broadbill
Well-Known Member
LOL! Speak for your self. When I drink 3 or 4 homebrews and the wife wants to get busy, I am usually either wanting to go to sleep or drink more beer. Could not be bothered to get it on.
Wha? You are kidding right?
LOL! Speak for your self. When I drink 3 or 4 homebrews and the wife wants to get busy, I am usually either wanting to go to sleep or drink more beer. Could not be bothered to get it on.
Something not mentioned much here is the importance of muscle to metabolism. Muscles mass burn calories much faster than fat.
Pretty simple but not necessarily easy. Here's what works for me.
To lose weight:
Calories IN < Calories OUT
and
Beer = food
All the beer I drink replaces food I would have eaten. When I eat dinner I intentionally save room for the beer to be consumed later, helps prevent over-eating.
Weigh yourself frequently, at least twice a week. Once you hit a certain number (180 lb for me); do NOT ever let your weight exceed that number, ever. If/when I get to 178-179 something must change immediately to ensure not exceeding the predetermined number. DO NOT exceed the number.
I usually have a few beers every night and have managed to stay right around 140lbs, 12% body fat. I think that the two things that keep my gut in check are 1) living in a city where I DON'T have a car and 2) weight training 4 days a week (no cardio). Any time you increase lean muscle mass your body needs more calories just to do its everyday stuff. In short, muscle burns fat and increases metabolism. But you also can't eat crap on a regular basis (beer does not qualify as crap).
So start lifting and keep on brewing!
I'd argue that cardio doesn't burn calories the most efficiently, but that resistance training does.
However, both are key for a healthy body. I know runners that are twig like and constantly sick & injured because they won't do any resistance training. Each to his own but... I think being well rounded in everything is better.
I hate running, I'm not built for it - 5'8", 180lbs, 44" chest 30" waist. I'm made for heavy work and sprinting, not running miles & miles.
I also hate sitting on a bike or treadmill for hours to burn calories. I don't think I've ever run 16 miles - it would likely take me 5 hours to run.
I personally prefer a hard & heavy session of weightlifting for 30-45 mins 3x a week and take my dog for a hike in the woods a few times a week for some mild cardio. Once or twice a week I'll jump on the elliptical for 15 mins or so. I can't stand much more than that, it's just too boring.
Lifting weights gives me muscle mass, increases my bmr and allows me to eat more. I love to eat, I hate to run, I enjoy lifting weights. It works for me.
But yeah, if running for 4 hours makes you happy, it's wayyy better than sitting on your ass watching tv and eating chips. So go for it!
"Ideally, you want a combination of moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise and moderate-intensity strength training. But if vigorous aerobic exercise and vigorous weight training went head-to-head for calories burned, vigorous aerobic exercise would win." [/url]
Sorry to cause any type of debate, I did some research and found an article in the Washington Post that might shed some professional light on the topic. I think we could all agree with the bolded line below.
I like debates that don't degenerate into name calling.
Swim an hour a day three days a week. Or you could completely un-automate your brewer and do all the heavy lifting by hand.
I found that I was gaining excess weight from drinking too much of my beer. I have a kegerator in my living room and drinking two to four pints a night. So I started drinking my beers out of sampler glasses instead of full pints. Now when I go to the kegerator four or five times in the night, I only have one full beer.
Not a battle for me ... I surrendered!
The lack of cardio will eventually cause a significant lowering of your metabolism; and it's not good for your heart.
I too am fighting this battle. Up 40 pounds since this time last year... It has motivated me to brew more session beers. It doesn't all have to be DIPA's and RIS.
I too am fighting this battle. Up 40 pounds since this time last year... It has motivated me to brew more session beers. It doesn't all have to be DIPA's and RIS.
More veggies, less meat. It will work for most!
More real food, less processed garbage fake food.
I don't think there is anything wrong with a good serving of protein and 3-4 cups of veggies at every meal. But 3-4 cups of pasta/rice/bread is not healthy.
A good serving of protein at every meal, yes. A good serving of meat at every meal, not so much. Maybe a good serving of meat once a day, and keep it a serving the size of your palm.
I just tried brewing a beer off of the 3rd runnings from an outmeal stout. By the time it went into the keg it literally tasted like water flavored beer. It's hard to explain but the crisp, clean water flavor was pretty overpowering. I estimate the ABV to be about 2% and the calories have to be less than 100 per 12 oz serving. If it turns out to be drinkable then I'll probably just stick to beers like that for day to day quaffing.
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