With his trademark Rock 'N Roll hair and snakeskin spandex pants, plus a hot rod and a Harley, Luc Carl fit the part as a bar managerA based in New York City's gritty Lower East Side. And life was good for thisA Omaha,A Nebraska,A transplanta 'a talented drummer who originally moved to the big city to pursue his Rock 'N Roll dreamsa 'until,A suddenly, it wasn't. Fast forward through seven years of working long hours, bingeing on late-night Chinese food, and drinking excessively; life had found Luc forty pounds overweight and completely out of shape. But when he turned to the experts for advicea 'reading countless fitness and weight-loss books in the processa 'he discovered that they all made the same claim: You can't drink alcohol if you want to lose weight. Luc decided to take matters into his own hands to transform his body and his life his waya 'a sort of f*ck you to all those so-called experts.

Full of charismatic wit and raucous stories about his life, The Drunk Diet will inspire and challengeA you to become fitter, healthier, and happier. Luc's fitness philosophy isn't about following a list of rigid rules or traditional do this, not that charts, but gaining a better understanding of how the body works and discovering what you're personally willing to change about your lifestyle in order to reach your goals. For him, that meant trading in the crap he was eating for unprocessed, natural foods and embracing a newfound love for exercise, but never sacrificing his social life (or his love for cold beer).

This is the story of how one chain-smoking, cheeseburger-eating, hard-partying Rock 'N Rollera 'a self-proclaimed out-of-shape, bloated asshole a 'grew into an avid runner and cyclist and, ultimately, a happier version of himself. He will be the first to tell you: If he could do it, so can you.