No Soda For 30 Days

[Goalie18]

Alright, so my doctor keeps telling me i need to cut back on the amount of soda i drink cause its really bad for me. Anyway i ended up betting a friend that I could go 30 days without soda. I used to have at least 2 cans a day. Im on day 5 now. Have you guys made any bets like this?

[Sik Laxer]

i've been off soda for well over 6 months now

[LameR]

I haven't made a bet like this, but I went between one and two years without drinking any just for the sake of not drinking any. It's not that tough. You can do it, and you'll be healthier too!

[leader52]

i did it for wrestling , loosing weight.. its rly easy if u put ur mind to it.

[czechinthepipes]

I m gonna tell you the truth, I'm a soda-holic. And when I say soda-holic I mean it, right now I drink 3 16 oz dr. peppers or mr. pibb everyday. I used to drink 4 of the the 32 oz ones but I gave that up. And some times I go diet coke or do only the 12oz ones. I am trying to slow it down a bit due to the fact of my weight problem at the moment. Cause of a medical problem(s) that I have (too long to explain, check out my anxiety mega thread for more info) I am cooped up at home 24/7 (I'm home schooled) and its hard to keep weight off while already being semi-overweight and drinking tons of sugar soda and being at home all the time. I would stop but because of the meds I'm on I get terrible and I mean terrible migraines, I have them about every other day, and when I m not having one I always have a normal headache. The caffeine and for some reason the sugar, help sooth my headaches and migraines (at least thats what my doctor says)
So for your bet that your on, I wouldn't last more than a day. It is a good idea, but I cant live without my meds and thus can't live without sugar caffeinated soda.
(sorry for the rambling, but just wanted to explain my soda drinking habits).

[leader52]

that sucks man id hate to have that. must be hard.i think of things on the positve sidesczech, atleast soda help u releive ur migranes, not like brocoile or tonic water or something distgusting to eat/drink. i havent rly drank pop in a while but ive drank like atleast a good 10 cans today of mountain dew and there amp enerergy drink, also been drinking alotta coke and cream soda, kidna cuz wrestlign seasons over and i went 5 months without it, ineed to start drinnking soemthing like vitamin water..

[RoamingStorm]

ya Ive been trying to go totally healthy for bike racing, I usually don't drink soda at all. I drink soda like I smoke(cigarettes) socially and rarely. I had one soda for the first time in several months yesterday. other than that I only drink diet teas like Snapple (ALOT) and water because of how high most sugar contents are. Once you get really into dieting you'll start going on specific diets. Like a tuna and sweet potato diet (ya laugh all you want it's healthier than what you eat I guarantee it)

[hOtSaUcE]

All I drink is water...it really isn't that hard to not drink soda.

[irishlax555]

my dad once bet a friend that he wouldnt eat sweets for a month when he was 15. he hasnt eaten them since

[tristate2]

hotsauce is right, seriously after you don't drink soda for awhile and you try it again, it tastes awful.

[atacklax]

Lent? Does Lent count? I've given up stuff like that for Lent, and its not too bad. The first few days are tough, but then its real easy. I'm not a big soda person either. Mostly becuase my mom always told me that soda sucks the calcium out of your bones. So I try to avoid drinking it too much.

[NHDSlax]

I haven't had it in four years and I have absolutely no desire to have it anymore. It is so much useless sugar into your body. Stick with water.

[GoBucks]

Just drink diet. I've been brought up drinking diet soda, so it's no big deal to me. The thing with normal soda is that it's so sugary that it makes me thirstier than I was before. Just drink diet, it's way better for you.

[Diesel4958]

If I do drink it it is diet. . .

[Mavido]

Like a tuna and sweet potato diet (ya laugh all you want it's healthier than what you eat I guarantee it)
I can honestly tell you 100% that my diet has been healthier then that for years. With out limiting myself, and without cutting anything "unhealthy" out of my diet.

[Goalie18]

thanks guys, my family isnt religious at all and so we dont follow lent,or really go to church for that matter, my friend compared it to smoking, and that theres a three day hump or so. Im not doing tis to lose weight, 5 3" 105lbs, but i want to be healthier, and be as quick as i can

[spyopticgoggles]

i made a bet where if i didnt eat for 2 days then i would get $300 from each of my friends that were present (that was 11 ppl present so i got $3300). i won

[Goalie18]

nice, i would do something like that, but I'd be sent to a hospital cause my friends would think im anorexic (they're all emo)

[Jayhawks13]

i made a bet where if i didnt eat for 2 days then i would get $300 from each of my friends that were present (that was 11 ppl present so i got $3300). i won

holy crap... who hands 300 bucks over for just 2 days? i guess atleast 11 people would. but i would do that for 50 bucks alone. not eating doesnt bother me too much.

[laxgoalieguy123]

im trying the same thing, i am a total soda-holic so what i have been doing so far is finding something that tastes better than soda, so right now i am drinking those little crystal light packets, and iced tea. im on day 2 and i think i am going to die.....

[cgbates14]

we cant drink soda because of football.....you have one and the next day you are garunteed to puke.....i havent had one in about 6-7 months

[OwlsLax2]

My dentist also told me to limit the amounts of soda I drink. Not only soda but also Gatorade. Both of my two back molers are almost completely decayed because of soda and Gatorade. Both of my molers are getting root canals this thursday because they are so decayed.

[Irishlax22]

Good luck with that. I would never be able to do that.

[MaKiMaKi13]

dang 2 cans of soda a day thats a buttload of calories and HFCS

[sam.karcher]

hotsauce is right, seriously after you don't drink soda for awhile and you try it again, it tastes awful.


You'll feel like you want to throw up too. I had a mtn dew after a month of no soda and I thought my stomach was rotting.

[starslax3]

its called POP

[BravesLaxer]

2 cans a DAY???? That like eating 1/2 pound of sugar a day.

[Goalie18]

2 cans is about 20 teaspoons of sugar, this is also starting to explain why people keep asking me "what are you on"
also coke is made with high fructose corn syrup

[DanK112]

its called POP

ahahahah

i drink like a glasss every few days, its not that bad for you if you drink diet and not a 2L bottle a day.

[Riot]

I never drink soda.

[CtLaxin]

thats nothing i do like 3-4 on school days then weekend is probaly 5 or more depending on how much im home. The doctor or anyone hasnt said anything so i guess im fine

[MainLax28]

Diet is worse for you than regular. The Chemicals they put in it are extremely unhealthy, and some have been known to cause cancer. As for me, I was always overweight until 4 years ago when I stopped drinking soda. I went for 3 years without drinking any. Finally now I have been able to have one like once a week, usually less. It really isn't that good after you give it up for so long.

[EastCoastOnly]

for my past wrestling seasons ive given up drinking soda, chocolate, any other really sugar loaded things, and ive stuck to it.....i rarely drink soda, and never eat chocolate and seriously its paid off, i was like in prime fighting shape and had white teeth

soda is really bad id stay away

[GoBucks]

Diet is worse for you than regular. The Chemicals they put in it are extremely unhealthy, and some have been known to cause cancer. As for me, I was always overweight until 4 years ago when I stopped drinking soda. I went for 3 years without drinking any. Finally now I have been able to have one like once a week, usually less. It really isn't that good after you give it up for so long.

Everything causes cancer these days. Cancer from the sun, radiation, pizza, diet soda, and even the tapwater in California. Some things you can't avoid.

[TPGoalie]

used to drink 1 to 2 energy drinks a day. hard to give up, and had caffeine withdrawals for a while. damn that sucked.

[goalie33fan]

Diet is worse for you than regular. The Chemicals they put in it are extremely unhealthy, and some have been known to cause cancer. As for me, I was always overweight until 4 years ago when I stopped drinking soda. I went for 3 years without drinking any. Finally now I have been able to have one like once a week, usually less. It really isn't that good after you give it up for so long.

Everything causes cancer.

[bushleague24]

i havent drank soda for over 3 years and its not bad at all. it just sucks when theres nothing around to drink except soda.

[frankstoneline]

last summer I ran off 3 44 oz. fountain colas a day. it probably wasnt the greatest idea, but it tasted pretty ok.

[abomb]

I havent drank any soda in a bit over a year now. Stay away from it. The first month is the hardest, after that you forget how it tastes and you dont miss it anymore.

[Jayhawks13]

true. once you get over your personal hump its pretty easy. you forget about it quicker than you expect. i seemed to have grown out of my sweet tooth anyways. i'll take a glass of milk over a soda anyday. and i lost all desire for candy a long time ago

[Goalie18]

it's going to be a week tomorrow, i know that isnt anything special to you guys but for me, ive had soda almost every day for a very long time

[sam.karcher]

it's going to be a week tomorrow, i know that isnt anything special to you guys but for me, ive had soda almost every day for a very long time

Bro, I'm with ya. I'm a mtn. dew fiend and have tried to quit caffiene a few times but didn't see a purpose. Now I'm training for d3 lax in the fall and need to drop some poundage, so I'm on day 5 of no regular soda. I've had a few diet sodas but haven't felt any necessity in that - it's more than it was cold and we were out of milk. Good luck!

[MaKiMaKi13]

Everything causes cancer.

amen to that man, and congrats goalie18 keep up the good work

[Goalie18]

thanks guys for all the support

[BeaverFondu]

Bro, I'm with ya. I'm a mtn. dew fiend and have tried to quit caffiene a few times but didn't see a purpose. Now I'm training for d3 lax in the fall and need to drop some poundage, so I'm on day 5 of no regular soda. I've had a few diet sodas but haven't felt any necessity in that - it's more than it was cold and we were out of milk. Good luck!

You know that if you're just replacing the soda with milk. And if you cut the soda, to loose weight. Thats not helping, because you're just replacing the soda calories with milk calories.

[sam.karcher]

You know that if you're just replacing the soda with milk. And if you cut the soda, to loose weight. Thats not helping, because you're just replacing the soda calories with milk calories.

I'm not - I just wanted something other than water yesterday milk sounded good.

[tiplax]

i prefer milk, water and gatorade to soda anyway. good luck

[lsm8fogo]

You know that if you're just replacing the soda with milk. And if you cut the soda, to loose weight. Thats not helping, because you're just replacing the soda calories with milk calories.

That's not entirely true. Milk is better for you, and has less of the "Calories from Fat", which are the hard calories to lose. Also, what kind of milk are you drinking, since skim milk has almost no calories and fat in it, so if you compare that to soda, it's much healthier for you. Also, one of those health associations found that dairy products aid in weight loss. I haven't drank any soda since the lacrosse season started for my team in february. I've lost about 15 lbs, and I drink a lot of milk.

[st.joslax10]

im lactoseintorelrant, so milk is out. so i drink at least a few gallons of water a day. drink water its good for anything and everything. but you piss like a horse though.

[Goalie18]

im lactose-intolerant too, so im sticking to juice and water

[Mike21]

im lactose-intolerant too, so im sticking to juice and water
Silk, Soy milk or lactaid milk. You should be able to drink that.

[Goalie18]

ive tried lactaid, soy milk, and other milk substitues and still get ver similar reactions as to actual milk. Its been that way since i was very little, so over time i just stopped drinking milk, which wasn't too smart, but i wasnt getting sick anymore

[JEeagleslax]

yea...last summer i bet one of my guy friends i could go all summer and he had to help me w/ basketball (it was mainly a way to be around him cuz i kinda liked him at the time) i went a month and a half and then gave up cuz my rents split and i was super stressed and soda calms me down. lol plus he never played bball w/ me. silly boy. anyways...good luck. i keep trying to get off it but my parents splitting still leads to stress for me so i gave up again

[Goalie18]

2 weeks has passed, almost halfway. Im stressed out and want some cold root beer, but im not about to give in, it would be a waste. Im still drinking juice, but im starting to drink a lot more water. thanks for all the tips

[COLORADO_LAX]

my mom never really buys soda anyways so im used to not having soda. just tell your parents to not even buy it. its easier when your not around other people drinking soda

[Goalie18]

5 days to go, people are throwing me a soda filled party when its over, it should be quite exciting

[lsm8fogo]

Watch out for the soda - after being off it for a while, you can sometimes get sick when you start again

[BurnSomeRope]

yea... stopped drinkin soda sometime last year. Pretty much all i drink nowadays is vitamin water, life water, regular water, and milk. (preferably chocolate) Stopped for football then completely lost interest in soda altogether

[Goalie18]

I won the bet, I'm done, thanks for all the help. Im definitly cutting back on the soda i drink though, after all that im not gonna start having 3 cans a day

[sta lacrosse]

I did it for lent and stuff, but i dont drink soda that muchanyways and when i do its like my parents diet version anyways so it doesn harm me much