Does beer you make fat? Quite the contrary, data shows.

More great news from the doctor 10 days in on the #BrewDiet, where I subsist on nothing but¹ sausage and beer for the month of October. Survey says...

Body Type: Standard
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Height: 5′10″ (though my license says 6′ even, because I am still a growing boy)
Weight: 193.01 lbs (exactly the same as last week)
BMI: 27.7 (exactly the same as last week)
Fat %: 22.9% (that's 2.1% down from last week, the biggest shift yet!)
Fat Mass: 44.01 lbs (that's down 4.5 pounds! Huge!)

Those data in bold are fantastic! My weight is staying exactly the same, but fat conversion is happening at a great rate!

How much can I convert? Hard to say. Well, for me. Terry probably knows. His fancy scale tells me that my fat percentage should be somewhere between 11-22%. I'm almost at the high end of that range. Can I get to the middle? Maybe. Probably, even. But I think the low-end is an unrealistic goal for me. I've never been what you'd call svelt, so getting down to 11% will probably require sacrifices and commitments I'm not ready to make.

I still have a couple of more pounds of fat mass to shed before hitting in at the top end of the desirable range. It says I can go all the way down to 18.5 pounds of fat mass, but see my holy-shit-that-sounds-like-hard-work innuendo above.

This is going great. Here's a rundown of my consumption for the day:

• Breakfast of my go-to-standard and all-time favorite, a Dale's Pale Ale by Oskar Blues Brewery
• I tossed back a couple of a Pale Ale by Oak Creek Brewing Co. at Big Earl's BBQ with my good friend C.C. Chapman, in town as an invited speaker at Bolo 2011. Those were paired with a couple of tasty hotlinks!
• Dinner was a Nitro Cutthroat Porter by Odell Brewing Co and a fantastic brat from Citizen Public House
• I wrapped the day with an 8th Street Ale by Four Peaks Brewing Co. at Hotel Valley Ho Ballroom as we watched the Vaudeville show at Bolo 2011.

Tomorrow is tricky. I have an off-site client meeting all damned day long. I may have to smuggle a sausage and beer into the bathroom when no one is looking. Make your own jokes.

I'll tell you how it goes tomorrow.

^{1 - And by "nothing but", you can assume that I'm taking other liquids, like coffee, yerba mate and water. Nothing with sugar or calories, though. And if the sausage happens to be presented in it's natural habitat, like with sauerkraut or on a bed of peppers and onions, it's possible that some (many) of those will be consumed. But I leave off the side dishes. That's cheating.}

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Poor planning for #BrewDiet Day 2

Note to self: plan better tomorrow. We were on the road from 10:00 until moments ago. And I forgot to take food with me, so I had to improvise. I did OK, though I wound up eating more than I wanted. All thanks to piss poor planning. I'll tell you more later. Right now, I'm tired and going to bed.

Here's a rundown of what I had today:

• Breakfast beer: Tangerine Wheat by Lost Coast Brewery
• Beer #2 Dale's Pale Ale by Oskar Blues Brewery, along with some hastily purchased Genoa Salami. Hey, it's kinda like sausage!
• Beer #3 and #4: Myrcenary Double IPA by Odell Brewing Co at Pizza Picazzo's, where I found a rather tasty sausage-stuffed poblano pepper! Hey, it was mostly sausage. Back off.
• Beer #5: Snake Charmer by Oak Creek Brewery at Oak Creek Brewery
• Beer #6: King Crimson by Oak Creek Brewery at Oak Creek Brewery
• Beer #7: Mirror Pond Pale Ale by Deschutes Brewery at The Tavern Grille
• Beer #8: Black Butte Porter by Deschutes Brewery at The Tavern Grille

Like I said: poor planning. But a good time with good friends. More later. When I've slept.

 

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#BrewDiet Day 1 Recap

Well that was pretty easy. This is going to be a piece of cake!¹

Today was rather busy. I had to fill in for a talk Jeff Moriarty was supposed to give. But he needed a vacation. From not having a job. Whatever. Then my physician decided I needed to come drink his beer and eat reindeer sausage at his house. Fine, I'll do it. And finally, there was the sneaking in of my dinner beer to the theater. Which I didn't drink because I was watching Contagion. Sorta spoiled my appetite. And desire to touch anyone. Or anything. Ever.

But yes, a good day. On to the digits:

• Beer 1: Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse by Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
• Beer 2: Dale's Pale Ale by Oskar Blues Brewery, accompanied by half a mild Italian sausage. Protein, FTW!
• Beer 3: Porter Czarny Boss / Black BOSS Porter by BOSS Browar Witnica S.A. courtesy of Dr. Terry Simpson & his lovely wife April. Oh, and their 1 year old, JJ. Fantastic people.
• Beer 4: Artisan Golden Ale by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, also courtesy of Dr. & Mrs., with a reindeer sausage. No, not a half. The whole damned thing. Because it was made of awesome. And Rudolph.
• Beer 5: Calico Amber Ale by Ballast Point Brewing

According to MyFitnessPal, that was just under 1600 calories, which is about 100 shy of my goal. Great! I'll bank it for tomorrow when I'm meeting beer judge and home brewer Thomas Vincent and his new bride Kris up in Sedona. Rumor has it there are presents. For me!

And don't forget, you can follow along with my beer drinking as-it-happens the entire #BrewDiet month on Twitter and Facebook. And yes, you can support my cause by sending me the two things I need this month. Sausage and craft beer!

 

^{1 - Those are what we call "famous last words". Ask you parents.}

 

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