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Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - Yoyodyne ArtWorks - 04-19-2014 Our beverage of choice is 100 percent pure cranberry juice (no added sugar) from Trader Joe's, sweetened with Sweet Leaf liquid stevia, very tasty. Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - Speedy - 04-19-2014 So you're Grumpguy no longer? Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - blooz - 04-19-2014 I drink a lot of Poland Spring orange flavored seltzer. For real kicks i do half and half that with some ginger ale, with a dash of angostura bitters. I call that a Methodist Cocktail. Haven't had a Coke or Pepsi, diet or other wise, for years. Now if I could just get rid of sugar in my coffee… Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - Mini 9 - 04-19-2014 I've been nothing but (well, a few sips of some things perhaps) water since Dec 2005. I take (just moments ago, too) calcium chews to make up for less milk intake. I grew up drinking probably 90% coca cola as a child. It didn't make me overweight, though. Sedate WORK did, imo. By Feb 2006 I had lost 50+ pounds. Also had eliminated snacks; in-between food, most meats, etc. though. Just remember to eat healthy, though. Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - CJsNvrUrly - 04-19-2014 Grumpyguy wrote: Diet pot? Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - Lux Interior - 04-19-2014 I've given up caffeine a few times (coincident with low-carb dieting) with no issues. I can't seem the shake the diet pop habit, though. Maybe I'll give the seltzer a try. Can you make this with Sodastream machines? I don't have one, but that would be a good reason to buy one. I heard a rumor that Scarlett Johannson will come to your house to help you set it up. CJsNvrUrly wrote: It's specially bred pot that doesn't give you the munchies. :burnout: Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - TheCaber - 04-19-2014 Lux Interior wrote: It's specially bred pot that doesn't give you the munchies. :burnout: It's just the fiber portion of hemp. I.e., rope. The documentary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv37zsOy_4Y Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - Robert M - 04-19-2014 Lux, That's actually what Sodastream machines do. They make carbonated water. Flavorings and such are added after the water is carbonated. I'd by a few bottles of seltzer from the local supermarket before investing in a SodaStream system. Seltzer from one company or another is always on sale and can be had dirt cheap. If you truly drink a lot of it, then it may make sense to invest in the machine. There are people in the forum who have Sodastream machines and are happy with them. But, I remember seeing a thread where a member had a problem with one. I think a bottle went kablooey in the carbonation process or something along those lines. Definitely search the forum about it. Robert Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - jdc - 04-19-2014 davester wrote: You mean like Starbucks? How much Zero did you drink in a day? Like Robert, when Im craving something sweet -- I use the instant drinks, MiO, crystal light, etc -- and enjoy them. So many great flavors. CL Lemon Ice tea is my go to. But its really sweet. I usually cut the mixture by 1/2. Re: Gave up diet soda: follow up - davester - 04-19-2014 jdc wrote: You mean like Starbucks? How much Zero did you drink in a day? Like Robert, when Im craving something sweet -- I use the instant drinks, MiO, crystal light, etc -- and enjoy them. So many great flavors. CL Lemon Ice tea is my go to. But its really sweet. I usually cut the mixture by 1/2. Starbucks too. I used to drink a lot of coffee at work when I was younger but quit in my 30s when I realized that it was causing negative health effects. I'm down to about one coffee a month these days. What is Zero? I'm a bit puzzled by the number of posts here about craving sweet drinks, since I don't think I ever have that craving and I find most of the soft drinks available to be too sickly sweet. I'm wondering if it's an addiction from having a diet that has too much sugar in it. That is certainly a problem in the US, especially for folks who eat and drink lots of packaged foods. There's too much sugar in virtually every factory-prepared food that comes in a box or can. One thing that always amazes (and disgusts) me is that when I stop along the highway and go into the 7-11 or gas station store to get something to drink, there is seldom anything reasonable to drink. Everything available is packed with sugar, corn syrup, caffeine and preservatives. |