After 34 years of dedicated soda swillery, I've decided - with the help of my girlfriend, who has convinced me soft drinks are of satan - to attempt to give up soft drink...cold turkey.

I'm guessing many of you have been here before and had the same conundrum I'm vexed with...what to drink now? It seems like almost everything out there is loaded with sugars as well. I know that I'm not going to be able to drink water solely...so..what do you guys who've gone "on the wagon" with soft drinks consume now?

Thoughts?

lol i drink only water for all my life except for alcohol ldo and theres nothing wring with that.

The blood of the unbelievers?

soft drinks are absolutely terrible for u. congratulations OP.

i almost never drink them.. although I drink too much coffee. juices / gatorade / chocolate milk / yogurt drinks are all very tasty

gotta die from something

Milk. I also have 1 or 2 Diet Mt. Dew a week.

Yeaa...but diabetes?

My fluid consumption consists of nothing but water, black coffee, unsweetened iced tea, beer, wine and liquor. Coffee is the only non alcoholic drink that tastes good to me.

When thirsty, only water will suffice. Drinking anything else just compounds my thirst.

Is Diet Soda really that bad for you? I mean I like Orange Juice, Milk, Water etc. So giving it up wouldn't be a problem. I also only drink 4-5 cups of Diet Soda a week.

Clamato and beer spritzers.

flavored seltzer water.

Clamato and bee...wait that was already covered.

Scotch.

I'd dump your girlfriend- not her business telling you what you can and can't do. If you want to give up soda on your own great. The bad thing about soda is the HFCS, Nutrasweet, etc.

And how exactly did satan get involved with soda? If you follow that logic you may as well give up everything sweet. Or is it the carbonated water that satan brought us? Seriously, this is a ******ed argument.

OP I'm in a similar situation. I've found that I really like these:



Nice light flavor, no fake sweeteners and low calorie

Is gatorade much better for you? I just assumed they are both bad for you.

OP, I drank soda up until freshman year of college. I went cold turkey with mostly water and juice (OJ, apple, cranberry). It's not really that hard. Now, I drink water and chocolate milk... and alcohol ldo

Regular bottled Gatorade has way less sugar than soda, and the propel packets have even less. It's not really comparable. Most fruit juices are also pretty terrible for you afaik

Never drank soda, never drank water. Just get all kinds of juices. Tropicana makes a bunch of good ones, fruitopia, five alive, random cartons of lemonade, gatorade, V8 (the new fusion ones are pretty good), Welch's grape juice is solid too.

Or just drink Kool-Aid to spite your gf.

Yeah I guess there is about 2x sugar in soda, go figure.

It is like an epidemic around here. What to drink? It is like this is posted by a ****ing caveman discovering the world.

I actually stay around here to see how ****ing stupid people can be.

Nothing beats the feel of a cold, crisp soda percolating in your veins.

"You have to die from something" - the excuse most smokers use because they don't have enough willpower to fight the addiction.
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"How many sodas have you had today? How about your kids? The average American drinks an estimated 56 gallons of soft drinks each year, but before you grab that next can of soda, consider this: one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites.

This is an alarming amount of sugar, calories and harmful additives in a product that has absolutely no nutritional value. Plus, studies have linked soda to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay and heart disease."

http://www.frot.co.nz/wheels/coca-cola.htm

i drink 80% water and 20% gatorade/fruit juices. finally gave up soda 2+ years ago - after a week or two you won't miss it at all.

green smoothies!

nothing like a diet coke with fried food

I actually stay around here to see how ****ing nasty,smug and superior people can be.