Ok, I’ve lost 20+ pounds on this new “diet.” It’s not really a diet, it’s more of a lifestyle change. I’m not one to overeat, but lord I love beer(can I get an amen brother?). So here’s what I’ve done. Over the past few months I’ve weaned myself off Guinness, and other dark and amber beers. I’ve also started drinking Non-Alcoholic beers such as Kaliper (by the Guinness folks) these changes have helped some.
Here’s the kicker. For each real or every two NA beer I drink in one day, I run that many miles the next. This morning I ran 4 miles. That would be 2 real beers and 4 NA’s. This does two things: One, I exercise a whole bunch, much to my doctor’s delight, and two, I drink less because of having to pay the piper the following morning. Twenty Pounds! Woo-Hoo! If your curious, 9 miles is farthest I’ve had to run. I came up with one beer=one mile by looking a health sites such as react in Ireland, and some other Calorie Counter sites. They had javascript programs that roughly estimate Calorie values of various physical exercises. 135 C/mile seemed to be fairly consistent.
Sorry, just had to tell someone.