I tried the Drinking Man’s Diet and it was pretty horrible

When I saw the words “The Drinking Man’s Diet: How to lose weight with a minimum amount of will power” I knew this was the diet for me.

Recently I have been gaining weight, probably due to my lack of exercise and absolutely no control when it comes to fried foods. So I decided to try out a diet.

I’ve done this many times before. I am known for saying “I’m going on a diet! AND I’m going to exercise!” the whole while thinking to myself “yeah, that’s not going to happen.” Nonetheless, I’ll spend a lot of money on groceries for my newfound healthy lifestyle and go to the gym for about a week straight. Then I quit. I have absolutely no willpower. I hate eating heathy and I hate working out. I don’t like the idea of someone telling me what to do, even if it’s myself. I know it’s weird, I’m just really stubborn.

So, when I came across a diet that would let me drink like I wanted to and eat things like bacon and not exercise, I was all for it. But I knew I wouldn’t have the willpower to do it for very long. So, I only did it for three days. Yes, I know you can’t really see significant changes like that, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to do it any longer than that – and I was really just testing it out. Plus, since this diet consisted of mostly alcohol, it was probably a good thing I didn’t do it any longer. I did actually see the effects of the diet though, despite how short it was. And they weren’t good.

The “drinker’s diet” is a concept that has been around since the 1800s. The one that I used by Robert Cameron was published in 1964 and is currently available for online reading for $2.99. I wouldn’t say it was worth the $3 however, the “diet” part only took up about two pages of the whole book. Naturally, I screenshotted it, kept the picture of the diet plan on my phone and never read the rest of the book.
I started off the three days by getting about $40 worth of groceries. Eggs, bacon, cantaloupe, shrimp cocktails (weird af), avocados, chicken, cheese, tomatoes and lettuce. Then I spent about $50 at the ABC store stocking up on my martini ingredients. I don’t like gin, never have and never will, but I opted to make gin martinis instead of delicious vodka martinis because I wanted it keep it as authentic as possible.

I also got Hennessy (gag) because the clerk said that was the kind of brandy a grown man would drink in the early 1900s. Again, I was trying to stay as authentic to this diet as possible. But God must have known that Hennessey had no place in my house because when I got home, before I even opened to door, I tripped and broke the bottle. My $20 Henny is now soaked into the concrete outside of my apartment. Nonetheless, I was excited to try this diet.

At first glance, this diet looks really fun and fairly easy. I mean, you’re given permission to drink during every meal (except breakfast, though I don’t think that would be frowned upon) and eat bacon. The first day was great – until I passed out from the martini at lunch. I didn’t even make it to dinner on the first or third day because lunch was so taxing. I think that’s how the diet makes you lose weight. You basically drink until you fall asleep and when you’re asleep, you can’t eat. You can’t eat, you don’t gain weight. I lost weight because I missed two of the nine meals and I slept a total of 36 hours of the 72 hours of this diet.
While I did lose about two pounds, I don’t think the diet was worth it. I was so exhausted from drinking alcohol and not enough water. And I couldn’t eat carbs, which are honestly my favorite things in the world. I will gladly eat mashed potatoes and pasta for every single meal. I was going through carb withdrawals and I was envious of everyone around me enjoying mac and cheese and bread. Seeing those darn Tasty videos all the time definitely didn’t help either.

I also felt sick to my stomach and woke up with severe muscle fatigue and a headache every morning. Google told me it was from being severely dehydrated even though I tried to drink water. By the morning of day two, I couldn’t wait for it all to be over. This diet, while great in theory, was not for me. It may be because it was a diet intended for grown men and I’m a 5 foot, 130 pound, 21-year-old girl. I probably should’ve cut the alcohol intake in half, but of course, I didn’t. This experience actually may have turned me off of alcohol for a while. So maybe it did help me in the long run – I think my liver will thank me. Needless to say, I will not be trying this diet (or any other diet) again but I would still recommend it to anyone that is curious. It is definitely an experience and you’d probably get some great stories out of it.

Here’s the video mashup of my… interesting experience.