If you want to wind down in the evening with a glass of wine, you might assume alcohol is off limits when you are trying to lose weight, however, alcohol is okay to have in the slimming world as long as your tracking the syns in the wine.
A glass of white wine on average has 4.5 syns for 125ml, making it fairly high in syns for a small glass, we would therefore suggest drinking in moderation.
In our syn guide below, we will take you through how many glasses of white wine you can have on the slimming world plan, syn values of white wine and some low syn alternative alcohol options.
At 4.5 syns for a 125ml glass, you can have up to three glasses of white wine on the SW plan before using all your 15 syn daily allowance.
White wine is fairly high in syns due to the alcohol content so we do suggest having this drink in moderation, measuring out your wine in order to stay on track with your syns.
To stay on track with your weight loss when drinking alcohol we suggest alternating your drinks with water and eating beforehand.
White wine has a similar syn value no matter the brand you choose, alcohol percentage can affect the calories, however. We've listed some syn values of white wine below.
Most alcohol can be consumed in moderation on the slimming world plan as long as you're tracking the syns, we've listed some alternatives to white wine down below to give you other options.
To conclude, a glass of white wine has around 4.5 syns for 125ml making it high in syns, therefore we suggest drinking wine in moderation. In order to save syns, we suggest measuring out your wine or checking out our low-syn alternatives such as alcohol free beer which can often be lower in syns.
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