As part of a medical experiment relative to my dissertation, I'm engaging in an odd diet incorporating alcohol as fifty percent of my daily intake. I won't go into the nitty-gritty of my thesis but rather focus on my findings...
I'm 5' 7 and 108lbs, and as part of this experiment lasting 21 days, I am consuming up to 750 calories of HEALTHY, balanced food, such as varied salads, grilled and sliced meats, yoghurts and fruits. But in addition to this, I am drinking up to the same amount of calories in alcoholic beverages.
Now obviously this sounds like a real party, but I assure you, it's not at all. Oddly enough, even at the combined calorific totals of both food and drink, I should be at the very most, maintaining weight. But I am instead, gaining weight. I have also seen a very strange increase in my body distribution, my limbs are losing size (I am measuring) but my waist is slowly gaining centimetres.
Are there any interesting theories or opinions as to why this is occurring? My theory is that, although alcohol does affect metabolic rate, the expenditure would still be high enough to negate any weight gain...
I'm 5' 7 and 108lbs, and as part of this experiment lasting 21 days, I am consuming up to 750 calories of HEALTHY, balanced food, such as varied salads, grilled and sliced meats, yoghurts and fruits. But in addition to this, I am drinking up to the same amount of calories in alcoholic beverages.
Now obviously this sounds like a real party, but I assure you, it's not at all. Oddly enough, even at the combined calorific totals of both food and drink, I should be at the very most, maintaining weight. But I am instead, gaining weight. I have also seen a very strange increase in my body distribution, my limbs are losing size (I am measuring) but my waist is slowly gaining centimetres.
Are there any interesting theories or opinions as to why this is occurring? My theory is that, although alcohol does affect metabolic rate, the expenditure would still be high enough to negate any weight gain...