I Am Half Beer

[ksbrain]

You are what you eat. Or in my case, you are also what you drink. Today I realized nearly half my daily calories come from beer.

That's right, I normally eat about 900 calories and drink about 700 calories. Breakfast: 200-300 calories. Lunch: 400-500 calories. Dinner: 100-300 calories. I tailor dinner based on eating throughout the day. Then 3-6 beers of 100-200 calories each. I figure average is 4 beers and average calories is 175. Shout out to BeerSmith's calorie calculation.

Today we all went out to lunch at work for a sendoff for our intern. Scouting on the menu, I knew lunch would be about 1000 calories unless I wanted to torture myself with a plain salad while my coworkers indulged in bacon-wrapped beef skewers. So I skipped breakfast and dinner, and had the giant burger with fries. (Though I still skipped a skewer.) That's what made me realize I only eat 1000 calories or less every day, and I drink the rest.

It's worked great, I've lost 30 pounds over the past several months. I'm down under 160, and doing a bit of light lifting to try to tone what's left of me. I just never really framed it like this before. Sort of makes me think...about something...like I still get two more beers tonight

 

[BulldogBrewer]

That's awesome. Basically doing the same thing to keep my daily calories down. When brewing I up my beer intake to a few pints a night. I've even lost a few pounds since jumping back into the brewing game, but could speed that up with a smaller dinner for sure.

Working out is key though. Can't skip that. I look at my pints as reward for my sweat.

 

[ksbrain]

Mostly I didn't work out at all. Just went hungry.

"Hunger is weight leaving the body" has been my motto at times

 

[beaksnbeer]

So need to ask how many calories do you burn lifting/drinking/swallowing beer need to figure that in to the work out........that's my work out

 

[beersteiner2345]

Sometimes weight loss simply from the correct number of calories isn't the healthy way to go.

Not trying to be a troll, but safe bet this is one of those times.

I have a nutrition education (B.S. in Food Science and Human Nutrition), and I can tell you that the balance of what you eat is at least as important, and probably more important, than the amount.

 

[weirdboy]

I can't do that. I like food too much to not enjoy it.

 

[jgln]

I thought that was your name at first, like Running Bear, Running Shoes......

 

[jgln]

Sometimes weight loss simply from the correct number of calories isn't the healthy way to go.

Not trying to be a troll, but safe bet this is one of those times.

I have a nutrition education (B.S. in Food Science and Human Nutrition), and I can tell you that the balance of what you eat is at least as important, and probably more important, than the amount.

Yeah, I was going to suggest switching to an all cheap vodka diet for better results.