There’s nothing better than relaxing with friends at happy hour after a stressful week. Unfortunately, when you’re sipping on those mixed drinks, calories can really add up. According to WebMD, “Calories add up even more quickly for mixed drinks than for beer and wine.” For example, one glass of rum and coke can be upwards of 369 calories!
For a healthier happy hour, try wine, which has fewer calories per ounce than hard liquor. There are also many low calorie drink mixes on the market, such as SkinnyGirl margarita and sangria. Master of Mixes also recently came out with low calorie, low sugar daiquiri and margarita mixes.
Here are some other low calorie suggestions you can enjoy at happy hour guilt free:
– Cranberry vodka (with real cranberry juice, not the sugar loaded cranberry juice cocktail)
– Rum and diet coke
– Vodka and diet soda
– Vodka with water and lime
– Low calorie beer with some flavor, such as MGD 64 Lemonade
– A shot of vodka with water and Crystal Light On the Go Packet
If you can’t part with your favorite margarita, try drinking water or low calorie non-alcoholic drinks, such as diet soda, in between each drink. Cheers to making good choices you won’t regret the next morning!