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A man who took part in a challenge which saw him down 2,000 pints of beer in 200 days has started to open up about what effects the marathon drinking had on his body.
Jon May set himself the challenge to guzzle down 2,000 pints in 200 days (that's just a bit over 6 months), which averages 10 pints a day.
But now he's starting to answer the real questions behind the feat - mainly, how much weight, exactly, did he put on throughout the challenge?
And what pints did he decide to drink - cider or lager?
Jon admitted that, yes, he did put on weight on during the challenge - but that the gain probably would have been a lot more if he wasn't proactively trying to get his steps in to counteract the beer.
Speaking to LADBible, he said: "I’ve put on about a stone, it would be more if I didn’t walk everywhere.
“I don’t go to the gym, but I walk to church which is about half a mile [there] and half a mile back.”
Also for those desperate to know what kind of beer Jon chose to drink, he revealed he was going between cider and lager throughout the challenge.
"It has been between Thatcher’s and Madri," he revealed.
“It has been like a 50/50 split of cider and lager, because drinking too much of one gets boring.”
Jon says the inspiration for his odyssey came after he watched a TikTok user attempt to drink 1,000 pints in one year.
Thinking he could do a lot better - Jon naturally upped the ante. Sharing his journey on TikTok, Jon originally planned to drink ten pints a day, every day for the 200 days of the challenge.
It's not just the effect on Jon's weight either - drinking at the pub has never been more expensive, and Jon himself confirms that his commitment to the challenge has already cost him a pretty penny.
"We have spent £7,936 ($10,720) and drank a grand total of 361,088 calories," he told LADBible as he approached the last days of the challenge.
With three days left of the challenge, Jon had 16 pints left to chug, which worked out as 5.3 pints per day, although he said he was saving himself for the big finale day and waiting to down a total of nine pints to bring him to his ultimate total.
Health wise, NHS advice states that people drink no more than 14 units per week, which is equivalent to around six pints of four percent lager. It also recommends that those 14 units are spread out evenly over three or more days.
But try telling Jon that.
It goes without saying, this is one challenge nobody should attempt to replicate at home.
