Don't drink your calories

[Hitman26]

A good tip that has helped me is to either drink diet soda or water. I use to love to drink cokes and sweet tea with all of my meals. I switched to diet pepsi, diet coke, and water and I lost a good amount of weight. It took me about a month to get use to diet drinks but now regular sodas are too sweet for me.

 

[redpimp]

A good tip that has helped me is to either drink diet soda or water. I use to love to drink cokes and sweet tea with all of my meals. I switched to diet pepsi, diet coke, and water and I lost a good amount of weight. It took me about a month to get use to diet drinks but now regular sodas are too sweet for me.

I dont drink carbonated drinks any more... Just water and juice but i am looking for an alternative to bottled juice i crave because of the high sugar content and that bullshit corn syrup you find in everything nowadays

 

[Dante]

right 1sweet beverage a day is enough...good stuff

 

[Journeyman]

great advice, especially to those trying to cut caloric intake, its easier to cut back on the type of drink over food..

each 12 oz soft drink is 140 calories, 4-6 of these a day and its impossible to lose weight ....

 

[CoachCB]

I've basically done the same thing. I'm 35 years old and have maintained my body weight w/ in 5 pounds for the last 10 years. I am a firefighter and there is ALWAYS sweet tea or Kool-Aid at the fire station. When I first got hired I was still drinking coca-cola's and sweet tea. So, I would go through three-five 32 ounce glasses a day of sweet tea or kool-aid at work. I noticed about a year later I was getting a little gut. I started drinking diet drinks/sodas and water only. I occasionally have juice or milk (other than beer) that contain calories. Although I run quite a bit I'd have a real hard time maintaining my weight if I consumed all those "empty" calories.....