Soft drink is the worst possible thing to be drinking

[Yopaz]

Just because that's the way it was with you, doesn't mean that it's always the case. I have a friend who has gone to a nutritionist to determine his metabolism. Without any significant exercise, he burns 5000 calories a day to maintain weight.

On the other hand, I have a friend who thinks he has a high metabolism because he eats a massive amount with each meal, but I'm pretty sure at least 90% of it is because he only has one meal a day most days, and some days he doesn't eat at all.

It varies from person to person, every person has a different resting metabolism due to many many factors we don't fully understand, but some people do just have really high metabolisms.

This is pretty much what I said... I didn't say that no-one has high metabolism, I said that most who think so are forgetting something, such as your friend who eats once a day, that doesn't mean no-one has high metabolism. Did you even bother to read my post?

 

[sky14kemea]

I'd need some proof that cola made you put on that much weight in that short time... Especially if you're going to the gym regularly.

As for myself, I drink soft drinks everyday, and I've never gained weight. In fact, I need to gain weight, since i'm below my average BMI.

I know they're unhealthy, and not exactly a great thing to drink, but since I hate water on its own (it's more the lack of taste thing) I usually go with soft drinks as my alternative.

 

[Zakarath]

My eating habits at college were pretty much soda and plenty of breaded chicken tenders every day. started college at 115 pounds, four years later I'm 122. Don't think I ever reached 130. My metabolism don't care, it just takes "food" and converts it to energy, no questions asked.

 

[DugMachine]

I agree but it's not THAT bad. One or two cans a day (if you exercise like you say you do) as well as a somewhat healthy diet shouldn't effect you much. That said, I did quit sodas for a year and noticed dramatic weight loss. But I also began working out multiple times a week and overall eating healthier food. I still drink sodas now but usually only Coke Zero and the occasional regular Coke if I feel like cheating.

It would be ideal to just cut them all out together and just drink tea/water but the occasional coke won't hurt you. Now cigarettes, those I need to quit for obvious reasons. Coke is fine. All things in moderation

 

[Evil Smurf]

Gave up drinking alchohol. Feeling great! =D

How? Alcohol is delicious and fun! It makes bad things to away and makes new friends! I could never give up drinking, although I can't drink spirits anymore without feeling sick (I may have mixed Canadian club with cold and flu medication on my 21st)

Seriously, how did you stop? I may need help.

 

[Queen Michael]

I usually drink a soda every other day on average... But reading this makes me want to switch to milk...

 

[direkiller]

And yes, I mean even over alcohol.

Every so often on my facebook feed a post pops up saying how bad soft drink is which I conveniently ignore.

It wasn't until recently that I saw for myself how bad drinking even one can of coke a day is for you.

I've never been much of a soft drink fan, of course whenever I got Maccas or some other fast food I'd get the post mix coke and drink that.

But the supermarket near my house went on sale and they had 30 packs of Coke for $17 so I thought looks like an awesome deal I'll buy some.

Now almost a month later I am fatter than I have ever been and the only change in my lifestyle has been having one or 2 cans of coke a day.

For reference, I am fairly fit, Ive been going to the gym for a year and a half now and in that time have shifted from being a 63kg skinny nerd to almost 100kgs (bigger nerd) and I take protein and pre-workouts and all the supplements to do it.

After my coke binge though, I have large, noticable rolls of fat on my stomach that I can grab a whole handful of and my chin has gotten a lot fatter.

So I feel like I should spread the word to all regular soft drink drinkers out there, my brief exposure to it short term has done me the world of harm, so I can't imagine what its doing to anyone who drinks it all the time.

From today I am saying no more soft drink, I'm cutting it from my system completely (and I guess I have to start running now too... I HATE running).

Does anyone else have any revelations with food that they have come across that would be worth sharing?

For those of you who have trouble with reading: Gained 30kgs from a year of gym, put on some flab from coke with no specific kg gain mentioned!

It sound like you are retaining the water more then the sugar.

Quite literately your body can't process that much sugar into fat in one month, and if it could it would not weight as much as you describe, the energy equivalent of 60 cans of pop is about 1kg of fat(excluding the amount lost in the metabolizing process). Meanwhile the amount of liquid you put though your body was about 30kg.


Don't get me wrong, 350 extra empty Calories a day when your body is not use to them is a bad idea long term but most of the weight you gained would have happened if you drank that amount of any outer drink.

 

[legend of duty]

Coffee, Sweet Tea, and water is all I need. Plus alcohol of course.

 

[Depulcator]

I never got on with soda as a kid. A good pineapple juice trumped anything Coke/Pepsi could bring out. The only time I even think about drinking soda is with Alcohol. And even then, I prefer juice.

 

[Sangreal Gothcraft]

....I stick to water and i have cut out Soda out of my body for ever, and as a bloody bad habit i picked up black coffee,water..and Guinness.

 

[zelda2fanboy]

It's not that bad. I've been drinking two to three cans of soda (plus more when eating out at a restaurant) a day for pretty much my entire life. I weigh about 130 lbs and I'm 5'9". This is called really freaking skinny. I do believe the culprit here would be the protein shakes and supplements. They're designed to help you gain weight, which is what it appears to be doing.

 

[DjinnFor]

And yes, I mean even over alcohol.

No, it's most definitely not.

Getting drunk literally fills your brain with poison and kills brain cells.

 

[Risingblade]

If I could I'd replace my blood with coke.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

And yes, I mean even over alcohol.
**snip**

I wouldn't go so far as to say alcohol is a less worse than soda. You can drink a 2-liter of soda in an hour and most you'd have is gas, plus you're still able to drive without impairment. Drinking 2-liters of liquor wouldn't be prudent in an hours time, definitely would preclude driving without impairment and give you probably more than gas. Some people would die if they consumed the same amount of alcohol in a day as they do soda. So... I don't know where you get off saying alcohol is better by comparison.

 

[Lictor Face]

So you gained more weight drinking 2 sodas a day for a month than the Supersize Me guy did eating 3 McDonalds meals a day for a month? Adding 278 calories a day to your diet made you gain an 8 year old in weight?

Supersize me is hardly citable proof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccdfzq2M1Ec

A big mac is barely 1.4K calories and its a damn goliath. Even if you supersize lunch, dinner and add desert, you'll still go well below 5k calories a day. Unless you eat big macs for every meal ( but that wouldn't be realistic for the sake of the experiment as you are supposed to be replicating how an unhealthy american eats, which isn't 2 big macs a day )

 

[Queen Michael]

So you gained more weight drinking 2 sodas a day for a month than the Supersize Me guy did eating 3 McDonalds meals a day for a month? Adding 278 calories a day to your diet made you gain an 8 year old in weight?

Supersize me is hardly citable proof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccdfzq2M1Ec

A big mac is barely 1.4K calories and its a damn goliath. Even if you supersize lunch, dinner and add desert, you'll still go well below 5k calories a day. Unless you eat big macs for every meal ( but that wouldn't be realistic for the sake of the experiment as you are supposed to be replicating how an unhealthy american eats, which isn't 2 big macs a day )

Not to mention that you need way more of a test group than just one man.

 

[Queen Michael]

If I could I'd replace my blood with coke.

If I could I'd replace my coke with blood.