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Anyone done a beer cleanse?
Historically, it is put forward that the "Paulaner monks" in Germany came up with Dopplebock (modern day's Salvator) to nourish them thru the 40 days of Lent. I'm agnostic, but happy to appropriate anything useful from any religion.
Here's a more modern take, and this quote sums up my thoughts exactly: “The sticking point is that I love good beer,” he says. “I thought to myself, ‘What if I do the opposite of what they tell you to do—I give up food and just drink beer?'”
I'm seriously thinking of taking this challenge for at least two weeks if not a month. I'm pushing 200 pounds and I really should be weighing in south of 170. The diet one can stick to is probably the right diet for you. REgardless of what it says about me personally, I'd rather not give up beer/booze. I stuck with low-carb atkins kinda thing for 2 months a couple of years ago, and substituted dehydrated beer (whiskey) for beer. I lost weight but I like bread, both the liquid (beer) and baked kind. I typically do 2-4% ABV session beers, so I haven't planned ahead with a fermenter or three of big beers. I am gonna get something going tomorrow.
Furthermore, I realized about a week ago, that if I cut out the breakfast cappuccino then I'm intermittent fasting from about 11pm to 5pm, or about 18 hours a day. Sometimes I'll have a small granola bar or a v8 around 2 or 3pm, but find it no problem to go to 5 or 6pm. That's seems to be good for a pound or so loss a week while still keeping my usual beer intake and eating being just a tiny bit careful with what I eat. That's great, but it's gonna take 6 months at least to get under 170.
My eldest kidlet has a birthday this Sunday. So I think I'm gonna start the all suds challenge on Monday. Will come back an update if I kick this off.
Historically, it is put forward that the "Paulaner monks" in Germany came up with Dopplebock (modern day's Salvator) to nourish them thru the 40 days of Lent. I'm agnostic, but happy to appropriate anything useful from any religion.
Here's a more modern take, and this quote sums up my thoughts exactly: “The sticking point is that I love good beer,” he says. “I thought to myself, ‘What if I do the opposite of what they tell you to do—I give up food and just drink beer?'”
I'm seriously thinking of taking this challenge for at least two weeks if not a month. I'm pushing 200 pounds and I really should be weighing in south of 170. The diet one can stick to is probably the right diet for you. REgardless of what it says about me personally, I'd rather not give up beer/booze. I stuck with low-carb atkins kinda thing for 2 months a couple of years ago, and substituted dehydrated beer (whiskey) for beer. I lost weight but I like bread, both the liquid (beer) and baked kind. I typically do 2-4% ABV session beers, so I haven't planned ahead with a fermenter or three of big beers. I am gonna get something going tomorrow.
Furthermore, I realized about a week ago, that if I cut out the breakfast cappuccino then I'm intermittent fasting from about 11pm to 5pm, or about 18 hours a day. Sometimes I'll have a small granola bar or a v8 around 2 or 3pm, but find it no problem to go to 5 or 6pm. That's seems to be good for a pound or so loss a week while still keeping my usual beer intake and eating being just a tiny bit careful with what I eat. That's great, but it's gonna take 6 months at least to get under 170.
My eldest kidlet has a birthday this Sunday. So I think I'm gonna start the all suds challenge on Monday. Will come back an update if I kick this off.