Six weeks of nothing but beer and water

So there's the guy, J. Wilson of Iowa, a newspaper editor, who is subsisting this entire Lenten season on nothing but beer and water, no food.

 

        "Wilson, who describes himself as a nondenominational Christian, says he’s drinking four 355 mL, 288-calorie Doppelbocks a day on weekdays, and five a day on the weekends."

 

I'm a long ago lapsed Catholic, but I can still appreciate the notion of giving up somthing for Lent, and I love beer enough that I'd consider a beer diet, but I'm afraid I couldn't do something like this. It sounds like he's drinking a good beer, Illuminator Doppelbock (I've not had the pleasure), but it's also killed his appreciation for it. "I’m completely sick of it. I was sick of it probably four or five days in.”

 

That right there is a pretty good reason that I don't think I'd ever try something like this, appealing as it may be. Hell, the guy has lost 15 pounds on this diet, but he doesn't like the beer anymore. Too much of anything, even the best of things like a good beer, isn't good. I also doubt my employer would allow me to keep a keg at the office so I really have no shot of even trying to do this.

 

But, hey, kudos to this guy for trying it and sticking with it. I'll drink a beer in his honor tonight.