Stopping with Soda...
 

Anyone wanna join me?
I understand the sugar levels in most are astronomical, if not replaced by OTHER chemicals your body really doesn't need, then there's the caffeine in the majority of them which pretty much hooks you (if you don't believe it, try going without caffeine of any form for a couple of weeks, caffeinaddicts)
I assessed myself, and aside from at work where I drink say a coffee in the morning and then try to do the healthy thing, drink filtered/spring water throughout the day...outside of that, it's actually about 70% soda/softdrinks, about 20% hot drinks mainly containing caffeine, and the rest would be water and alcohol...ha...
So I heard from this guy I work with, who's kinda still a fatso, but hey...that he stopped drinking soda, for the year and a half that he did so, without any other dietary changes, or additional excersize, he dropped 23 kilos, which in translation is 50.6 pounds.
Sure, took him a year...but that's actually pretty significant.
Not that I feel like I would want to drop quite THAT much weight, it represents that better health is behind it, so, I'm gonna try it.
Gonna try it for 3 months, a total soda ban, and see how that plays out in terms of weight, and general health.
Not quite ready to shed the morning coffee...but gonna try cut down on the other caffeinated drinks too, might get back into green/jasmine tea to sub.
Either way....starting tommorow....
Just thought I'd share.


Next up...the initiative to actually ATTEND a gym...when there's so many more interesting things to do in life...

I'm with you

been weeks since I've had a soda

I still need my beer, but no more soda for me!

I normally don't drink soda often. I am more of an iced tea kind of guy.

Try iced Jasmine, it's the shit, hot or cold.
Coulda bought some soda as my "last day" stuff at the shop just now...but the girl talked me out of it. I am now the proud owner of 24 bottles of spring water.
Hitting up the blue mountains (aussie thing...look it up) for hiking tomorrow, should come in handy.


For me it's largely unavoidable...I don't buy beer myself, but if I do something with friends, I provide food, they bring beer...lotsa beer...Binge drinking, hardly the healthiest choice, but hey.

Yeah I enjoy drinking even though that is very fattening but hey I am a fat kid so I guess whatever. I need to start exercising a bit and lose about 50 pounds.

Not great blood pressure/sugar wise either.

I wouldn't go with "fat" fat, but I'm overweight for my height...which of course doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot, I'm average height but a pretty stocky guy so any extra weight I don't need...got some pounds I could shed.
Yeah, the excersize thing, probably a good idea...just need to execute.

Yeah well I check my blood sugar everyday because my mom has to because she is diabetic so I check it and it is pretty good. I just need to start walking around a bit more, and do some crunches and shit. Nothing too crazy but just move around because I really don't each much. Just the normal three times a day. Sometimes I don't even get to do that. I am six foot four and three hundred pounds. I really should try and lose a hundred pounds but fifty would be amazing.

Hey,
Drinking only water actually does work. My mother has done this, I really don't know how much weight she lost, but it worked for her. I haven't been drinking soda for a few months now. I mostly stick to Green Tea, my morning coffee, and my nightly beer. Which doesn't help at all, lol. Good luck, and enjoy your hike if you haven't already taken it!

Hey Maniac. You need to try and come around more often.

Yeah I drink as much water as I can. I enjoy water.

Due to my acid reflux as mentioned in a previous thread messes with your eating habits.A few months ago I stopped taking my medicine and ended up messing my stomach up so bad to the point the only thing I could eat was crackers and water for almost 2 months.I ended going from 240lbs to 160lbs in two months time.While I admit it was a very unhealthy way to lose the weight,I look a lot better.