One can of soda = 15 lbs. of weight

johnnylakis

It's true. One can of soda has 150 calories. Times 365, in one year, that's 54,750 calories. One pound of body weight is 3,500 calories. 54,750 divided by 3,500 is 15 lbs!

MommyL2015

You can do that with everything that has calories.

juggernaut1974

AnvilHead

What if I fit that one can of soda per day into my daily calorie goal and maintain a consistent deficit for that entire year? That one can of soda will still make me gain 15 lbs. of weight even though I was in an average 500 calorie deficit every day of the year?


(Hint: the correct answer is "No, it won't".)

3bambi3

But what if I can work soda into my daily calorie allowance to remain in a deficit?

And if I ate 150 calories of broccoli every day over my maintenance calories, the same math would apply.

maxit

Yup - that one can of carbonated sugar water is something that many people will find easy to ditch in order to meet a calorie goal for weight loss and still get enough macro and micro nutrients to be healthy.

TR0berts

:looks at diet soda can on desk:

Nope, not 150 Calories.

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Josh_lol

3bambi3 wrote: »

But what if I can work soda into my daily calorie allowance to remain in a deficit?

And if I ate 150 calories of broccoli every day over my maintenance calories, the same math would apply.

BROCCOLI IS MAKING EVERYONE FAT. EVERYONE PANIC.

Ninkyou

The same can be said of everything that has calories.

In the context of overall diet, as long as you're meeting your body's energy requirements, it won't add any extra weight to you.

jgnatca

My daughter in law lost her first twenty pounds over a few months simply by cutting sugar soda from her diet. Easy cut.

And what everyone else said.

jennifer_417

That's only if you've already eaten your maintenance calories for the day, and even then, it's not a perfect equation. Soda doesn't have any inherent magical weight gaining properties.

pronetocrash91

lol

starwhisperer6

Seems to me that the OP was just realizing what a can of soda does to a daily calorie intake. And yeah if you have been drinking it and don't "have" to have it, it is an easy way to get rid of some extra calories.

punkrockgoth

I'm wondering what OP was trying to accomplish by posting this. I mean, at 400+ posts, he's not exactly a n00b.

I call trolling.

cwolfman13

johnnylakis wrote: »

It's true. One can of soda has 150 calories. Times 365, in one year, that's 54,750 calories. One pound of body weight is 3,500 calories. 54,750 divided by 3,500 is 15 lbs!

It's true, One bowl of Coach's Oats has 160 calories. Times 365 in one year, that's 58,400 calories. One pound of body weight is 3,500 calories. 58,400 divided by 3,500 is 16.68 Lbs.

You can probably see where we're going here...

TheOriginalSam13

That would mean 365 cans of soda = 15 pounds, not one can.

PikaKnight

TheOriginalSam13 wrote: »

That would mean 365 cans of soda = 15 pounds, not one can.

Yep.

Hornsby

8oz of chicken has 248 calories. That's over 90,000 calories per year! That's almost 26lbs per year! Say no to chicken...!

Sued0nim

pvn23

And this is where diet soda comes in...

CalorieCountChocula

Switching to orange juice thanks to this info!

Bshmerlie

If you drink a lot of sodas then simply drop them from your diet and chances are you will lose weight...or at least stop gaining. But you would have to replace it with a 0 calorie drink option.

Sued0nim

CalorieCountChocula wrote: »

Switching to orange juice thanks to this info!

Cannot tell if serious

But just for fun

330ml orange juice = 141 calories

juggernaut1974

CalorieCountChocula wrote: »

Switching to orange juice thanks to this info!

Have you looked at the calories in orange juice?

CalorieCountChocula

rabbitjb wrote: »

CalorieCountChocula wrote: »

Switching to orange juice thanks to this info!

Cannot tell if serious

But just for fun

330ml orange juice = 141 calories

Wait, people are actually serious about the stuff they post here?

jemhh

I don't know who is joking and who isn't in this thread.

I wish that I had a can of pop a day habit, though, as that would be so easy to quit to lose the weight. Instead I have to cut my calories from sources that I like more than pop.

AnvilHead

jemhh wrote: »

I don't know who is joking and who isn't in this thread.

I wish that I had a can of pop a day habit, though, as that would be so easy to quit to lose the weight. Instead I have to cut my calories from sources that I like more than pop.

I drink a can or two a day of diet soda. Does that count?

jemhh

AnvilHead wrote: »

jemhh wrote: »

I don't know who is joking and who isn't in this thread.

I wish that I had a can of pop a day habit, though, as that would be so easy to quit to lose the weight. Instead I have to cut my calories from sources that I like more than pop.

I drink a can or two a day of diet soda. Does that count?

No the right kind Sorry. Maybe switch to regular for awhile and then switch back to diet. Then, shazam, 15-30 pounds a year.

juggernaut1974

CalorieCountChocula wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

CalorieCountChocula wrote: »

Switching to orange juice thanks to this info!

Cannot tell if serious

But just for fun

330ml orange juice = 141 calories

Wait, people are actually serious about the stuff they post here?

You forgot the winky guy

Sued0nim

jemhh wrote: »

I don't know who is joking and who isn't in this thread.

I wish that I had a can of pop a day habit, though, as that would be so easy to quit to lose the weight. Instead I have to cut my calories from sources that I like more than pop.

My *kitten* was a joke

If that helps