9 alcoholic drinks to avoid if you want to lose weight ' and what you should order instead

As the weather warms up, dining al fresco and barbeques in the sun can make it all too easy for the drinks to slip down.However, enjoying a tipple or two doesn't have to ruin your weight loss efforts.Online healthy food retailer MuscleFood.com has put together a list of some of the most popular high-calorie alcoholic drinks that could be ruining your diet, along with more waistline-friendly alternatives.From Champagne over Chardonnay to martinis over mojitos, scroll down to see the nine worst things you can drink for your diet, along with the calorie count per drink ' and what you should be drinking instead.Swap a Long Island Iced Tea (424 calories) for a Cosmopolitan (100 calories).With an ingredient list that contains vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec, and coke, its no wonder that a typical 420ml glass of Long Island contains a whopping 424 calories.A Cosmopolitan has much less alcohol and only a small amount of cranberry juice, meaning a typical 250ml martini glass contains only 100 caloriesless than a quarter of a Long Island.Swap a Pina Colada (300 calories) for a Fuzzy Navel (120 calories).Pina Coladas are the perfect beachside cocktail, but thanks to the added coconut and pineapple mixers, these drinks regularly contain a high calorie count of around 300 calories per 230ml.A Fuzzy Navel contains just peach schnapps and orange juice, making it an ideal fruity replacement at around 120 calories per 115ml drink.Swap a Mojito (242 calories) for a Martini (70 calories).Mojitos are a summertime favourite, but thanks to the sugar syrup a typical 230ml glass can contain asmany as 242 calories.A Martini has no additional mixers, meaning that a 250ml glass only contains a measly 70 caloriesproviding you dont eat the olive, of course.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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