Doctor say's I no more beer. Drink vodka instead.

[noblebrew]

Sweet. I made my Patersbier for my gf that was buying Amstel light. (I found it to be the best lite beer in our side by side taste tests without regard for price; keystone light for the price. YMMV.)

If you are interested, I took the second runnings of a bigger OG beer that will be for me (sour beer based on Goose Island's Sofie) and sparged/boiled to get the "free" small beer for her.
Details: 1.033 starting gravity, 1.007 FG. 90-95% pils, the rest wheat. 17 IBU, from 60 min addition of Hallertauer. WL Abbey yeast.

You could do the same-- partigyle and drink the smaller beer now, cellar the larger beer until you get down to a better weight and can drink 300 cal beers.

I'm an extract brewer because I don't have capital right now for a larger pot to do full boils. But, I was thinking with as small of a gravity as this beer is going to be I could do a partial boil biab. I think it would work.

 

[midfielder5]

Great idea! Of course, you could save enough money over time doing all-grain (extract is expensive!) to justify a nice BIAB bag and a larger kettle. ha ha it is a slippery slope
This low an OG is definitely the way to start/practice with BIAB (my first BIAB with a $1 paint store strainer bag is in the fermenter- so I can't comment yet but it was very cloudy with husks).

 

[noblebrew]

Under by 2 calories. We ordered pizza last night. It was difficult not to eat the whole thing.

 

[noblebrew]

day 9 and I meet my goal

 

[noblebrew]

Well, Yesterday I failed in an epic way. I consumed over 4000 calories. 2500 more than my allotted amount. Today will be better. Today I am going back on track. How many times have I read one day won't ruin you. Well here's hoping.

 

[podz]

Well, Yesterday I failed in an epic way. I consumed over 4000 calories. 2500 more than my allotted amount. Today will be better. Today I am going back on track. How many times have I read one day won't ruin you. Well here's hoping.

You need to hit it like that once a week, like I said, to keep your metabolism from slowing down.

 

[noblebrew]

You need to hit it like that once a week, like I said, to keep your metabolism from slowing down.

Thanks I hope so.

 

[beersk]

You need to hit it like that once a week, like I said, to keep your metabolism from slowing down.

Yeah, I've heard it's good to do that. Like doing different exercise to change it up, your body gets used to a certain thing and becomes efficient at it. I definitely overeat more often than I should though.

 

[the_trout]

4000 is pretty high. Im not sure you should hit quite that hard but don't kill yourself over it either. Today is a new day. Learn from past mistakes and try and do better. What did it to you? Football? NASCAR? Chicken wings?

 

[brewcephus]

I had my weekly intake of beer in one night, Saturday. I love UFC and can't watch it without having beers . Still going hard today though. Its all about getting up when you fall down. Keep digging in, Noble, you get the hang of it.

 

[noblebrew]

4000 is pretty high. Im not sure you should hit quite that hard but don't kill yourself over it either. Today is a new day. Learn from past mistakes and try and do better. What did it to you? Football? NASCAR? Chicken wings?

It was the Homemade spaghetti that did it, there were just so many calories in such a small amount of food, and then finishing a keg, it only 3 pints left.

 

[noblebrew]

Back on track life is good. Also I love coffee just finished my first pot. On to the second!

 

[stonecutter2]

Well, Yesterday I failed in an epic way. I consumed over 4000 calories. 2500 more than my allotted amount. Today will be better. Today I am going back on track. How many times have I read one day won't ruin you. Well here's hoping.

Glad to see you're still on track (you're not back on track, you never got off!).

You mention above that you failed. You didn't. You had a lesson in losing weight that is full of valuable info. You're doing just fine. Learn from what happened. Never give up.

As I said a bit ago, you will have days where you don't care about food, and others where all you can think about is eating whatever you can find. And occasionally you'll be like - oh man that was super fattening and bad for me, and i didn't even realize it. uh oh. Whatever - move on!

This is all a marathon man, not a sprint. Some results may happen fast, some will be slow. You want to focus on consistently sliding in under your calorie goals (even if by only a little). You will have occasional high calorie days - enjoy and savor them for the awesomeness they are! Better than mindlessly stuffing food in ya, am I right?

Don't let the goal overshadow your life. Let it become a part of you.

 

[noblebrew]

Glad to see you're still on track (you're not back on track, you never got off!).

You mention above that you failed. You didn't. You had a lesson in losing weight that is full of valuable info. You're doing just fine. Learn from what happened. Never give up.

As I said a bit ago, you will have days where you don't care about food, and others where all you can think about is eating whatever you can find. And occasionally you'll be like - oh man that was super fattening and bad for me, and i didn't even realize it. uh oh. Whatever - move on!

This is all a marathon man, not a sprint. Some results may happen fast, some will be slow. You want to focus on consistently sliding in under your calorie goals (even if by only a little). You will have occasional high calorie days - enjoy and savor them for the awesomeness they are! Better than mindlessly stuffing food in ya, am I right?

Don't let the goal overshadow your life. Let it become a part of you.

Thank you for the awesome advice and encouragement.

 

[Mindsculptor]

You mentioned that you're a stay at home dad and that your wife, for whatever reason, seems to be sabotaging your attempt at losing weight. The answer that presents itself to me is for you to learn to cook from scratch and prepare all the meals for home.

I can't imagine intaking 4,000 calories from a spaghetti meal and I love the stuff. Use multi-grain pasta, make the tomato sauce yourself and throw in your favorite veggies, and experiment with spices to kick the flavor up a notch.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and good luck. At one point I was at 270 pounds and I'm presently down to 190.

 

[noblebrew]

another successful day. Go me!

 

[noblebrew]

You mentioned that you're a stay at home dad and that your wife, for whatever reason, seems to be sabotaging your attempt at losing weight. The answer that presents itself to me is for you to learn to cook from scratch and prepare all the meals for home.

I can't imagine intaking 4,000 calories from a spaghetti meal and I love the stuff. Use multi-grain pasta, make the tomato sauce yourself and throw in your favorite veggies, and experiment with spices to kick the flavor up a notch.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and good luck. At one point I was at 270 pounds and I'm presently down to 190.

I'm trying really hard not to take this personally. I know you are trying to be helpful, but I still feel like it is an attack on me.
I do cook all the meals from scratch. I bake all our bread I even save and reuse the spent grains from brewing. I make the spaghetti sauce from scratch, I make almost everything from scratch even the noodles. Hardly anything comes from a box, Ever.
I am trying to move away form a calorie dense nutrient poor foods stuff made from grains to a nutrient dense calorie poor foods like vegetables. This takes a whole new way of thinking about cooking and one I am still trying to familiarize myself with.
Not all 4000 calories From that day were from the spaghetti. That was the total amount for the day.

 

[Mindsculptor]

I'm trying really hard not to take this personally. I know you are trying to be helpful, but I still feel like it is an attack on me.

No, not at all. I had assumed your wife was doing the cooking because you mentioned she was making all these unhealthy snacks.

Not all 4000 calories From that day were from the spaghetti. That was the total amount for the day.

Ah, okay. I was thinking the sauce was loaded with meat or something.

 

[noblebrew]

No, not at all. I had assumed your wife was doing the cooking because you mentioned she was making all these unhealthy snacks.



Ah, okay. I was thinking the sauce was loaded with meat or something.

Thank you. It is frustrating trying to relearn the way you have cooked your whole life. Sometimes all you want to make is that comfort food.

 

[Mindsculptor]

Thank you. It is frustrating trying to relearn the way you have cooked your whole life. Sometimes all you want to make is that comfort food.

I hear you. If there's one thing you should do, if you haven't already done it, is to ditch salt entirely. It's an electrolyte, so if you only have the salt that's in your food already, you'll drop water weight big time. Also, get rid of your white sugar, if you have any. It's been found to be a cause of cholestoral blockages in the arterial system, since it doesn't break down and scratches the hell out of your arterial walls, which gives something for cholesterol to latch on to.

 

[noblebrew]

I hear you. If there's one thing you should do, if you haven't already done it, is to ditch salt entirely. It's an electrolyte, so if you only have the salt that's in your food already, you'll drop water weight big time. Also, get rid of your white sugar, if you have any. It's been found to be a cause of cholestoral blockages in the arterial system, since it doesn't break down and scratches the hell out of your arterial walls, which gives something for cholesterol to latch on to.

I didn't know that thank you. I'm not a big fan of salt or white sugar. It's the grains that kill me I love bread and pasta and beer. It's those things that I use to get a lot of my calories from.

Today I learned that pickles, at least the kind we had in our fridge, have 0 calories. :rockin: my new favorite snack food.

 

[noblebrew]

I may have eaten all the pickles yesterday but I did come in under my goal. I have started walking everyday behind the kids while they ride their bikes. with the youngest 7 months on my back.

 

[noblebrew]

I have lost 2lbs this week . I think I'm just going to do weekly updates from now on.

 

[Mindsculptor]

I have lost 2lbs this week . I think I'm just going to do weekly updates from now on.

Congrats, man. Try throwing some weight lifting in, if you can spare the time. It probably won't appreciably increase your rate of weight loss, but it'll certainly improve your health and help you lose inches.

 

[RhodySeth]

Good job man, keep it up. When my wife became serious about losing weight she really re-evaluated the meals we ate*. It took a lot of work, exercise and calorie management but she went from 220 down to 135. There's always going to be days where we go overboard but the important thing is to stay the course!

*One change was we got rid of the bread with our dinner. We were eating loaves of bread with every meal and replaced them with lots of vegetables. Having garlic bread with your pasta seems so natural but really it's just more grains upon an already grain-heavy meal.

 

[noblebrew]

Good job man, keep it up. When my wife became serious about losing weight she really re-evaluated the meals we ate*. It took a lot of work, exercise and calorie management but she went from 220 down to 135. There's always going to be days where we go overboard but the important thing is to stay the course!

*One change was we got rid of the bread with our dinner. We were eating loaves of bread with every meal and replaced them with lots of vegetables. Having garlic bread with your pasta seems so natural but really it's just more grains upon an already grain-heavy meal.

You are so right. It is difficult giving up so many grains. They have become a sometimes food instead of an all the time food.

 

[noblebrew]

well I enjoyed this article up until the end. Maybe I should switch to making wine. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2512850/Drinking-doesnt-make-fat-A-startling-new-book-claims-nightly-glass-wine-wont-straight-hips.html

 

[beersk]

Wine is definitely good stuff. I don't think I could drink only wine though. I really like beer. If I developed a gluten or wheat intolerance, my world would be turned upside down. I'd probably switch to brewing hard cider or something. Not sure I could do the gluten free beer with sorghum.

 

[Mindsculptor]

Bah. You're losing weight, don't let that **** make you give up something you enjoy.

 

[noblebrew]

Bah. You're losing weight, don't let that **** make you give up something you enjoy.

Thank you. I needed that. I swift kick in the a** to bring me back to the real world.