What beer and not running can do to you
February 28th, 2007 by Sarin
True story.
At the end of October last year, just after my half marathon race, I weighed myself on my mother’s scale at 138 pounds. After running around 20 miles a week with no real diet (the vegetarian kick lasted about 2 months), I weighed less than I ever had in 7 years. The last time I was around 138 pounds would be the summer before junior year in high school in ‘99 (I know this because I wrestled at 145 my junior year that fall, as opposed to 125, my sophomore year, but also because it was the weight class that was open).
Once the weather got too cold in the fall, I hung up the shoes and drank the winter away. It was much too cold to go to the gym, and the winter blues caused me to nap at every chance I got. However I’ve been back at the gym since January (New Years resolution anyone?) and I believe my weight has hit a plateau. I’ve gotten back in the habit of running and I’m in a somewhat regular lifting schedule.
My weigh in last night, after almost 4 months of drinking heavily and not doing any long distance running : 162 pounds.
That’s 24 pounds gained in 4 months, or 17% of my former body weight.
To top it off, a friend of mine said I was looking a little chubby in my racing photos. I somewhat agree… I think it’s possible to have shedded 10 pounds and made a better time.
What does it take to lose 34 pounds?
But the more obvious question, and the point of this post is, did beer have any factor in this weight gain? Or was is the lack of activity?
I’ve left it up for you readers to decide.
