I have done the same thing, I cut Alcohol and processed foods of any kind as well as salt out of my diet, I still use honey to sweeten hot tea, and eat some whole grain pasta, but have been eating all the lean protein fruit and green vegetables i can put in my hungry maw still dropping pounds at more than 1 a week I was 218lbs mid July I am 173 as of this morning. I have no exercised one push up or jogged nothing other than eliminating the rubbish the food industry serves us and the booze except for one a week on Saturday night in small amounts and Sunday i am a half pound heavy every time off just 3 or 4 beers low carb ones at that is enough to add back a half pound alcohol is probably the single worse thing someone can put in there body other than crack cocaine.
well...I think for young guys who are physically active beer doesn’t hurt them. In fact, I truly beleive all these young people in gyms and health clubs who are buying expensive energy drinks and weight gain drinks would be better off if they threw that crap away and just drank 3 heavy dark german beers with their workout.
Seriously.
But once you get past 30 years old your metabolism isn’t going to deal with 3 beers a day very well.