Shifting to H20

[RatRace123]

I cut down on Soda as part of my diet.
I gotta say, I'm pretty sure that was the most effective step. All that sugar, really adds up around the gut after a while.

Turns out though, without soda I drink a lot of water. I go through about 4 bottles a day, on average.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Are people really STILL drinking tons of soda, and debating the merits of drinking primarily water, as if it were open to question?

Stop drinking soda. While you're at it, lay off caffeine, too. Seriously.

It's all fun and games to talk about crashes and how tasty soda is, but one day your health is going to EXPLODE from all the crap you are putting in your body, and at that point it's going to be too late to take it all back, and mark my words you are going to wish you could.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Wait Canadians use pop to mean soda? I thought only us Brits did that?

OT: I try but it usually goes tits up and I 'relapse'.

Everyone I know uses pop as well. It might be a "middle of the US" thing.

The US has quite a few regional variations on the term. There's pop, soda, soda pop, coke[footnote]seriously, in the south you don't usually say "do you want to get a soda?" it's "do you want to get a coke?", although "soda" is the preferred term when talking about different brands and flavors; it's kind of a complicated social rule, one that's hard to describe in text.[/footnote], and I want to say even a few weird ones, like "fizz." People tend to forget just how big this country is. The entirety of Europe could fit inside the borders with room to spare, so it's not exactly surprising that we have regional variations like that.

 

[WWmelb]

Caffeine.. overall, not that bad for you. Not great by any stretch of the imagination but it does have some overall redeeming qualities. Caffeine, the stimulant that it is, causes stimulation to the areas of your brain condusive to concentration, and keeps it nice and excercised. Read a few articles that claim that this kind of stimulation (also triggered by nicotine) can greatly lower the risk of degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimers. I don't know if there has been follow up studies to prove or disprove these claims though.

Not great for your heart though. Either of them lol

Caffeine can be used for treating some things such as migraine headaches, and some spinal problems are treated with a caffeine IV, but you missed the point of the post that I was making (probably my fault).

These people were telling me I drank too much caffeine, while they stood in front of me drinking something with even more caffeine in it. The hypocrisy drove me crazy.

No no no i got your point, just been a long day and didn't think to acknowledge that fact lol.. it's been a long day and tangents when tired oooh a bug! Where's my wallet.... ... ...

 

[Mischlings]

The US has quite a few regional variations on the term. There's pop, soda, soda pop, coke, and I want to say even a few weird ones, like "fizz." People tend to forget just how big this country is. The entirety of Europe could fit inside the borders with room to spare, so it's not exactly surprising that we have regional variations like that.

It's kind of funny all the differences you can find -- I grew up in Michigan saying "pop", my girlfriend grew up in Florida saying "soda" (and we argue about it all the time), and she currently lives in Georgia where "Coke" is the standard.

Are people really STILL drinking tons of soda, and debating the merits of drinking primarily water, as if it were open to question?

Stop drinking soda. While you're at it, lay off caffeine, too. Seriously.

It's all fun and games to talk about crashes and how tasty soda is, but one day your health is going to EXPLODE from all the crap you are putting in your body, and at that point it's going to be too late to take it all back, and mark my words you are going to wish you could.

It seems like this is more about people trying to cut down than debating the merits. I think we all know pop isn't really good for you, we're just talking about how much we do drink and how to cut down on it.

 

[StormShaun]

...Crap

I really, really need to drink more water and to drink less soda, well I doubt that is going to happen.

I just have to hope that someday I will get used to drinking more water since I am biking more often lately and take a water bottle with me.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

My pleasure.
Also:
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Turns out my guess as to how to superscript was spot on. Nice. Thanks anyway!

 

[Jonluw]

My pleasure.
Also:
H[sub]3[/sub]O[sup]+[/sup]

Turns out my guess as to how to superscript was spot on. Nice. Thanks anyway!

Yeah, I guess superscript is pretty intuitive.
For future reference, I leave you with this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.108989-Guide-to-Forum-Typing-Tricks-UPDATED-4-24-09] guide to the bb-code, young padawan.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

What do you mean by "having another crash"?

Drink a lot of pop. Have energy for half an hour and then the next two hours I feel exhausted.

How much pop are we talking here?

I was sharing with my sister but I ended up drinking about 80% of a 2 liter bottle alone seeing as she hardly has any.

I'm the same way in the amount, but not necessarily in the timeframe. I typically space out that 80% between 1 or 2 days. That being said, I drink almost nothing but soda. I'm probably setting myself up for some serious diabetes in a few years, so I've decided to slowly cut back starting last week.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

My pleasure.
Also:
H[sub]3[/sub]O[sup]+[/sup]

Turns out my guess as to how to superscript was spot on. Nice. Thanks anyway!

Yeah, I guess superscript is pretty intuitive.
For future reference, I leave you with this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.108989-Guide-to-Forum-Typing-Tricks-UPDATED-4-24-09] guide to the bb-code, young padawan.

Thank you Master Jonluw. I will use this power wisely.

 

[StrixMaxima]

I stopped drinking carbonated beverages this year, since I love them, they are my only addiction, and they make me burp funny noises.

I think that shifting directly towards pure water is too dramatic and makes the transition quite grueling. My solution was to mix 3/4 of a glass of fizzy water, and 1/4 of natural fruit juice (from my experience, lemon, apple, passion fruit and grapes produce the best end results). With some ice, the end result is very tasty, fizzy and has very little sugar.

It is very satisfying, and the crave for carbonated goodness is adequately sated. Give it a shot.

 

[Cpu46]

yea, I tend to stick to milk, juice, and water for most meals, sometimes I drink a Mountain Dew but not every day. A 12 pack of that generally lasts me a good month or two. I also drink Diet 7up with whiskey. Damn good drink.

 

[Yopaz]

I haven't been drinking soda regularly for about 5 years now. I drink mostly coffee and water. Coffee because it's good and water because it's free and tastes pretty good too. I would drink juice, but that's too expensive.

 

[ConstantErasing]

Most of my liquid intake is water, milk, and fruit juice. For me soda is really just an occasional luxury.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

What do you mean by "having another crash"?

Drink a lot of pop. Have energy for half an hour and then the next two hours I feel exhausted.

How much pop are we talking here?

I was sharing with my sister but I ended up drinking about 80% of a 2 liter bottle alone seeing as she hardly has any.

I'm the same way in the amount, but not necessarily in the timeframe. I typically space out that 80% between 1 or 2 days. That being said, I drink almost nothing but soda. I'm probably setting myself up for some serious diabetes in a few years, so I've decided to slowly cut back starting last week.

Yeah, its a bad habit. I only really started to watch my sugar intake lately after I've been making many trips into the city. Too much pop/other sugary drinks...

 

[Jonluw]

Yeah, I guess superscript is pretty intuitive.
For future reference, I leave you with this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.108989-Guide-to-Forum-Typing-Tricks-UPDATED-4-24-09] guide to the bb-code, young padawan.

Thank you Master Jonluw. I will use this power wisely.

Always steer your heart onto the right path in the code.

When the time comes that the embeds' sizes need to change; find me in the off-topic forum...

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

I reserve the caffinated beverages for the weekends. Throughout the week i drink a good lot of water and/or juice (various styles of Pomegranate or Cranberry as those are healthier for the body)

 

[putowtin]

I drank so much on saturday that I passed out in the bathroom and cacked my head on the sink.....

water for a few days I think!

Let me hazard a guess... six or seven?! =P

Drinks or days?
*three bottles of red wine, a bottle of brandy and half a bottle of champagne!
*and had me a couple of cocktails today to celebrate me ma's birthday, feeling better already!

And I think that's taking 'crash' a little too literally... -_-

Ohh you spoilsport!

 

[Dogstile]

I switched to water and lost a stone in a month. True story, that's my experience.

(I don't know what a stone is in USA terms exactly, I think its about 12 pounds)

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I switched to water and lost a stone in a month. True story, that's my experience.

(I don't know what a stone is in USA terms exactly, I think its about 12 pounds)

Sounds about right. I've dropped 20 pounds in less than two months, and it's from switching to diet (technically switching back. It's a bit harder to drink nothing but diet when you live on a college campus that has the sugared stuff everywhere, and a very limited selection of diet drinks.)