Bye bye beer

[Hitchington]

In the last year I've got rid of almost all my flubber apart from my belly. In short my diet hasn't changed much in the last year (well I eat more) so all this weight loss has been down to exercise.

But I've kinda levelled out and haven't seen any progress for a while so as an experiment I'm going to quit drinking beer. I probably drink about ten pints a week, mostly that ASDA bitter that costs a quid for four cans, so hopefully cutting this from my diet might shift the belly. I'll still have a bottle or two of wine a week, so feel free to tell me I'm missing the point here.

So who else has quit beer and did it make a difference?

I lowered my beer intake and it has made a difference. Have maybe 1 or 2 pints a week now.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Giving up alcohol was easy for me, I used to drink, I used to get hammered fairly regularly and enjoyed beer and wine, but I decided to knock it on the head and stopped drinking. TBH, I don't miss it at all, there is no conscious effort to avoid it these days, I just much prefer to drink coffee or soft drinks when out and about. Now giving up meat for a period of time, well that was a hell of a hardship and I just couldn't hold out, I need my burgers and sausages! I wouldn't bother even trying to give up M&S Chocolate Milkshake!

I was vegetarian for about six months a couple of years ago, it really didn't agree with me!

 

[Rob3rt]

I was vegetarian for about six months a couple of years ago, it really didn't agree with me!

I lasted about 4 month's, eating what amounted to meat free fast food since I wasn't particularly thorough with my diet and was obviously missing things from my diet that I needed. Basically I always felt ill and tired, then one day I thought "fark this, it's time for some fried chicken". A KFC later and some sausage and mash and I felt great!

 

[Get In The Van]

I've stopped brewing my own beer, which is a bit like cutting down!

I only drink wine once or twice a week, and probably have 3/4 of the bottle, what with drinking from my own glass and also nicking sips from my wife's glass.



When I was a bit more involved in the music scene 'straight edge' was quite popular.

Thats me, been edge now for 19 years, not hardline or anything like that though

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Thats me, been edge now for 19 years, not hardline or anything like that though

I noted the Black Flag avatar

 

[DaveyM]

I am using the idea of "Stoptober" they say 28 days and your likely to give up (I know this is designed for smoking).
I am going to try with the booze, I only have one most nights so 28 days cold turkey!!

 

[Typhon]

I've been a strict vegetarian since the age of 12. It's no hardship for me and I have never been tempted to waver even once.

Giving up alcohol though - now I'm afraid to say that would be a trial. It's definitely my number 1 bad habit. I don't drink beer often but I drink 2-3 bottles of wine per week. I open them with dinner and then drink them gradually over the course of the next 5-6 hours. So given I am a relatively large bloke, I don't even feel remotely tipsy. At most a bit relaxed. I just enjoy the taste of the actual drink so much.

We all have to have our vices though. Life would be boring without them. And since I took up cycling I am losing 1 - 1.5 lbs a week despite my BMI being in the healthy zone, without even trying to diet. So I am not too fussed about it if I'm honest.

 

[slowmotion]

Benjamin Franklin got it about right...
http://www.history.com/topics/benjamin-franklin

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"

 

[Drago]

I've been a strict Meatatarian for about 30 years. Giving up fruit and veg wasn't easy, but giving up beer is another matter entirely.

Anyway, beer counts as one of your five a day.

 

[Keith Oates]

Two years ago I was a regular drinker but didn't very often have more than two pints a night. I then had some gout problems and the Doctor tested my Uric Acid level and found it very high so put me on Allopurinol tablets for two months and said no alcohol. After the two months another blood test showed that the Uric Acid level was well down and so the Doctor said to stop the tablets but keep the beer drinking infrequent. I never missed the beer so said to myself I will stop drinking altogether and the only drink I've had in the last two years was to drink a glass of white wine as a toast to the Queen at the Diamond Jubilee party out here in Vietnam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Your a long time dead.....

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I somewhat fell off the wagon last night - I made some ginger beer to a very old fashioned recipe and drank a 500ml size bottle trying to figure out if it was at all alcoholic. It was.

 

[G2EWS]

Got back from the commute last night and my Wife asked:

'Do you want a cup of tea'

to which my reply was:

'I'd rather have a glass of wine'

3 large glasses and dinner later I topped it off with a large Laphroaig Quarter Cask! Ooops!

Chris

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Got back from the commute last night and my Wife asked:

'Do you want a cup of tea'

to which my reply was:

'I'd rather have a glass of wine'

3 large glasses and dinner later I topped it off with a large Laphroaig Quarter Cask! Ooops!

Chris

Cor lovely! I think I can probably happily live without beer, but wine and single malts are another matter. I think I'd rather cycle so that I can drink wine and single malts (when I can afford them).

 

[Rob3rt]

My response is usually, "yes I'll have a cup of tea, thanks, and pass me a bottle of banana yazoo please! Leave my tea in the hall I'll get at it after my shower!"