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    Lifting vs. Beer

    Posts: 8,897 Member
    edited February 2 in Fitness and Exercise
    Today I decided to post a Throwback Thursday pic. It was a picture of me in 1998 in college. I recalled that when I lived in the apartment in the picture I weighed 102 pounds (I only know this because one late crazy night my neighbor threw me over his shoulder and said I was light and wanted to know what I weighed...after I told him he was running around with me shouting, "buck-o-two!" over and over). During that time I was studying (a little) and partying (a lot). I realized looking at the picture today that I think I look slimmer now than I did in college, which is CRAZY because I currently weigh 32 pounds MORE now. In college my favorite activity was beer. Now my favorite activity is lifting. Will lifting make you bulky? No, not unless you want it to and even then it will take ridiculous amounts of work. Will lifting make you leaner? Yes. Pictures to prove it:

    102 pounds
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    134 pounds
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    I apologize in advance for the pics being different sizes. I know how to do a lot of things, but caring enough to figure out how to resize pictures is not one of them.

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    • Posts: 5,789 Member
      Beer won't make you bulky either.

      It's still one of my favorite pastimes.
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      Beer won't make you bulky either.

      It's still one of my favorite pastimes.

      I know, haha...I was just hoping the title would catch some attention! :)

      Note: I love beer.

      Edit: But I sure don't drink as much as I did in 1998!
    • Posts: 712 Member
      I like lifting both beer and weights. You look great, and even smaller than you were back then!
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      I lift weights so I can lift kegs.
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      I lift weights so I can lift kegs.

      Hmmm...I haven't had to lift a keg for about 8 years! Used to bartend at a microbrewery so I slung them around a lot!
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      I like lifting both beer and weights. You look great, and even smaller than you were back then!

      Thank you!
    • Posts: 6,663 Member
      Beer is proof that our personal higher power loves us and wants us to be happy.:wink:

      But I also say that about free weights, because I love them, too.

      Great comparison pics, OP! :flowerforyou:

      ETA: you look so much healthier in your "now" picture!
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      Beer is proof that our personal higher power loves us and wants us to be happy.:wink:

      But I also say that about free weights, because I love them, too.

      Great comparison pics, OP! :flowerforyou:

      Haha, I agree! I should have put in my first post that I am not anti beer...and I should have mentioned that in the picture I did not work out at all because I was in college full time, working about 30 hours a week and partying the rest of the time!
    • Posts: 708 Member
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    • Posts: 51 Member
      Haha when Im really focusing on keeping trim I just drink tons of vodka rather than beer...but I do love my alcohol lol
    • Posts: 6,663 Member
      An awesome thread, for sure!
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      I lift primarily so that I can drink beer....
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      I lift primarily so that I can drink beer....

      Sounds like a good plan! I mostly lift so I can eat food!
    • Posts: 105
      Beer makes dump people tolerable...
      Lifting makes me tolerable..

      Everything has a reason..lol
    • Posts: 10,477 Member
      Nice, honey :)
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      Nice, honey :)

      Thanks doll!
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
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      Hmmm...I haven't had to lift a keg for about 8 years! Used to bartend at a microbrewery so I slung them around a lot!

      Excellent, I brew. Beer is divine. :)

      BTW, the whole class has said it, but I'll pile on. Looking good.
    • Posts: 6,490 Member
      I :heart: lifting AND beer :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 262 Member
      I do a whole lotta 16oz curls.
    • Posts: 1,534 Member
      Yeah you look great in both, hard to believe the difference in weight numbers but not a big difference in the photo. I needed that, because been lifting a lot, scale not moving as quickly but some clothes feels looser, so good to see how you look

      Congrats by the way, looking good
    • Posts: 7,166 Member
      How about lifting AND beer?? My gym has a beer tap.
    • Posts: 2,747 Member
      :heart:
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      How about lifting AND beer?? My gym has a beer tap.

      Awesome. I love beer! I don't drink it as much as I used to though!
    • Posts: 2,181 Member
      I lift weights so I can lift kegs.

      Marry me.
    • Posts: 6,490 Member
      How about lifting AND beer?? My gym has a beer tap.

      That beats the living hell out of PF's pizza night.

      A good squat rack and a beer tap = heaven.

      Just might want to drink the beer AFTER the workout . . .
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
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      That beats the living hell out of PF's pizza night.

      A good squat rack and a beer tap = heaven.

      Just might want to drink the beer AFTER the workout . . .

      Ugh, did a run once after two 20's of Ten Fidy. I wanted to die before the first mile.

      At home I'm building a bar with three taps, and then the next room over will be my gym.
    • Posts: 395 Member
      lift to be able to drink beer?
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      Ugh, did a run once after two 20's of Ten Fidy. I wanted to die before the first mile.

      Yes...that sounds ROUGH! Glad you pulled through!
    • Posts: 7,166 Member
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      That beats the living hell out of PF's pizza night.

      A good squat rack and a beer tap = heaven.

      Just might want to drink the beer AFTER the workout . . .

      Unfortunately I usually go before work. The retirees still have beer at 9am though.
    • Posts: 1,431 Member
      reminds me of the Homer Simpson quote.. 'alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems'.

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUVwR0rw5fk

      http://static.igossip.com/photos_2/november_2011/Poster_Homer_Simpsons_Beer_muscle.jpg


      Beer + lifting = win! :)
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