenings in my life .  An electric journal or a virtual scrapbook if you will. Everything food,health, film and beauty related. A right old mix allowing me to get back into my hobby of writing.

This first post, I will be talking about wine!The red kind !


Now, I'm not actually a big drinker but when I saw an article claiming that a glass of red wine can help aid weight loss I was pretty intrigued!
The article claimed that a glass of red wine a night helped keep cravings at bay for chocolate, sweets and anything you choose to indulge in. (even though the calories in a glass of wine are pretty close to a piece of chocolate cake)

Being one who hunts for a sweet treat after dinner, I thought why not, lets give it go.

I brought your standard red wine from the local shop, got my abnormally large wine glass out and began my mini experiment.

Day one: 

I stuck to my usual routine of fruit for breakfast, salad for lunch, and meat and veg for dinner, and even a trip to the gym.  It felt a bit odd reaching for the wine on a Monday night, it felt wrong almost, knowing I was getting up the next day at 7:30 am and there I was relaxing with a glass of fruity Merlot feeling more like it was a Friday night.  As I said earlier, I am not a big drinker, so this small glass of red wine made me feel slightly tipsy and light headed.  I guess the wine satisfied me in some way,but by 9pm I was hunting through the freezer for a mini Twister lolly.

Day two to Five

I stuck to this unusual routine, healthy meals in the day and getting tipsy in the night. This resulted in me going to bed at 9:30pm every night! Wine makes me very sleepy and so I guess by making me fall asleep, I was restricting my calories.

Day Six & Seven

On the weekend this addition to my diet felt more natural.  I enjoyed it more on the weekend and I found myself looking forward to my glass of red after my evening meal.  I even reached for a second glass on Saturday, getting me through euro vision and the sleepy phase of alcohol. I felt like it was an indulgent treat which did control my sweet cravings for a while, but don't get me wrong if someone offered me a bar of chocolate  I would almost definitely have taken it . But that might say more for my will power rather than the experiment

Verdict

Put simply-No I would say that wine does not aid weight loss.  I wouldn't recommend drinking it in the week days it basically put me to sleep. A glass of red wine on the weekend is a good substitute for a bar of chocolate if you are watching what you eat. But like any indulgence in life, it's knowing when to stop.