The monastery diet. All the rage.
https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/army-vet-drinking-beer-pounds-ohio-man
https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/army-vet-drinking-beer-pounds-ohio-man
Army vet lost 44 pounds only drinking beer for Lent, inspired by monks
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I may have found the perfect nirvana to my desire to drink copious craft ale and keep the gut off.
Unless of course, he didn't disclose the tape worm?
Unless of course, he didn't disclose the tape worm?
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I actually do something similar ...but I also eat food
Fox news? Um, got anything non-fiction?
This guy belongs with anti-vaxxers and flat-earthers, i.e. fantasy land.
This guy belongs with anti-vaxxers and flat-earthers, i.e. fantasy land.
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I was assuming the whole purpose was to see if Old Boy could hang through Lent just like the monks.
Looks like it was doable and something you won't see on most network news. They're too busy yapping about useless political crap almost 24 hours a day.
I like bock and dopplebock, but not enough to make it a spiritual endeavor. That said it's probably a lot more fun than Ramadan, but even then, you can eat real food after sundown.
Looks like it was doable and something you won't see on most network news. They're too busy yapping about useless political crap almost 24 hours a day.
I like bock and dopplebock, but not enough to make it a spiritual endeavor. That said it's probably a lot more fun than Ramadan, but even then, you can eat real food after sundown.
Well, wife's birthday today, and we had a nice picnic outside. So, oh so skillfully, I dropped the idea in, and got hammered with a torrent of abuse the likes of which I've never seen from my wife and son, and our lab Murphy. (I expected the first two, but my pup?) Health before pleasure. Whoever heard of such a cockamamie idea?
I crossed the alps twice (well, there and back) on a 5 speed commuter bicycle powered by nothing but hefeweizen. Flat and warm hefeweizen.
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I dunno. I've seen lots of pictures of those old monks with the beer steins and not one of them looked like they had been losing any weight. Not a one.
Now I know how Hannibal put the hurt on Rome. I just didn't know they had 5 speed commuter bikes back then.
Hahahahaha, that's true, isn't it. It would be just a tad weird to see a thin, buff monk pounding doppelbocks all day.
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Methane powered or mechanical? The yeast can do a number on ya fer sure.
I realize now that it might read like like I'm suggesting my bicycle runs on beer, which it doesn't, the beer was my sustenance.
The headline is proof enough for me. I have also extrapolated this to mean I can eat anything I want so long as I drink a lot of beer.
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I wonder if he had to have orange juice to ease into eating food again. Like you do in other liquid cleansers
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If you have a fast metabolism and a high activity level the beer and calories might not influence your weight but as you get older, it does. What works at 20 doesn't do you any favors at 50, and if you get plenty of water and sleep with the lighter brews you can shrug some of the after effects they might bring.
An all liquid diet is pretty radical, especially if you limit yourself to one or two staple items. It's not something I'd want to try - I like solid food too much.
An all liquid diet is pretty radical, especially if you limit yourself to one or two staple items. It's not something I'd want to try - I like solid food too much.
RPh_Guy
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A tap in the bedroom does sound like a good idea...
I tried living off beer for a year...ended up with blood spewing out every orifice...and never lost any weight.
wasn't until i started eating beans, greens, and sunflower seeds, flax seeds, and the like, i lost 90+ pounds....and i didn't have to quit drinking either!
44 pounds in 40 days? that would be a deficit of over 3500 a day.....not really believable, i drink ~1800 in alcohol, and burn only 2950
(just had to scroll up to double check the forum, thought it was drunken rambling at first. apologies if this is off-topic)
wasn't until i started eating beans, greens, and sunflower seeds, flax seeds, and the like, i lost 90+ pounds....and i didn't have to quit drinking either!
44 pounds in 40 days? that would be a deficit of over 3500 a day.....not really believable, i drink ~1800 in alcohol, and burn only 2950
(just had to scroll up to double check the forum, thought it was drunken rambling at first. apologies if this is off-topic)
There's folks at my gym who live on McDonalds and hard liquor. Shredded, but far, far from healthy, and nowhere near as strong or in shape as their physique would suggest (the one who comes to particular mind is especially shameful, to the point of being a joke to many of us).
My suggestion to folks is stop focusing implicitly on the number a scale says. Body fat % is far more useful and better indicative of overall health. My only concern with what the number a scale says is strength to weight ratio (and if I competed, weight class). But if you're not a strength lifter that's also a pointless metric.
To that end, beer is protein, vitamins, carbs, and calories. Body fuel. Although worth noting that most of its calories are from ethanol that aren't readily taken up by the body.
