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Beer and Pie diet

jo_nz
jo_nz Posts: 548 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Yet another example of CICO in action - a journo has been on a (calorie controlled) diet of beer and pies (for 4 weeks, plus multivitamin supplement) and lost weight.

http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/beer-and-pie-diet---the-final-verdict-2016102619

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    jo_nz wrote: »
    Yet another example of CICO in action - a journo has been on a (calorie controlled) diet of beer and pies (for 4 weeks, plus multivitamin supplement) and lost weight.

    http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/beer-and-pie-diet---the-final-verdict-2016102619

    I'm down with that!! LOL
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    We used to have a fast food restaurant when I was in college called "Zips". They made the best burgers I've ever had. At the time I was living with 2 roommates right out of high school and was about 50 lbs overweight. Within a year eating Zips burgers and fries and drinking pretty much nothing but light beer every night I lost all of that weight and more lol. I would eat an average of two (my guess is 1000+ calorie or more) double cheese burgers a day with a large fries and probably a six pack or more of beer along with two medium Coke's a day from Zips. I call it the "Beer and Zips" diet. I was probably not healthy but I was pretty much the skinniest I had ever been haha.
  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    I read this too, what I love is the comments from people who don't understand what calorie counting is and that it actually works. He would of felt terrible eating only pies but he lost weight!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited October 2016
    You could probably do a pretty balanced (though not low carb) pie-based diet. Meat and veg pies, fruit pies, shepherd's pie, pierogi, pasty, samosa, empanada, spinach pie... ;-)
  • laur357
    laur357 Posts: 896 Member
    I'll give it a chance if we want to include pizza in the pie category . . .
  • Cbestinme
    Cbestinme Posts: 397 Member
    Lol
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    I love it. :smile: CICO works. I have celiac or I would try it. More data is good for science; unfortunately, I would likely die of dehydration if I ate any gluten every day for 4 weeks. I miss Guinness. I make a damn good GF pie crust.
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    When I met my BF 4 years ago I shared my "weight loss journey" with him. We both love craft beer (hence one of my many reasons I'm constantly having to lose weight...). He told me a about a guy he read about that only drank beer for like a month. No food, just beer. Lost 30lbs. Now, I think that sounds awful, even if I do love the stuff. Too much of one thing has to be miserable.
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