Coke

i do i was talking with a guy that i work with about that the other day. I
used to eat potatoe chips all the time and chocalate bars. one of my fav
things when i worked at a gas station was i'd have a bottle (591ml size) of
coke and then a reese peanut butter cup with it. I couldn't eat the peanut
butter cups without drinking a thing of coke. i think i must of thught that
they tasted even better with the coke then withput. i drank about 6 -7 of
those a day 7 days a week.
Now when I think back that was alot. I switched to diet pop. But now I
drink that much sometimes of it in a day. I worked mid nights and because i
don't drink coffee i drank diet coke to keep me awake, and I had 5 of them i
was wired for sound by the time the first day staff came in. They thought it
was great but i wasn't able to sleep that day until 11 in the morning,
anyway, i stopped drinking coke and haven't had any in god must be going on
6 yrs now. I did have one about a month ago and I didn't like the taste and
it made me very hyper so no more., i am trying to stop drinking as much diet
pop as i do but i am finding it hard to. i guess thats something i will
have to work on.

Angie
"A Ross" wrote in message
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"susanjoneslewis"
wrote:

Came in from work this afternoon and had planned on
doing some housework
and such..
I go to the fridge and grrr, no diet soda.. not water or
tea..I really
wanted one. I spied a Coke in the back of the fridge.
So I drank it. It was SO sweet I didn't finish it. Now
this is coming
from a woman who drank on average 6-8 Cokes a DAY about
a year ago
before I made my WOE changes.. I am truly sick. Bleh. I
had to go lay
down for a little while. I feel/felt very lethargic and
just bleh. Never
again! Do you ever think back on how you used to
eat/drink and just say
to yourself, "wow, it's a wonder I'm not dead."

Glad that little experiment is over..
ick.

Susan
260/192/140



I know what you mean. Took a sip of DH's drive-through
coke and wanted to spit it out. It's been so long since
I've had a "regular" soda that it was like downing pure
sugar. Blech.

Amy

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"SnugBear" wrote in message
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"determined" wrote:

I have definitely noticed that - things that I used to eat and enjoy
are too sweet, to salty, too greasy.... I'm glad that this stuff
doesn't appeal to me anymore!

I wouldn't mind a little more of that. I still love potato chips
*because* they are salty & greasy. I remember rejecting a box of Wheat
Thins because they weren't salty enough! otoh, the deep fried Monte
Cristo sandwich I used to love in Kingston, NY will never cross my lips
again, thank God. It's progress. lol

I LOVE kettle cooked potato chips. But only rarely, like during picnics
and
bbq's... I had a Mrs. Field's cookie from the mall the other day, it was
still warm. A co-worker offered it to me, and fresh baked goodies are
still
a major weakness of mine. But the cookie was total grease and sugar.
They
don't taste like the cookies that I make! I guess at this point, if I'm
going to splurge on calories and fat, it better taste damned good! I
still
love my extra dark Lindt chocolate bars!

det

My granddaughter and I stopped at Wendy's after a bike ride recently for
something to drink. They had some cookies so I bought a couple. We both
took one bite and decided it was just too sweet for us. Before I would
have woofed that thing down with no problem. Guess my taste is changing.

Beverly

"Heywood Mogroot" wrote in message
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Now for the past 3 months I've been living on gallon jugs of
room-temperature "spring" water from WalMart (50c/each). I never liked
the chilled water from dispensers, too hard to drink, but the
room-temperature stuff is surprisingly tasty and goes great with my
food. I truly don't miss my soda pop any more (I was also a Coke fiend
to a lesser extent).

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who likes my water at room
temperature. I'm not sure if it's the taste or simply because I have very
sensitive teeth. Ice water can be very painful.

Beverly

"determined" wrote:

I LOVE kettle cooked potato chips. But only rarely, like during
picnics and bbq's...

Other than my recent *eat 10 Lays dill pickle chips and give the rest to
my husband*, I pretty much allow myself a small bag during the Superbowl
and another over a weekend while on vacation. There used to be some
yummy ones sold at my local grocery store that were 250 calories for the
whole bag which seemed like a reasonable treat. They quit selling that
size and I wouldn't buy a bigger bag. Solved that temptation.

I had a Mrs. Field's cookie from the mall the
other day, it was still warm. A co-worker offered it to me, and fresh
baked goodies are still a major weakness of mine. But the cookie was
total grease and sugar. They don't taste like the cookies that I
make!

I agree. That's why I make my own Death by Chocolate cookie dough, scoop
and freeze it. I can bake one or two VERY worth-it, yummy cookies and
know exactly what I'm getting.

I guess at this point, if I'm going to splurge on calories and
fat, it better taste damned good! I still love my extra dark Lindt
chocolate bars!

mmmmmmmmmmm, chocolate!


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Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

Chris Braun wrote:

I've never much liked the mall cookies, even when I was fat and eating
everything. They are so rich and greasy that I had trouble digesting
them. I do still like sweets -- and eat them occasionally -- but not
those!

You've got me wondering if I'd still even like the Cinnabon's I used
crave. I saw them at the mall recently and just shook my head in
disbelief at the huge size. I just found some nutrition info online that
says the Pecanbon has 1100 calories and 56g of fat!!!! Oy vey.

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Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

Nancy wrote:

I've drank diet Pepsi for years even when I wasn't dieting. After
drinking diet for awhile I couldn't go back to regular drinks. I know
sometimes in the past waitresses wondered why I was drinking a diet
drink and some fatting dessert.

I never drank any kind of cola until they invented Diet Pepsi. I just
figured any calories I saved could be spent elsewhere :-/

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Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

"susanjoneslewis" wrote in message
.. .
Came in from work this afternoon and had planned on doing some housework
and such..
I go to the fridge and grrr, no diet soda.. not water or tea..I really
wanted one. I spied a Coke in the back of the fridge.
So I drank it. It was SO sweet I didn't finish it. Now this is coming
from a woman who drank on average 6-8 Cokes a DAY about a year ago
before I made my WOE changes.. I am truly sick. Bleh. I had to go lay
down for a little while. I feel/felt very lethargic and just bleh. Never
again! Do you ever think back on how you used to eat/drink and just say
to yourself, "wow, it's a wonder I'm not dead."

Glad that little experiment is over..
ick.

Susan
260/192/140


I haven't had a regular coke since the diet version was introduced back in
the early '80's. I've tasted the regular a few times and find it's just
too sweet for my taste. I've heard people say the diet leaves a funny
taste in their mouth but I've never noticed. I'd rather have a funny taste
in my mouth that extra weight on my hipsg

Beverly

Hark! I heard SnugBear say:
"determined" wrote:

I have definitely noticed that - things that I used to eat and enjoy
are too sweet, to salty, too greasy.... I'm glad that this stuff
doesn't appeal to me anymore!

I wouldn't mind a little more of that. I still love potato chips
*because* they are salty & greasy. I remember rejecting a box of Wheat
Thins because they weren't salty enough! otoh, the deep fried Monte
Cristo sandwich I used to love in Kingston, NY will never cross my lips
again, thank God. It's progress. lol

I haven't had one of those for 20 years! There was a Chinese restaurant
in my town that made them; they closed down and I haven't seen a deep
fried Monte Cristo since. That's probably a good thing, because remember
loving them and I have enough carvings to fight. ;-)

(Grocery store cakes with crisco frosting always disgusted me)

Same here -- I love cake, but only home made, so it's easy to avoid...


--
J.J. in WA State - 251/234/150
(Change COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Hark! I heard (Heywood Mogroot) say:
(J.J. Marie) wrote in message
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Hark! I heard "susanjoneslewis" say:

I used to be a regular Coke drinker too, but I haven't had one since
I made the switch to diet Coke in February. Sometimes I wonder what
it would taste like, but not enough to take the chance, especially
after reading a post like this. Thanks for the warning!

I realize people have different tastes, but may I recommend cutting
THAT out too?

Certainly, I'll listen to and consider any reasonable suggestion.

I had a rather large Mt Dew addiction 2000-2003 (drinking 30-40oz of
the bottled stuff per day easily). A year ago I decided it was ruining
my health and just cut the bottled stuff out cold turkey. I still
ordered it at fast food places (since it is a lot more watered down).

Wow, that's a lot of caffiene! But I don't drink that much Diet Coke;
I buy the 8 ounce cans and only average 5-6 per week. I hate to give
it up completely, because some things (like a burger) just beg for a
soda to go with it.

Now for the past 3 months I've been living on gallon jugs of
room-temperature "spring" water from WalMart (50c/each). I never liked
the chilled water from dispensers, too hard to drink, but the
room-temperature stuff is surprisingly tasty and goes great with my
food. I truly don't miss my soda pop any more (I was also a Coke fiend
to a lesser extent).

I drink a lot of water, but I like mine cold -- I have two 2.5 gallon
spigot jugs that I keep in the refrigerator (we have really nice well
water, luckily). That also encourages the whole family to drink more
too; Small Child (age 6) *loves* cold water... :-)


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J.J. in WA State - 251/234/150
(Change COLD to HOT for e-mail)

"Perple Gyrl" wrote in message
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"JMA" wrote in message
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At the same party, there was a woman who had been on the same diet as I
was.
She was constantly picking at the food. I felt bad for her.

Has she gained some of her weight back?

Jenn


Yes, and she also doesn't do much exercise. Oh well.