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mandi1029
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So just recently I gave up pop. My doctor put me on a medicine that makes pop taste gross. I would drink like 4-6 mt dews a day. I just started working out at well. When should I start seeing the effects of quitting soda?
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Why do you think there will be any kind of effects from quitting soda? I drink diet coke and last summer I cut it out for a few months, nothing magical happened
eta: if you're cutting out regular calorie soda then yes it will help free up some calories, is that what you mean?0 -
I would have asked the doctor that put you on medicine that makes pop taste gross.0
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If you're lowering your calories by not drinking soda, then the weight would come off the same as it would if you cut out something else instead. If you're replacing soda calories with something else, then cutting out soda alone won't make a difference unless you're controlling your overall calories. Personally, on a 1500 calorie diet, I'd like as many of those calories to be actual food as possible, or I'll just wind up starving, which is why I hardly drink any soda anymore.0
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I don't plan on replacing those calories, that's why I gained weight in the first place, drinking and maybe some snacking. I was asking meaning if I would lose some weight?0
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what effects do you think youll see?
its not like that cartoon commercial, i can tell you that much
i stopped drinking full calorie sodas last year and it made no difference to my weight. none. zilch. nada.
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I don't plan on replacing those calories, that's why I gained weight in the first place, drinking and maybe some snacking. I was asking meaning if I would lose some weight?
I went from drinking 5-6 coke's a day to drinking a few sips with dinner. I lost 20 pounds my first month, but I was pretty overweight. Is that the type of answer you're looking for?0 -
Yah I just wanted to know what others went through. I'm not looking for a miracle, just reviews.0
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A can of Mountain Dew is 170 calories, meaning you've cut out between 680 and 1020 calories a day. You will lose weight as long as you're eating less than your maintenance.0
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And lots of sugar!!!0
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »what effects do you think youll see?
its not like that cartoon commercial, i can tell you that much
i stopped drinking full calorie sodas last year and it made no difference to my weight. none. zilch. nada.
LOL
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A 12 oz can of Mt Dew has 170 cal. So you were drinking between 680-1020 calories a day. If you were maintaining a specific weight while drinking all these calories then you should lose weight just by not drinking it. If you have other sugar related issues it will take about a week to flush it out of your system. I used to get headaches when I cut out the sugar cold turkey. These days I balance what I eat and drink much better so no headaches.0
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spacequiztime wrote: »A can of Mountain Dew is 170 calories, meaning you've cut out between 680 and 1020 calories a day. You will lose weight as long as you're eating less than your maintenance.
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stevencloser wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »what effects do you think youll see?
its not like that cartoon commercial, i can tell you that much
i stopped drinking full calorie sodas last year and it made no difference to my weight. none. zilch. nada.
LOL
i dont know what its for but theres a cartoon commercial about a couple who stops drinking soda and the husband loses all this weight and the wife nothing.
so i guess, as long as youre the wife, it is accurate (for me LOL)0 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »what effects do you think youll see?
its not like that cartoon commercial, i can tell you that much
i stopped drinking full calorie sodas last year and it made no difference to my weight. none. zilch. nada.
LOL
i dont know what its for but theres a cartoon commercial about a couple who stops drinking soda and the husband loses all this weight and the wife nothing.
so i guess, as long as youre the wife, it is accurate (for me LOL)
Well that's silly.0 -
I don't plan on replacing those calories, that's why I gained weight in the first place, drinking and maybe some snacking. I was asking meaning if I would lose some weight?
I think this differs with the individual. I used to dink Pepsi until I swapped it for water and lemon juice. That was the only sweet thing I had, I didn't replace the Pepsi with other sweet foods so I did lose weight. About 1 kilo/week.
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Prepare to be a little tired, grumpy, anxious and possible have headaches because. They go away. It's not so much the sugar but also the caffeine that you're not injesting.0
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I'm just curious. Is the medicine strictly to make pop taste gross or is that just a random side effect? It doesn't really matter, I was just wondering.0
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »what effects do you think youll see?
its not like that cartoon commercial, i can tell you that much
i stopped drinking full calorie sodas last year and it made no difference to my weight. none. zilch. nada.
LOL
i dont know what its for but theres a cartoon commercial about a couple who stops drinking soda and the husband loses all this weight and the wife nothing.
so i guess, as long as youre the wife, it is accurate (for me LOL)
I think it is for some woman's weight loss drug like alli or what not. Too funny! Ridiculous!
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Prepare to be a little tired, grumpy, anxious and possible have headaches because. They go away. It's not so much the sugar but also the caffeine that you're not injesting.
4-6 Mountain Dews a day is a lot of caffeine. If you get withdrawal symptoms and don't want to treat them with coffee, buy a pack of caffeine pills and taper down with them. I started with 2 a day, then 1-1/2, then 1, and finally 1/2. It took me about 4 weeks to get over the withdrawals.
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