Feeling Disappointed - Gave up Pepsi
shannie018
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I used to drink about 4 20oz Pepsi's a day, if not more. I gave up Pepsi on February 1st and my stomach has not changed one bit. I was really hope to see my stomach go down from giving up the soda. I am going to continue to give up Pepsi for another month and I hope to see some positive changes.
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you wont lose weight by giving up one thing.
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I gave up soda about 2 years ago. It didn't affect my weight, health or body size in any way whatsoever. I know they do say though the weight will just fly off the second you quit but it certainly wasn't my experience.0
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i quit drinking dr pepper long before actively trying to lose weight.
ZERO difference.0 -
Not enough information but my first question would be did you simply replace the calories from Pepsi with something else so you are still getting the same amount of total calories?0
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You only lose weight by cutting your calories. Sorry but the whole "some foods are evvvviiil" clean eating nonsense is just that. Enjoy your Pepsi in moderation while cutting your overall calories and working out more and you will see results.0
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Have you replaced that with something else with the same amount of calories?0
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Dropping soda from your diet will not necessarily affect your weight.
What else are you doing to lose weight?0 -
That is a lot of calories you did drop from your diet each day. It doesn't mean you are eating at a deficit yet, but it is probably a very good habit to break and will help you in the future when you find what else you need to do. Are you logging your calories from everything you eat?
At the very least 4 20 oz pepsi's a day is at least 1000 calories a day .... 7000 calories a week, which at best would mean 2 pounds lost a week if you weren't overating to start.
Also you may not notice any differences unless you are actually measuring. Often we don't notice our own weight loss.0 -
I have made sure to replace my Pepsi with water. I have my coffee each day like I used to but not in place of the Pepsi. I am also aiming to walk an hour each day during my lunch, I haven't been able to due to the weather here in Michigan but I have done it at least 3 days a week.0
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Walking 3 hours a week is amazing! Good job! I know that's tough!
Keep in mind that depending on how quickly you walk, you only burn 200 (2mph) to 400 (4mph) calories in one hour. So that's a total of 600 - 1200 calories per week. To lose 1 pound, you should burn 3500 calories (about 3500 calories = 1 lb fat). So, at your current workout, you will reach 3500 calories after 6 weeks (based on the 2mph speed) or 3 weeks (4mph).
I was walking 3.5 mph for one hour twice a week and was worried because I wanted to see results quickly. So I changed my work out to 30 minutes of This Video along with 20 bicycle crunches (3 sets), 30 second plank (3 sets), 20 cherry pickers (3 sets). I've had great results!
What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!0 -
I didn't see a big change after I gave up soda either, I did start sleeping better but nothing weight related. It takes a bit more sacrifice than that to get into shape/lose weight. If it was as simple as not drinking soda, more people would be fit/thin. Keep up the good work though, I know giving up soda isn't easy.0
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80 oz of Pepsi? Or was that a typo?
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Typically you won't notice a difference just from dropping one thing, because you'll end up eating slightly more elsewhere and make up for it. That's why calorie counting works - you know you aren't making up for it elsewhere.
You can always go to diet pepsi / pepsi max. Pepsi Max actually tastes pretty good for a diet soda.0 -
Right now, I have started calorie counting and MFP has me at 1,200 calories. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. It seems those numbers add up quickly.0
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BrandyGanus wrote: »Walking 3 hours a week is amazing! Good job! I know that's tough!
Keep in mind that depending on how quickly you walk, you only burn 200 (2mph) to 400 (4mph) calories in one hour. So that's a total of 600 - 1200 calories per week. To lose 1 pound, you should burn 3500 calories (about 3500 calories = 1 lb fat). So, at your current workout, you will reach 3500 calories after 6 weeks (based on the 2mph speed) or 3 weeks (4mph).
I was walking 3.5 mph for one hour twice a week and was worried because I wanted to see results quickly. So I changed my work out to 30 minutes of This Video along with 20 bicycle crunches (3 sets), 30 second plank (3 sets), 20 cherry pickers (3 sets). I've had great results!
What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Not true. For fat loss, it is all about the calories. If you eat too many (more than maintenance), the excess is converted to fat. It doesn't matter if you eat a lot of fat or protein or carbs so long as you stay in your calorie limit.
That said, obviously a balanced diet is important for health and macro balance definitely impacts satiety, diet adherence and body composition.0 -
Giving up Pepsi will only help if drinking it is what puts you over your calorie goal. You can still drink Pepsi if you want. You might just not be able to drink as much of it as you did before. 1200 is hard to stick to. If you exercise you need to eat back at least half of your exercise calories. This is especially important if you are only eating 1200 calories a day.0
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BrandyGanus wrote: »What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Absolutely, positively false. If you are in a caloric deficit there is no net fat storage regardless of substrate proportioning. If that were the case, every vegan and keto dieter in the world would be clinically obese.0 -
shannie018 wrote: »I used to drink about 4 20oz Pepsi's a day, if not more. I gave up Pepsi on February 1st and my stomach has not changed one bit. I was really hope to see my stomach go down from giving up the soda. I am going to continue to give up Pepsi for another month and I hope to see some positive changes.
Don't go back. While giving up just Pepsi might not be enough for you to lose weight, it certainly helps you to keep from being over calories and gaining more.
For example, if your ideal calories for a day to lose 1 pound per week was 1500, to maintain is 2000, but you were taking in over 3000 each day, cutting out 2 20oz Pepsi would reduce that by approx. 1000 down to 2000, but that would just be maintaining. That said, along with cutting those empty calories from the Pepsi (which is an EXCELLENT start, so kudos) a few other changes might just do the trick. You just need to track everything and make sure you have dialed in your daily calories.0 -
A long time ago I gave up Coke, but replaced it with Dt. Coke. I lost about 50 lbs over a long time. However, it is all about calorie deficit. If you are simply replacing those calories, you will not see a difference. Also, I would suggest exercise, and not just ab exercises. This will help tighten up any muscles and may help you lose the inches that you want to see gone.0
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Congrats on giving up soda! Even if you don't see a weight change, that's an awesome health choice0
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BrandyGanus wrote: »Walking 3 hours a week is amazing! Good job! I know that's tough!
Keep in mind that depending on how quickly you walk, you only burn 200 (2mph) to 400 (4mph) calories in one hour. So that's a total of 600 - 1200 calories per week. To lose 1 pound, you should burn 3500 calories (about 3500 calories = 1 lb fat). So, at your current workout, you will reach 3500 calories after 6 weeks (based on the 2mph speed) or 3 weeks (4mph).
I was walking 3.5 mph for one hour twice a week and was worried because I wanted to see results quickly. So I changed my work out to 30 minutes of This Video along with 20 bicycle crunches (3 sets), 30 second plank (3 sets), 20 cherry pickers (3 sets). I've had great results!
What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Not true. For fat loss, it is all about the calories. If you eat too many (more than maintenance), the excess is converted to fat. It doesn't matter if you eat a lot of fat or protein or carbs so long as you stay in your calorie limit.
That said, obviously a balanced diet is important for health and macro balance definitely impacts satiety, diet adherence and body composition.
It's not as black and white as you would make it. Counting calories is important overall, but the details matter. Yes, excess calories will be converted to fat. I suppose I want to emphasize that nutrition is also important, not just counting calories.0 -
BrandyGanus wrote: »What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Absolutely, positively false. If you are in a caloric deficit there is no net fat storage regardless of substrate proportioning. If that were the case, every vegan and keto dieter in the world would be clinically obese.
I will dig through my old textbooks but I was pretty sure my professor emphasized this to show us why there is a rise in obesity. But it's been a few years since the class, so perhaps I'm remembering it incorrectly.
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BrandyGanus wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Absolutely, positively false. If you are in a caloric deficit there is no net fat storage regardless of substrate proportioning. If that were the case, every vegan and keto dieter in the world would be clinically obese.
From what I learned in college, the body breaks down the food you eat into glucose for the bloodstream and then stores glycogen in the muscles and liver for quick energy. The rest is stored as fat. This is why smaller, frequent meals is better than fewer, larger meals.
But over the course of an entire day, it won't matter.
Everyone - whether gaining, losing, or maintaining - stores fat during part of the day, and burns fat during part of the day. That's what fat is for. There's no net difference at the end of the day between more frequent or less frequent meals - if you eat fewer but larger meals, you will immediately store more fat, but you'll also burn more fat in the longer fasting period between meals, so it works out to exactly the same as if you ate the same calories in smaller meals (where you store less but also burn less fat).0 -
rankinsect wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Absolutely, positively false. If you are in a caloric deficit there is no net fat storage regardless of substrate proportioning. If that were the case, every vegan and keto dieter in the world would be clinically obese.
From what I learned in college, the body breaks down the food you eat into glucose for the bloodstream and then stores glycogen in the muscles and liver for quick energy. The rest is stored as fat. This is why smaller, frequent meals is better than fewer, larger meals.
But over the course of an entire day, it won't matter.
Everyone - whether gaining, losing, or maintaining - stores fat during part of the day, and burns fat during part of the day. That's what fat is for. There's no net difference at the end of the day between more frequent or less frequent meals - if you eat fewer but larger meals, you will immediately store more fat, but you'll also burn more fat in the longer fasting period between meals, so it works out to exactly the same as if you ate the same calories in smaller meals (where you store less but also burn less fat).
I don't know about this. Most of the literature I've read states that eating smaller, frequent meals is better.0 -
BrandyGanus wrote: »rankinsect wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Absolutely, positively false. If you are in a caloric deficit there is no net fat storage regardless of substrate proportioning. If that were the case, every vegan and keto dieter in the world would be clinically obese.
From what I learned in college, the body breaks down the food you eat into glucose for the bloodstream and then stores glycogen in the muscles and liver for quick energy. The rest is stored as fat. This is why smaller, frequent meals is better than fewer, larger meals.
But over the course of an entire day, it won't matter.
Everyone - whether gaining, losing, or maintaining - stores fat during part of the day, and burns fat during part of the day. That's what fat is for. There's no net difference at the end of the day between more frequent or less frequent meals - if you eat fewer but larger meals, you will immediately store more fat, but you'll also burn more fat in the longer fasting period between meals, so it works out to exactly the same as if you ate the same calories in smaller meals (where you store less but also burn less fat).
I don't know about this. Most of the literature I've read states that eating smaller, frequent meals is better.
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/meal-patterning-part-1-book-excerpt.html/0 -
BrandyGanus wrote: »rankinsect wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Absolutely, positively false. If you are in a caloric deficit there is no net fat storage regardless of substrate proportioning. If that were the case, every vegan and keto dieter in the world would be clinically obese.
From what I learned in college, the body breaks down the food you eat into glucose for the bloodstream and then stores glycogen in the muscles and liver for quick energy. The rest is stored as fat. This is why smaller, frequent meals is better than fewer, larger meals.
But over the course of an entire day, it won't matter.
Everyone - whether gaining, losing, or maintaining - stores fat during part of the day, and burns fat during part of the day. That's what fat is for. There's no net difference at the end of the day between more frequent or less frequent meals - if you eat fewer but larger meals, you will immediately store more fat, but you'll also burn more fat in the longer fasting period between meals, so it works out to exactly the same as if you ate the same calories in smaller meals (where you store less but also burn less fat).
I don't know about this. Most of the literature I've read states that eating smaller, frequent meals is better.
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/meal-patterning-part-1-book-excerpt.html/
I found another article from a study stating there is not much difference in eating one meal a day versus several meals per day. Good to know that the doctor was incorrect.
Thanks for the information! I need "the more you know" rainbow now.
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BrandyGanus wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »rankinsect wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Absolutely, positively false. If you are in a caloric deficit there is no net fat storage regardless of substrate proportioning. If that were the case, every vegan and keto dieter in the world would be clinically obese.
From what I learned in college, the body breaks down the food you eat into glucose for the bloodstream and then stores glycogen in the muscles and liver for quick energy. The rest is stored as fat. This is why smaller, frequent meals is better than fewer, larger meals.
But over the course of an entire day, it won't matter.
Everyone - whether gaining, losing, or maintaining - stores fat during part of the day, and burns fat during part of the day. That's what fat is for. There's no net difference at the end of the day between more frequent or less frequent meals - if you eat fewer but larger meals, you will immediately store more fat, but you'll also burn more fat in the longer fasting period between meals, so it works out to exactly the same as if you ate the same calories in smaller meals (where you store less but also burn less fat).
I don't know about this. Most of the literature I've read states that eating smaller, frequent meals is better.
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/meal-patterning-part-1-book-excerpt.html/
I found another article from a study stating there is not much difference in eating one meal a day versus several meals per day. Good to know that the doctor was incorrect.
Thanks for the information! I need "the more you know" rainbow now.
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BrandyGanus wrote: »Walking 3 hours a week is amazing! Good job! I know that's tough!
Keep in mind that depending on how quickly you walk, you only burn 200 (2mph) to 400 (4mph) calories in one hour. So that's a total of 600 - 1200 calories per week. To lose 1 pound, you should burn 3500 calories (about 3500 calories = 1 lb fat). So, at your current workout, you will reach 3500 calories after 6 weeks (based on the 2mph speed) or 3 weeks (4mph).
I was walking 3.5 mph for one hour twice a week and was worried because I wanted to see results quickly. So I changed my work out to 30 minutes of This Video along with 20 bicycle crunches (3 sets), 30 second plank (3 sets), 20 cherry pickers (3 sets). I've had great results!
What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
ok as for the calorie burns its not going to be the same for everyone it will depend on a persons weight,and NO, eating to much of one thing will not turn it into fat,too many calories(eating more than your body burns) turn into fat.0 -
BrandyGanus wrote: »rankinsect wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »BrandyGanus wrote: »What is your diet like? And when I say diet, I mean, what are you eating regularly? Your diet is a huge factor in losing weight. It's not just about the calories: if you eat too much of one thing (carbs, protein, fat, sugar), the excess is converted into fat. So making sure these areas are also within their limits is helpful!
Absolutely, positively false. If you are in a caloric deficit there is no net fat storage regardless of substrate proportioning. If that were the case, every vegan and keto dieter in the world would be clinically obese.
From what I learned in college, the body breaks down the food you eat into glucose for the bloodstream and then stores glycogen in the muscles and liver for quick energy. The rest is stored as fat. This is why smaller, frequent meals is better than fewer, larger meals.
But over the course of an entire day, it won't matter.
Everyone - whether gaining, losing, or maintaining - stores fat during part of the day, and burns fat during part of the day. That's what fat is for. There's no net difference at the end of the day between more frequent or less frequent meals - if you eat fewer but larger meals, you will immediately store more fat, but you'll also burn more fat in the longer fasting period between meals, so it works out to exactly the same as if you ate the same calories in smaller meals (where you store less but also burn less fat).
I don't know about this. Most of the literature I've read states that eating smaller, frequent meals is better.
No. People here have successfully lost lots of weight eating one or two meals a day.
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shannie018 wrote: »I used to drink about 4 20oz Pepsi's a day, if not more. I gave up Pepsi on February 1st and my stomach has not changed one bit. I was really hope to see my stomach go down from giving up the soda. I am going to continue to give up Pepsi for another month and I hope to see some positive changes.
Diet Pepsi is mostly water. If you switched from diet soda to different water, you made no change in calories.
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