Board 8 > How often do you drink soda or pop?

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any of you drink it everyday?

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topic shouldve had a poll

I have one once every 2 weeks on average id say

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I drink Diet Coke pretty much constantly
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A year ago it was daily, and excessive amounts

Now, it's 1-2x/week at most and in much smaller quantities when I do.

Small glass at dinner. I used to drink about 2-3 cans a day. So glad I put a stop to that, Jesus.

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Every other day or so, diet only unless I mix with alcohol.

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I've switched to zero sugar A&W root beer and dropped 13 lbs in a month.

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have had it once in the last 12 years or so

only when i mix with alcohol. been a couple months since the last time i think

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It's episodic and kind of random. I'll have one can a day for a stretch of five days, then a week without, then alternate every other day. It probably averages to 2-3 per week.

The one constant is that if I'm eating pizza, I'll have some soda.

Also it's diet soda about 90% of the time.

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Is there a difference between diet and zero sugar?

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A handful of times a year. I haven't had much soda since high school

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I think diet usually tweaks the recipe a little so there are other differences in taste vs. the standard.

Whereas zero sugar is always the normal formulation but swapping sugar/HFCS for aspartame and acesulfame potassium.

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About once every three months or less than that.

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Basically never aside from ginger beer in a cocktail

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I gave it up a while ago and only ever have it once in a blue moon now at best. Its amazing how little you miss it after youve quit drinking it for a while.

swordz9 posted...

I gave it up a while ago and only ever have it once in a blue moon now at best. Its amazing how little you miss it after youve quit drinking it for a while.

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Two or three times a week, probably, but it's exclusively diet.

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nowadays probably drink a diet Dr. Pepper every two or three weeks

I used to drink soda maybe every other day or so

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I used to drink a lot a few years ago (more so energy drinks) but then I switched to sugar free energy drinks. I was drinking a lot, like 2+ of the big cans a day. Then like 3 months ago I cut energy drinks out completely and drink exclusively water / flavored water and infrequently juice. It helped slow down my metabolism (I was like 17 - 17.5 BMI and struggled to gain weight regardless of calorie intake). It took a while for my body to adjust to it but once it did I put on like 10 lbs in a 2 week period (which is a lot when you were sub 130lbs) and in general have started feeling healthier and now find it easier to put on weight. What I drink were the only part of my diet I changed.

I basically can't drink normal pop now because the sugar makes me A. Crash and B. Gives me a really bad headache within 1-2 hours of drinking it and ruins my entire day

too often

A few times a week.

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I drink 5-6 diet soda cans a day

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Maybe once or twice a year.

Aside from plain water, I am quite partial to drinking a variety of teas.

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I drink a bottle every time we have this topic. So once a month or so

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Snake5555555555 posted...

I drink about 2-3 cans a day. I need to put a stop to that, Jesus.

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probably like 3 per week

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1-2 cups a week or so.

I used to be about once a day but i cut back. I basically only get it if I'm getting a meal out that includes it. (Taco bell box mostly, or tijuana thursdays)

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Used to be often. Now it's basically never. Sugar is bad. Drinking sugar is terrible.

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Ten 2 liters of dew a day

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Almost never. I used to have 4-6 oz of Coca-Cola with breakfast every morning, in a wine or martini glass. Then some more with lunch, then maybe something caffeine free with dinner. September 2020 I quit cold turkey, and only had my first sip of ginger ale a couple weeks ago.

Ginger ale is gonna be my exception, but only if I'm out to reduce my consumption [since I know many restaurants don't carry it]. I won't buy it to have at home.

Water's been good, and I'm really into candy these days - it's still sugar but it's nowhere near the sugar content of pop.

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A couple times per month. Sometimes I'll get a fancy soda if the restaurant has it, and i keep a handful of bottles in my basement for random occasions.

Most often, I'll steal a sip of my spouse's soda when she buys one.
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used to every day, like at least one bottle a day.

quit cold turkey about 8 years ago and haven't once since then. just water with every meal.

About 1 to 2 times per week for me.
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Dels posted...

quit cold turkey about 8 years ago and haven't once since then

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1-2 cans a day during the summer. Something about a cold Coke on a hot day is very satisfying. I dont have soda often the rest of the year, usually just if I go out to eat.
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Almost never. If I'm going to pump that much sugar into my system, it better be something better than soda.

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KommunistKoala posted...

only when i mix with alcohol.

like on average maybe one or two drinks a week?


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Basically only when it comes with a meal, but always Zero/Diet.

Pretty much this exactly:
Colegreen_c12 posted...

I used to be about once a day but i cut back. I basically only get it if I'm getting a meal out that includes it. (Taco bell box mostly, or tijuana thursdays)

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Approximately 1-2 cans per day, but only ever diet/zero cal. I can't even drink regular coke anymore, it just tastes gross to me.

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I used to drink 1-2 cans a day. Then I decided enough was enough and cut it out. I'll have one every few months and I enjoy it, but I don't crave it like I used to.
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i'm less strict about it nowadays- it used to be literally never

nowadays if i'm tired as shit and see soda in a gas station i'll grab one for the caffeine- they tend to not be as intense as energy drinks or coffee

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Usually rarely but I recently got a lot of Pepsi blue so I've been drinking a 500 ml bottle of it like a day or something

Esuriat posted...

I think diet usually tweaks the recipe a little so there are other differences in taste vs. the standard.

Whereas zero sugar is always the normal formulation but swapping sugar/HFCS for aspartame and acesulfame potassium.

Yeah, I noticed this with Mountain Dew. They have Diet Mountain Dew and Mountain Dew Zero Sugar co-existing on the market just like with Diet Coke and Coke Zero. I have done a side by side taste test of both Mountain Dew flavors, and I noticed Diet Mountain Dew tastes slightly different from Mountain Dew Zero Sugar.

Mountain Dew Zero Sugar also does a far better job at replicating the original Mountain Dew flavor, where as Diet Mountain Dew is just slightly different.
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