Why does beer make me heavy?

bahzob

I am slightly baffled. I went to the Oktoberfest last weekend. On the Friday before I weighed a svelte(ish) 11st 2lbs. On the Monday morning after I weighed 12st 4lbs. So 14lbs heavier in just 3 days...(but had a great time )

In the three days since I have eaten around 2500kcal per day and done around 1000kcal per day equivalent of riding. I've drunk plenty (at least 2l of water per day + a couple of pints of beer yesterday). Can't say I've noticed going to the loo any more than usual but still I have lost 12lbs...so back to 11st 6lbs.

So puzzled :? . Is it just the sheer quantity of liquid what I drunk that explains this sudden up/down in my weight or is there something special about beer (maybe that's why its measured in original gravity?)

cee

erm.....during oktoberfest....how many beers did you drink....and how many calories did each beer have....

It is easy to hit your calorie intake just on beer on one night out.

Coriander

Beer is full of carbohydrates and they are supposed to retain liquid in the body. So, despite you not noticing going to the loo more, it would seem that you have peed out retained water.

I can notice the same thing - I lay off carbs for a day (other than museli for breakfast) and the next morning I'll be 2lbs lighter. And my tummy will be flatter. Bizarre.

damage36

Its called karma.

Mark Alexander

On the basis that we eat pasta to carb load before big rides/races, and beer has lots of carbs..
Why is it that if I get plastered the night before a race I don't have energy, feel heavy and am slow as hell.
Alcohol dehydrates you and christ that hangove buggers your concentration 8)

Mark Alexander

Mark Alexander wrote:

On the basis that we eat pasta to carb load before big rides/races, and beer has lots of carbs..
Why is it that if I get plastered the night before a race I don't have energy, feel heavy and am slow as hell.
Alcohol dehydrates you and christ that hangover buggers your concentration 8)

DavidBelcher

Booze is also a great appetite stimulant, which doesn't help matters - many's the time I've succumbed to the lure of the chip shop or the pizza takeaway after a night down the pub....in spite of already having had a big meal at tea-time! :oops:

David

SteveR_100Milers

Beer is also a great motivator - makes you think you really can be fast and win a few races, to the point where you might even consider going training immediately after returning from the pub!

robbarker

Beer contains lots and lots of Higg's bosons.

Mark Alexander

SteveR_100Milers wrote:

Beer is also a great motivator - makes you think you really can be fast and win a few races, to the point where you might even consider going training immediately after returning from the pub!

Like hell it does! I've never seen you out late evenings steve!
I don't want to get on the bike at 1130 at night when sober!!

pottssteve

Have you tried drinking Light Ale?

STEFANOS4784

Your weight fluctuates through the day any-way doesn't it? Weigh yourself at different times and see

DavidBelcher

pottssteve wrote:

Have you tried drinking Light Ale?

As a certain Jag-driving fictional Oxford copper once put it, "light beer is an invention of the Prince of Darkness"

David