Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Try the Hop Waters instead of the NA beers. NA beers aren't very good. A couple are ok. The hop waters taste great and won't give you the headache.

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If you are talking Odouls or something maybe, but Athletic and a couple other brands make solid NA beers. That said, I don't drink NA b/c it makes me want the real thing. Hop water isn't my thing either. I'd rather just not drink any of it.

AggieOO said:

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Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Try the Hop Waters instead of the NA beers. NA beers aren't very good. A couple are ok. The hop waters taste great and won't give you the headache.

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If you are talking Odouls or something maybe, but Athletic and a couple other brands make solid NA beers. That said, I don't drink NA b/c it makes me want the real thing. Hop water isn't my thing either. I'd rather just not drink any of it.

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I have a membership for Athletic and the IPAs I order from them have effectively replaced my desire for regular IPAs. I may order one if I'm out or something but for at-home consumption they've become a go to.

This one is the truth: https://athleticbrewing.com/products/tuckers-west-coast-ipa

Outside of a few cravings this continues to go well. I think being in the gym 5-6 days per week really help drives home the point of not wanting a drink and still being able to get solid workouts in. The real challenge for me will be Sunday when the Texans are playing the Patriots.

Working out was the biggest difference maker for me. At some point in your training, you can't perform well even under the best of circumstances just due to life events, age, etc. I can't afford to add in another unnecessary thing that will hinder my performance. So when the craving kicks in I think to myself, is this worth tanking the next day or two of my productivity? And the answer is almost always no.

Still doing fine here.

Sleeping great and snacking less, though the sweet tooth is still in overdrive. I really need to get back to regular workouts too, but for now I'm just enjoying feeling good.

I've actually started waking up before my alarm in the mornings, which is nuts

If you really want to go down a focus rabbit hole, try a ketogenic diet. I'm alert as all get out even when my dogs wake me up at 4am (~6.5 hrs sleep). No cravings for beer and sweets / sugar / carbs (but I nixed all that a long time ago). I'd imagine I'd get a pretty good headache if I had a beer now. Last one was back before Christmas.

Halfway point

Scriffer said:

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Still doing fine here.

Sleeping great and snacking less, though the sweet tooth is still in overdrive. I really need to get back to regular workouts too, but for now I'm just enjoying feeling good.

I've actually started waking up before my alarm in the mornings, which is nuts

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get back into tri training - all the sugar none of the guilt

Ragoo said:

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Scriffer said:

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Still doing fine here.

Sleeping great and snacking less, though the sweet tooth is still in overdrive. I really need to get back to regular workouts too, but for now I'm just enjoying feeling good.

I've actually started waking up before my alarm in the mornings, which is nuts

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get back into tri training - all the sugar none of the guilt

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Would love to, but young kids and that pesky MRI on my knee in 2024 have put a damper on that.

Now I have to actually behave myself

TP Ag '87 said:

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a running streak of 2,118 days

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Like the other guy said, nah.

And I LIKE running.

txaggie05 said:

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This one is the truth: https://athleticbrewing.com/products/tuckers-west-coast-ipa

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Have you tried Karbach Free and Easy or Lagunitas NAIPA? I like them much much better than Athletic.

Yes, have tried both. Liked the Karbach one more of the two and agree that they are better than Athletic Run Wild. Even Athletic Free Wave I would concede depending on personal taste. But the hop profiles and flavors on some of the limited/members only beers are so good and consistently better than almost anything else out there that I've tried.