Sunday of last week was Experiment #1. After my strongman workout, I had a lager beer, and a pulled-pork sandwich on a wheat bun at the well. The idea was to find out if not drinking for one year helped me to be able to have a beer or two without suffering for it.
My mid- and upper back muscles didn't recover until Thursday, and my digestive system didn't return to normal until this morning. Both of the items listed above had wheat, so this week's experiment was to have my usual pizza w/gluten-free crust, and one of their 'gluten-reduced' beers. Apparently they introduce an enzyme into it that 'eats' almost all of the gluten so the amounts left are negligible. I hadn't worked out today, but had just gotten back from a 2+ hour ride, so my body was still under a bit of physical stress. I'm going to see how this goes - based on how I feel now, I should be fine. I have two more weekends to experiment this month, before I get into the 3-month training program I've designed (at which point I won't be drinking again anyway), but by then, I want to figure out if I'll be able to have a drink on any of the upcoming holidays.
None of the experiments going forward will include wheat (I've pretty much given that up until I can test out the Visbiome supplement I've been considering). The next experiment will be to have a hard seltzer, or a cider, as neither have gluten. The last one will involve having a mixed drink of some sort (likely gin or vodka, as I can by individual 1oz bottles of those). These last tests should tell me if I can handle any alcohol, or if maybe I have to give that up as well.
I had more to say, but hit a wall & am tired of writing, so this will have to do.
4:10 p.m. - 2022-09-10
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