Beer! I love it, but it dosnt help the weight loss.

sixxpoint

@andrikosDE I knew we were cut from the same cloth.

I have been homebrewing for 6+ years. I mostly brew American IPAs, but I love it all!

justmytype

I love my beer too (especially craft beers) but decided a while ago to limit my drinking to 2 days per week (usually weekends). Not hard in the wintertime to do this, but summers, yeah nothing like a cold beer on a hot day! And I save the craft beers for special occasions since they have many more calories than say a Miller Lite or Mich Ultra.

As far as fitting it in, I "save" calories throughout the week for my weekend "splurges" (not going totally crazy though) or get extra activity in. I'm still managing to lose weight this way and have never given up my beer. The way I look at it, this is a lifestyle change and not short term, so I need something I can live with.

andrikosDE

sixxpoint wrote: »

@andrikosDE I knew we were cut from the same cloth.

I have been homebrewing for 6+ years. I mostly brew American IPAs, but I love it all!

I'm not a chef, alas, just a lowly engineer.
I've been homebrewing for almost 10 years now, and man, do I love IPAs!
I live in Germany now but I do have over 20 US hop varietals in my freezer for my IPA batches that are lapped up by my friends as soon as they are bottled.
I average drinking 1-2 bottles per 30 liter batch! I get my enjoyment for having made it and spreading some joy...

I live in the fatherland of Lager yet I struggle to enjoy it... I do admire the brewing expertise needed to make it, but it's just too bland for my taste buds.

I was recently asked at a dinner "what type of food don't you like?".
I guess the expected answer was "fish" or a specific cuisine.
My answer, however, was simply "boring food".
I feel the same about beer. I'd rather drink water and save the calories for something worth it.

s2mikey

I can confidently state that having even a couple(thats TWO, not FOUR ) beers a day will NOT harm anyones diet provided you are staying within calorie goals and macro targets. How do I know? Ive been experimenting with beer over the last few months and my overall diet and workout schedule stays the same week to week. So, I changed ONLY beer intake to see what would happen.

Nothing changed after removing beer or cutting it to 1-3 total a week versus 1-2 a day. Nothing at all. I stayed within calorie goals though and also left room for the carbs you get from beer. I did not lose any extra weight, I did not feel any better, I did not feel more lean either. No change.

But I did MISS my beers so Im going to enjoy them from time to time. Dont fall for the bro-science Horse crap about a few beers sabotaging diets or causing muscles to stop growing. Its lies and is based on drinking like a 6 pack a day or more.

Noelv1976

LarsEnnerberg wrote: »

I like to drink. I watch what I eat but get a lot of calories from my liquid diet. Anyone have any advice besides to grow up and stop drinking

Nothing wrong with drinking beer as long as you constistently work out and don't drink a whole keg in one sitting. Since January I was able to lose nearly 20 lbs, while continuing my usual weekend bar drinks. Unless you're trying to lose a butt load of weight, then yeah, cut back until you reach your goal.

Jruzer

andrikosDE wrote: »

I was recently asked at a dinner "what type of food don't you like?".
I guess the expected answer was "fish" or a specific cuisine.
My answer, however, was simply "boring food".
I feel the same about beer. I'd rather drink water and save the calories for something worth it.

Amen, brother! That is exactly how I feel.

Aside: Do you keep a second set of equipment for brewing sour beers? Or do you just do really thorough sanitation? I've wanted to try using lactobacillus but am nervous about cross-contamination.

andrikosDE

Jruzer wrote: »

Amen, brother! That is exactly how I feel.

Aside: Do you keep a second set of equipment for brewing sour beers? Or do you just do really thorough sanitation? I've wanted to try using lactobacillus but am nervous about cross-contamination.

I do keep separate equipment but the lacto isn't the really the issue. It's the Brettanomyces that sends chills down Brewers' spines (originally Vintners' spines).

Brettanomyces burrows into everything and actually metabolizes cellulose (wood) so a Brettanomyces infected barrel is either anathema for a conventional brewer or heaven for a sour beer brewer.

Keep in mind that all these bugs are everywhere all the time along with hundreds (thousands?) of other species. Thorough sanitation is a must for any brewing process, especially on the cold side.

Cheers with a yummy Flander's red...

brownsdown

Do your research and log the beer correctly. If wine? Weigh it. All comes natural after that. If you have come this far, to MFP, and even a small modicum of self discipline, you will make the right decisions when looking at your MFP screen.