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    two or three years ago, i gave up drinking pop. when i was younger, i'd down a couple pepsis a day. then when i was around 17 i was drinking about 9 cans of mountian dew a day. this went on til i was about 20.

    i sound like i'm working a telathon here lol, but hear me out, this might help you out.

    one day when i was about 20, 21 i said screw it, i've had enough. the caffeine, sugar, everything, was having effects on me, some i never knew about. it changes your mood, can ruin your skin, puts on weight, etc. so i just stopped. no coffee either, or beer. once in awhile but never consistently.

    i drank nothing but water. 2L per day. i was never a large person but i dropped all the excess water weight in my system. fast, too. water gets your kidneys functioning as they should be, as they stop storing water in your system, which can appear as fat. i also noticed my skin felt better, softer. well, i didn't, my girlfriend did. girls have this weird thing about skin but hey, that's cool. i also felt my mood become better. you just seem happier, lighter, like you've gotten rid of the toxic blech that was running through you.

    i'm just posting this because of all the things we hear about for weight loss and health, it almost always to do with eating right, and what you do and don't eat. you never hear about how well water can work for you. i tried and it did wonders.

    i know i know, water sounds boring, but you've just got to train yourself into drinking it daily. i'll drink 4 500ml bottles everyday. i don't even miss pop, i've seen at it so long. you learn to only crave water. sometimes i miss dr pepper and pepsi and so on but i don't even care when i think about how much better my body functions as a whole. it's something you've got to stick with though. exercise will help too but we all know that.

    sorry this seems so rushed, it's because it is, but i figured hey, why not try and spread the word on something not alot of people try. natural fruit juice and such is good, but only water will do the trick the best. key is, and this might sound silly-pee alot. whenever you have to. you might just think "this is the water i just drank coming right back out" but it's not. it's water that's been in your system for awhile, coming out. the effects are nothing but positive and it works really, really well. i'd recommend giving it a shot for a couple months and see the results.

    again, i sound like i'm selling something, but i'm not. it just worked for me, and i figured i had a few minutes to kill before work (but went on a little longer than i thought) and figured maybe it could help someone here.
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  • #2
    I'll be quitting soon........I've been drinking NOTHING but pop forever......well I do drink sports drinks or water when skating......


    I'm just starting to get sick of it......but I'm not ready for the headaches I always get when I don't have my caffeine.......






    Way to go on your quitting and stickin' to it.



    PEACE!!!





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    • #3
      Good for you!

      I don't drink much soda, and I try to drink a lot of water, but I know I'm not drinking enough... every day I try a little harder, because I HAVE heard what good things it does for you. Thanks!
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      • #4
        thanks

        i also noticed a serious decline in headaches after quitting pop. i would get them almost daily some weeks, then after i stopped, they happened very rarely.

        good thing to do, is get a water filter for your tap. you just have to maintain it or it won't work as well anymore. but i used one of those when filling up my bottle(s) and it makes things easier.
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        • #5
          Great job, Ninja!

          Pop is pretty bad...I think I can count the number of pops I've had in the last twenty years on two hands...
          Rest in Peace, Darrent and Damien. You will be forever in our thoughts

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          • #6
            My mom stopped buying so I mostly drink the big 1.5L of water, I just have pop when I'm at a friends, etc

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            • #7
              Good points...

              It seems like the US has the worst kinda soda out there too. I've tried soda from other countries and they take so much better. Less toxic etc. But I'm in the same boat. I stopped drinking soda a few months ago and really did feel a change in my body. Now I can't stand the unnatural sweetness of sodas. Green teas and water work well for me.

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              Thank you for everything Darrent. I'll never forget #27.

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              • #8
                I stopped drinking soda last August, and I kept it going until February..Then I started again, then I stopped again in April, and kept it going until June, I am currently drinking soda but usually only drink it when I go out to eat, which is just about everyday..haha..I am trying so hard not to drink it but its just so hard because theres nothing like washing a double quarter pounder with cheese down with an ice cold coke..
                WE ARE WHO THEY THOUGHT WE WERE

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                • #9
                  I have been trying to drink more water...I buy bottled water

                  so that helps...I also drink iced tea...not a whole lot of it tho...

                  and not instant either....I make sun tea in a big container...and it

                  has to be sweetened...I still like having my pop tho....I love the

                  diet cherry vanilla Dr.Pepper...but your right ninja...drinking water is

                  good for you...I know I don't drink near enough tho....
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                  • #10
                    I'm laughing at you guys for calling it pop

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Raiderfan76 View Post
                      I'm laughing at you guys for calling it pop
                      why? should we call it....

                      soda

                      soda pop

                      soft drinks

                      cola

                      Tony G


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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Raiderfan76 View Post
                        I'm laughing at you guys for calling it pop
                        Coke.

                        I've given it up for lent the past 3 years but starting drinking it again after those 40 days..I usually drink at least one 44 ounce Pepsi a day, sometimes two...or I did earlier in the summer and for the past 5ish years. But lately i've decided to get one 44oz Pepsi AND a tea or gatorade/powerade instead of two pepsis..but the last week i've only had two pepsi's (drinking one right now). Last Sunday when I went to a funeral I didn't drink a pepsi all day and instead drank tea, water, gatorade, and powerade. It's a start.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Raiderfan76 View Post
                          I'm laughing at you guys for calling it pop


                          Yeah I call it soda....


                          There was a bit about this subject on the Food Network.....Unwrapped I think it was......




                          Soda vs. Pop.





                          PEACE!!!





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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by KCLadyFan View Post
                            why? should we call it....

                            soda

                            soda pop

                            soft drinks

                            cola

                            I don't know, but i'm sure you will neg me with a explaination.........

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Raiderfan76 View Post
                              I don't know, but i'm sure you will neg me with a explaination.........
                              why would I neg you for that....
                              Tony G


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