1 year to the day of my resolution !

**MAJOR METAL** · #1 01-02-2008, 08:57 PM

Friends today I have one year off of soda pop , if I can do it anyone can !

msquared · #2 01-02-2008, 08:58 PM

Congratulations!

superbassman2000 · #3 01-02-2008, 09:01 PM

hooray! way to go Kevin!

jrthebassguy · #4 01-02-2008, 09:05 PM

I'm pretty happy with my high fructose corn syrup sugar water, even if it is terrible for me. I could quit if I wanted to

Congrats though, I'm happy for anyone that can commit to something like that and stick with it.

Joe Nerve · #5 01-02-2008, 09:10 PM

Good for you! Not many people can claim they stuck to their resolutions. Not even for a month.

*smb · #6 01-02-2008, 09:18 PM

Well done! I have decided to give up smoking from today...doubt I'll manage a year haha

Why did you decide to give up soda though?

HiFi · #7 01-02-2008, 09:21 PM

Well done!

I really need to stop drinking soda as well.

DEFELDUS · #8 01-02-2008, 10:12 PM

I found the easiest way to quit drinking it was to limit myself. At first, I would only drink it with meals, then I cut it to only a soda with dinner, to 1 or 2 a week, to none. I've learned to love drinking water (nothing else quenches my thirst the same) and I'm healthier too. Most people don't realize that just dropping soda/tea/coffee can lose them a good 20 pounds, if not more.

**MAJOR METAL** · #9 01-02-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by *smb

Well done! I have decided to give up smoking from today...doubt I'll manage a year haha

Why did you decide to give up soda though?

To get away from the damaging affects soda was having on me.

StanFan · #10 01-02-2008, 10:18 PM

Anyone CAN (unintentional pun?)

**MAJOR METAL** · #11 01-02-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by StanFan

Anyone CAN (unintentional pun?)

I drank some seltzer in a can recently and I had a bit of a flash back

Sonic_Death · #12 01-02-2008, 10:57 PM

I am on the no-soda diet as well.

I do have it from time to time, I see no reason to cut myself off or anything like that, but I don't even like it very much so I won't drink it regularly at all. Usually only at a restaurant or something.

My main liquid intakes consist of orange juice and gatorade. Still sugary as hell though, eh? haha

MJ5150 · #13 01-02-2008, 10:59 PM

Way to go Kevin!!! Nice job.

This past July was three years for me. I went from 3-4 liters per day to nothing. I can't even handle the smell of soda pop now.

-Mike

DEFELDUS · #14 01-02-2008, 11:13 PM

yeah, now when I do have a soda it is nothing more than a novelty. They taste good, but they just make me more thirsty.

scottice · #15 01-02-2008, 11:17 PM

So tell us please... how much weight have you lost and what effects (positive and negative) have you seen/felt?

I'm really curious because I have weened myself off regular Coke last year and am on the Diet soda thing almost exclusively. Lately I'm trying to buy 100% apple or orange juice instead of the diet soda. My goal it to have soda be a very rare part of my diet.

Valerus · #16 01-02-2008, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DEFELDUS

Most people don't realize that just dropping soda/tea/coffee can lose them a good 20 pounds, if not more.

I've NEVER heard that. If true, then that is definitely tempting.

KeithBMI · #17 01-02-2008, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DEFELDUS

I found the easiest way to quit drinking it was to limit myself. At first, I would only drink it with meals, then I cut it to only a soda with dinner, to 1 or 2 a week, to none. I've learned to love drinking water (nothing else quenches my thirst the same) and I'm healthier too. Most people don't realize that just dropping soda/tea/coffee can lose them a good 20 pounds, if not more.

Even diet pop helps. I switched to diet pop and I lost 20 pounds.

scottice · #18 01-02-2008, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by KeithBMI

Even diet pop helps. I switched to diet pop and I lost 20 pounds.

Damn Keith, you must drink a LOT of pop!

**Ryan L.** · #19 01-03-2008, 12:13 AM

My wife and I recently quit drinking soda too (been about a month now). We were drinking wayyyy too much Mountain Dew. In the last month, making no other changes than cutting out the pop, I've lost nearly 10 lbs, and she's lost 7 (not that she needed to lose anything

). And to be honest, I feel a lot better too. I didn't realize how bloated pop made me feel until I quit drinking it.

DEFELDUS · #20 01-03-2008, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Valerus

I've NEVER heard that. If true, then that is definitely tempting.

simple math on it really.

lets take a moderate average of soda intake: 3 20 ounce bottles a day.

Calories per day: 720
week: 5040

thats 2.5 days worth of extra calories a week just from soda.

now read this:

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If you are consuming about 2,000 to 2,500 calories a day, going on a 20 percent calorie restriction program 5 days a week would save you about 500 calories a day (2,500 calories a week). Add to this an exercise program to burn 1,000 calories a week (3 workouts at 300 calories per workout). In total, you would lose about 3500 calories a week, which is equivalent to 1 pound per week. To put it simply, all you have to do, to lose 1 pound a week (which is the maximum rate of loss recommended), is eat 20 percent less 5 days a week and do aerobic exercises about 30 minutes 3 times a week.

so JUST cutting soda is more effective than eating 20% less 5 days a week and exercising 3 times a week for 30 mins.

Some food for thought

the numbers get amazing if you're the type of person that drinks soda constantly.

Diet soda is another good way to ween yourself, but I found it was a lot easier to get hooked on regular soda again as long as your letting yourself have diet (diet runs out, oh I'll just have regular, etc).