Snickers or Vodka? Is that really the question?

Vodka, the Bedtime Snack?

Ok, so we all have bad days, stressful days or just days we had a lot going on and we just WANT TO RELAX, me included. I am not one who generally drinks at home nor do I do it often but last night I said why not? I can now answer that question.

On top of not being use to drinking, I changed what I eat and how much I eat when I changed over this blog. I now eat less carbs during the day (they used to absorb any liquor I did drink) and I eat less at night and usually no carbs after about 7pm.

Finding left over Vodka in the refrigerator I decided to make my own drink. I think bartenders use less Vodka than we at home use to make our own. To top it off it was Vanilla Vodka, eeew and I only had non sweetened strawberry Kool Aid as a mixer….eeew again. What the heck it was a tough day, why not?

Needless to say it relaxed me and put me to sleep pretty quickly and I slept most of the night rather soundly. I accomplished what I hoped but there were consequences. I did not wake with a headache but I did wake sort of foggy. I also woke feeling slight hung over regarding the amount of energy I had. Okay, so I had no energy. What’s wrong with that? Well for one thing I did not use the Ab Roller I keep in the bedroom and use every morning when I get out of bed. I ate breakfast as usual and went to my local coffee shop as usual and after drinking iced white tea felt pretty good.

A few minutes ago after knowing I should not have had that drink for at least a few good reasons I decided to Google the words Vodka calories. Based on the amount I had maybe 3-4 ounces (I hope it was less) I had up to 280 calories while in bed. Guess what, that is the same number of calories as a Snickers candy bar. Who watches what they eat and eats a Snickers in bed before they go to sleep?

So, the next time you have that drink or DRINKS, remember that you are probably doing the same calorie damage as a candy bar. The bad things you are adding to it are possible headaches, hangover, lack of energy and lack of motivation the next day because you just do not feel like being motivated. Trust me you will thank yourself for not making this mistake at least so late in the day.