Soda! Help!

kdove228
kdove228 Posts: 2
edited November 9 in Health and Weight Loss
im just getting started working out again. I am at my heaviest weight as I got married 8 months ago and kind of let myself go. My one problem I know I'm going to have is soda. I drink a couple sodas everyday as I don't drink coffee. Any suggestions for something with caffeine but not the sugar that soda has.

Thanks!
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  • ToniaH75
    ToniaH75 Posts: 73
    I would love to know the answer to this myself which seems everyone just says tea. I myself cannot drink unsweetened tea so i just drink water.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I used seltzer water to replace soda. I know it doesn't solve the caffeine problem, but it may work if you want the bubbly of soda without the sugar.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    What about diet soda?
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    Coke Zero.
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    edited January 2015
    Diet pop then.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Diet soda. Tea.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    Diet soda.
  • ToniaH75
    ToniaH75 Posts: 73
    I always heard Diet soda is just as bad for you as regular soda...
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    ToniaH75 wrote: »
    I always heard Diet soda is just as bad for you as regular soda...

    I've seen it debated to death. I think the jury is still out haha
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    ToniaH75 wrote: »
    I always heard Diet soda is just as bad for you as regular soda...

    Probably is, just less sugar.
  • Woodspoon
    Woodspoon Posts: 223 Member
    ToniaH75 wrote: »
    I always heard Diet soda is just as bad for you as regular soda...

    It's an urban myth
    You're more likely to drown from drinking too much of the water thats in it before anything else has an effect.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    seltzer water.
  • daw0518
    daw0518 Posts: 459 Member
    Woodspoon wrote: »
    ToniaH75 wrote: »
    I always heard Diet soda is just as bad for you as regular soda...

    It's an urban myth
    You're more likely to drown from drinking too much of the water thats in it before anything else has an effect.

    Truth. Just drink the diet soda. Life's too short to believe silly myths & not drink what you like.
  • mallory_2014
    mallory_2014 Posts: 173 Member
    As long as you are within your calories you are fine to drink it, or switch to diet to save the calories. Nothing wrong with pop.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    ToniaH75 wrote: »
    I always heard Diet soda is just as bad for you as regular soda...

    no
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    I was raised on sweet tea but now it is green tea. It was a shift but not living in pain and perhaps dying early is a plus in my view. Diet soda seems to be a wild card for some people so only you can decide yes or no.

    npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/09/17/349270927/diet-soda-may-alter-our-gut-microbes-and-the-risk-of-diabetes
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    You really don't need the caffeine, either. Try it for a week. No soda. No caffeine.

    I think you'll be surprised to find you can do it for another week ... and then another ... and ...
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Diet cola. You will be fine only drinking a couple a day.
  • meritage4
    meritage4 Posts: 1,441 Member
    green tea
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    crystal light energy
  • MachiavelliNZ
    MachiavelliNZ Posts: 36 Member
    Depending on your country, Sugarfree 'V' is my favourite. Otherwise just do what the others say and go with Coke Zero or something. That's my other favourite ;)
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    I was raised on sweet tea but now it is green tea. It was a shift but not living in pain and perhaps dying early is a plus in my view. Diet soda seems to be a wild card for some people so only you can decide yes or no.

    npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/09/17/349270927/diet-soda-may-alter-our-gut-microbes-and-the-risk-of-diabetes

    I really wish you would stop spreading your misinformation.
    SergeantSausage wrote: »
    You really don't need the caffeine, either. Try it for a week. No soda. No caffeine.

    I think you'll be surprised to find you can do it for another week ... and then another ... and ...

    Caffeine isn't a problem for most people. It really is only an issue if you are sensitive to it (can't sleep after drinking it) or you have a history of cardiac arrythmias.
  • quickcrx702
    quickcrx702 Posts: 46 Member
    Troutsy wrote: »
    I used seltzer water to replace soda. I know it doesn't solve the caffeine problem, but it may work if you want the bubbly of soda without the sugar.
    Another vote for seltzer water, with a sqeeze of lemon or lime. I just chug some instant coffee dissolved into a water bottle for the caffeine fix. I find the taste of coffee to be horrible, but diet soda tastes even worse to me.

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    kdove228 wrote: »
    im just getting started working out again. I am at my heaviest weight as I got married 8 months ago and kind of let myself go. My one problem I know I'm going to have is soda. I drink a couple sodas everyday as I don't drink coffee. Any suggestions for something with caffeine but not the sugar that soda has.

    Thanks!
    Drink diet soda
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    SergeantSausage wrote: »
    You really don't need the caffeine, either. Try it for a week. No soda. No caffeine.

    I think you'll be surprised to find you can do it for another week ... and then another ... and ...

    you'll be prising the caffeine out of my cold, dead hands .. in about 60 years.. when I'm over 100
  • JenniDaisy
    JenniDaisy Posts: 526 Member
    edited January 2015
    SergeantSausage wrote: »
    You really don't need the caffeine, either. Try it for a week. No soda. No caffeine.

    I think you'll be surprised to find you can do it for another week ... and then another ... and ...

    Except caffeine is good for you. Unless you have heart problems it is good for your cardiovascular system, Full of antioxidants and can stabilise blood pressure by dilating blood vessels (can also be used as pain relief because of this)

    Some people are sensitive to it though and too much is bad, obviously, but the same can be said about water, calcium, apples etc.
  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    edited January 2015
    There are so many more teas than just your standard black tea.

    Yerba mate or green tea are higher in caffeine if don't like coffee. Chai and Thai teas are good if you still have the liquid calories to waste, but the mixes can be high in sugar. You can get tea bags and brew your own and use milk or almond milk instead of condensed milk to save on sugar/calories. Spiced teas still give you flavors if that's part of why you like soda. Cold herbal teas (Jasmine, Passion, Mint, etc) can be really tasty and refreshing without any calories (well some have like 5 calories per glass.)

  • quickcrx702
    quickcrx702 Posts: 46 Member
    JenniDaisy wrote: »
    Except caffeine is good for you. Unless you have heart problems it is good for your cardiovascular system, Full of antioxidants and can stabilise blood pressure by dilating blood vessels (can also be used as pain relief because of this)

    Some people are sensitive to it though and too much is bad, obviously, but the same can be said about water, calcium, apples etc.
    It also triggers migraines, for me at least, if I overdo it, or abruptly stop after long periods of being heavily caffeinated. My mom and some other people I know who suffer from migraines have also told me this. Though it also helps with migraines sometimes. It's weird. Sometimes I wish I never got started on caffeine, because it's harder for me to quit than when I quit smoking after 10 years. I would still get migraines if I never started caffeine, for example leaving a cold room and walking outside if it's hot is a trigger for me, but caffeine has caused me a lot of grief.

  • ardenspark
    ardenspark Posts: 50 Member
    If you really *need* caffeine, pop a caffeine pill. When I gave up Diet Coke, I was looking for a source of caffeine and this works as well as coffee or soda. Diet Coke withdrawal was the worst (not the caffeine but the aspartame) but I've been "clean" for 7 months.

  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
    Woodspoon wrote: »
    ToniaH75 wrote: »
    I always heard Diet soda is just as bad for you as regular soda...

    It's an urban myth
    You're more likely to drown from drinking too much of the water thats in it before anything else has an effect.

    dunno, brain does funny things to you when you try to trick it into thinking it is getting sugar when it is not
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