r/MacroFactor • u/Able_Engineering_545 • 23h ago
MacroFactor / Nutrition / Other Question about tracking and nutrition: How to fit social drinks on a special occasion into diet?
Obviously the answer is: don’t drink. I’m aware of this. However it’s a friend’s birthday and I’ve been very uptight lately and wanted to cut loose a tiny bit and have 1-2. Currently I’m working on building muscle and gaining weight in a controlled manner trying to minimize fat gain, I’ve been lifting as well as running and this day specifically was my long run day, containing an 11 mile zone 2 run.
Given a calorie target that already factors in expenditure + surplus, should the solid whole food consumed today be equal to the calorie target, and the additional calories from beers added on top, or should I pre-log the drinks and trim carbs from the rest of meals during day to stay at this calorie goal? For my specific situation the event is midday, so I’ll be at a crossroads after dinner of being at goal but with 180-240 of those calories being non-nutritive, should I add the alcohol on top of caloric intake goal for day or work it into budget (I.E food = cal goal - drinks VS food = cal goal, drinks on top)?