One can of soda = 15 lbs. of weight

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johnnylakis
johnnylakis Posts: 812 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
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!
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  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
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    You can do that with everything that has calories.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
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    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
    3bambi3 Posts: 1,650 Member
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    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
    maxit Posts: 880 Member
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    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
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
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    :looks at diet soda can on desk:

    Nope, not 150 Calories.
  • Josh_lol
    Josh_lol Posts: 317 Member
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    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
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    edited January 2016
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    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
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
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    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
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    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
    pronetocrash91 Posts: 125 Member
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    lol
  • starwhisperer6
    starwhisperer6 Posts: 402 Member
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    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
    punkrockgoth Posts: 534 Member
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    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
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited January 2016
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    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
    TheOriginalSam13 Posts: 1 Member
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    That would mean 365 cans of soda = 15 pounds, not one can.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    TheOriginalSam13 wrote: »
    That would mean 365 cans of soda = 15 pounds, not one can.

    Yep.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    8oz of chicken has 248 calories. That's over 90,000 calories per year! That's almost 26lbs per year! Say no to chicken...!

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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  • pvn23
    pvn23 Posts: 5 Member
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    And this is where diet soda comes in...

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